So-ri looked down in alarm at the guy she'd landed on, he was wearing a muffler across his face, only his eyes were visible. At least he was still conscious, because they had fallen hard.
"I'm sorry." She gushed in English, forgetting herself and making no move to get off him. "That was absolutely clumsy of me! I'm such a mess, I'm all over the place and..what am I saying..you're alright, aren't you?."
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I nodded when she asked if I was alright. She was till on top of me, and I was beginning to notice the feel of her body's outline on top of me.
She was warm, and in a towel, gushing apologies in English and making no move to get off me. I was on my way to a herbal bath myself, to the hut next to hers when..well..
"You're a foreigner, aren't you?." I asked.
"What do you mean I am a foreigner?." She asked with narrowed eyes.
"Well, we're conversing in English." I informed her.
"Oh, Forgive me." She switched to Korean.
"Can you get off me? This is embarrassing." I switched to Korean too.
"Oh! Sorry!." She pushed herself off me and climbed to her feet, as did I.
"You're Korean accent is not so..perfect." I observed on impulse. "Let me guess, you are new in Korea.."
* * *
I stared at the guys in disbelief, hands on my hips. His muffler had come off, and well..he was cute. But just because he was cute didn't mean he had the right to insult me the way he just did.
"What the hell do you mean my Korean accent is not perfect?."
"Just an impulsive observation."
"Well, who asked you? Accent or not, I was born of Korean parents, I'm a Korean citizen, and that's it."
"I'm sorry if I offended you." He offered.
"You had better be!." I replied hotly "How dare you make judgement calls when you nearly knocked me out just now."
* * *
My eyes widened, I could feel it.
"Knocked you out?." I threw back at her "You were the one who knocked me down, refused to get off me and now you're saying it's my fault. What kind of foreigner are you?."
"Foreigner? Say that word again and I swear your ass will wipe the floor again, and not because I bumped into you again." She yelled.
"What is wrong with you?." I yelled back. I can't believe I'm standing here arguing with this crazy girl.
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RomanceBased in New York, the wife and daughter of a Korean business magnate wakes to find him dead in his bed. Upon her decision to remarry, Choi So-ri's mother decides to send her off to Korea, a country she has never been, and to a family she has never...
