Chapter 1 / Prologue - Wake Up

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8:00 am
High School. Yay.
Waking up on weekdays is the most difficult task I have had to undergo in my whole entire life, and I am only 16.

The alarm on my phone begins to play my favourite song, Love Me Right as I spend just a few seconds trying to dance while being trapped in a cocoon of Winnie the Pooh, My Little Pony and Marvel Comics blankets. Yep, I am all about that life. Love Me Right has been on repeat ever since Jong In gave me EXO's CD. I was actually joking when I asked, however I am so glad that I did.
While quietly humming the notes of the song sung by absolute angels, although I would never admit that to them, I finally toss my blankets off myself but I just lay there, staring at the white ceiling. What is wrong with me? I am trapped in the fandom life.

As I finally pull myself out of bed to turn off my alarm, I then turn to my bedside mirror to stare at the troll who had just decided to crawl out from under the bridge. Well, I look better than yesterday I suppose. Trying to ignore the screaming voice of my mother telling me to get out of my bed, which I am already out of thank you very much, the bathroom is calling me. The creaking of the wooden floorboards under my aching feet drown out my mother's screaming quite nicely. As I approach the bathroom mirror, I am able to examine how much more of an ugly hog I am. Nothing a little make-up can fix.

Walking out of the bathroom with my fresh face filled with winged eyeliner, gradient lips, and glowing skin, allowing my long, brown hair to fall behind me, I stare at my phone screen. Apart from the daily message I get from my friend saying "Hurry up!" At 8:15, I look at the current time of 8:30. Shit, I am late. Tugging my school uniform over my head, trying to keep it in one piece, I run down the stairs with my schoolbag in one hand, and lunch in the other. Yelling a "Goodbye" at my mother as I rush past her, I run at lightning speed towards my bus stop down the road praying to the gods of Korean Pop music that I haven't missed it. As I see the bus pulling up just as I approach the stop, I let out a sigh of relief. The Kpop Gods have been nice today.

Grabbing my usual window seat near the middle of the bus, I gently place my earphones into my ears and play the playlist titled "버스". I then do my usual "dramatically gaze out of he window while listening to cheesy songs about love" to add to the affect. If only I could experience love one day. Just One Day. 하루만.

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