PERFORMER ㅣKTH fanfictionㅣ

I. The First Encounter

I was just leaving my work when my phone rang.

,,Hello?’’

,,Hello? Are you kidding me? Where the fuck are you? Do you know what time it is? You’re coming right? You promised! Don’t leave me alone in this!’’ a very angry person blurted.

,,Yes Minji, I’m on my way. I’ll be there in about 15 minutes. Stop yelling.’’ I sighed. Minji is my new friend. My only friend. Its been a little more than three months since I moved to South Korea. How have I ended up here? It’s a long story. Let’s say I got an offer I couldn’t decline. But I’ll get to all that later.

Now I’m almost running to a bar in Hongdae, where Minji and some of her friends are apparently waiting for me. She was invited to a little get together by some of her friends from collage. She invited me because obviously, I don’t have any friends and I need to get to know a few people. She told me there are going to be hot boys so I payed extra attention to my look today.

I’m a little scared to be honest. I always liked to make new friends and I’m quite talkative and bright. However, since I moved to Seoul, I became more self-conscious. Since I’m a foreigner, some people, mainly elderly, have the tendency to stare at me a little too long. I know I shouldn’t be surprised. I do look different. I’m taller than average Korean girls and with my icy blond hair, greenish blue eyes and strong features I don’t quite fit the Korean standard.

I finally got to the bar. Breathe in, breathe out. Easy. I opened the door and immediately saw a big group of people sitting in the back corner of the bar. I saw Minji waving at me. There goes nothing. I approached them and the group immediately went quiet and stared at me. Then Minji shouted: ,,This is my good friend Emma. She is Swedish but speaks Korean very well. Be nice.’’

,,Hi. Nice to meet you. I hope I’m not interrupting.’’ I smiled. I got a few exaggerated smiles and ‘nice to meet you’s. Then Minji introduced a few people individually. Too bad I forgot their names the exact moment she said them. I realised that beside me and Minji there was only one other girl. Her name was Harin and she immediately started calling me unnie even though Minji explained to her that she was like two years older than me. Except us, there was something about ten guys. I felt a little overwhelmed.

,,You didn’t mention that you had so many guy friends.’’ I whispered to Minji.

,,I didn’t. I don’t know all of them. Some of them are friends of friends like you.’’ She smiled innocently. There was one guy that caught my attention. He was tall, handsome. Beautiful smile. I could also see impressive muscles peaking from under his sleeves. He was sitting next to Harin, opposite to Minji. As I was admiring his body, I saw Harin’s freaking hand on his thigh.

,,Is he taken?’’ I asked Minji inclining my head in his direction.

,,Oh Joon? I don’t know. I just met him today. He is apparently a friend of Hyunwoo. But nice pick.’’ She smiled wickedly. ,,Do you want to change seats?’’

,,No thanks.’’ I said still looking at the hand on his thigh, now a little closer to his crotch. He didn’t seem like he minded.

Oh whatever. I poured the soju into my throat. I don’t need a love story. I decided I want to get wasted today. The problem was the soju. It didn’t do ANYTHING to me. So I ordered vodka. We always drank vodka at home. An hour or so later, I was enjoying myself. Talking to the guys. They were nice. Every time Joon tried to talk to me, Harin stuck her tongue into his throat. Disgusting.

,,I need to puke. Be right back.’’ I said to Minji with a disgusted look towards the kissing couple. While I was getting up, Joon’s phone rang and he looked at it.

,,He’s coming guys. He’s almost here.’’ He said with an exited smile. Everyone started cheering, fist pumping and yelling. I looked at Minji with question in my eyes. She just shrugged. Whatever. I needed to pee. Like right now. I took care of my business and fixed my makeup. Daaamn I looked good today. Slay bitch.

I curled my hair before I leaved my work so now that the curls loosened a bit it created a luscious beach waves falling all the way almost to my waist. I wore a simple black ripped jeans (my ass looked amazing in them), simple white turtle neck t-shirt and a leather jacket. Bright red lipstick pointed out my new red purse. I erased the lipstick from my teeth and returned to the group.

Even from distance I could see how pale Minji was. She was sitting there, not moving looking at the bottles in front of her. It seemed like the attention of every person around the big table was at her. Everyone was looking toward her and trying to talk to her. It was weird.

As I got closer, I saw what was happening. There was a new person sitting at the edge of the table now. Right next to my place. It was another guy. I was almost at the table when I saw his face. I stopped. It was Kim Taehyung that was laughing at my already half-finished bottle of vodka.