Pretty in Pink ~ San

Chapter 13

*One Week Later*
It's been a week since San and I got married, and we're having our honeymoon in New York City. All I'm thinking about is I Like Me Better by Lauv, being in New York like this. I would love to go to a café with San while we're here. I'd love to go to a lot of places in New York with him, but anywhere with San is better. The first place we go to is our hotel, we take the first day to settle down and rest.

After resting up a bit, we go out to eat. I would love to get some hoagies because I heard they're delicious out here. I know I have to follow a strict diet, but I can give myself an excuse for my honeymoon. I think I can just work extra hard to work off all the weight I gained while back in America. San has taught me taekwondo and how to dance, so I incorporate those activities into my regular work out routine. It is quite fun, actually. The most fun I have is whenever I visit KQ Entertainment and San invites me to practice with the other members. I have my fun learning their choreographies and such. It makes me feel like an idol, that I never got to be. I knew acting was my true passion, so I pursued that.

When San and I finish brunch, we go to our next location. We go to the Empire State building. It is quite beautiful from the top of the building, but I'm afraid of heights. San knows that, and he experienced my few when we went to the top of the N-Seoul Tower. That was a beautiful view up there as well. There's just something about the aesthetic of New York, though. While we're looking out at the city at the Empire State building, I get a little frightened, so San wraps his arms around me from behind. Oh, this is my own weakness. When my husband wraps his arms around me from behind, it's just a different feeling.

After enjoying the view at the Empire State building, it is just turning 2pm. The day has barely just begun, and it's only our first day here as well. Since we ate around 11am, I am still full, so we can kind of skip lunch today. The next place we go to is Central Park. We stop by a Starbucks to grab some iced coffees, then went on our way around Central Park. This park is absolutely beautiful. A chunk of greenery in a concrete jungle. I think it is just perfect out here. Despite there being a lot of smog here, this piece of land in NYC has clearer air, almost. Ah, I just love it here.

Following our visit to Central Park, we then go to one of my bucket list places for NYC; New York Public Library because I am a book nerd at best. We wander around the library for a long while. There are too many books to look at. Eventually, I end up in the romance and romantic comedy section, ah classic me. Of course I would end up here. San wanders around the other genre sections, not really interested in the romance section. I find a book I have just been dying to read lately: REMEMBER ME Always. It's a book I have been interested in lately, and curious, I buy a copy so I don't need to return it. I didn't know if I could buy books here because it's a library, but one of the libraries showed me to the books I am able to buy.

I finished wandering around the library, picking up and buying books that most interest me. I have a few shelves in our room, two or three shelves for my K-pop albums that I had to ship all the way to Korea when I realized I was staying in Korea permanently. I couldn't take my CD player with me because it has the wrong plug in, so I had to buy another one. Now, I'm still into K-pop as much as I was 8 years ago. It still interests me very much. I love the new groups who are debuting, they bring a new flavor to K-pop which I never knew could be possible. Now, K-pop isn't just about being Korean and able to speak the language, but able to speak multiple languages, but still manage to have that Korean Wave, that Hallyu.

We leave the library and by this time, it is around 5 or 6pm. It is the perfect time to visit Times Square. Ah, this place is the most busy at this time, but I don't mind. As long as I don't lose San in the crowd. We quickly make our way around the crowds. I still have some pretty bad social anxiety, but since becoming an actress, I have gotten a bit more used to it. When I was still a teenager, going to therapy in Korea was seen as taboo, but it was just starting to normalize more. These days, it is normal for people to go to therapy if they need it. I have a lovely therapist named Mrs. Chwe who loves to help me with my issues. She is also the wife of one of my all-time favorite K-pop idols, Vernon Chwe. When I found this out, I couldn't believe it. It also meant she is only 5 or 6 years older than me, which makes her able to understand me better.

Despite still having my mental health issues, San is here to make me feel better about myself. He makes me feel like a better person every day. That is why I love him. He makes me forget about my issues for a moment and just enjoy life. He is the best thing to ever happen to me, and I'm so glad that we are married. It seems like San is the soulmate I have been searching for this entire time.