『JenSoo Short Stories』

Aubade (Dawn Serenade) #3: Dawn

213A, 23rd Floor, Seoul Condominium

Both women are sitting on the sofa facing the huge window overviewing the city of Seoul..

"Look here," Jennie gently touched her jaw to get her attention. "I set "Jichu" as the alarm tone, since I know you liked that song so much you'd get up to jam with it."

"At 5:30 am? And why exactly do I have to wake up at that time?" Jisoo stopped drawing from her ipad and eyed Jennie with a judging look.

"I told you, I wanted to wake up before the sunrise. I've seen thousands of sunsets in my life but I never really get to appreciate sunrises." Jennie pouted and tried so hard to fit her head in between the ipad and Jisoo.

"So?" Jisoo raised her eyebrow as the short haired girl finally succeeded to lay on Jisoo's lap, creating a human barrier between the ipad and her girlfriend.

"So please wake me up when you hear the alarm. You know that I tend to overslept." For a second, Jennie thought Jisoo would curse at her, she knew her girlfriend isn't a morning person and asking her this favor can be considered a suicide mission. But then she caressed Jennie's soft hair before pinching her nose and kissing it after.

"Okay. Are you going to take a nap there?" Jisoo exclaimed and jokingly pulled Jennie's hoodie so it would cover her face. She continued drawing on her ipad as she felt the other began to breathe steadily on her stomach.

"Jennie? Can we transfer on our bed now? I want to sleep too and the two of us can't fit on this sofa."

"Hmm" Jennie just grunted.

She must've fallen asleep. Her face buried in Jisoo's tummy and her right arm tightening its hold on her waist even more when Jisoo tried to rearrange their positions. Jisoo find the sight too adorable and It took her less than five seconds to decide---

"Screw it. Let's just sleep like this." Jisoo set aside her ipad and placed her hands on top of the sleeping Jennie, eventually, she drifted to sleep with Jennie's phone right beside her so she can easily hear "Jichu" blasting from it tomorrow morning.

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Present time

Baby girl, you're my Jichu, you're my baby.

You're my flower, you're my everything.

My Jichu, you're my baby.

Jisoo jumped up from her seat as soon as she heard the faint music echoing in the entire car. It was a recording of Jennie's voice singing her impromptu song she made for Jisoo one drunken night in their old apartment.

"Damn, where is it? Shit.." Jisoo immediately stopped rummaging in the backseat when she realized the sound came from the driver's pocket who was sleeping peacefully beside her.

"Ouch." Before she got to the phone, she abruptly closed her eyes, feeling the terrible headache that she wasn't really sure if it was caused by the alcohol or the crying.

"What did I do again this time?" She said as she leaned her back on the car's window facing the driver completely. She can't help but massage her temples as she tried to remember the things she had done last night. So far, the only thing that comes to mind is her crying on the driver's shoulder before falling asleep.

She observed the driver, half of her face was covered because of the cap on her forehead, she was snoring softly, head tilted back and mouth hanging open. The rain has stopped and a gradient of red to orange is painted outside overcoming the previously starlit sky.

"Hmm." The driver grunts and with "Jichu" still playing in the background, her breath hitched as everything felt too familiar. She reached for the phone in the driver's pocket.