troublemaker

8 | Kwon Ji-yong

"I'm going home!" I yell over the music, taking my last swing of beer then placing the cup down on the table. "What?! We've only been here for an hour!" Seungri, my friend, says - taking a swing from his drink.

I shake my head and grab my phone. "I'll call you later!" I start making my way towards the doors, "Dude! Don't be lame!" Daesung, my other friend, yells out. I raise my hand in the air and wave, continuing to walk out of the club.

I take a deep breath and sigh loudly. I love partying and drinking, but sometimes some peace and quiet is definitely needed. I make my way towards the bus stop, wanting to arrive home as quickly as possible. Once I finally arrived at the bus stop, I stand on the side - the seats all being occupied.

Seconds later, the bus arrives and I quickly make my way inside. A clumsy girl starts getting in first before me, tripping on the steps. She was tightly holding on to a pack of beers and I then realized that she's drunk. I chuckle and shake my head, following behind her to the back of the bus. She sits and I stand besides her.

One of the things I hate about public buses is how full they always are. You can never get a decent seat, because the person in front of you always ends up taking the last seat available.

I look down and see the girl slamming her fingers on the phone screen. "What the heck? Ugh.. I'm running low on battery." She says to herself. The girl starts dialing numbers into her phone, then placing the phone against her ear. "Pick up, stupid butt!" She says, a couple of people looking over at her.

I look out the window, checking my phone once in a while. The girl keeps groaning and calling, "Oh my god! My battery died.." I lightly chuckle, then she looks up at me. "Yo, can I borrow your phone? I have to call someone." She reaches for my phone and I pull away, "So? That's your problem."

She sighs, "Please, please, please!" She puts her hands together and pouts. I look at her then laugh and look away, then I look back at her and closely stare at her - then I realize. "Oh! Restaurant girl!" I point at her with wide eyes. She squints her eyes, "What? Dude, just let me borrow your phone.." She says again, closing her eyes and rubbing her forehead. I guess she's too drunk to recognize me.

"Ah, yea." I laugh and hand her my phone. She quickly dials up a number and puts the phone to her ear. "Hey, J-Boom! You listen here, k? I don't know who you fink you are, but I am my own persun!" I laugh at her slurring words as she talks. "I don't follow people around like a dog! So, next time you-"

She pulls the phone back and looks at the screen. "Ugh! The recording ended!" She dials back and puts the phone against her ear again. The bus comes to a stop and the doors open.

Some people start getting up and leaving, restaurant girl as well. "J-Boom, it's me! I borrowed someone's phone because I wasn't done talking to you!" The girl gets off the bus and the doors close. As the bus starts moving again.

I look out the window and see restaurant girl walking across the street with my phone against her ear. Wait, my phone?!

"Wait! Ahjussi! Stop the bus!" I quickly run to the doors and the man opens them up. I run across the, looking for restaurant girl. "Fuck! Where is she?!" I say to myself. I run up a street and turn right, looking around for her but can't find her.

After I give up and start walking up the sidewalk towards my house, I see someone laying down on a step of a building. I look closely and see it's her. I sigh in relief, walking over to her. "Yo, my phone." I put my hand out but stay looking the other direction.

I sigh and roll my eyes, turning to face her, "I said, my pho-" I look closely and see her eyes closed. She was sleeping. Her hair was all over the place, dark makeup smeared under her eyes. Her dress was raisin up her mid-thighs, making me look away.

I looked around for something that could cover her up and end up finding newspaper on the ground. I place some over her body and sigh, taking my phone from her hands and going to the recently called.

I dial up the last number called and put the phone to my ear. I hear someone pick up, "Mia! Let's meet up and ta-" I interrupt, "This is the owner of the phone. Your friend is laying drunk on the sidewalk.

I look down at the girl, "Oh, uh.. Where are you guys?" I look around, searching for street names or any near stores. I then spot a McDonald's near by, "We're by McDonald's in Achaseong-gil Street."

I say, rubbing my forehead and looking around. "Ah, I know where. I'll be there in a bit." The call ends and I sit next to the girl. My eyes wander around the busy streets, then to the sleeping girl next to me.

Even with her hair all messed up and her make up smeared, she looks good. She looked so innocent with her eyes and mouth shut - but the moment she opens her mouth, she sounds like an angry grown man.

That makes her very cute, though. I then get up, not wanting to meet up with her friend and start a conversation. I look down at the girl once again and smirk, taking a beer can out of the pack then tapping her head. "Thank you very gamsa!" I then walk off.

- This chapter was inspired by a scene in "High School King of Savvy"

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