Haneul opened her eyes when she felt something touch her face. The rabbit doll she had placed by her head before sleeping was staring at her. It seemed that she knocked it over in her sleep. She twisted her tired body around before sitting up. When she got down from the bed, she gave the rabbit doll a solid smack on the head.

She opened the door to the veranda. Looking around, she saw her laundry basket full of clothes. She separated them by color and put them in the washing machine. The old washing machine started operating with a clunk.

She tied up her hair above her head and took out some baggy clothes to wear. She had to go to war with some old grime and dirt from the corners of her house. While she was not a clean freak, this place was so terrible that she couldn’t bear to watch. She was even disappointed in her former self. While not as thorough as Maru, she put in the effort to clean the places she could reach and see.

Just then, she heard the washing machine asking for fabric softener.

Maybe it was because of all her efforts, but her house became a lot better than before. She did work hard until she was sweating, so she expected this much. She turned the AC on and went to the bathroom.

While showering, she found a tattoo behind her flank. She remembered...