Track 07

Chapter Two

The club is slowly filled with people. This is the best part of the evening. Most of them are still sober enough to dance. You always enjoy watching them making the weirdest movements. When they waggle with their arms and move their heads to the wrong beat. The girls always take each others hands when they feel uncomfortable or don't know what else to do. They look like twelve year olds doing that.

It's only 11 pm and there are less than 50 people in the room, but still- the first guy is already approaching you. Normally it takes longer for them to start flirting with you, or at least more alcohol. But this guy seems to have no problems with being the only one at the bar right now. He smiles at you. Like they all do.

He's wearing a white shirt and a denim jacket. His hair is black. And so are his eyes. His nose is the perfect size and his smile...
Wow.
You can't take your eyes off of it. He's not only smiling with his mouth, but with his whole face... no more like his entire body. You shiver. Who is that guy?

As if he's read your mind he says: "Hi! I'm Jimin. And who are you?" "I'm the bartender obviously." Although you kinda like the looks of this guy, you're still not gonna fall for that. There have been tons of cute guys at your bar. Why would you make an exception for him, only because his smile makes your heart flutter. "Haha you know, what my one friend would say now?" He asks. You look at him irritated. "He would say: Hi the bartender, I'm Jimin!" Jimin laughs awkwardly. You don't. You look even more confused. What kind of a conversation starter is this? Talking about the bad jokes of his friend? You've had bad pick-up lines, but you've never heard that.

"Anyways.." he begins to scream again. He's been screaming this whole time, although the music isn't even that loud at this time. They usually turn it up around midnight.
Seems like he's never been to a club. Then, what is he doing here, hitting on you? He's clearly inexperienced. "Are you the manager of this club?" He asks. You shake your head. What's gonna come next? Probably something like: 'cause you own this room, honey'. You've heard everything before. Not one pick up line would surprise you anymore.

"Okay, can you please tell me where I can find the manager?" Jimin smiles at you. Your mouth opens. What? Is he really asking for the manager? Well, apparently you were wrong. There IS a line that can still surprise you. "He's in his office in the back. What do you want from him?" The boss hates it when people disrupt him when he is 'going into happy land', which is where he should be going right about now.

It's something different every night. But today is Friday, so it should be cocaine.

"I want to.." Jimin seems nervous, as if he's at a job interview. "Come on, I don't have all night!" you say. You're pissed. Why is he wasting your time, when he's obviously not interested in you? What is in it for you, then? Jimin wasn't expecting you to answer this harsh, you can see that in his widened eyes. "I want to give something to him. It's important." His voice sounds like he's determined to give it to your boss, even if he has to wait until the morning, when the club closes.

You turn around, expecting him to wait until you get back. But when you come forth from the bar, he suddenly stands next to you. You realize how small he is. He's only like two centimeters taller than you. Usually the guys from around here are way taller than you are. So that when you look up, you would only see their chins from underneath. Sometimes, when the guys aren't shaved very well, you can clearly see which areas are hard to reach.

Looking Jimin directly into the eyes is a nice change for once. He smiles at you again. But this is not the sweet smile from the beginning. It's more like a 'yes I'm definitely gonna do this, but I'm hella scared' - smile. "You wait here."

You thought it was implied in the way you turned around before, but apparently this guy has no clue about body language.

You knock on your bosses door and open it. He's sitting in his chair, a white line in front of him. Yes! You were right, friday is cocaine. Now, you nearly know every weekday and the drug your boss pairs to it.

Mondays are for Ecstasy, Tuesdays are usually only alcohol, so probably one of his better days. Fridays are cocaine and Saturdays are crank as opposed to the cocaine. He looks at you like he's going to kill you.

"What?!" He shouts. "There is someone who wants to see you. He says it's important." "Who?" "I don't know him. He says his name is Jimin?!" "Argh, okay but tell him to make it quick." You're surprised that he actually lets Jimin in. You would've guessed that you have to send him away. You turn your body just enough to see Jimin at the corner of the hall. You wave your arm in a motion that shows "come here". He immediately runs towards you and stops abruptly right in front of you. He straightens his crumpled shirt and enters the gates into, what will probably be hell for him.