chapter 1

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I put one foot in front ofthe other and twirl in a way that makes my white knee long dressfloat around me. I look up at the stars and wonder how many peopleare looking at them with me.

Then I remember that I amquite drunk right now and that my shoes are some place I can't quiteremember. Tumbling around the streets of Seoul I notice peoplestaring at me, maybe because I'm a foreigner or maybe because I ambarefoot on a fresh September night, only wearing a thin white dresswith a top similar to a lace bra which flows down like a corsets butends in white fabric. But I am still warm from all the alcohol.

I get onto a bus thatdrives towards my apartment near the outskirts of Korea's CapitalCity.

My head against the coolwindow I look at all the passing lights and people and wonder whatthe next day may bring. Well for me it's the night shift at the ZeusHotel, I am mostly at the reception, but checking the rooms orhelping costumers as well as planing events are part of my Job.

As I arrive in my one RoomApartment I look around. My thick mattress covered in white messed upbedding lying on the floor because in the three months that I've beenhere I never came to build up my bed. On the opposite side of mybed/mattress there is a huge mirror in a wooden frame. Stacks ofbooks surround my bed and I sit myself down and wipe off my smudgedmascara and let my auburn hair flow down my pale shoulders in softwaves, my green-blue eyes seem dull unlike they used to be. I open upmy Laptop and notice 3 missed Skype calls from my friends back inEngland.

I wake up at 4 PM from theafternoon sun. I have five hours until work starts so I do my dailyshopping at a local market and get lunch, I am quite bored, because Ido have Problems making friends, not because I'm really shy, I justfind it hard to come around and fully trust a Person.

I tried dating in Koreabut I seem not fit for a relationship so I stick to occasional onenight stands, but it's just not enough.

So all in all I am quitefrustrated, sexually.. but pshhhht.


Istand at the reception in the most elegant lobby you can imagine. Theblack knee long pencil skirt of my uniform makes me feeluncomfortable because my legs are not as thin as those of my Koreancolleges, I blow a strand of red hair out of my face and pull mymessy ponytail tight, it is quite a contrast to the black hair andsleek buns of the other woman I work with. I turn to Choi Won-ho theguy who works this shift with me. ' Such a quiet night... it'sboring.' I tilt my head to one side and pout my lip. The man in hislate thirties laughs and runs a hand through his hair. I look at theclock, 2 AM.. still three more hours to my shift. Just a couple ofminutes later the phone rings and Won-ho picks up. He looks concernedand frowns. 'Yes.. I understand.. I will send my college up to helpyou.' He puts the phone down and he looks at me with some weirdexpression.'What is it?', I ask. 'Well my dear maybe your night won'tbe that boring.'

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