"Welcome to being treated like shit for no reason."
In which a black woman falls in love with an asian man who takes discrimination on a stride.
Started: 8/05/2020
Ended: 1/01/2023
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I have never been this stressed in my life.
There is one month to go until the wedding and I cannot find a dress... Martha has flew in dresses, designers have sent me sketches, samples, portfolios, practically asking me to buy their soul but nothing.
There hasn't been that moment where I just fall in love with a dress.
"Now you look silly with that stressed face, I could've given you some calm down dick but I'm on lockdown," Chai laughed coming out of the bathroom."
"I don't want your stupid dick," I huffed throwing a pillow at his head, "I want a wedding dress like you've got your suit. Locations locked in, guest locked in, decorations locked in, colour scheme locked in... am I supposed to come naked?"
"You'll come naked? I can come naked too and-"
"Come on Chai, I am freaking out."
"You want me to order you some bubble tea?"
"Yeah, I wa-"
"Peach tea with strawberry bubbles and that strawberry cake from Pink Bubbles." He didn't even need me to tell him, no hesitation just straight to Uber eats.
This is why he my husband.
I wanna do the nasty when he acts so perfect.
Y'all finna jump me? Be honest.
"You're giving me bedroom eyes," he stated with a lazy smile pulling me to lay on his chest.
"We have a month to go, don't do that. And look at the positives of no sex: you're back practising taekwondo, your muscles look so good," I complimented tracing a vein on his arm.
After reaching mass grumpiness, Marcello told Chai to go take up a sport because he was fucking up the vibe in their friend group. Yes, there is actually a friend group and there is like seven of them... Fabiano is like the newest recruit. It spun me when I found out... Chai knows so many people like all these sidemen just popped up when we got to putting together an initial guest list.
Anyways chile, Chai decided to pick ITF taekwondo back up as a hobby and... I never knew my man could move like that. He said he stopped taking classes at twenty and is very rusty but when I went to watch him with his trainer... I wanted to take him down right there.
"I want this though," he mumbled squeezing my ass and kissing my neck.
"Hey if you don't stop it, I'm going to my house."
Chai and I still live in different houses but we sort of always end up at each others houses... it's really annoying because I'll leave my favourite shirt at his and have to go all the way across town to get it. But the penthouse is ready now since it was getting redecorated ready for us to move in when we come back from honeymoon.
We also started planning our new home for later... from scratch.
It sounds so weird saying that but yeah... we have a lot. A plop of land where we're actually building one of our dream houses. We'll probably be using it as a family home for a while when we start having kids and leasing the penthouse.
Chai said we'll probably be building a few houses throughout our lifetime and that some will be investment projects so that I should enjoy building my first house.
I can't believe how much it all costs and grandpa Kim and Anurak don't even care. So far we've had to hire an architect, a construction company and an interior designer and I kind of get overwhelmed... I say hire but they are essentially Kim conglomerate close associates. This is the Kim family domain so halmeoni and harabeoji have been very excited when i ask them something and want to learn more.
"After we're married, you can't use that anymore and I can't wait-"
"Wait baby, Martha is calling," I scrambled picking up my phone. It just rang out of nowhere.
"Ms Da Costa, we have a brand new dress and-..."
... "- your mother in law has arranged everything. She wants to do a private fitting, just you and her."
Chai was so against me and his mother meeting in private again but I need this. If she has a wedding dress, I really need it.
I'm... desperate.
"Hi Mrs Kim, how are you," I greeted reaching down to kiss her cheek and as I did I felt her stiffen a bit before she composed herself.
"Hello Nayla, nice to see you too. The woman told me she's just getting the dress ready."
This is awkward but, I know Mrs Kim is trying. This shop is empty so she really must've spent a lot to empty the space so it's just her, i and the staff. It is all so pretty too; very pink and girly with cookies and glasses of pink champagne.
"Martha said you got me a Bridal 22 Ashi Studio dress. She said they're very hard to get your hands on so I appreciate this Mrs Kim, I can't find anything and I'm... so scared I won't find anything."
"I found my dream dress a week before my wedding," Mrs Kim admitted with a soft smile. "Mohammed and I have a great relationship and I went to a few of his private bridal shows. When Sommie said you couldn't find a dress, there was one that stuck in my mind and for some reason I really wanted to see you in it."
There is something very... soft and warm about Mrs Kim today and it's scaring me. She's just looking at me so dreamily and she's getting kind of teary eyed. Did she have too much to drink?
You're scaring the hoes.
"Ms Da Costa, would you like to follow me, we're ready to fit you," one of the shop assistants appeared and I quickly followed.
The mirrors were covered and I gave one of the girls a look. Like... how am I supposed to see myself?
"Mrs Kim wants it to be a surprise."
Well bitch, I don't, uncover these hoes.
They fitted me in the most extravagant dress I have ever seen like... this is for a wedding? It looked like art, I think it belongs on a museum not me. I loved the big accent piece like the bow, flower hybrid and... it was just so elegant with the huge train I dreamed of. I can't even see myself and I felt my anxiety skyrocket.
Can I make this dress look good?
After, they finished dressing me, the girls counted down before they pulled the cloth on the mirrors and the curtain that separated Mrs Kim from me. We both let out a gasp and I just started crying...
It's perfect.
The ladies had to give me tissue because I was just so happy, I look like a doll. I feel so pretty right now... I am finally a bride.
"I struggled to get pregnant and I struggled delivering Sommie so they told me it would be best to have my tubes tied so I wouldn't risk my life again carrying and delivering a child," Mrs Kim softly spoke, sniffling and wiping her eyes, "but I always wanted to help a daughter choose her perfect wedding dress."
"I am so sorry Mrs-"
"I thought I would never get the chance but... here you are and you are the prettiest daughter. Only a woman born to be a Kim can pull of an Ashi wedding piece."
