Yoona wipes the bead of sweat with the back of her hand. She couldn’t help but groan frustratingly as she looks at the vast grounds that she has to continue raking.
But don’t get her wrong, she loves autumn the most among the seasons but she couldn't help but not like this as of now. Not when she have to rake up all the leaves in the Kwon’s garden.
Yoona turned around when she hears someone scratching the ground with a rake.
“Y-Yuri-shii” Yoona jumps in surprise as she sees the youngest daughter of her boss’ family, raking the grass beside her. She will never hear the end of it from her mother if she knows that she have let the favorite child of the Kwon’s work.
“Yuri” Yuri corrected her
“Huh?”
“We knew each other since we were kids Yoona, you can call me Yuri.”
“You know I can’t do that.” Yoona yanks the rake away from Yuri and forces a smile as she turns around and continues working.
But Yuri wouldn’t give up on Yoona just like she never gave up on her from the start.
“Yuri-sshii!!! What are you doing?!” Yoona screams as she sees Yuri down on the ground, gathering the leaves with her bare hands.
“I’m helping you rake but since you took away my rake, I have to improvise” Yuri smiles teasingly.
“Stop!”
“Nope.”
“Fine! Here!” Yoona gave up and hands Yuri the rake.
“Kekekekeke…” Yuri chuckles triumphantly as she rakes happily…
It’s ironic how the people who want to work are those who aren’t asked to lift a finger while here she is, who wanted to stop working have to wake up to serve the Kwons.
Yoona glance at Yuri who still has that silly smile playing on her lips as she rakes.
She groans in irritation “You’re going to get me in trouble, you know”
And immediately the smile on Yuri’s face fades away and turns into a look of worry.
“I-I just want to help” Yuri says innocently.
“I know but you know you’re not supposed to do that but here you are still doing it”
“Oh” Yuri says dejectedly and hands the rake over to Yoona.
“Thanks.” Yoona quickly turns away from her “Now go inside, it’s going to get cold” Yoona continues raking this time harsher and more forceful.
But Yoona stop midway when she felt the warmth of a wool jacket wrap around her shoulders. She didn’t have to guess whose it’s from, she knows the moment she inhaled the strawberry scent.
And Yoona looks up and sees Yuri’s dark hair swishing as the cold autumn wind blows as the girl walks back to her mansion.
*
It was sad and kind of obsessive really how content Yuri was just looking at Yoona raking from her bedroom window. But this time, Yuri’s smile couldn’t help but spread wider as Yoona wore the jacket she have gingerly put around the doe eyed girl’s shoulders.
Maybe this is it, maybe Yoona is finally giving her -or more of them- a chance.
And it was kind of pathetic really how something as small as that made Yuri’s day, but she doesn’t care… Right now, she was the happiest girl alive.
