《Teddy Bear | WinRina》Chapter 4
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After the incident, Katrina couldn't bear to return her friends' stare. It wasn't that she was embarrassed of Winter, but she can't seem to remove the image of her, physically. She almost forgot about it. Almost. Luck wasn't on her side, perhaps. She ran her hands over her face before mentally slapping herself.
"You weren't kidding." Aeri broke her stare, only to pull her hand from her chin to cross her arms. "My goodness." It was Ningning this time.
"I am not you." Katrina turned to the satan after suppressing a groan.
The three were seated at the coffee table in the Yu's living room. Shopping bags were placed aside, except for Katrina's. She gave them to Winter who's now changing in her master's room.
If you're wondering why Winter didn't require any help, it's because she already saw how Katrina did it, back when she was still a teddy bear. It didn't cross the Yu's mind like it was the common knowledge ever. Little that they know the bear didn't have that or any at all, and it was gained by watching her master.
The small banter of the three continued even after Yujin brought in glasses of orange juice, enough for 5 people. She then sat herself next to Katrina, who's sitting in front of her two besties. Still going on with their banter even after sipping their drink, creating gaps of silence in between the battle of 'defending themselves'. Of course, not before thanking the little one.
"So... Based on your normal state now, You seem to know everything already." Katrina decided to stop the banter before eyeing Yujin.
Yujinnodded nonchalantly while sipping on her juice.
"What did the bear tell you?" Aeri decided to pry.
"Oh, don't worry, just everything that I needed to know." The youngest grinned bashfully before putting her drink down.
"And by everything, you mean..." Katrina eyed her suspiciously.
"Like how you kissed her that made her into what she is now?"
"wHAT-" Ningning manage to spat out before chocking on her drink. It was the second time today but only this time, it's a juice.
And it was also the second time today the satan injured her precious ankles. Good thing their drinks didn't fell.
"Yah! N-No wait you guys got it all wrong!" She waved on her friends hastily with the color red conquering her cheeks, but none of them saw it as they're both occupied with saving their life from dying in the lamest way.
"I didn't know that a kiss would magically turned her into a teddy bear! Like you guys never kiss your plushies before going to sleep!" Katrina fumed that looked like a whine, only to receive another bump from the table.
It was Ningning's ankle again. Her friends can now be seen rolling all over the floor.
"Unnie, are you sure you didn't bring wrong people? Are they only doppelgangers or-" Yujin leaned close to her unnie to whisper the word out.
"Now that you mention it," Katrina stared at the whimpering idiots, "I don't even know."
"Master?" Like a child calling out for her mother in a crowded place, the sudden voice made everyone's head turn to the direction of it.
The pain of the two long forgotten as they gaped on Winter who's standing on the end of the stair, tugging the end of her new sets of clothes, looking oh so innocently at Katrina.
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The new set of clothes looked cute on her, they all thought. A lose yellow tee that actually covers her whole upper part of the body and a white knee-length pants. It made Katrina wonder if the clothes that she bought was made for Winter to wear it, almost like it's destiny or something.
"Winter.." Katrina was about to ask her to sit down with them but she stopped when she saw Winter's eyes became wide.
"Orange juice!" The bear exclaimed loudly as she ran to their direction to grab the drink, only to trip on nothing and fell on the floor. Hard.
Katrina was shocked. She ran to Winter who's just lying there, but a groan can be heard.
"Winter! Are you okay????" Ningning stood up quickly to help her friend sitting Winter up. Aeri was still gaping.
"Did she just fell on nothing?" She thought.
"Her nose is bleeding!" Ningning panicked seeing blood coming out of Winter's nose.
"She bleeds too?" The satan tilted.
"Yujin quick! The kit!" Katrina shouted. Yujin who's frozen snapped her head, nodding before running to get the item her unnie demanded.
Winter felt drowsy. Shaking her head, trying to clearing out something that seems to be stuck in her face. "Uuughh"
"Stop that! You'll bleed more!" Katrina held her cheeks with both of hands.
"Bleed? What is that?" As drowsily eyed Winter's face before touching the injured part of the face.
"What is this?" The bear turn her attention to her hand that has her blood on it.
"And stop talking for the moment!" Her master had her eyebrows knitted. She's worried. It hasn't been 24 hours yet and Winter already had a bleeding nose.
"What is this feeling? Master, I'm not happy with this." She frowned. A tear escaped Winter's eyes. She's crying.
"And she can cry! Oh my God!" Aeri almost fainted.
"Oh! D-Don't cry! It'll be okay! " Katrina was eyeing Winter panically while Ningning was out of words. She can only caress the bear's back, trying to ease her. Winter tugged Katrina's sleeve a few times, Katrina take it as she needs to cling on something. So she just hugged her, not caring if her favorite sweater might get stained later.
"What is a- c-cryy-" She managed to ask bertween her sobs. Katrina mentally facepalmed herself.
Yujin came running back to the scene with the needed box in her hand.
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The once sobbing bear was now smiling like an idiot as she sipped on her orange juice. She had a tissue stuffed in one of her nostril. They were staring her in disbelief. How can a glass of orange juice manage to make her all giddy like she was slapped by rainbows after all the bleeding and crying for tripping over nothing?
"Master?" Winter looked up from her drink to Katrina who jolted up upon the call.
"Y-yes?"
"Thank you." Her grin made her eyes disappear.
"What for?"
"For making Winwin happy again." Katrina blushed. Ningning, who was eyeing the bear ever since, frowned.
"Heyyy, I helped too!" She huffed. But she regretted afterward when Winter turned her head to Katrina's two besties, a little faster. Her face was blank and they tried to smile but only to receive nothing in return from the bear.
