|@ LAX International Airport|

" Yah pabo, if you don't stop dozing off, you're going to miss your flight," Oppa said while ruffling my hair. Aish, I hate it every time he does that.

"Argh! Oppa! How many times do I have to tell you not to mess with my hair?" I couldn't help but roll my eyes and scowl at him as he give me a stern look in return. 

"Yah! Kim Seol Mi! I'm going to kill you if you glare at me one more time, arasso?!" -Sigh- I can never win when I argue with him.

"Annyeongi kyeseyo oppa...I'll come home to visit you, omma, and appa whenever I can. Tell them I'll miss them very much and that I love them. Take care of yourself," I said while trying hard to hold back my tears. He just stood there staring at me in silence. I gave him a tight warm goodbye hug for the last time before I quickly grab my luggage and walked to the check in counter. Growing up, oppa and I were very closed. We're just two years apart so it was easier for us to bond with one another.

After I successfully checked in, I went to a nearby convenient store to buy a bottle of water and some snacks for the long wait. I sat down on one of the empty bench and put on my Beats by Dr. Dre headphones. Listening to my favorite BigBang song, 'Haru Haru', I started to sing along during the chorus while being unaware of my surroundings.

 

"Doraboji malgo tteonagara
Tto nareul chatji malgo saragara
Neoreul saranghaetgie huhoe eopgie
Johatdeon gieongman gajyeogara
Geureokjeoreok chama bolman hae
Geureokjeoreok gyeondyeo naelman hae
Neon geureolsurok haengbokhaeya dwae
Haru haru mudyeojyeo ga eh eh eh eh..." I love singing. It's one of my passion. I love escaping into the soft melody of a beautiful song.

 

It was finally time to board. I gathered all my belongings and make my way through the gate. After I securely placed my bags in the luggage compartment, I sat down onto my seat while turning to my right and looking out the glass window one more time before I shut my eyes to fall in a deep slumber.

"Goodbye LA..I'll come home to visit once I finally make a name for myself..." I silently whisper as I slowly fell asleep.

 

__________End of Seol Mi POV__________

 

He quickly walked into the airport while trying hard not to blow his cover. He sat down on a bench to take a break. His debut is yet to be confirm but he already have quite a good amount of fans already, not to mention it was fans from overseas. Feeling a vibration in his left pocket, he reached in to retrieve his iPhone.

From: Hyung-nim

'YAH! You little rascal! You didn't even let us know you were in the States and you're already going back to Korea?!'

 

To: Hyung-nim

'Sorry bro! I was just in LA for a day to do a quick cameo for a music video. It's not like I was in the area and didn't come visit you guys! I promise once I debut, I'm going to move you guys to Korea to live with me. Until then, keep rooting for me and our team! ^_^'

 

From: Hyung-nim

'Yah.. Kim Ji-Won are you even eating and sleeping regularly over there? When will you get to go back to finish high school huh? Don't just focus on working hard to debut but being happy and healthy is what's more important!'

 

To: Hyung-nim

'Neh hyung arasso.. I sleep very good throughout the night and I ate so many kimbap over there that I'm about to turn into one. Don't worry about me but worry about mom and dad instead. Tell them I say hi and that I miss them. I have to go now. It's almost time for me to board. Take care hyung!'

 

"Aish... How did he even know I was over here in the states so fast? T_T" Shoving his phone back in his pocket, he let out a pitiful sigh while slumping down in his seat.

 

"Doraboji malgo tteonagara
Tto nareul chatji malgo saragara
Neoreul saranghaetgie huhoe eopgie
Johatdeon gieongman gajyeogara
Geureokjeoreok chama bolman hae
Geureokjeoreok gyeondyeo naelman hae
Neon geureolsurok haengbokhaeya dwae
Haru haru mudyeojyeo ga eh eh eh eh..."

