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Everyone has left the practice room and it’s just a boy left in there. His body is trying to match the rhythm of the music coming off the speakers but it is a slow reaction and the boy sighs and replays the same part.
Jimin is practicing his new moves for the upcoming week’s assessment. Lately it takes a while for him to get the hang of the moves. His rent is due in three days and he really doesn’t want to become homeless. He lost his part-time job at the cafe last month and the little money he had saved for food is running out.
All these things stress him and it has been affecting his performance. It’s going to take a while to get a job again, he knows. And being a senior in college complicates things. Sparing time for his five-hour duty after classes and rigorous practices is hard for him; being late to the cafe and having to apologize for that on most of the days became awkward for him. The reason he was let go from the cafe was because of it too.
He doesn’t want to worry his parents. Sure, they aren’t rich but they do everything he asks of them out of love. Usually he wouldn’t worry about asking for some extra money at the end of the month but this time he needs it and it’s a huge amount.
Every year his college takes its seniors to a cross cultural dance festival held in Japan. It’s a widely popular event that Jimin has been looking to participate in since his enrollment in Seoul Dance Academy.
“I hear you can sell foot pictures for money.” Taehyung, his roommate, classmate and now platonic soulmate, sits in front of him in the college cafeteria. The place was almost empty and Jimin was thankful that no one heard what he said. He takes a look at Taehyung’s tray. Jimin sees that he had sweet-talked with the cafeteria lady to give him more strawberries today too. Taehyung always complained that four halves is too little for a fruit snack after lunch.
“What?” Jimin’s question was mostly about the foot part. “Why would anyone want to look at feet?” He continues digging his spoon in the rice.
“I don’t know. Why do you like dance?”
“Because it makes me happy?” Jimin widens his eyes and replies to Taehyung, sounding unsure of what to say.
“It’s the way with feet for people who like feet too. Feet makes them feel something.”
“Maybe you could have told me that I can send pictures of my face to people for money and I would still have my appetite without my brain imagining thousands of feet,” Jimin pushes his tray of food and drinks some water.
In reality, he’s not even gross about people sending feet pictures, because, honestly, different people like different things and that’s totally fine. He’s just having a hard time stressing about the possibility that he may have to stay back in Korea while all his friends go to Japan and enjoy the festival that he has been dreaming of going to.
“I am going to study. Wanna join me?” Jimin offers as he gets up and collects his bag and phone.
“I will. But just so you know, sugardaddy sites are really hot these days and maybe, I don’t know, you might find someone who wants to see a pretty face in return for money.”
Jimin blushes. It’s normal for him to hear Taehyung call him pretty; he’s blushing at the thought that somewhere someone might pay him just to see his face. It’s nothing romantic but something about that makes him excited.
Later that day, he searches:
Best sugardaddy websites
Best reviewed sugardaddy services -feet
Is Tinder a good place to find a sugardaddy
Jimin, he settles on signing up for one in the end. He tried to take a selfie of him looking cute and welcoming. He lets his blond hair fall onto his face which highlights his chocolate brown eyes and chubby cheeks. He smiles a little and drops his face slightly to his right side.
“Alright. This is good.``He chooses one picture from the few takes and starts typing in his details.
Name: Park Chim Chim
Age: 26
Looking for: I am a busy college student and I really want to go on this college trip and right now I am unable to get that kind of money to afford the trip. I am very small and cute and will send pictures (nothing overly sexual, i am sorry and if that’s not your thing you want in your sugar baby i am sorry) and can even be your pretty looking companion to a business dinner or something if you ever need one.
He sleeps that night, hoping to get a lot of interactions to his submission.
The next day, after waking up, he hurries to open his laptop and login to the site, excited about all the potential offers and images of the festival playing in his head. However there was only one message waiting for him in the inbox.
His heart sank. Jimin wondered if it was because of what he wrote about pictures not being too overly sexual.
Anyway, he opens the message. There was no picture attached and Jimin visited his profile. There is no age indicated either. He looks for a name.
The reply is from someone named Jeon Jungkook.
“Hey. I saw your post and I have to say that it was very fun to read it. Since you said you are small and cute, now I am interested in to see your picture from another angle. I think that your face is beautiful."
Jimin smiles and continues to read.
"Your payment will be fixed and for weekly. I am guessing a trip to abroad will cost a lot. So how does 127000 wons/week sound to you? Let me know if it's too little. Don't be shy, please. Hope to hear from you soon."
Jimin's jaw just hangs! That's more than enough for him to save, pay rent and eat meals that doesn't taste like dirt from the cafeteria.