Girl, Get up.

Chapter 11

 *BEEP BEEP BEEP* Minji groggily reaches up to her phone to turn off her alarm. 9am. She sat up. She's late for school. She hastily got out of her bed and looked around the room. This isn't her room. She looks around again and finds her luggage she still hasn't unpacked. Oh wait. This is her room. Her new room. She looks around her surroundings again and jumps back in her bed. This is her room. She recalls the events from the night before and Minji hasn't felt so excited in her life before.

She makes her way downstairs. She sees her Uncle Jin and Joon in the kitchen. They greet her good morning and she takes a seat beside them. Her uncle informed her that they will be having lunch with his business partners at lunch and Joon hands her bag from a cafe nearby. She thanks him and opens up a bag.

It was an assortment of breads, some looked fluffy and others looked like they would crumble with just one touch. Her eyes ogle the goodies in front of her, eyes already devouring them. Joon smiles at her reaction and tells her that Jin told him that she was fond of bread so he just grabbed all the selection they had as he didn't know what she liked. Minji looks at him with bright eyes and thanks him. Joon also hands her a cup. She looks at it and asks what it was. He laughs and says it's coffee. Coffee. Minji looks at the cup again and sees that it's dark in color. She scrunches up her nose and tells Joon that it's not coffee, it's too dark. Both men laugh, they tell her that it's because it doesn't have cream and it's just an americano. Joon says she doesn't have to drink it if she doesn't want to. She takes a sip and immediately makes a face. Joon and Jin laugh at her once again and tell her that she'll get used to the taste, but she doesn't have to force herself to like it if she doesn't. Minji doesn't think she'll like the taste of just plain coffee. It's too bitter.

It's almost lunch time. Jin and Minji took the car to go to the restaurant and Joon followed with his motorcycle. Minji asked Joon if she could ride with him but Jin said no. She pouts and continues to pout on the drive to the restaurant.

"Minji, stop pouting. You'll have a chance to ride on the motorcycle. Just not right now. I don't want to have to call your parents to tell them you got hurt and it's only the second day you've been with me" Jin says as he looks at her. Minji understood, her Uncle was just looking out for her.

The three make their way inside the restaurant, their business partners are already there. The men greets their partners warmly and Minji hides behind Joon. Joon, noticing Minji nervous, puts his arm around her shoulders and introduces her to them. Minji looks at the people in front of her. They were different. They didn't look like they were high strung like her father's other business partners. She sees two girls looking at her, smiling widely. Jin puts his hands on Minji's shoulders and motions her to get closer to the two girls.

"Girls, I'd like you to meet my niece, Minji. Minji these are Yunjin and Hanni. Don't let them fool you with their innocent smiles, they're actually troublemakers" Jin teases the girls in front of him.

"It's not my fault you're easy to mess with" The girl with red hair says as she sticks out her tongue at Jin. Her uncle moves towards the girl and puts her in a headlock, using his knuckles to ruffle her hair.

"What'd you say punk" Jin jokingly says as the girl tries gets out of his grasp.

"Rude. It took me two hours to get my hair perfect" the girl pouts. Jin and Yunjin continue to bicker in the background, the rest of the adults laugh in their direction and Minji is just watching the scene in front of her. Her field of vision was a cut short with the appearance of girl shorter than her, dark hair and a beautiful smile. Minji swore she got blinded with the girl's radiating smile.

"Ignore them. They like to bully each other. Hi, I'm Hanni, it's so nice to meet you" the girl with dark hair says. Still smiling at Minji and invites her to take a seat between her and Yunjin.

"Sorry bout that, Minji. I couldn't help but bully your Uncle. He's like an older brother I never wanted to have" Yunjin says as she smiles at Minji. They laugh at Yunjin's joke and everyone gets settled in the restaurant.

Lunch went extremely well. Minji got to talk to the girls and found out that they have a lot in common. It didn't take long for them to have Minji open up and start joking around with them. Minji was having a great time. Their parents were extremely nice and even invited Minji to come over to their place to hang out if she ever felt lonely. Jin and Joon look at Minji and are relieved to see the girl wasn't as nervous as she was earlier.

After the meal the girls have invited Minji to come hang out with them so they can show her around and get to know her more. Hanni, also a bread lover like Minji, has suggested they check out a bakery that has opened up around the area. Minji looks at Jin for approval and he nods his head.

"No funny business, okay?" Jin says to the three girls but is directly looking at Yunjin.

"Yo. Im an Angel" says Yunjin, turning her face away from Jin.

"Well someone definitely lied to you or you paid them to say that to you." Hanni says to Yunjin laughing. Minji laughs with her and Yunjin puts her arms around Minji's shoulders.

"Alright alright, let's go before they ruin my vibes. Last one across the street is a Munchkin." Yunjin says out loud, she pulls Minji towards her and they half jog across the street. Both laughing as they hear Hanni calling out after them.

"Hey! No fair! I got little legs" Hanni pouts as she runs after them. The adults could hear the girls giggling from across the road and are glad that everything went by smoothly.