 

A beautiful voice unexpectedly stopped him half way in his thoughts. He slowly turned around  to see the back of a girl's head. She had pure platinum blonde hair that falls right over her shoulders and down her slender waist. He tried to get a good look at her face but to no avail. Giving up, he turned back around, and leaned back on his seat while continuing to listen to her voice. He closed his eyes and the corners of his lips curled up in a smile.

"Such a pleasant sound to my ear. I wonder if she looks  just as beautiful as her voice sound.." He mumbled to himself. After a minute later, his eyes  abruptly opened and he shot up from his seat when he couldn't hear her voice any longer. His eyes started scanning around the airport for a mysterious blonde hair figure with a gentle voice.

"AISH! I knew I should've just grew a pair and got a good look at her face! Now that I have to board the plane, how am I going to see her if I leave like this?" He scolded himself in frustration. Defeated and disappointed, he bend down to grab his suitcase and swung his backpack over his left shoulder as he stomped his way into the airplane.

"Hello ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. We would like to welcome you and wish you have an enjoyable flight with us. Please fasten your seatbelt, we are ready to take off in just a couple of minutes on flight to Korea. Thank you for choosing Korea Airlines."

Putting his phone on airplane mode, he then fasten his seatbelt and put on his headphones. Nodding his head to the beat of the song, he started to close his eyes to fall asleep.

Feeling a light tap on his shoulders, he opened his eyes to face a middle aged woman staring down at him. She smiled at him before saying, "My apologies sir, but would you like something to drink?"

He flashed her a cheesy smile, making his small eyes disappear. "No thank you. I'm fine." He then started to browse through the list of movies on the little LCD touch screen in front of him. After browsing through the entire list, he slumped down on his seat in boredom.

"Aish, I should just go wash up and maybe start writing down some lyrics for our upcoming songs." He mumbled to himself. He stare at the small line that was forming in front of the restroom and hesitated.

"Damn... I don't want to stand in line.." Just as he said that, a girl who seems to be in her 20's walked up to the line and barged right in front of an old grandma who was next in line.

"Excuse me miss, but I was waiting in line first and I'm suppose to go next..." The grandma said while tapping the young girl on the shoulder.

"Yah, halmeoni, what are you talking about? I was next in line! Are you blind or something? I was standing right here the whole time!" The young girl yelled out.

"Ani... I been standing here for ten minutes already and I was next but you just went in front of me..." The grandma replied back.

"AISH! That's why I said you are blind because you're too old to see me standing here this whole time!" The young girl fired back.

No longer able to hold in his anger, he unbuckled his seatbelts and was about to march over to the scene until another figure beat him to it first. He watched as a young slender blonde girl march over to the lavatory in fury. Sitting back in his seats, he placed his left hand on his chin in amusement and gave her his undivided attention. Right when the young girl was about to close the lavatory doors shut, she grabbed onto it and swung it open while glaring her down.

"Mwuh-ya, yi-gae?! Yah! Let go! What do you think you're doing?!" The young girl yelled out.

"Mwo? I think halmeoni was here first, and you just got in the way. Get out." The mysterious young blonde said in a slow haunting voice.

"Aish..Jincha.. You seriously don't know who you're talking to right now. Yah! You hua nyang nyon, if you don't let go of this door so I could use the restroom, you're going to be sorry!"

The blonde girl gave her a smirk while her eyes still remain cold, she replied, "And I give you three seconds to step out of that restroom so Halmeoni could use it before I have to lay my fingers on you."

"MWO?! Byung shin a! Did you just threaten me?!" The young girl stepped out of the restroom and is now inching closer towards her. He watched her every action with a smirk of amusement.

"Ani, it will be more than just a threat if you don't step aside and let Halmeoni  through. Ggeojyeo." The blonde said as she lightly shove the girl aside. She turned around and gave the grandma a warm smile. "Halmeoni go ahead and use it. I'll wait outside for you to finish."

"Kamsahamnida young lady." The grandma kindly smiled back at her as she step inside the lavatory.

