Resilient

Job Hunting

Today was the day. The day where Seoyeon would finally look for a job. Her parents offered to stay at home with Taemin while she looked for a job, which was a bit hard and emotional for her. With Seoyeon never leaving the house much before, it caused her and Taemin to have a close bond. It pained Seoyeon to leave her beloved son.

"No! Don't leave Eomma! P-Please" cries Taemin, his hands trying to reach for his Eomma.  Seol kept trying to calm him down, but like a good, responsible Eomma, Seoyeon went back to her son to calm him down.

Holding him in her arms, softly and honestly his mother spoke," TaeTae...I need to go. I promise I'll be back in time for dinner. Just wait a few hours for me, then we can play and read whatever you want!" She says excitedly.

With that deal, Taemin agreed thankfully. Seoyeon bowed down politely to her parents, and left to head over to the locations that she marked for potential jobs. First, she headed to a cafe. By first sight, it was cute and clean, but it made her think of the small amount of money she would earn. Seoyeon needed a job that had a bigger salary, she needed to support herself and her son. The next potential job was a store which sold groceries. Seoyeon knew right away that there could be dangerous customers, so she decided to examine around for a while. "Better safe then sorry," she thinks. Seoyeon didn't want to work in a place where bad people lurked around, it wasn't safe for her, and she didn't want her parents to worry.

Before she could head to the last place,  she saw a man sitting down on a bench, taking pictures of everything he saw. Seoyeon heard a camera shutter flash and she turns around. The man's camera was pointed on her.

The man sets his camera down and looks at Seoyeon, they both make eye contact with one another. Seoyeon blushes a deep shade of crimson and looks down at the floor shyly, too nervous to say or do anything. 

"Annyeong, Sorry if I took pictures...it's just you look so beautiful" he smiles, standing up to approach her. "I like taking pictures of beautiful things and when you came along, I felt compelled, inspired by your beauty."

He politely gives a bow of greeting but also in apology, "Sorry again, my name is Minjoon."

"I-It's alright, don't worry. My name is S-S-Seoyeon," she stutters nervously, still embarrassed by looking at him.

He smiles in joy to meet a new friend. "Hey can I get your number? I could really use your help for these pictures, I'll pay you," he asks. To be nice she agreed, also happy to make a friend.

"Might I ask, why me?" She asks. Minjoon puts his finger to his lips and smiles, "It's a secret, see you later Seoyeon." He walks away from Seoyeon, leaving her a little confused.

"I guess this would be fun to try out.  Minjoon even promise to pay, though I feel a bit bad...he seems like a really nice guy.  But why would he pick me? Out of everyone?"

"Why me?"