GLAMOROUS SKY

Chapter.4 - The dance of the vulnerable -

4. The dance of the vulnerable

I decided to go for the cheapest place I could find, as I had allready had put a lot of money aside for my future wedding. Yes, I was allready planning on that. My dress, and everything. Everything must be perfect, but for now I would once again be left alone by him. But only for now. I reminded myself that, everytime I felt down because of him. That this was in fact, only for now. In maybe two-three years we would be the perfect couple, me and Seok Hyuk-ji.

My estate agent, was a realy nice old ahjussi. He showed me a lot of apartments, that I did not realy feel confident enough to buy. Yet there was a last one, where the only apartment available was on the seventh floor. And there was no such thing as an elevator, and Ahjussi told me while he was catching his breath that, it was probably the reason why it had not been sold yet. Because the apartment was big, with an amazing view and plenty of room, and all for a very good price.

There was many stairs up, and I danced my way all up to the top while Ahjussi climbed his way up, almost starting considering to retire himself. Yet maybe he changed his mind while he locked up the door to apartment " 707 ", and saw the hapiness bubble up in me. - It's perfect Ahjussi!, I shouted while dancing around. - Execuse us, I suddenly turned around to see a middle aged man dressed up in a tight black suit, greasy hair pulled backwards his hair and sharp glasses of the evil kind.

And then I noticed that, by his side stood someone familiar. - Ji-na!, I shouted and ran across the floor into her, hugging her tightly, - oh so you know each other?, the nice ahjussi chanted, - yes, we met each other at the train from Samcheok to Seoul, I babbled away because I could not believe how wierd those coincidences realy was. Ji-na was smiling, she seemed so utterly cool.

- My client here, ms.Song have allready decided to take this apartment, the scary estate agent strictly said, while correcting his glasses. My eyes widened and I frowned against ahjussi, - but I realy realy want to live her!, I exclaimed. I was ready to fall on my knees and cry just when another man entered the room. Tall and handsome, and somehow, scary looking.

- Then why dont you just share it?, he asked, his deep voice sending shivers down my spine. Ji-na looked like she was thinking, - then you can splitt the rent in two, ahjussi said and smiled. - Dont do it, it will only be bothersome to share this apartment with a girl like that, mr. scary estate agent interrupted us, as he nodded towards Ji-na, who now seemed to get realy mad at him.

- And what do you know, you lonely lonely man?, she said, surprising us all. - Let's do it, she said and grabbed my hand smiling. Making me smile even wider. We both signed the deal after I promised her that I would respect her privacy and so on. And that's how it all began, I guess. My life built up by coincidences. I thanked Ahjussi for showing me such a great apartment, and wished him all well in his life. The gloomy agent had left too, and the scary handsome guy went to get some of Ji-na's things.

- Who is that?, your boyfriend, I asked and apparantly just the thought of it, made her laugh. - Hyuk-shi?, of cource not. He is more like an older brother to me, she said smiling sentimentaly. I said I did not believe her, because it was quite obvious that it was not the same case for that mysterious Hyuk-shi.

- So it did not work as you wished with your boyfriend?, Ji-na asked, and tears appeared in my eyelids. - Not exactly, I murmured, - he told me I could not live with him, I cried, and Ji-na stepped a little back as she noticed how vulnerable I was. - Dont you worry, things will be great now!, she encouraged me. - Living like this on our own, let's show him, okay? I sniffed a few times, - fighthing!, I shouted and drew my arm up into the air.

That day was realy great, after the crying was over of cource. Me and Ji-na went out together to buy stuff to our new home. We went mostly to secondhand-stores, because it was a lot cheaper, and as Ji-na said, it gave more character to our new home.

- Look at this Ji-na!, I shouted exited, there was so many things I wanted to decorate our home with. I wanted it to be special. Beaded curtains, cute wallscrolls, stickers, glasses, tableware, curtains and tablecloths. And let's not forget the kitchen equipments! - Unnie this one's look so cute!, I pointed at the glasses with strawberry pattern, - strawberries?, she asked, - dont you like them?, - I like strawberries, she said, - but you dont like it on glasses?, if so, lets buy some others instead!, - no just take them, their nice, - no you dont actually like them!, - listen, why would I even lie if I did not like them?, its just glasses anyway, - but!, - its no big deal realy, so just take them.

And so we brought them, a pair of strawberry patterned glasses. I think I maybe surprised her by my sudden, " can't buy this untill you confess you dont like them "- paranoia outbreak. And so she suddenly called me a dog. - Let's go, Jindo, she said and patted my head, leaving me there in the shop like a living question mark.

- Jindo?, I asked as I had catched up with her, - you'r just like a dog, and therefor " Jindo " suits you perfectly, you'r so naive and attentional, and you create a lot of fuss. She smiled, and that was the only reason I understood it as a compliment. - its a kinda cute name tho, I murmured as we walked.

- Oh over there!, I suddenly shouted pointing towards a record-store across the street. - Is it okay if we go there?, there's an album I would realy like to buy. She nodded, - sure, she said and so we went in. As soon as we got in, we were revielded to the massive posters of this group, casting a shadow across every other musican's work wich where sold in the store. - ahh finaly, I've been a fan ever since their debut, I smiled holding up the album before her. Trapnest. - Back home I've got every single album they have!, I let Ji-na hold the plastic bag where the strawberry glasses where, and quickly went to buy the album.

Poor Ji-na just stood there, looking like she had seen a ghost. Silly me, should have sensed that something was wrong. But I was so caught up in myself that I could not see. - Look Unnie!, they gave me a free poster, I danced around like a stupid child before her before we went out of the store.

Back home I went as far as to make her help me, to hang up the poster in my bedroom. - I realy like the guitarist, Tae-min, and the singer Layla is realy cool too!, my heart nearly pounded out of my chest by the sight of Tae-min. It was a long silence before Ji-na finaly said something, - and what about the bassist?, she said.

The bassist?, - Ri-seung?, well.. his not exactly my type, I admitted like it was the most serious question ever. Wich it probably was. If only I had seen that twinkle in her eye, as she watched upon that skinny figure of his. She had broken his heart, two years ago. And now she was the one suffering.