2 DAYS AGO,
"Happy birthday , Lyra. Oh, look at you , all grown up." I heard some aunt of mine saying. Honestly, I don't even feel like this is a 'happy birthday' anymore. My rich ass parents planned a big Ball party for my birthday, which I am sure is thrown only to make a circus of their wealth. *sigh*. "Thank you so much , I am glad you came." I said with a polite smile. " Please enjoy yourself , I'll be back." And with that I decided to walk to a quiet place which I soon found out didn't exist in this loud party. And that's when I decided to just go get a drink. I walked toward the long bar tables and took a loner seat.
"One bourbon please. Neat." "But Mam , your mother said not to serve you any alcoholic drinks. I am sorry." Right. I can't even have one freaking drink on my own 18th birthday, thanks 'mom'. " Hey, listen . Come here." I called out to the bartender. "Look , my mother is at the furthest end of the hall right now, busy gossiping. So she would never know if you do me this favor, you know" I said with a flirty accent and a small pout . Uh, this thing never gets old. " M-mam just this o-once , please." He said serving me my drink with a stupid shy face . "Thanks" . I took a sip and the drink went sizzling down my throat . Oh everything felt really better now.
While having my drink , I was idly scrolling through my mails when I suddenly paused at one. It was like my brain suddenly stopped trusting my eyes . How could it , even I couldn't. A simple mail application. A mail application from The Los Angeles University of Business science.
Fuck. I did it.
Without even realizing , I just gulped the whole drink down and took in my victory. Damn. Creta. Where the hell was she .Oh I gotta tell her . I got up and started walking towards my room to change . Yes, I am gonna disturb her sleep right now. I quickly pulled out my phone and dialed her. "Pick up already, dude."
And she did. "hey , what do you want ly."she said in a sleepy voice "Bish , you are gonna get ready , step in your car, right now and pick me from my house . 911."And with that I hung up. "yayyyy" I better get ready now. This was it. I really did it. I couldn't figure out what was the great news, that I got the university I always wanted or the fact that I'll be moving to LA , away from New York , away from my parents.
Anyways , it's not like they ever wanted me here.
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-: His POV :-
" Hey , Jeon, you have mail ." On hearing this Jungkook's eyes snapped open . He was taking a nap break after serving a ton of drinks. Bartending can be really tiring sometimes, he thought. He could never really have a proper nap during a break though, he would just sit there in the backyard of the club and drown in all those worries about himself , everyday felt like a heavy rock on his chest , pushing him down each time he would try to get up.
Getting away from this city was his biggest dream right now. He just wanted a normal life , normal parents and a normal job where he is not serving stupid beer to stupid drunkards in a club, being all flirty just to engage more n more costumers!? All of this , why? Just because of a father who couldn't keep himself sane after his wife died. But I am in no position to blame him. I am just as broken as him , maybe more ,he would tell himself. Losing his mother , who was the only one who actually loved him back, was way more hard than it seemed.
But getting accepted somewhere , because of his pure and honest efforts, someplace which is not a junk full of drunkards touching and flirting with you just because they threw some dollars on your face. He couldn't find any other way of going toward a better life. World is cruel yet beautiful, googie. Fight for the beautiful part baby , fight for yourself he remembered .
His long chain of thoughts broke as soon as he heard the manager. The letter. He instinctively got up and rushed to snatch his treasure from those filthy , corrupt hands. He just tore it open using his teeth. His excitement was wild. He unfolded the letter and scanned it with so much hope and delicacy like it would fly away just like it landed on his palms . This much happiness and hope , he wasn't used to it.
The letter just said two lines " Accepted ,join our university from the 3rd day of June. Thank you."
He couldn't help but ooze up with tears. The beautiful part of this world is right in my grip. I'll fight for it, mamma.
