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“Hey, isn’t he…..”
“Woah is that the CEO—”
“Shhhh!!! He might hear you,”
Gasps arise from all directions.
Jeongguk tugs his facemask farther up his nose and continues to walk through the crowded sidewalk, bustling with nightlife. He feels a grip on his arm, and turns to see his bodyguard behind him. Jeongguk lets out a sigh of relief and continues to make his way down the street. Loud music plays from a karaoke bar, ajummas line the street shouting out street food prices.
Jeongguk stops for a moment, looking up at the night sky in awe. Faint stars can be seen painting the sky, and a full moon peeks out behind clouds.
“Pretty isn’t it?” he asks.
“Yes sir, it’s quite clear tonight isn’t it?” his bodyguard responds.
Jeongguk playfully hits his bodyguard.
“Ah hyung!! Why are you so formal with me??” he pouts.
His bodyguard laughs, “Lets continue heading back shall we Gukkie?”
“Okay,”
After not much time they arrive in front of Jeongguk’s apartment—he owns the entire 12 floors. The top of the tall apartment is barely visible and a little dizzying to look at. Large, shiny windows run up and down the sides of the building, reflecting moonlight. Jeongguk rents out one on every floor, and considering that it isn't too late in the night, a few lights are still turned on.
“Bye Hoseokie!!” Jeongguk smiles, showing his teeth.
“Sleep well,” his bodyguard responds.
“One of the youngest CEOs of our time has turned 22!! Mr. Jeon Jeongguk, CEO and founder of popular taxi service Oober, a self-made millionaire among millennials—”
Taehyung smashes the OFF button on his old radio. Frustrated and sitting in the dark due to not being able to pay his electrical bill for the month, he decided to listen to the radio out of pure boredom, and regrets it.
“How can someone younger than me be so successful already.....” he mumbles to himself.
Taehyung feels his phone buzz in his back pocket and takes it out. The bright screen nearly blinds him and he groans turning the brightness down. The screen reads “Reminder: SKETCHES DUE TOMORROW!” He swears under his breath and dials up his best friend’s number.
“Chim-ah, can I stay at your place for a while?”, he asks
“Of course!! I was actually about to take a shower, I’ll leave the front door unlocked”
Taehyung arrives at Jimin’s apartment building, a beautiful, 12 story, modern building with giant windows lining the sides. Every time he goes over to Jimin’s place he always stands at the base of the building for a minute or so, eyes wide, jaw on the floor. It’d be nice to live here wouldn’t it??, he wonders. He shakes the foolish thought out of his head.
Taehyung has a small problem, revolving doors. He is absolutely terrified of revolving doors ever since he nearly got his head cut off in one. He stares the rotating door down fiercely, takes a deep breath, and makes a run for it. He makes it inside the building and notices that his backpack isn’t on him. He looks around, and he spots his backpack outside, on the ground. It had fallen off when he was sprinting and he didn’t notice. He sighs and prepares himself to run through the revolving doors again, this time, the doors stop moving while he’s inside. He starts flailing his arms in panic. He shuts his eyes and the doors move, leading him outside. He runs over to his bag and clutches it for dear life running back inside.
Once inside, he realizes that someone’s been watching him the entire time. A male in a very expensive looking black long coat is stood in front of the elevator, head turned towards Taehyung. He’s covering his mouth, giggling. The male realizes that he’s been spotted and pulls up his facemask. Taehyung awkwardly walks to beside the man and nervously laughs,
“Yeah um, I haven’t really been running lately so I decided to practice again! Haha…..”,
What am I even saying??, he scolds himself.
“I see”, the male answers. “Ah, be careful though, if I didn’t help you there, you would’ve broken the doors, and those are really quite expensive....”
Ding! The elevator opens in front of the two
“You firs—” Taehyung starts, but the male has already walked inside. How rude????? Taehyung rolls his eyes.
Taehyung presses the floor he’s heading to and looks for the male to press the floor he’s going to.
“I’d rather not you know which floor I live on.”, the male answers, making eye contact with Taehyung.
Taehyung does his best to mask his disgust but the other man notices Taehyung’s grimace.
Ding! They reach Taehyung’s floor. He quickly shuffles off and breathes a sigh of relief. What he doesn’t notice, is the man inside’s flushed cheeks as the doors close behind him.
“Sorry to bother you this late, can you check the security cameras of building 012? Hmm.... from the last 10 minutes. You see the porcelain lookin one?”
“That boy?”
“Yeah, background check him. Also, has my Monet piece arrived yet?”
Porcelain: A hard delicate, shiny, white material made by heating clay to a high temperatures, used to make cups, plates, decorations, etc!