The Guest House

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"I'm so bored!" Kept repeating Jimin, roaming around the house. Claudia thought the boy only wanteed attention and tried to ignore him. She was trying to concentrate on Estel's book, after all, she WOULD start university the next day. The only thing left for her to do was to quit another part time job.

"Jimin, why don't you go and bother someone else?", snapped Claudia who couldn't take more.

"Jungkook is not here." The young boy threw himself on the couch, right next to Claudia.

"What about Estel?"

"She's not here, she went to meet a drawing teacher."

"Why don't you try bothering Yoongi?"

"You don't want to bother Yoongi.", sid Jimin gravely, like he had tried to in the past and still regretted it. Claudia sighed and rubbed her eyes. She thought for a second before saying:

"Do you wanna go on a ride?" Jimin didn't look bored anymore. Instead, he looked excited.

"On your motorcycle? Of course! Where are we going?"

"I actually need to quit one more part time job."

"Ooooooh which one?" Claudia put on her leather jacket.

"The comic book store."

"What! No way! That's like, your cool job."

"Yeah, but I only worked during the day and my schedule there is not really flexible. Plus, the restaurant where I work too is closer to campus and I get tipped so I make more money there." Jimin nodded slowly, acknowledging that Claudia was right.

Both of them went outside, Claudia holding her keys and Jimin holding the second helmet.

"Hold this.", said Claudia as she passed him the keys to be able to put her hair up in a ponytail. Jimin proceeded to climb on the motorcycle and put on his helmet.

"What are you doing?", asked Claudia while staring at him.

"Getting on the motorcycle?", answered the guy, not exactly sure about what he did wrong.

"I'm serious, dude, what are you doing?"

"You gave me the keys, I thought you wanted me to drive."

"No way I'm letting you drive this baby. I wasn't able to make a ponytail while holding my keys. Now, get off." Claudia got on and Jimin sat behind her, pressing his torso to her back.

"You can hold on to the handles on the side or to me, I don't care." Jimin scoffed.

"You really think I'm going to to hold on to you like those stupid girls in movies?" Claudia shrugged her shoulders, smiling and started the engine.

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"Now, those stupid girls in movies don't seem so stupid, eh?" Claudia tried to suppress her laugh. Jimin had held on to her the entire time. Claudia took off her helmet and put it in the trunk hidden under the seat that was made just for this and took her phone. She had one missed call from Estel. She called her back, not knowing what to expect. Estel answered right away.

"¡Hola Claudia!"

"Hi, you called?"

"Oh! Yeah, so I went to meet this amazing drawing teacher and I showed her my portfolio and she loved me!"

"That's amazing! When do you start?",inquired Claudia, truly happy for her friend.

"See, that's the problem. I need to pay for her classes and I still haven't worked that part out."

"I'm sure you'll think of something soon."

"Yeah, me too. Anyways, I gotta go, I'll probably drop my CV at a couple places later. Bye!"

"Bye!" Claudia ended the call and explained the situation to Jimin while he put on a mask over the lower part of his face.

Then, they both entered the shop, Jimin following Claudia closely. He noticed there was an entire section of the shop entirely dedicated to k-pop and found it surprising that Claudia never recognized them.

"Mr. Jolt, I'm sorry to tell you that I want to quit.", said Claudia calmly to the man working at the counter.

"Oh, why Claudia? I'm very sad to hear this.Is the job too hard?", asked Mr. Jolt, who was actually a very sweet old man who appreciated Claudia and treated her very well.

"Oh no, not at all! The job is great actually. It's just that I'm starting university tomorrow." Mr. Jolt smiled brightly.

"Well, that's amazing dear! I always knew you were a smart child."

"Thanks.", said Claudia looking at the floor out of embarrassment.

"It's going to be a bit hard to find someone on such short notice though..."

"Well I know someone..." Stepped up Jimin. "A friend of mine happens to be in search of a job right now." Claudia turned to Jimin confused. He hadn't been her for long and he had stayed home most of the time, how in the world could he had made friends?"

"And who might that be, young boy. Tell me.", inquired Mr. Jolt with a peaceful smile on his face.

"Her name is Estel."