Reputation (ON HOLD)

Chapter 3: Persuasion

Once I've gathered enough courage and information I decided to call Mr. Park. I dialled the number and it rang for a little while until Mr. Park finally picked up. "Hello?" He answered.

"Hello Mr. Park, my name is Y/N and I'm the girl from the street that sang today"

"Oh, well what's your answer towards my offer?"

"Well I'd love to accept it but you see my parents are a hinderance."

"Okay in that case I'll talk to them and assure them that you'll be taken care off, but you do know that the company is lactated in a different country and content right?"

"Of course I do and I'm still willing to do it even if I don't speak the language. I promise that I will give a hundred and ten percent of myself towards your company!"

"That's the spirit! Okay I'll drop by tomorrow and convince your parents into allowing you to be a part of the company."

"Mr. Park before we hang up I wanted to ask you why you'd offer me to train in your company. I'm clearly aware that you guys are a kpop company so why would you guys want someone that isn't Korean?"

"Whelp, you've got the talent and the heart for you to become an idol. Plus we are trying to be different from other companies so I thought why not give you a shot." Mr. Park proudly said.

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Narrative POV

As soon as the conversation ended with Mr. Park you took a shower and a nap since you woke up extra early for your weekly volunteer.  An hour has passed and it was almost time for dinner.  You check your phone to read all the notifications and one catches your attention.

Text message: Y/N can you send me your address so I can come and talk to you parents? I'm sorry for the suddenness but I'm leaving for Korea in a week which means we need to convince your parents so you could board the plane with me.
                                                                    -Mr. Park

Text message: Oh, okay.  My address is at xxxxx #xx.
                                                                             -Y/N
        Once the message was sent you immediately run downstairs toward your parents to tell them that Mr. Park was coming over to convince them.  Your parents barely had time to speak since they were cut off by the doorbell. "Ding dong" you run to the door opening it to greet Mr. Park and let him in.

"Hello Y/N thanks for letting me in, may I meet and speak with your parents?" Mr. Park asked.  You just nod and signalled him to follow you towards the dining room.  Your mom tells your siblings to go to their rooms while you four have a chat.  You sit at the head table while your parents and Mr. Park are on each side.

"Mr. Park we assume you're here to try and talk us into letting our daughter fly to a different country, trust her with a stranger, and hope for the best?" Your mom asked bitterly.

"Well yes, basically yes. If you want to put it into short terms and only focus on the negative then yes," Mr. Park answered. "Although if you wanna hear all the benefits then I'm here to elaborate."  Your mom raised an eyebrow and motioned Mr. Park to continue. "When your daughter moves to Korea she will be given all the things she needs, that includes education, transportation, basic human needs, protection, insurance and training.  All of this will be provided by the company if you allow her to become a trainee in Korea." He informed.

"That all sounds promising but what would happen if my daughter gets physically/mentally sick? Will she keep training? What if someone tries to abuse her and use her? Who will stand up for her? What happens if she doesn't want to do that anymore? Will you just kick her out?" Your mom asked with worries in her eyes.

"Your daughter will be under the protection of the company if anything bad happens to her you are allowed to sue the company, even if they're accidents.  All of your worries are all answered in this document once you sign it we can't break any of the listed promises or rules.  I'll give you guys till tomorrow to sign it, I'll comeback." With that Mr. Park stood up, bowed, and left us with the documents. 

"Y/N is this really what you want?" Your dad asked.

"Yes dad, I know that you guys will be worried about me but I promise you nothing bad will happen to me.  I can take care of myself just like you." I answered looking at my dad in the eyes.

"Well Y/N if this is what you really want then I will support you, but there are rules you need to follow!" Your dad said while coming up to you to hug you.  Your mom just stared at the two of you since she had nothing to say. Once the hug was over you turned to your mom hoping that she'd have a change of mind since your dad did.

"Mom?" You asked.

"Y/N it's not that we don't want you to follow your dreams, we truly do support you but moving into a different country? Being miles away from us not knowing wether you've eaten or not puts us into distress!  I worry about you Y/N I know how kind, selfless, and naive you can be, I'm worried that people will take advantage of you and I won't be there to protect you." Your mom ranted.

"Mom, I know I understand but please let me go. I promise that I'll call you guys everyday and tell you how my day went, I'll talk to you guys whenever somethings wrong, I'll eat and sleep on time, and I promise that I won't let myself get hurt while I'm there. Please have faith in me mom."

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(Note: Hello, I know it's been a while since I last updated and this update isn't action packed but I promise the story will get better I just need to write a couple more introduction chapters till I can finally start adding som action into the stories.  Anyways thanks for reading this chapter and I'll probably need you guys to vote on something, since I need a little help with Y/N. Thanks again 💜!)