kang eumri was in the dressing room, ready for the first catwalk in her life. even though she is a model, she hasn't gone to an actual catwalk event that she will be participating in.
she was of course excited and had butterflies in her stomach. she was sipping on her coffee when they called for her to stand-by.
she closed her eyes and did a little cheer for herself inside her mind and then stood up to get ready. she walked out elegantly to the back stage and took a few deep breaths, hoping that she wouldn't mess up on stage.
after awhile, the person signalled her to go on stage and she nodded and she immediately turned into that professional model who will rock that runway and put the other models to shame.
she sashayed onto and along the runway and struck her poise pose that got the crowd oohing and ahhing. as she turned the corner, she caught sight of a headless person sitting amongst the crowd.
she gasped and looked away, with a terrified expression on her face. she was so stunned that she couldn't get herself to walk back to the backstage. the other models were already gathered behind her and trying to push her forward.
"I'm sorry." eumri mumbled again and again to the other models and to the audience who were already making nasty remarks and giving her unpleasant faces.
she quickly picked herself up and quickly and carelessly walked back stage, looking down the whole time, afraid of seeing what she saw just now.
by the time she reached the backstage, she was in tears, firstly, terrified of the figure she saw and second, she ruined her first she catwalk.
she couldn't control her emotions, and cried her heart out. she was someone who did not like crying in front of the others, but today was an exception.
eumri, feeling embarrassed, staggered into the dressing room in her uncomfortable high heels.
she cleaned up her tear-stained face, changed out of her uncomfortable clothes and put on her own. she left the room and hung her head low whenever someone walked past her.
as she was walking, a familiar voice spoke, "eumri ?"
she looked up, to see a totally charming figure standing in front of her.
"johnny ? what are you doing here ?" she asked.
"my sister, she dragged me here." he mumbled, looking kinda done.
"oh..." she said monotonously.
"are you okay ? corrections, were you okay ? i saw what happened though." he said cautiously, afraid he may trigger her to get angry, but she didn't.
in fact, she felt a little better knowing that someone actually kinda cared for her.
"i am... i just... just." she tried to speak but her voice cracked.
"it's okay. everyone makes mistakes." he comforted.
"thank you." she replied, sucking her inner cheeks after hearing his comment, hoping that she won't break down again in front of him.
"you wanna rant about it ? i mean, we are not really friends but i would love to help you in any way i can." he said as he checked his watch.
she looked at him, with that face like 'what's your catch ?'
johnny kind of sensed it and said, "i don't have any ill-intentions okay ?! i'm innocent !"
she snickered and said, "i didn't say anything."
they both walked along the corridors, and johnny knew that eumri was not willing to speak about anything that happened so he did not want to push her to say anything as well.
they did not know each other very well, but they did not feel awkward with each other, given the fact that they shared quite similar personalities.
"so your sister dragged you here ?" eumri asked him, tilting her head.
"yes, i actually didn't want to come. there's like school today but she still forced me here." he said as he shook his head, thinking about the important lessons that he skipped today.
"at least you have siblings to keep you company, my whole family is in chicago." she said with a small smile.
"where do you live then ?" he asked, feeling curious.
"i live with our school's head prefect." she said.
"chae eul ? isn't she really close to her family, why is she not living with them ?" he asked, feeling shocked at how they could move out of their house at such a young age.
"she is close to them, however, ever since her sister got married, her sister's family moved in and she didn't like living with people she barely knew. so she moved out with her brother, and i am living with them." she said with a smile.
"wow, that must be fun." he said and she nodded.
"where are you going ?" he asked her.
"home." she said as she pushed open the door of building.
"i see. i'm making a run back to school, i still have stuff to do before i go back home. i'll see you whenever i see you, bye then !" he said cheerfully before giving a small wave and running off.
she smiled and turned to the other side. she have never seen anyone talk to her so sincerely before as everyone in school just look at her as either a popular kid or a supposed bitch, and recalling their conversation, it seemed that johnny was talking to her as if she was a friend, and not trying to flatter her.
people like him are rare, she thought as she took a deep breath and smiled. at this point in time, she was feeling really great, compared to how shitty she felt just now after she screwed up her catwalk.
she was standing at the traffic light, waiting for her turn to cross when she noticed a bus drive pass her. and inside, was johnny waving to her.
she waved back, stifling a laugh.
people like him are indeed rare...
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