Golden Cage (EXO fanfic)

Ch 2: Meeting Them

We walk into an expensive looking boutique, me and Mrs.Kim. Ever since I arrived at the house yesterday she's been kind to me.

After my father left she took me into a beautiful bedroom and she tried to get me to eat "You're so skinny Eunmi, have some dinner" she said to me smiling. I shook my head and she frowned. "I understand you want to be alone, so I'll let you" she said and i stayed sitting on the bed. Everything had felt strange. Even though everything that had been given to me was new and expensive , like the silk pijamas I was wearing, I still missed my old room. I missed my mom, and laying next to her in bed every night when her nightmares would arise and we were together through everything. Now I had a feeling of loneliness that I had never felt before. In this big house, I was alone.

The next morning I woke up to Mrs.Kim reading a book on the chair in my room. "I sat up and she looked at me. "Eunmi you're awake" she said smiling at me. I nodded since I was barely awake. "Ok well tonight is your engagement party, me and Minho wanted to speed it up soon. He and I aren't getting younger you know" she said and then she chuckled. "So we have to go shopping for a dress that you can wear, we will also pick up something for your mother. Well hurry now and get changed, oh and don't worry I did all the planning, I know it may be weird for now but I promise you that you will live like a princess in this household" she said and got up to hand me an array of different colored boxes and bags. "After we got your measurements, from your mother, I sent Jaebum early this morning. You can pick what you want to wear and the maid will clean up the rest.I'll leave you to change, but please be quick since it is pretty late and we need to finish everything before the guests get here." She said walking up to the door and closing it behind her. I got up and begrudgingly got into some jeans, a blouse and some flats. I combed my medium length hair and left it down. I also brushed my bangs over my forehead. I took a look at myself and though I knew it was me in the mirror I didn't feel like myself. I took a deep breath and stepped out of the room.

"Wow Eunmi, you are such a minimalist, well I like it. Anyways lets get going" She said and she dragged me downstairs into a fancy car. To my surprise she got into the driver's seat and she patted the seat nex to her. "Come on Eunmi, let's go". I got in, put the seatbelt on and we drove away.

That is how I ended up here. Trying on 30 different dresses. Some long and elegant, others short fluffy and fun. I really had no interest in the event so I was going to allow Mrs.Kim to choose the dress for me. Well I later learned that was a big mistake since she couldn't decide and I could see the boutique employee becoming impatient. That's when I tried a vanilla colored dress with a lace top and chiffon bottom. I saw myself in the mirror and I for the first time today I had liked the dress that I was wearing. Mrs.Kim's eyes lit up and she said "this is the one" she said. The employee bagged up the dress and Mrs.Kim chose a pair of sparkly heels to go along with the dress. She also chose a sophisticated navy dress for my mother. When she was done paying for them, a fortune each, we got back into the car and drove back to the mansion. When I arrived, it looked completely different than how it looked when we left this morning. There were gold colored balloons everywhere, as well as other gold colored party ornaments. I wanted to laugh at the cruel irony, this had reminded me of the yesterday when I saw the golden door, was truly a golden cage.

Mrs.Kim began giving orders and telling people things she thought they were doing wrong. I just stood by her awkwardly unsure if I should go and get ready, or of she wanted me to wait for her. After like ten minutes of this she turned to me and said "Eunmi why are you still here, go on and get changed, Suho will be here shortly and you guys can finally meet" she said and she turned back to the workers that were preparing the event shouting orders at them. I went up the stairs, and couldn't decide which way to go. This house was huge and I was afraid I would get lost. I walked around for a while, unable to figure out which way to go. At one point I was walking backwards, and I was a bit disoriented since I was carrying a bunch of bags and boxes. That's when I ran into something and i stumbled to the ground.