Fate

Chapter 2

       "Sweety, I'm leaving, have a good day, and I'll see you later." No, please don't go; I need you... I sat up so fast I couldn't process anything. I was breathing heavily. When will these nightmares go away? It always starts with her saying bye, but I can't reach her before the door closes. I get a glass of water and wipe the tears away; it's 4 in the morning. I decide to stay up and get everything ready for the airport. I shower and pack the rest of baby's and mine stuff. If he wants me there so bad, he'll have to deal with me having a dog. We arrive at the airport; I print my ticket and check my bags to realize I'm sitting in FIRST CLASS?! Just who is my uncle??

         After what felt like years of waiting, I finally boarded the plane with baby, and she lays at my feet like a good girl. I'm happy there is plenty of room for her. But it's weird because it feels like I have my little space. I put in my headphone and turn on Fruits Basket, the best anime out there! Kyo and Tohru will forever be end goals. I don't want it if I don't have what they have. Fourteen hours later, I'm finally leaving the plane and get to stretch my legs. Walking through the airport, I stop at this giant window and look at the view; it's weird; I've never been out of California before. After waiting for my bags, I look for a person holding a sign with my name on it, like in the movies, but so far, I'm not seeing anything, so I walk a little farther, and yup, there is my name on a sign. I walk up to the guy. "Hello" "are you Lee Hope?" "yes, I am." he grabbed my cart with my stuff. "Okay, follow me." and he started to walk. Wow, he's a man of many words.

         When we finally enter Seoul, we aren't going towards the residential area. Instead, we stop in front of a big building with the name JYP. "Excuse me, this isn't righ--" "No, it is right, you can leave your bags here. Your uncle should be at the front." wow, damn, okay then. "okay, thank you." said with a slight nod. I get out of the van, and baby follows behind me. I slowly start to approach the door; this place is very crowded. When I get closer, I see a tall man in a suit, maybe in his mid-40s. " Hope! It is so nice to get to see you. Finally, your mom would send me pictures, but this is much better." he said well, hugging me. " you are Inchance?" "Yup, I know I look young, but don't let that fool you, haha." he's an interesting person. "well, well, who do we have here?" he said, bending down to pet baby. "Oh, this is baby, my dog; she goes where I go." "She's so pretty. I'm glad you could bring her here. well, should we go to my office?" He walks in, and I stick close to him because I don't want to get lost or kidnapped!We get in the elevator, and to my amazement, this place is big. There are so many beautiful people here. It makes me look like a potato. "Hey, Inchance, what is this place?" "Oh, sorry, I thought you would know; this is JYP entertainment, where kids come and train to debut and become K-pop stars. Have you listened to K-pop before?" " No, Mom kept me pretty sheltered." But, "Interesting, well that will change soon," he said with a smile. Hmm, I guess if I am to work in this building, I'll have to listen to it all the time.

       After what seemed like forever, we finally made it to his office, and for some reason, he became very serious. "what do you do here?" I say, well, walking around his office and looking at everything. " I'm just a marketing manager that helps with overseas stuff." "Oh, so that's why you are good at English. What will I be doing? your assistant?" " No, ill get to that here in a bit, but I have to talk to you about something serious. Please have a seat," he said, sitting behind his desk. " Okay???" "There is a reason why your mother left Korea just after having you; now you just landed and haven't had any time to settle in, so I won't go into deep detail yet, but we will say your father was not a very good man, I promise I will tell you more once you get more comfortable here." he said with no smile and you could see the wrinkle on his face more clearly. but I could feel a slight pain in my chest. "hope" that took me out of my thoughts "yes" I know you are confused. Still, in time you will learn more. So please bare with me." yes, I hope you will tell me sooner than later." "yes you have my word, now how is your Korean?" "Ummm... I know some things from K-dramas I would secretly watch.""Hmmm, that won't get you very far, so I will set you up with some online classes. Your mom told me you when to school to be a chef?" "Yes, I went for a 2-year degree in baking and cooking and a 4-year degree in nutrition." " Great! I told JYP himself, and he wants to try something new for all the debuted groups. so he set you up with a popular group, and you will be their chef, more or less." "Okay, how will I do that well living with you?" "Oh, you won't be living with me; you'll be living in the same building as them so you can be closer and don't have to travel far." " Ah, okay, it seems like an important job. Are you sure?" "Yes, the group he picked has two English speakers, so it will be easier at the beginning to communicate. I believe the group leader is in today. Would you like to meet him?" he said with a smile. Well, it's a good thing I got ready on the pla-- WAIT, HIM?!? "him?" "Yes, his name is Bang Chan, and he is the leader of Stray Kids. He picked them because they need to be taken care of; in jyps words, they are "big money makers." what am I getting myself into. "okay, sounds good." So "You can live baby in my office for now." we make our way out of the office to the elevators. I've never been good at talking to guys... they never looked my way, and you can say I'm pretty ordinary looking. We get to the 8th floor to what looks like dance rooms. We approached one of the doors, and the nervousness started to set, and my head get sweaty. We walk in, and the first thing I knowest is how big the room is! But that was short-lived when I was met with the most handsome boy I've ever seen. He's not tall but not short, either. He has wide shoulders and beautiful curly hair-- NO! Get it together. You are a professional.

        "Bang Chan, How are you!" he said with a wide smile "Ah nyeonghaseyo, what with the English?" the boy, or you could say a man approached my uncle and gave him a bro hug, very interesting they must be close somehow, or at least the k-dramas show that if they are above you, you bow and stuff. One thing is for sure when he talks; my heart does this weird thing. I mentally slap myself and get out of my head " Did JYP talk with you?" "yes, but I don't understand, so I was hoping you could clarify it for me." "Well, it is something new to help get you guys healthy, so we are giving you a personal chef, my niece Hope." I wipe my hand on my pants and say, " Hi, it's nice to meet you." I tried to speak confidently, but I failed in the department. " Hi, the pressure is mine," Chan said, taking my hand. Yup, he's a player. It's always the handsome ones.