It's Saturday morning and I have to work all day. I work at Pizza Hut and it's kind of hard for me not to crave pizza being around it all the time. I put my hair up and my cap for work on. I, then, head out of my house. As I walk to my car, I see a moving truck two houses down. I wonder who's moving in. I don't have time to see the new neighbors so I quickly jump in my car. As I slowly drive away, I see a few tall boys in my rear view mirror. One boy turns around and looks toward my car. I can't really see his face, so I look away. I don't want to seem nosy or anything.
I get to work and it's the same old same old. Saturdays are always busy, so I never have any down time and my only break was my lunch. It's around 5 now and my shift doesn't end until 8. I'm in the kitchen waiting for a small pan pizza to be ready to serve. "Annie! We need you to work table 12! You know how to speak Korean right?" My manager says. "I only know a little bit." I answer. "That's better than rest of us who don't know anything. Go ahead and good luck, it's a big table." She says to me as she heads into her office. I grab the pizza and take it to the table it goes to. I take a deep breath and head over to table 12. As I arrive, I count how many there are. There's seven of them. All boys. "Hello. Uh, annyeonghaseyo. Nae ileum-eun Annie. I'll be taking your order." I say slowly. "Annyeonghaseyo," They say collectively. "My name is Rap Monster. I can speak english. You speak Korean?" He says to me. "Uh, a little bit. I'm a really big fan of K-Pop. Speaking of, aren't you guys are BTS? I'm a really big fan." I say, calmly. But I can't stop smiling. "Ohh, cool. I'll tell them that." He says to me. He then turns around and translates it to the rest of the members. Next thing I know they all start talking in Korean. I have a hard time keeping up so I try not to listen in. "Uh, my name is Jin. How are you?" Jin says. I smile. "I'm good. You?" I say. "I'm good too." He says slowly. It gets quiet for a little bit until I try talking again. "Uh, what would you like drink? Mwo masigo sip-eoyo?" I say. They all discuss amongst themselves as they read the menu. "Uh, Cola please." Jin says. They all end up having cola as well. "Ok. Geumbang dol-a doebnida. I'll be right back." I say. I give a smile and walk towards the kitchen. As I fill up the cups with Cola, the situation I just experienced runs through my head. I start thinking of every little detail. Suddenly my mind turns to Jin and how he tried to talk to me in English. It was the cutest thing I have ever experienced.
My thoughts change as I finish. I put the cups on a tray and take them to their table. "Here you go. Cola for everyone." I say. It wasn't until after I stopped speaking that I realized that I was speaking in English. They probably didn't know what I was saying, except Rap Monster. "Gamsahabnida!" They say in unison as I pass the drinks.
"What would you like to eat? Dangsin-eun mueos-eul meoggo sip-eun geos?" I say as pull out my note pad. "Your Korean is very good." Jin says to me. "Thank you. Gamsahabnida." I reply. "We'll have 3 large pizzas. The meat lovers, regular pepperoni, and the supreme please." Rap Monster says. I nod and smile. "Ok. I will be right back with your pizza. Let me know if you need anything. Naneun dasi pija doel geos-ibnida. Dangsin-eun amugeosdo pil-yohamyeon allyeojuseyo." I say. They all nod and smile at me as I talk. I smile back then walk away. "Naneun geunyeoja joh-a." I hear a boy say. I recognize that the voice is Jungkook. He said he likes me."Ne. Nadoo." I hear, Jin's voice say. He said "Yes. Me too."
I smile a bit at this, but I continue working. I make my rounds with all my tables. I go back to their table to ask how they were doing and if they needed anything. Every time, they always said they were ok.I go back to the kitchen to check on the pizzas. When I do, I get hounded with questions. "So how is it?" One of my Co workers asks. "Are they nice?" Another one asks. "How do you know what they're saying?" Another one asks. I answer all of their questions with one response. "It's going well. They are very nice. I started to learn Korean about a year ago, so I can get what they're saying. One of them is fluent in English and the others know a little bit. They're very polite and nice." I say. The manager walks in as I was talking. "Good job, Annie. You keep doing what you're doing. Everyone get back to work." She says breaking up the crowd. I sigh as she approaches me. "Gamsahabnida." I say. My eyes widen. "Ah, English time. That means thank you." I say. "Haha okay. Just keep up the work. You're doing very well with the customers." She says. "Okay. Thank you." I say. "Annie, the 3 pizzas are ready for table 12." One of the cooks, Jeff, says. "Ah, thank you. I'll just take these." I say. I grab the wooden handle of the trays and take two out of the three. I'm very careful as I walk to the table. "Here we go. Yeogi du gaji pijaleul haeyahabnida. Geuligo dasi majimag e doel geos-ibnida." I say. I told them that I brought two of the pizzas and that I would be right back with the last one. I go get the last pizza and bring it to the table.
"How are you guys liking America? Uh, I don't know how to say that in Korean." I say. "Don't worry, I'll translate it." Rap Monster says. And he does. "Ahh, America is very nice." Jungkook says. "Yes, very pretty and uh, hot." Jimin says. "Ahh, America very good." J-hope. "America is cool. Pizza is good too." Suga says. "I like America. Uh, I like you too." Jin says. I blush with a huge smile on my face. The rest of the boys go crazy when he said that. "Haha, thank you. I like you too." I say. Next thing I know, I'm surrounded by a lot of oohhs and aahhhs from the boys. I laugh a little bit when I see Jin blush. "I'll let you guys eat your pizza. I'll come back with some more cola." I say. I leave and bring them a pitcher of cola to refill their cups. I go around filling up each of their cups. Each one of them said thank you in Korean. I just smiled because I'm not sure how to say you're welcome in korean. "Okay, I'll be coming around later. Let me know if you need anything." I say. Rap Monster nods at me, letting me know that he'll translate. Before he does, Jin speaks. "Okay, Uh, see you later. " He says. I smile and blush. "I'll see you later." I say. As I walk away to tend my other tables, I hear Rap Monster talk to others. I think he's saying what I said.
It's getting toward the end of my shift and Bangtan is still here. I check up on them every chance I get. The last I checked they just finished one pizza. They took slices from the others of course, but it seemed to me like they were eating slower than usual. I thought they would eat fast if they were hungry enough, I mean they order three pizzas. I check up on them again. "Is everything OK?" I say. "Yes." They all say while nodding their heads. "Uh, we have a question we want to ask you." Rap Monster says. "Okay sure." I say. "When does your shift end?" He says. My eyes widen a little. I check my watch. "Umm, in about 15 minutes. Can I ask why?" I say. "We wanted to ask you if you were able to... maybe... hang out with us later." He says. "Ahhh, okayy. Yeah, I'll be done with my shift in a little bit, then I'll give you guys my number." I say. "Okay, perfect." Rap Monster says. I look around the table and see Jin looking at Rap Monster anxiously. Did want to ask me? I smile and say that I would be back in a bit. The other customers I had finally left 5 minutes before my shift ends. When I tell them it's time for me to go, the ask for the check and a few boxes for left overs. After I transfer their payment, I write my number on their receipt. We walk out at the same time and walk to our cars.
I drive for about 10 minutes when I notice that their car has been behind me the whole time. I keep driving till I get to my house. I pull into my driveway and the boys car keeps going. So they weren't following me? The car stops two houses down and pulls into their driveway. That's the same house that had a moving van earlier. No way. It can't be. I get out of car at the same time they do. Jin looks over in my direction and smiles when he sees me. I see that they're talking to each other. They must be surprised that they live near me. Wow. Somehow, I can already tell that my life has probably changed for the better.
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