Euphoria

01

"Come on, what are you doing?"

"Geez, I can't find my luggage. Let me look a while."

"You've been searching for it for a while. Maybe we should go and tell-"

"No, it can't be lost. I had brought so many things to give to my future husbands."

"Alright, let me help you look."

"Look over there......That's the one."

"Finally you found it. What- actually how many gifts did you bring? You even had to pay more money since your luggage weighed more."

"A lot. By the way, did you not bring anything?"

"Ah, I did. They're not so much though."

"Hmmm. Too bad though. You said you wanted them to remember you right? If you're gifts aren't good enough then how will they remember you."

Sigh, I shouldn't have told her about that. I knew she would keep bringing it up.

It's true I want to be remembered, but I also have a very low expectation that they will remember me after a week.

Of course, if they forget me I'll be sad but it's okay after all its not easy to remember each and every persons face you meet for the first time.

I just want to meet them once and tell them my name and want them to think that oh, so a girl named Hazel exist.

I'm happy with that.

Just for that I came to Korea.....Actually no. I came to Korea to attend university.

I always seem to forget that.

My friend here, Sam is also attending a university here. Although she will be attending a different one.

Joining this university was not what I had in mind. I thought I would join a university close to my home but one day I received a letter which offered me a scholarship, I couldn't do anything but gladly accept the offer.

It had three benefits.
One. It was a well-known university.
Two. I would be able to go to Korea.
Three. I would be closer to BTS.

Yea, I'm an Army. And yea, Sam is also an Army.

So when we were coming to Korea we brought a bunch of things as gifts to give them. The irony is, however, we don't have any passes to any fan-signing events.

"So, Hazel have you found a place to stay."

"Oh, yea."

"Really, thank God. Now you don't need to roam about with that luggage to find a place to stay."

Sam's gonna stay with her cousin. Actually this is not the first time she came to Korea.

She has even meet BTS many times.

She always brags about how BTS remembers her.

"Anyway I'm gonna go ok. I can see my cousin. You know the address to your new place right?"

"Yea, I know. No need to worry."

"Okay then bye."

I watched as she walked towards her cousin waiting for her. She hugged her and made her way out the airport.

As soon as they were out of my sight. I also started walking to the exit when suddenly something caught my attention. I saw someone holding a paper up with my name on it. I was not sure if it was for me. So, I looked at the person holding it and it turned out it was my soon-to-be room partner.

Aww, she came to pick me.

"Hi, you're Minyoung right?"

"Yea, are you Hazel?"

"Yes."

She suddenly smiled and hugged me.

"It's so nice to meet you. It's the first time I will be having a foreigner as a roommate. I hope we will be great friends. Your Korean is quite nice."

"Thanks, and I already think we'll be good friends."

"Well, welcome to Korea. I'm going to show you so many things that you'll love and you can talk to me informally you know. We're friends."

"Ok"

"Then let's go to our new place."

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Minyoung is really nice. Her place is also nice. It turns out she also is going to join the same university I'm joining. So, thank God I'm not going to be alone.

Right now I'm in my room unpacking my belongings. Minyoung is helping me.

"Hazel, you're really pretty."

"Uh thanks. You're prettier though."

I didn't say that just to seem nice but I genuinely meant it.

"Don't say that or I'll get cocky. But really you're really really pretty. It's like as if I want to keep looking at you."

"That sounds really creepy."

"It was a compliment- isn't that Baekyung."

She was pointing at the T-shirt I was folding. It was a T-shirt I got for my birthday two years before.

My dad gave it to me. He actually thought it was Jungkook and bought it. It was a funny day and even though it's not Jungkook, I still love the T-shirt and I really like Baekyung and EXO.

"Yea, my dad gave it to me on my birthday. He thought the one on it was Jungkook."

"Really, so you're not an exo-L."

"Well I like them and their songs but I love BTS."

"Oh, too bad you're not an exo-L. I am one. If you would be one we could spend the whole day talking about them. Going to their concerts and their fansigns. But BTS is also great. I've gone to some of their concert and they were really cool."

"Right. I want to go to one of their fansign event."

"Really then I know one way you might be able to get a pass to one of their fan-signing events."

"How?"

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