Dreams (Justin Huang x OC)

Chapter 1

Song: Run by BTS

"Yo, wassup!" I said as I strolled  in the lobby of Yue Hua Company with my luggage in tow. Everybody stared at me and I ignored them. I swaggered up to a stranger and raised my hand to high five him. However, the man acted like he's ever seen a hand before. "What's that? What are you even doing?!" The stranger asked. I looked at him in amazement and directed my gaze to the raised hand. "Oh, this is called a hand. It's used to hold things and it can make gestures like-" I was about to show him my  favorite, but rude gesture when my aunt rudely cut me off. 

"C'mon, hon. We've got no time to waste!" She beckoned me over but I knew she was a little bit weird out. "Coming! See ya, ma man." I saluted to the man and followed my aunt. "You will stay in the Yue Hua dorms for today. I will show you to your dorm. You only have one room mate in there and it's... I think her name is Ashvi... Patel? She's from America and her parents are from India. She can show you around the company. Anyways, report to the practice room number B207 at 2:00. You are going to practice your dancing, singing, and rapping there for the show." My aunt said as she stopped. "Why are we stopping?" I questioned. "We're here already. Here's the key to the dorm." She replied, handing me the key.

She then left and I was all alone. I hesitantly inserted the silver key into the key hole. Click. I took a step in the dorm. "Yo!" I yelled. "Ayo, wassup!" A girl, which I presumed was Ashvi, popped out of nowhere, scaring the heck out of me. "AHH!" I yelled, smacking the girl in front of me. "Ow! What the hell did you do that for?!" 'Ashvi' said. I shrugged, putting my luggage down.

"Let me start over. Hi, I'm Ashvi." She stuck her hand out. I shook it. " 'Sup, Mei Na." She showed me my room which was also her room. "You can sleep on the bottom bunk, since I sleep on top." She pointed to the top bunk that she decorated with purple and black.

"Nice." I said. I put my things down and belly flopped on the bed, making a 'bed' angel with my arms and legs. "Dude, unpack first, then explore." Ashvi said and dumped my luggage on me.

I groaned and moved around on my bed like I was having a seizure. "I don't want to." I whined. "Child, get up before I pull you on the ground."

"Okay, mama." I said sarcastically and began to unpack like a lazy dinosaur. Once everything was in place, my stomach began to scream. Yes, scream. "Shush, child. I will fill you up after I decide where this poster goes." I said patting my stomach. I put the Bts poster on the wall. I judged it. "I hate it, but I need to eat so.." I walked out of the room.

"Yo, Ashvi! Let's go to the restaurant around the corner!" I yelled. She tumbled out of her room. "Did I just hear a potato calling my name?" Ashvi said as she was tripping over her converse. "Yes, Ashtato." I said and got in my sneakers.

We call each other Ashtato and Natato. It's weird, I know. It was also strange how we became best friends in only two hours.

"What time is it?" I asked and she replied with, "Lunch time." I gave her a look and pretended to elbow her in the stomach. "No, seriously." I said. "Almost 12:00." She said, looking at her watch. "So we have about one hour and 45 minutes to eat. Then we need to start heading back at 1:45."

We arrived at the restaurant called "Little South World" or "Xiao Nan  Guo" or "小南国". (This is actually a real place and it's a popular chain restaurant in china. I've only been there once or twice though.) "When did you come to China?" I asked Ashvi in curiosity. "I came here about one year ago. My Chinese friend, Catherine, wanted me to come and audition here in China since she likes someone. I think it was something like... Li Xi Kan? He's not in Yue Hua. I think he's in Mai Yue Entertainment. He's her childhood friend." Ashvi said. "Whoa, I only asked you one question. Is Catherine here, though?" I asked.

"No, she's in a college near by to study filming school. She wants to be an actress." She said and I nodded. We discussed what we wanted to order and a waiter came. "Hello, I'm Chen Li Nong. And I will be serving you today." He smiled. He looked like a Chinese version of Jeon Jungkook. He also looks brighter than my future. He also doesn't look like one of those flirty waiters so that's good. 

In my peripheral vision, I can see Ashvi literally have hearts as pupils. "What would you like to drink today?" He asked, smiling again. "We'll both have watermelon juice, please." I said. Then, Ashvi piped up. "You look ho-" I slapped my hand over her mouth. "What?" He asked in confusion. "Oh, it's nothing." I plastered on a fake smile while secretly glaring at her. I felt something lick my hand. "Gross!" I quickly pulled my hand away and wiped it on my leggings. "Uh, I'll get your drinks first and let you guys discuss first." He stuttered and awkwardly walked away. 

"Damn, he's hot." Ashvi sighed. "I get it." I whacked her head, irritated. "Are you really going to Idol Producer?" Ashvi asked again. "No dumb ass, I'm debuting tomorrow." I sarcastically said. "Wow, really?" Ashvi said, shocked. "No! I am going to Idol Producer, okay?" I face palmed. "Here's your drinks." Chen Li Nong placed our drinks in front of us. 

"Okay,we would like to get ginger chicken, sesame balls with yellow paste, and grandma's braised pork (外婆红烧肉 hong shao rou) please." I said. He nodded, "Okay. I'll bring rice in a few minutes, too. And I can't help over hearing, but I'm in Idol Producer too." He said. Me and Ashvi were shocked. "Really?!" She asked. He nodded and then smiled. Again. 

He went and helped another table after. "Wow, he's the whole package." Ashvi stared dreamily at him again. I sighed. "Thank goodness. I thought I was going to be with all total strangers." I rubbed my face. "By the way, why did you order braised pork, you knew I was vegetarian." Ashvi questioned. "Girl, just because you're vegetarian doesn't mean I am, too. I can eat it on my own." I said. 

The food came and we spent the whole lunch conversing about random topics. "Here's your fruit plate." Chen Li Nong placed the fruit plate in front of us. "You can go and pay in the front desk. The total is 168 yuan." He slipped something on the table in front of Ashvi. "Wow, that's cheap." I muttered, then eyeing the piece of paper.

"What is it?" I asked and Ashvi unfolded it. She squealed. "He gave me his phone number!!" "People are looking! Shut up!" I hissed and she became quiet. "Dang, I think he likes you." I nudged her and wiggled my eyebrows and gave her my derp face. She blushed. "Yeah." She said, absent-mindlessly smiling at the paper and glancing at him who was busy working. "Let's go, we'll split the check." I said, rising. We were done paying and we went outside. I checked my phone. "Shit, we have seven minutes left!" I panicked. 

"RUN!"