I-ji is chasing her dream of becoming a hair colourist, packing up and moving from London for a working-holiday to study at Seoul Beauty School.
Happy to begin a new chapter of her life, she is unwilling for others to find out about the past that troubles her. During a night shift at the convenience store, she unexpectedly meets Min Yoongi, member of the worldwide successful boyband BTS, and together they devise a plan to quit smoking together.
Throughout their ultimately unsuccessful attempt to quit, they find unexpected friendship and solace in one another. Will their relationship prevail over the curveballs that life throws at them? Read to find out.
Preview:
"A pack of Marlboro Reds please," he said while placing down a bottle of black americano.
"May I see your ID?"
He rummages in his pockets, and holds his card up to me.
'Min Yoongi
9 March 1993', it read.
"You've got a lovely baby face, Mr. Customer. You don't look a day over 18," I said with a smile on my face.
"You ought to stop smoking, sir. I'm sure you know it's bad for your health," I continued, as I checked his shopping out.
"I don't think nagging your customers is part of your duties as a part-time convenience store worker," said customer quipped with a hint of impatience.
I simply smiled, deciding to pull out a card from beneath the counter for special customers like him.
"Here's a quit smoking hotline, sir. I wish you good health and happiness," while handing over his shopping."
"Stop working so hard, 알바생",
and with two long strides he left into the dark night, leaving a lingering sound of the wind chimes as the only proof that he was ever there.
Status: Rapidly updating. God knows that I'll procrastinate and eventually forget that this book exists if I don't finish it in two weeks.
Update: Took much longer than two weeks, but it is now complete.
In a normal world the role of idol and fan are very much set in stone. One cannot exist without the other. Very rarely are these roles ever the opposite of the accepted norm.
But what if? What if the roles of the idol and the fan became reversed?
He sat behind the table and stared out into the faces crowded in the seats before him. Where was she? Why wasn't she here? Where could she be right now? He tapped his black marker against his face, not realizing he was now sporting a black nose.
He felt empty without her presence.
He felt alone in a room full of people.
Everything seemed a bit darker without her there.
And even to him, in that moment, the thoughts he was feeling felt strange and foreign to him.
What was he becoming?
All of this over a fan?
Began: December 20, 2016
Completed: October 4, 2017
*Minor Character Death
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