MR. PAINTER ||JUNGKOOK X READER||

2. New Place

Y/n

My sleep is unbothered. I wake up when I feel the truck is not moving anymore, also I heard the sound of streaming river. For a moment I thought, I never leave Columbia. I jerk up and get off the car to see my surroundings but,

There's no familiar environment, no smells of rain forest, no familiar birds chirping every morning, and no Kimi. Which mean I really left far away from her now. I see the middle class type of house in a complex, those are seems to me one floor apartment.

My mother lead me to one of the old building, which only this building had five floor. The laundry up there hanged between the balcony. I saw something like this at the last place we stayed. I enter the building to meet the land lord. A lady with her brown hair and blue eyes. She smile sweetly to us. Talking to my mom in a bit and then she give her the keys. I suppose there's a number on that keys. She lead us upstairs to the third floor.

The place is clean and wide though the building is old. My mother has found her new victim. We're gonna stay here for free under any circumstances for five months and then move away again to a new place. I was sick of her habit like that. But I grown up now, I want to have a job so I can pay the rent of our house to make me, at least, stay long in one place, to have a rotation of life.

Room number 303, she stop in front of it with my mom. I stay behind her and listen to what she told the land lord. As always, she tells her made up sad story. The land lord feel sympathy in her, hug her and patted her back as she say to stay strong, and then she will give the money for a first month rent, but the land lord will refuse it and let her stay for free this month, always well done. She put the money back to her purse and smile evilly when she look down.

"...you can come any time to me so we can have a talk, Mrs. Billmore." The land lord says to her with smile, patting her shoulder.

Billmore? Nice name, mother.

"I will surely do, and please inform me if there's job opportunity for my daughter, with my condition I cannot work hard and only depend myself on my only daughter." She says as she pulled me for a hug, that surprise me. This scenario never be played before. I look at the land lord with smile.

"Your daughter is really sweet and beautiful, how old are you, my love?" She asks me.

"She's 20 years old." And my mom answer it to me, I'm moving from Columbia and that's make me two years older. What a long journey to get here. I smile bitterly at her. Wanting to show her how pathetic con artist my mother is.

"What is your name?"

"Darla. Billmore." She answer for me again.

"Nice to meet you, Darla, I'm Tina." I shake her hand and smile at her.

"Nice to meet you too."

"You both should rest, welcome to our neighborhood, I hope you comfortable here."

"Thank you so much, aunt Tina."

"Oh please just call me Tina, have a good rest."

She left after that, my mom sigh annoyingly as she enter the house. I follow her and look around. The house is really nice and warm. The interior too, it's neat and smells good. My mom throw herself on the long cozy looked couch.

I walk to the left to one of the room and open it. A big room, seems to be my mother will not let me stay in a luxury bed, so I close the door and going to another room on the right. It's gonna be a river view, and I was right when I open it, the room with single bed, the way Aunt Tina explain it that this apartment have two bedrooms and bathrooms in each bedroom, one kitchen and a dinning room, separate with the living room. So much like I wanted to be.