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After cleaning up the mess you made with the dish, you head upstairs and grab your phone before entering the bathroom.
Shutting the door behind you and locking it, you made your way to the shower and turned it on. You walked over to the mirror in front of you and undress yourself. Eyeing your bruise covered body up and down, tears building up again.
"Look at you, that's what you get for fighting back. You always mess up. God why can't I just stop being a fuck up." You thought to yourself as your tears fell.
You hear your phone get a notification and look at it.
It was Jong-Suk.
You grab your phone and unlock it, looking at the message
Jong-Suk - Hey beautiful :)
You can't help but frown at what he called you. "beautiful...." you thought as you looked at yourself in the mirror again. Your frown grows deeper as you type your response.
Y/n - just call me y/n , I'm not so beautiful.
Jong-Suk - Why do you say that? Have you seen yourself in the mirror?
You look back at yourself in the mirror and sigh deeply.
Y/n - ...well if you saw what everyone else did, you'd probably say otherwise.
Jong-Suk - Well clearly "everyone else" is too idiotic to not see the true beauty you possess.
You can't help but softly giggle at his words...
Y/n - You're sweet. I'm about to get into the shower though, so I'll text you later okay?
Jong-Suk - Okay, I'll be waiting here.
With that you set your phone down and smile, looking at yourself in the mirror one last time before turning away and getting into the shower.
~ Time lapse ~
After getting out of the shower, you head back into your room and put on some comfortable clothes before jumping into bed and grabbing your phone again.
You smile as you go to text Jong-Suk again.
Y/n - Finally all done.
Jong-Suk - Oh thank god, I was bored waiting lol
Y/n - Sorry for taking a while.
Jong-Suk - It's alright, don't apologize. Could I call you?
You hesitated at this, you didn't like calls. Texting was so much easier and gave you way less anxiety. But, you did want to hear his beautiful voice again.
Y/n - Sure...
And with that his caller ID popped up on your phone. But it wasn't just a regular call, it was FaceTime.
You instantly panicked and ran to your mirror again, checking yourself. "Oh god I look terrible, but at least the bruises on my face are faded enough to not be so noticeable" you thought and you rushed over to answer the phone.
You sigh before answering it, making sure you stayed out of the frame so he couldn't see you. Seconds later his beautiful face popped up on your screen and you felt as if your heart fell to your stomach.
"Now this isn't fair" he speaks
"What..." you reply back
"You get to see me, but I don't get to see you?" He replies giggling
"I...I don't look my best right now" you say back
"Aw come on Y/n, I feel like it would be impossible for you to look bad, even on your worst days." He says
You can't help but giggle
"Show me your beautiful faceeee" he says dragging out his last word as he stretched out on his bed
You couldn't help but give in, so you showed your face to him, avoiding looking at your screen.
"There she is" he says smiling, now causing you to chuckle as you look back at him.
"Stop." You say playfully
"Alright alright, oh yeah I forgot to get my candy from your bag. I remembered as I was driving away but I figured I'd leave you be." He says
"Oh yeah, well my mother kinda took that and ate it for herself." You confess.
"I don't blame her." He says giggling.
"...you know, you have a nice accent." You say, suddenly having a burst of confidence
"Well thank you." He says almost shyly.
"I'm guessing English isn't your first language..." You tease.
"Nope" he giggles, "It's Korean. I've been studying English for a while back in Korea though, so when the opportunity came up for someone at my job to travel over here for a report project, I took it" he admits
"That's so cool. What are you comparing what life is like here versus what it's like in Korea? And I also know a little bit of Korean myself..." you admit
"Yeah something like that." He says giggling "But you know Korean? No way, say something!"
"Uhh okay... 안녕하세요, 저는 (y/n) 입니다. (Hello, my name is y/n)
"Wow!" He replies as he claps
You giggle at his reaction to such a simple phrase
"I mean your basically fluent!" He teases
"I'd like to believe so. I've studied the language for long enough..." you giggle
"Have you ever been to Korea?" He asks
"No, my mom would never allow that." You say lowly
"But...you're a grown woman, not a child." He replies
"That's true, but she needs me. I'm the only person with a job in this house...so I'm the only provider." You admit
"What about your father?" He asks
You hesitate and look down
"He's...he passed away a couple years ago" you admit
"Oh, I'm so sorry" he says
"It's okay, life has to go on." You say sadly but force a smile
"Besides he will always be with me in my heart"
"That's a good way to look at it" he says
You then look at the time, 11:00pm. You sigh realizing you have work way too damn early in the morning.
"What's wrong?" He asks
"I have to go to sleep soon, I have work early in the morning tomorrow" you say resentfully
"Don't tell me you're going to walk there..." he starts
"No no, I'll be using the car this time" you giggle
"Good. Well I don't want to hold you up, go get your beauty sleep princess, I'll talk to you later" he says
You smile as you feel your cheeks heat up
"Okay, goodnight" you say to him
"Goodnight, sweet dreams!" He says and with that, you hang up.
You put your phone on your nightstand and plug in your charger. Then flop back down on your bed, snuggling under your covers, smiling to yourself at Jong-Suk's nickname for you.
"Princess"
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AUTHORS NOTE:
Hiyaaa everyone :) I hope you are enjoying the story so far. I have so much ideas and let me tell you now, this story is going to be WILD. Anyways don't worry guys, Moon-Jo will be showing up in the story very soon, just be patient and stick with me here lol. Love you all bye byee