“Mommy, I don’t want to go to your friend’s house” then six year old Hyerin pouted, clutching her mother’s hand as she skipped along the road between the two homes.

“They have a child your age Hyerin” her mother scolded. She knew the little girl wouldn’t cause a tantrum rather that she just hated being bored.

Hyerin brighten a bit and held her mother’s hand tighter. “Is she nice? Does she have dolls?”

Before Hyerin could reply, the door swung open and revealed another woman about her mother’s age. To Hyerin, though, she looked something like a queen in her storybooks that her father read to her at night- tall and raven-haired, wearing a rich purple dress.

That wasn’t anything like the dark, almost dingy queen of her own mother’s.

Behind the other woman stood a boy, taller than her and likely older, who clung to her leg. Still, though, he peeked out just slightly eyeing Hyerin with a sort of boyish fascination.

His mother looked between the pair and smiled softly before stepping aside, and nudging the boy forward “Jaehyungie” she began “this is Hyerin, I think you two will be good friends”

Very softly, Jaehyung asked only Hyerin “Do you want to play?”