Chapter 3
Neighbors
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He's Old
Author's POV
It was Saturday and it means, it's time for her to wash her clothes and clean her room. She was somewhat planning something else today, like finding a job but she just can't leave her dirty clothes lying around her small room.
As she finish her laundry, she ask herself where could she hang her clothes to dry. She doesn't have any balcony, so she check the rooftop of the building. Luckily, the apartment building has. She saw an old lady who is also, at that time hanging some clothes.
"Annyeong! Uhm, I was wondering if I also can hang these?"
She politely ask. Well it's not so nice to just hang her clothes there as if no one is around. She just got there. She can't make an attitude. The woman just gave her a kind smile and a nod
"Uhm, you must be the new tenant"
The woman told her without looking at her and just focusing on what she is doing
"Neh."
"You seems so comfortable now. Have you made friends already?"
She said as she look at her. The woman seems so nice. Just like her mom, so she doesn't feel uneasy talking to her
"Uhm, sort of. I kind of making adjustments tho"
"You'll be use to this place dear don't worry"
She told her and get back on hanging clothes.
"What floor are you in by the way"
She once again ask her
"At the 7th floor"
"Oh, really?? Of all the floors why the 7th one"
She said and look at her. Yoona was a bit worried. Why is she reacted like that? What's with the 7th floor
"Waeyo? Is there something wrong there?"
She ask due to her curiosity.
"Well, most of the tenants there are not so nice. Some of them are senior high students who seems to be a trouble maker. They always bring their classmates around and that makes the people living there disturb"
High schoolers. So that's why. Well she was thinking of something scary cause she's the type who hates ghost and stuff.
"Well, they haven't disturb me at all. In fact, there's one neighbor of mine who seems so nice"
Well she is thinking of course of Luhan. She would could he's the only one out of her neighbors who approach her by the time she came in.
"Ahhh, the chinese guy"
"You know him?"
She asked. Why can't she. She have been there for just a couple of days and she doesn't know anything about him yet. She haven't even hang her clothes because of the company she is having with the lady.
"Yes. He had been living here for quite long now. He migrated here in Seoul hoping for a stable job. I guess he did. Working in an expensive coffee shop can already help his family there in China. From the stories about him that I've heard, he haven't come home for a long time because he work so hard here and cannot afford to come home because it will cost him too much. So instead of buying ticket to China, he would rather just send the money to his family"
So that's his story. She didn't even thought that him being a bread winner. She thought he is just someone who is living for himself. How could he live without his family on his side. Don't he miss them? How many holidays he celebrated alone. She thought
"Uhm, I hope you don't mind me asking but... How old is he?"
Cause it bothers her of what she have just told her. He has been there for a long time.? But he looks so much like a college student like her
"As far as I know, he's 34. But I must say, he look so young to be 34"
Yoona was shock to know how old he is. She thought he was just 26-29 but she never expect him to be 34. Due to the fact that she has a crush on him. She's just 20 and that makes it a 14 years .
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"Right. He is"
After that, she didn't make another word. She never expected things to be like it. But even he was old for her, she still feels the same. She still likes him even to the fact that she is too young for him. But the big question is, is he single?
[THE NEXT DAY]
This day, Yoona decided to look for a job. She already thought of the hard time she will have. Studying and working at the same time is a lot of work and stress. But thinking about her family motivates her. Korean college students is different from other countries. They start as early in the morning for their class and end in night. Yes night. The earliest time they could go home is 8:30. Unlike her other classmates, she didn't bought a dorm inside their campus cause it is more expensive so she decided to live in an apartment.
It has been 3 hours now and still, she haven't found any job. She tried restaurants, noodle shops, convenience store but she just can't find one. It's always, 'we'll call you' 'I'm sorry we already hired one' and so on. She stop by the nearby convenience store and bought some noodles. It's already noon and still, she haven't done anything productive yet.
"Yoona?"
A familiar voice. She turn around to see Hayoung with some plastic bags of food. She must have bought something there too.
"Hayoung-ssi! Annyeong"
She greeted her as she sat beside her. She still have that vibe that makes Yoona felt like Tiffany is just there. Of all of Yoona's friends, Tiffany is the only one that can make her bad day into good. But now, Hayoung also can make her feel things like that.
"Uhm, lunch?"
She ask as she look at the noodles she is eating.
"Yeah. I just doing stuff downtown but unfortunately, I haven't done anything yet so I grab my lunch here"
"Stuff? Like?"
"Well, I am trying to find a job. Even just for a part time. College is costly right? Better have things about it"
She said as she focused on looking at her noodles. Hayoung maybe wouldn't understand because she looks like Tiffany who have a nice kind of living and doesn't even have to work for it.
"Really? I can help you with that then"
As she said things like it, Yoona quickly looked at her astonished. She can help her? How?
"Y-you can? But how? You know some place to apply?"
As a response, she wink at her and grab her outside. Hayoung went to her scooter parked nearby and gave Yoona an extra helmet. Yoona just follow Hayoung since it is the way for her to have a job. After a couple of minutes, they arrived at a cake shop. It was a nice cake shop with all the cake samples displayed at the glass wall.
"You work here?"
Yoona asked.
"Uhm, sort of"
She said as they both enter the shop. As they enter, the employees kept on greeting Hayoung. Maybe she's a good worker there. As they rea
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