"You're going to pay for embarrassing me like that! Just watch!" The young girl exclaimed as she furiously stomped off to her seat.

"Aish! Dak chuh! Stop living your life that way by picking on your elder! Arasso?!" The young blonde yelled out as she watch her stomped off. After a minute of staring after the rude girl, she let out a sigh and shook her head in disappointment. Just then the lavatory doors opened up and the grandma walked out.

"Oh! Halmeoni, let me walk you back to your seat." She said as she flash the grandma a warm smile. She held on the grandma's arm and led her down the aisle.

"Oh you're so kind Miss... Thank you for standing up for an old lady like me. Kids these days have no manners. I'm glad to know that your parents raised you so well." The old grandma smile as she lightly patted the young girl's hand. He sat there with his eyes still fixed on her. Smiling to himself he couldn't help but wonder who she was.

 

He watched as she help buckle the seatbelt and place a blanket over the grandma before she turned around to walk back to her own seat, which was only just three row down from where he was seated at. She put on her headphones and went back to sleep. He got up from his seat to use the lavatory. When he was finished, he walked back to his seat, but stopped when curiosity got the best of him. Not knowing why, he started to walk towards her. He stood hovering over her small body who was sound asleep in her seat. He stood there examining her features. With her pearly long blonde hair that's down to her waist, plump kissable luscious lips, double eyelid with long lashes, pale skin and rosy cheeks made him feel tingly inside.

 

"Wow...She's beautiful..." he whispers to himself as he admire every feature on her face. He stood there dumbfounded and in awe. Only did he start to snap out of his daydreaming once he saw her shiver and stir in her sleep. He took off his black leather jacket that he wore over his red plaid sweater and placed it over her shivering body. Smiling to himself at his random act of kindness, he was about to turn around to walk back to his seat but then stopped when he saw something shiny under her seat. Bending down to retrieve the shiny silver charmed bracelet, he held it in his palm as he took a closer look at it. It had a silver band with a few silver charms dangling off of it.

 

"Isn't this those fancy Pandora bracelet?" He questioned himself. Squinting his small eyes together, he examined the small charms closely. "A Buddha charm, she must be Buddhist. A baby blue heart, a star, a microphone, eh... just a bunch of random stuff." His eyes suddenly turned wide and he starts smiling cheekily when he saw a Winnie the Pooh charm dangling on the bracelet. "She must like Pooh bear too...," he whispered excitedly. Just as he was about to tap her on the shoulder to return her bracelet, he felt a tap on his shoulder. Startled, he abruptly turn around to face the same flight attendant from earlier.

 

"Excuse me sir, but would you please return to your seat and fasten your seat belt, we are getting ready to land very soon." She said as she led him back to his empty seat.

"I guess I'll just have to wait until we land to return this to her and get my jacket back..."

"Hello ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. We've safely reached Seoul, Korea. Once again, our team would like to thank you for flying with Korea Airlines and we hope you had a pleasant flight with us. Have a good day and we wish to serve you again in the near future."

Walking out of the plane, he scanned around for the familiar face he successfully imprinted into his memory. Standing by the baggage claim counter, he turned left and right in hope to see her face but she was nowhere to be found.

"Mwo? Where the hell did she go? Aish! My favorite expensive jacket...At least let me get her number or something in return if I'm going to have to lose that jacket! T_T Plus what the hell am I suppose to do with this bracelet anyways?" He cursed under his breath as he shove the bracelet in his pocket. Grabbing his suitcase, he calmly walked out of custom only to be greeted by his friends.

"YAH Bunny! You're finally back! Welcome home buddy!" Out came a young handsome guy running over to him with open arms. He was wearing black jogger sweats, a baggy sweater, and a red snapback. He smiled cheerfully exposing his adorable dimple.

"Yo! What's up LEADEEERRRR! You act as if I been gone for a long time when it was just only one day." He joke back and flashed them his million dollar smile.

