In the Flesh

Description

Chloe is a girl who is in love with Korea. When she gets there she falls in love with something else. 

Foreword

“Chloe hurry up we need to leave your check in is in 20 minutes” I hear my mom yell from downstairs. Today is the day I leave for Korea. I will be studying at the University of Seoul for the next 4 years. I can’t wait. I have been working on my Korean for years. I will be staying with some of my dads friends he met when he was over there for business to help cut the cost of going to college in a foreign country. “I just put the last thing in my back pack.” I yell back at my mom.  I head downstairs with my backpack on my back and my 2 huge check bags. We make it to the airport just in time for my check in. “Hugs” my mom says with tears in her eyes. I give her a hug then my dad. I will miss them but I am to excited to cry right now. We say our last goodbyes and I get in line for security. I am thru in just 5 minutes but the wait for my plane will be about 30 more minutes. I sit down in the waiting area and pull out my computer. I bought the dvd version on my favorite drama To the Beautiful You a few years ago and I cannot imagine going to Korea without it. I put in the disk and start to watch to calm my nerves. “Flight boarding to Seoul South Korea.” I hear over the intercom. I get up and stand in line for my turn to board. The flight is a 20 hour flight straight thru to Korea. I will have plenty of time to finish To the Beautiful You and still get some sleep.  I am fast asleep when the flight attendant announces our decent into Korea. I am wide-awake now.  I know that the jet lag will hit me soon but I am to excited to worry about that now. When I get off I get my baggage then I see the sign with CHLOE written on it. I walk over and give my best 90-degree bow and say hello. They greet me was well Mr. Lee takes my bags and Mrs. Lee stays by my side to make sure I don’t get lost. This is a good thing because I am so amazed by my surroundings. I have this awful habit of trying to read all the Korean I see and now I am in an airport where all I see is Korean. When we get into the taxi I realize how tired I am because my eyes hurt and I sleep all the way to the house. The Lee’s have set up a cute little bedroom in the downstairs of their 2-story house. I unpack and Mrs. Lee brings me some tea and fruit. When I finish unpacking I pass out on my new bed. I don’t know what time it is when I wake up but it is bright out side.  I check the clock in the kitchen and it says it is 3:00. I do a double take 3:00 in the afternoon. I slept for that long! No one is home but I find a note that says, “Chloe when you wake up there is kimbap in the fidge for you. We are going to have your welcoming party tonight so be ready buy 6:00.” I open the fridge and find the kimbap it looks so delicious. There is also some kimchi so I pull that out too. After I finish I go to take a shower and get ready. I am ready by 5:00 so I decide to look around the house a bit. There are some pictures of which I am assuming is the Lee’s nephew because they don’t have any children. He is handsome. He looks kind of feminine but still handsome. I am in the living room when I hear the door open. Mrs. Lee walks in with a bunch of boys following her carrying the groceries for dinner tonight. They take them into the kitchen and then the boys start to come in and introduce themselves to me. The first one I meet is Jinki he seams to be clumsy because he trips on his way in but when he shakes my hand it is very gentle. Next to come in is Jonghyun the way he speaks just puts me in a trance he has such a soft voice. Kibum follows him. Kibum had cat like eyes and skin that is so silky white it looks like milk. The Lees nephew came in and introduced him self as Taemin and the boy who walk in with him. I couldn't believe what I was seeing it was Kang Taejoon in the flesh. What was his name in real life? I blanked as he bowed and put out his hand for me to shake it. “Hello my name is Minho.”                   

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krisgalaxyfanfan
#1
Chapter 23: nice chapter authornim :)
hooneymoon #2
I think I'm going to enjoy this story. It looks well written and is great!