Chapter 8!

“We’re here!”

An Yujin’s steps stopped once she was in front of a bungalow style house, guarded by a white fence. The sounds of the footsteps and trolley bags that followed her stopped abruptly at her behind.

She tried to look around the house for any sign of the people and pup living inside. Looking through the windows, there were little to no signs nor were there any sounds coming from inside.

Yujin reached over at the opposite side of the fence and pulled the lock open. She pushed the wooden fence open, leading the way towards the front yard of her home.

“You guys can rest here, I’ll try to look for my parents.” Yujin gestured over to the large platform tables that were in the yard. The girls behind her were more than eager to head to the table. They almost collapsed on top of it from how long they walked.

Their leader smiled at them before walking to the front door of the home. Peering into the window that was slightly open, it looked like no one was home. She would have thought so if she didn’t find their front door unlocked.

“Eomma? Appa? Is anybody home?” Yujin asked as she entered the home. She slowly wandered through the home. She wandered deeper into the quiet home.

From the living room, to the kitchen and to the small yard behind the home, she saw no one which made her wonder where they went off to. Since there was no one else inside, they could have gone out.

She did say that she was going to stay for quite some time and was even bringing the girls over.

Yujin continued her walk back into the kitchen. She approached the refrigerator and opened the door to find an assortment of items inside. Some veggies were placed off to the side with a plastic bag filled with fruits but she picked neither as she picked up one of the pitchers filled with cold water.

She thought the girls could use a cup of water after walking the length to get here. After grabbing a stack of cups off the dish rack, she made her way back out of the home.

The noise of the girl’s complaints from earlier had died down making her wonder if they had somehow fallen asleep on the table they had all collapsed on earlier. Once she stepped out of the front door, she quickly got her answer.

Yujin looked into the front yard and found that the girl’s were now sitting up, looking all prim and proper. All of their heads were bowed down slightly as a much older woman stood before them.

“Eomma, there you are!” Yujin shouted out, grabbing the woman’s attention. She quickly picked up on her step as she made her way closer with a bright smile.

“Yujinnie!~” Her mother turned to her direction with her arms spread out wide. She welcomed her daughter in a tight embrace as the girls watched next to them.

“Where were you eomma? I thought you were waiting for us here and what are you carrying?” Yujin asked the older woman straight away, looking at the bag that was hung over her shoulder.

She quickly placed the cups down on the table before urging her mother to hand over the bag.

“I was but I saw that I had run out of ingredients to make our meals later so I thought I could grab some from the market quickly.” Her mother explained as she handed the bag over to her daughter.

Yujin peeked into the bag and sure enough, it was filled with different kinds of ingredients to make a massive meal. She carried the bag on her shoulder before moving out of the way for her mother to see the rest of her members.

“You’ve met them before right, mom? I hope you don’t mind them staying with us.” Yujin gestured her hands at the girls before they all stood up and bowed politely.

“Of course, it’s fine~ I already fixed your room and cleared out the storage for you girls. Though I have to wonder, why did you girls choose our town for your vacation when you could go anywhere else?”

Her mother glanced between the girls who nudged at one another before their leader got the message. Yujin cleared her throat and took a step closer to her.

“You know, we’ve been all around the world, eomma. We all agreed that it would be nice to have a change of scenery to a more relaxing place. Leeseo actually wanted to look at the farms and the beach so she was particularly excited about this trip.” Yujin was quick enough to come up with an explanation that the girls could agree with.

“Oh~ Is that so? That’s good. Then, I hope you girls enjoy our peaceful little town and the beach isn’t going anywhere so just enjoy it to the fullest.” Yujin’s mother gave the girls a welcoming smile.

“Yes, ma'am!” The girls answered in unison, all with a warm smile all around their faces.

“Why do you girls look so tired? Yujinnie, don’t tell me you made them walk all the way here?”

“Of course, how else could we get here? It was fortunate enough that it wasn’t that hot that we did.” Yujin explained.

“Aish, it was under the sun too! You could’ve taken some breaks at least and waited for a car to pass by. Some leader you are. Please rest up while I prepare some food.” Yujin’s mother scolded her daughter with a slight smack on her shoulder, a sight that the girls took amusement in.

“Let me help you with the eomma so that we could get something to eat sooner.” Yujin told her mom, trying to pull her indoors.

“That would be good. We need to make more before your father gets home too. You girls could head inside so you could rest in the rooms.” Yujin’s mother gestured the other girls to follow them inside.

“No, I think I could help you with the meal!” Gaeul raised her hand, volunteering to help.

“I could help too!” Liz soon followed the older girl.

“Ooh, I want in too!” Leeseo soon followed, with her energy seemingly replenished.

“Eomma-nim, I could help. You must’ve walked all the way from the market. I’ll lend a hand so you can rest.” Wonyoung politely bowed as she offered her help.

“You guys do that, I’ll take a quick nap~” Rei turned back around at the table before Liz could get a hand on her arm and forced her to help them too.

“Oho~ You girls are too kind. Fine, everybody could help. I’m sure I bought enough to get everybody busy.” Her mother smiled once more.

As the girls hurriedly pulled their bags inside, Yujin guided them to the door and helped them. A sigh soon escaped her lips, feeling the wind of relaxation cool herself from all the thoughts she had gathered about the things that surrounded their group.

She didn’t know how long she had to stay in town nor how she could fix everything when she was back in Gyeokpo-ri but maybe she could come up with something through time. For now, she was back home and the girls seemed to be enjoying it so far.

After Yujin helped carry Leeseo’s bags through the door, she quickly turned back around to deal with her own luggage. She carefully made her way back to their yard and as she did, she saw a woman walking across the road with a young girl walking right next to her.

Thinking that they were just simply neighbors, she went on with what she needed to do and soon enough, she started to help prepare their meals.

*CREAAAK!~*

She peaked her head from the kitchen and found a man at the front door. He was taking off his boots before he looked his head up to find the look of his daughter back at him.

“Appa!” Yujin shouted, her voice loud enough to fill the entire home. Quickly pulling away the plastic gloves on her hands, she walked from the kitchen to meet him.

“Yujin-ah! Wuah, it really feels nice to see my daughter home. Don’t get too close now, I just got home from the docks.” The man replied as Yujin met him with an embrace.

“I always don’t follow that yet you say it all the time.” Yujin mumbled, tightening her grip around her father.

“Of course, I don’t want my superstar to smell like fish. Let me change first and where is your mother?” The man patted the girl’s arms before she eventually let go.

“She’s out at the back cooking with everyone else. You should go and say hi to my groupmates, I’m sure they’ll be delighted to see you.” Yujin pointed to the back of their home.

“Fine, I’ll greet them once I get changed. I wouldn’t want them to see me like this.” Yujin watched her father wave at her before going into one of the rooms in the home.

“Okay, appa~” Yujin smiled as she turned back around. She walked back to the kitchen where she wore her gloves back on before heading to the door that led to their backyard.

Using her elbow to pull open the slightly opened door, she went and joined everyone else who was busy preparing for their late meal. All of her members were spread out across the patches of grass of the yard, each of them was fulfilling a task to quickly prepare their ingredients.