Winter then suddenly stood up, making everyone jolt out of their seat. The bear bowed 90 degree on her. "Hello! My name is Winwin Kim, nice to meet you!" She flashed her eye smile right after.
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"What are you doing???" Katrina looked up to Winter who's still grinning. Ningning and Aeri were petrified while Yujin was smiling proudly at the bear.
"Yujin told me that I should do this when meeting other humans that I never seen before!" The unnie glared at the dongsaeng.
"What? Basic knowledge, okay?" Yujin said trying to prove herself right.
"Do you want her to bow at everyone if she got out of this house, idiot?" Katrina pushed her dongsaeng's head on the side. Winter might ended up breaking her spine.
"....Oh."
It was rare for Yujin to make such hasty decisions. She must have had too much fun teaching Winter stuff.
"Only greet humans that you don't know in this house, okay?" Katrina turn her attention to Winter, not without pointing out a finger in a manner like a mother alarming her children not to do things that they aren't supposed to.
"Okay, Master."
"And stop calling me Master. Call me Katrina instead."
"What? Why? Isn't that not good?" Winter pouted. Ningning chuckled at the sight.
"What do you mean not good?" Aeri finally voiced out.
"Well, Master was the one who activated Winwin though..." Her voice faded.
"So? I don't see any problem with you calling me by my own name?" Katrina smiled softly at the bear.
"But-"
"No buts, that's an order." She said firmly this time.
"Okay..." Winter obeyed, nodding her head nevertheless.
The sight was too adorable, they all can't help but to laugh. Until Aeri whispered something in Ningning's ear before nodding at each other. The Yu siblings saw it but they only tilted their head slightly out of suspicion.
They both stood up and bowed 90 degree back at Winter. "Hello!" They chirped in unison. "My name is Uchinaga Aeri-", "And my name is Ning Yizhuo but you can call me Ningning for short!" She did a V-sign before ending together, "Nice to meet you too!"
Winter blinked rapidly. She stared at the two before grinning widely at the two.
Yujin laughed while Katrina whined.
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Yujin brought in more drink, and it was their third batch. Explaining what are 'blood', 'bleed', 'cry' took them longer as Winter kept throwing questions at them. More explanations are presented when the words, red, pain, hurt, tears, sad and some other words linked to the last ones came out. Katrina swear it felt like being in that Who Wants To Be A Millionare show.
"Anyway, Winter , what were you doing just now?" Katrina remembered the question she meant to ask her before everything turned upside down.
"Uh, Winwin fell and bleed?"
"No no, I mean when we just came." Katrina was talking about her flipping here and there around the house. Her cheeks went slightly pink at the thought of the incident back then when Winter's figure was too exposed for her likings even after putting something over her.
"Oh! Yujin showed Winwin this video in this square thing called tv of some humans doing some move and asked if Winwin can copy them. Yujin said they're called acrobats and flips!" Winter smiled innocently as she pointed at the tv in front of them.
Yujin swallowed a lump on her throat before explaining herself. "N-No, I didn't mean to teach her things! You should really see it yourself! Winter is really talented, she could copy things. She learns fast!"
That gained the three's attention.
"Really?" Aeri smirked at Yujin before looking over to WInter who's playing with the tissues in her nostrils.
"Don't." Katrina stated flatly. She turned her attention back to Winter with her arms crossed. "Like what?"
"Juggling!"
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Winter is now seated on a stool that Yujin fetched from the kitchen in the living room. They're currently trying on the accessories that they bought along with Katrina on Winter. Like the innocent one she is, she stayed quiet while throwing a few questions on things that she never saw before.
Though they only started 10 minutes ago, it felt like 712178 hours for Katrina. Their actual intention on doing so is to only tease her, taking advantage of Winter's lack of knowledge. Yujinhappens to be on their side.
But it faded, because the more they put something on her, the cuter she gets. It's impossible, she thought. How can Winter look cute in any situations, that includes having her nose bleed.
Somehow it annoyed Katrina.
"Heol. You really look like bear!" Aeri exclaimed after putting what it seems to be a headband with bear ears on it on Winter's head.
"What is this?" Winter touched the headband.
"Something that makes you look cute if you wear them." Yujin said.
"So.. Am I cute now?" Winter grinned as she learnt the word "cute" from the trio few moments ago.
"Oh my God, why are you so adorable???" Ningning pinched the bear's cheeks. Winter smiled bashfully.
They continued to put more accessories on her. Bear hairclips, bear printed scarf, bear earmuffs and other bear-themed accessories. They sure bought a lot of bear-themed stuff.
Something is missing, Katrina thought when she eyed Winter being BEARified. Then it snapped her. She ran to her room to grab an eyeliner and decided to join the trio.
Katrina drew a giant circle on Winter's nose. She drew a snout. Winter just blinked when the other four laughed at her.
"What is that?" Winter pointed at the pencil in Katrina's hand.
"That's an eye liner. Supposedly used on the eyes, but this is exceptional!" Ningning laughed again even after calming down when the bear only blink.
"What is it for?
"To enhance the features of the owner so her face becomes prettier." Aeri strike an elegant-like pose in front of Winter.
"Is that Katrina's?" Apparently she has learnt the word too.
"Yeah, the old hag needed some upgrade." Aeri joked only to receive a smack on the back of her head. "Yah!"
It made Winter frown. "Why?"
"What do you mean why?" The satan recovered after a loud yelp, rubbing the injured area.
"Katrina is too pretty already!"
It wasn't the last time Katrina encountered embarrassing moments after that. Winter's too bold. She kept throwing fireballs everywhere. It didn't help that her dongsaeng and besties kept laughing at how cheeks were becoming hot. It almost most definitely didn't help that Winter was 24/7 ':D'
Dear God please end my life.
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