TaeJin Short Stories

Operation "New Appa"

A handsome man walked towards the front door of his new apartment carrying several bags of groceries. He was struggling to carry them and search for his keys.

He decided to place the bags on the ground while he dug in his pockets for his apartment keys.

Just as he was bending down to place them on the floor, one of the bags ripped and all its contents fell out. Several apples and oranges rolled down the hallway.

He sighed exasperatedly, rolling his eyes and continued with opening his front door before retrieving them.

He then grabbed the bags off the floor and walked inside, leaving the door open. When he put the bags on the kitchen counter, he started walking back out to grab his missing items.

But as he was about to step out, he saw an adorable little girl at his door. She was holding several of the dropped fruit in her arms and looked up at him with her almond shaped eyes and she smiled at him.

"Are these yours ahjusshi?" She asked cutely.

He looked around and pointed to himself and asked her in a horrified voice, "Me? I'm ahjusshi?!"

She nodded and says, "Ye, my papa told me to always be respectful of my elders."

His face fell, but quickly smiled when he noticed she was picking up on his unhappy demeanor. He was just offended and hurt to be called ahjusshi at his age. But then understands that to her, he really is old.

"Thank you for your help. But please don't call me ahjusshi. How about you call me Jin oppa instead?"

She smiled happily and watched as he bent down to grab the rest of the fallen fruit. He then walked inside his apartment and placed them in the fruit bowl and he turned around to find her right behind him as she handed him the ones in her hand.

"Thank you. What's your name?" He asked her.

"My name is Kim Mei-Li. But my papa calls me Melly."

"Do you live on this floor?" He asked.

She nodded and turned to point at the door across from his.

"I live over there with my papa. We live alone since my eomma died when I was a baby. I don't remember her, but my papa tells me she loved me very much."

Jin looks at her sympathetically and says, "I didn't know my eomma either. But as long as you have a great papa, you will be ok."

She starts to smile until she suddenly hears someone calling out her name.

She flinches and quickly says, "I'd better go before he gets mad I left without telling him."

They then see the door fly open from across the hall and see a gorgeous stranger step out. He looks like a Gucci model, and see him look around frantically up and down the hall.

He then looks straight ahead into Jin's apartment and when he sees his innocent little girl in a strangers apartment, he immediately fears the worst.

"What the hell are you doing with my daughter?! Are you some sort of creep or pedophile?!" He angrily asks. He then runs over to pick up his daughter in his arms.

Jin is horrified to be accused of such a terrible thing.

"N-no! I'm not a pervert! She helped me carry my fruit inside. That's all!"

"Is that some sort of pervert lingo I'm not aware of?!" He then starts walking towards him in a threatening manner while Jin starts moving back.

The little girl grabs her papa's shirt roughly to get him to listen to her and she says, "No papa! His grocery bag busted. And his apples fell on the floor, so I helped him carry them inside."