"Aish...So much for being happy of his return. Yah let's just leave him here and go home!" exclaimed a handsome guy who seems to be the tallest one out of the group with black hair and black gauge earrings.

" Yah... Why do you have to be so awkward when it comes to me huh?"

" Let's hurry and go home before we get spotted..." a soft voice was heard coming from the shortest and youngest looking guy out of the group.

"Neh Omma..." The group said in unison. They all laughed and quickly walked out of the airport and into a black van.

"Bobby hyung, did any interesting thing happen during your trip to LA?" asked the cute maknae of the group.

"Not really.." He replied then turned around to stare out the window while letting out a pitiful sigh.

 "I hope we'll get to meet again soon," he prayed silently to himself as her beautiful face appeared in his mind.

 

_________Start of Seol Mi's POV_________

 

It was 1 P.M. in the afternoon when my plane from LA landed in Seoul. Different emotions are attacking me all at once and I am not sure how to cope with it. Should I be happy because I've finally convinced my omma and appa to let me return back to Korea to study and pursue my dream of being a singer? Should I be sad that I wouldn't be able to be around my parents and oppa anymore because I will be completely by myself once I come back to Seoul? Or should I be mad at the fact that oppa didn't even want to come along with me and let me fend for myself  in this big unfamiliar city? I blame my parents for all of it. It was their fault that I have zero knowledge about my own birth country whatsoever. I was born and raised in Seoul up until I was three years old, but because appa got a great job opportunity overseas, we had no other choice but to move to Los Angeles. I was only three years old while oppa was five when we left Korea. Crazy how it had been fifteen years since I last been here.

 

Upon hearing the captain over the intercom wishing us passenger a nice stay, I quickly got up and reached for my suitcase. Rolling it along with me as I made my way towards the exit of the plane. One flight attendant glanced up at me and smile a sweet genuine smile. She and I had grown a great bond during my long flight home and I must admit I felt sad to have to say goodbye. I enthusiastically waved at her and bid my farewells.

"Thank you. I hope you will be able to get settle in quick and make lots of friends Ms. Kim," the pretty young flight attendant said to me as she gave me a slight respectful bow.

"Thank you! I hope I will! And please just call me Seol Mi," I replied smiling back at her.

"Alright then, Have a great stay here in Korea and I hope to see you in the near future Ms. Kim Seol Mi"

I stepped outside of the plane, made my way through baggage claim, and successfully marched my way out the two sliding glass door. Mentally pumping my fist in the air, I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

"I'm finally home Seoul..."

 

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Korean Phrases:

Pabo- Dumb/ Idiot

Oppa- An older brother or an older guy used by a younger female

Arasso- Ok/Understood/ Got it

Annyeongi kyeseyo- Good bye

Omma- Mom

Appa- Dad

Hyung- Older brother used by a younger male

Ne- Yes / Agreeing to something

Kimbap- Popular Korean snack, very similar to a sushi roll.

Halmeoni- Granny/ Grandma

Ani- No/ Disagreeing to something

Mwuh-ya, yi-gae- What is this/ What the he**

Mwo- What

Jincha- Really/Seriously

Hua nyang nyon- B***h, Wh***e

Byung shin a- You stupid a**

Ggeojyeo- Get lost

Kamsahamnida- Thank you

Dak Chuh- Shut up

Maknae- Youngest person in the group

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Hi readers! Did you guys like the first chapter? Was it ok? Just a friendly reminder that KIM SEOL MI is just a FICTIONAL character! Although in my poster there might be a picture of a girl idol you might know, just remember that that idol is just there for you to visualize how Kim Seol Mi would look similar to because she is only just a fictional character. Please don't forget to comment and give me some feedbacks so I know what I could do to improve my writing or for the plot of the story! ^.^ Thank you so much for your time and support <3 I'm currently working on the second chapter right now. I will update as soon as I finish writing and editing it. Stay tune my lovelies!      -iKONBobbyLover