Chapter 1

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"I'm home!"

Jennie heard the distant shout from downstairs and she smiled brightly, pushing back the chair at her desk and crossing the office. Yanking open the door, she slipped out into the hall and shut the door behind her, rubbing at her tired eyes from staring at the computer screen all evening. Quickly walking downstairs, she smiled at the sight of Lisa hanging up her coat, and walked over to her with her hands outstretched. Cupping Lisa's face in her hands, she gave her a lingering kiss, before pulling back. "Welcome home, how was work?"

"Long," Lisa sighed, even though she looked happy.

Jennie wrinkled her nose and smiled, leaning in to kiss her wife again, taking her bag off her and dropping it to the ground.

"God, do you have to kiss her like that every time she comes home?" a voice said from the top of the stairs, and both of them whirled around, taking in the sight of their eldest daughter dragging her feet as she walked downstairs.

Sighing, Jennie raised her eyebrows at her daughter and stepped away from Lisa, "come say hi to your mama."

Rolling her eyes, Seolhyun jumped off the bottom step and walked over to Lisa, hunching her shoulders slightly and almost pulling away as she let Lisa kiss her on the cheek. "Good day at school, Hyun?" Lisa asked, getting an indistinguishable mumble in reply, before Seolhyun shuffled off towards the kitchen.

Before either of them could say anything, there was loud footsteps running down the stairs, and they looked at the other dark-haired girl bounding towards them. "Careful Jin," Lisa laughed, but the younger girl didn't slow down, she just ran straight towards Lisa, throwing her arms around her and tilting her head up and to the side to let Lisa kiss her on the cheek.

"Hi ma, what's for dinner?" Ryujin asked, giving Lisa a hopeful look, "can we get pizza?"

Laughing, Jennie smoothed her dark curls and gave her a gentle push towards the kitchen. "I'll go and order some, and you can go and make sure your sister's finished her homework. You better have done yours too."

The two of them watched as Ryujin raced off towards the kitchen, and Jennie smiled while Lisa laughed, shaking her head. She bent her head a little to kiss Jennie on the cheek, before following after them both. Jennie fished her phone out of her pocket and dialed the nearest pizza place, placing an order as she followed after the rest of her family at a slower pace. Walking into the kitchen, she took in the sight of Lisa rummaging in the fridge for food, passing things out to the two girls crowded around her, and Jennie shook her head as she let out a snort of laughter; they really were their mother's daughter's.

"How was school, girl's?" Lisa asked, taking a bite out of a slice of salami as she kicked the fridge door shut, her arms filled with food.

"Seolhyun got detention again," Ryujin blurted out, letting out a yelp of pain as Seolhyun reached over and punched her in the arm.

Jennie sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose as she walked further in and dropped down onto a chair at the table. "Don't hit your sister," she scolded her eldest daughter, giving her an admonishing look, and Seolhyun just rolled her eyes, slouching in her chair as she sat down and crossed her arms over her chest. "What did you do this time?"

Lisa walked over and clamped her hands on Seolhyun's shoulders, giving them a quick reassuring squeeze. "Don't worry, I've already spoken to the headmistress. It was just a bit of talking back to her teacher, which isn't going to happen again. Right Hyun?"

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