Chapter 1: Reacquainted

“I’m going out! I’ll be back later mom!” I shouted in my mom who was in her room.

“Okay! Don’t stay out too late. Love you!” she said back.

My name is Nichkhun. I am in a Korean dance group. No not the amateur type, the actual super star. I have fans all over the world and I am practically royalty in Asia. Sorry if I sound cocky, I am just stating to facts. My name is widely known even if I am not at the level of Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, Maria Carey, and the other top notched people.

I was born here, in Rancho Cucamonga, California. But at the age of two, I moved to Thailand. I had my first and only pen pal there. It was for school, to improve our English. We sent letters to the younger kids in Singapore. My kid was three years younger than I was; her name is Natashia. Even though the pen pal program was over, I continued to send letters with Natashia. I think one day she moved because we lost contact. I was sad for a while. She was my only international friend. Two years after that, when I was twelve, I got to go to school in New Zealand then after about a year and a half, I moved back to California where I finished my schooling. 

I got scouted to be in a Korean group after high school. I then moved to Korea to start the training. My pen pal recently contacted me. Today, I’m about to finally meet my pen pal today. It all started because of a letter my mother gave me when I came back home.

FLASHBACK

“We are so happy you are back! How was Korea? Did you get a girlfriend yet?” My mother said while hugging me. We are at the airport about to head to the parking lot.

“Yeah mom I’m fine. My friends wanted me to tell you hi and no I don’t have a girlfriend yet. But I am about to get married.” I said laughing.

“Married? To who? Why have we not met the girl?” My mother exclaimed looking mad and shocked at the same time. I immediately felt guilty for giving her the wrong impression.

“Don’t worry mom. It’s just a reality show. I’m not actually married. But I think you might get to meet her, depending if I am with her long enough.” I gave her a small smile. My mom let out a sigh of relief before smacking me on the shoulder. She gave me a small glare.

“Almost gave me a heart attack. My baby is too young to marry.” She laughed out lightly as we go into the car.

“Oh by the way. These are all your mail while you were away. You might want to look over them while you have a chance. When we reach home, everyone will take away every free moment you have.” She handed me a few stacks of mail.

Junk. Junk. Junk. Bill. Bill. Junk. Magazine. Magazine. Family mail. Family mail. Magazine. Junk. Junk. Bill. Fan mail. Junk. Junk… wait. 

I flipped back a few mail. I’m not supposed to get fan mail here. I read the name. Natashia. Natashia. Do I know a Natashia?

“Mom. I think I’ve been a way for too long. Do I have a friend named Natashia?” My mom knew all of my friends since my house was usually the “meet up” or “hang out” spot.

She looked at me for a second before returning her eyes on the road. “Hmm. Not that I know of… Umm… Oh! You had a pen pal back in Thailand. Her name was Natashia! Oh it’s been so long. I wonder how she’s doing.” My mom mused to her self.

“I don’t know… Thanks mom.” I murmured back before opening the letter.

Dear Nichkhun:D

Remember me? This is Natashia. It’s okay if you forgot. I don’t really remember you that well either. From what the letters said, you were my pen pal back when I lived in Singapore and you in Thailand. When my family moved, I probably lost your address among my stuff. Sorry I didn’t contact you back for such a long time. I found your letters while I was cleaning out my room. (Haha. I found a lot of things I was looking for while cleaning my room.) At first I sent it to Thailand but it got redirected. The mail service gave me another address to send it to. I guess your mom gave it to them incase any important ail still sent to Thailand came to you guys. That was pretty lucky for me. I hope this gets to you. I am now in college but I have no idea what major I want to do. That’s why I’m in a community college. How about you? You’re probably out of college now. What are you doing? How have you been? What have you been up to these past 12 years? I spent mine playing and goofing around… I haven’t really grown up yet:P Haha. I like to stay youthful!
If you didn’t notice, I live in California too. I was hoping maybe one day we can meet up. Or not if you think I’m a creeper or something. Seriously, I don’t think my mom would approve if it were the other way around too. I hope we can stay pen pals!

Sincerely,
Natashia
A.K.A. Tashia

I’ll write back to her tonight. I tucked the letter away into my backpack and smiled to myself before going through the rest of my mail.

Junk. Bill. Bill. Magazine. Family mail…

A.N. The name of the oc is just my name because I have no creativity. I hope this turns out will. I am going to use things that happened in real life but not in the same order. (Ex. We're Married, Hello Baby, Wild Bunny, etc.) In my story, Jay is still apart of the group. I have decided to have Nichkhun and Natashia stay just friends. The romance part won't start till later in the story. If I get that far...