"...Then, I found my mom's old stuff in the attic from when she was a student at KISS...! And Dae..."
A girl with auburn, medium length hair and blue nails rambled on to me, an ecstatic look on her face — I could practically see the sparkle that was twinkling in her eyes as she talked about her fantasies of going to KISS: Korean Independent school of Seoul.
"Kitty, are you sure you don't just wanna go to have sex with Dae?" I ask the girl jokingly with a sly smirk plastered on my face, nudging her arm with my shoulder.
"Ugh, gross, Steph... but even if I was, we've been together for four years now!" She replied to me with a laugh. "But, I don't wanna leave you..."
"Wait, what school are we taking about here? KIS or KISS?" I ask.
"There's two kisses... KISS: Korean Independence School of Seoul, not whatever else you were talking about." she explains to me, causing me to let out a deep sigh of relief.
"Oh, I thought you were talking about Korean International School! My dad kind of applied for me to go to your KISS like a month ago."
"He what?!" Kitty replied to me with a shout, almost choking on her saliva as her eyes went wide, a large smile forming on her face.
"Yeah... he said he hates the American schooling system and that I'll fail if I don't study in Korea." I say, doing a pretty accurate impression of him. "Plus, he wanted me to go visit him in Seoul anyways since he's always so busy with tight schedules." My Dad happened to be the founder of one of the largest K-pop companies in the world: DM music. He'd always be so busy with debuting new groups that he could never come visit my mom and I in Portland. I was missing him like crazy.
"Are you kidding me?! This is amazing!" She said, lost for words, as she pulled me into a long, tight embrace before looking at me and tucking my raven curls behind my ears, cupping my face in her hands. "I don't know how I would've been able to survive without you."
I smiled sincerely at her, placing my palms on the back of her hands.
"Neither do I... Have you asked your dad and Trina yet?" I asked Kitty.
"Yup! I made an awesome powerpoint for them and they loved it."
"Oh my god, I'm so excited! Let me call my dad now and tell him to accept their offer." I said as I stood up from the bed, taking out my phone from my pocket before seeing a text appear on my phone from 'My Love'.
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My Love: 'Hey babe, I miss you, can't wait for our date on Friday!' I sigh as I read the text, a small frown falling upon my face.
Me: 'about that... I'm so, so sorry... I won't be able to make it.'
My Love: 'What, why? Is something wrong?'
Me: 'No, nothing's wrong. I wish I could explain more, but I'm leaving the country 🇰🇷'
My Love: '... is this a joke?'
Me: 'I'm sorry... something came up, and my dad said he wants me to study in Korea. Flight leaves tomorrow morning.
My Love: 'KOREA?! TOMORROW?! Let me see you before you leave. I hesitate before replying.
Me: '👍Meet me at the airport, tomorrow morning?'
My Love: 'I'll be there, and I love you❤️'
Me: 'Love you too, Kai.'
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I felt guilty. Guilty about not telling the full truth to him, not that there was much to tell in the first place. Guilty about leaving so suddenly... Guilty about everything, to be honest. Kai was the sweetest boy I'd ever met, but I didn't feel the same...
"Steph, you okay?" I turned around to see a worried Kitty staring at me with her eyebrows raised, a slight frown on her lips.
"Yup! I'm okay... Almost forgot to call my dad!" I laughed nervously before dialling his number into my phone and letting it ring for a few seconds before a small static was heard on the other end.
"Hi Dad..."
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A.N: FIRST CHAPTER YAY!! I hope you all enjoyed this little intro chapter before we meet all the KISS students! If you love the show XO Kitty, which team are you on? Dae or Minho? 👀
— XO Lorena
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