The drunk strangers on table 12

GX Oil and Taxi Service

7:00 pm Itaewon BBQ restaurant

" A set of pork belly on table 3 ! " said one of the asistant cooks 

" De ! coming " said a waiter who came to pick up the plate of pork belly  the waiter had then went to deliver the food at the desinated table " kamsahamnida " the customers said slightly bowing their heads . " Your welcome " said the waiter 

" Sir may we get 3 more bottles Soju ?" said one customer from table 5  

" Coming right up ! " another waiter answered back just then a group of men and women  had came just arrived at the front entrance waiting to be served " Rome new customers at the front " said the other waiter " On it " Rome answered back as he walked towards the front " Welcome to our BBQ restaurant how many people will there be today  ?" Rome said with a smile

" 6 " said one of the men 

" Oh alright please follow me " Rome said as he went to get the menus from the host restaurant table . " De " the customer's said back Rome the waiter guided the new customers to their table . Where after they had all taken their seats Rome had gave them each a menu . " There will be a another waiter to come to get your order for now what beverages would you like ?" Rome asked

" We'll have two bottles of water , one soda , and three cans of beer " one of the  women answered back to Rome who was writting down the beverage orders . " De your beverages will be on the way " Rome said " Let us know when you're ready to order " Rome said again " De " The customer's said back  Rome then left to get the drinks for customers . before getting the drinks Rome tells his co-worker to go take their order while he goes to get the ordered beverages " Siwoo order on table 7 " Rome said to his co-worker Siwoo who was just about done taking table 1's order and taking the paper to the chef . " Table 7 ? Got it " Siwoo said back . After doing so Rome goes to the serving area where he  takes out a large tray after doing so he then goes to the beverage fridge to get the drinks that the customers had ordered . " Let's see it was water " Rome takes out two water bottles from the top  "  soda " grabbes a soda can from the middle " lastly beer " Rome closes the bervage fridge and goes to open the beer cooler to get the three cans of beer . Siwoo then makes his way to table 7 " Hello my name is Siwoo and I serving you guys tonight are you ready to order ?" Siwoo asked 

" De we are " The customers at table 7 answered back " What will you guys have ?" Siwoo asked as he had taken out the paper pad to write on . " We would have to have one bowl of bibimbap , one tteokbokki , a set of gal-bi  and pork belly " one of the men said  just then Rome comes in with the beverages . " Here are your beverages " Rome said as he placed each of the drinks onto the table . " Will that be all ?" Siwoo asked " De that will be all " The customers answered back " alrightly then your order will be coming up " Siwoo said as he left the table to give the order to the chef . 

" Here's the order for table 7 " Siwoo said as he placed the paper on top of the open window Siwoo then goes and gets the side dishes and brings it to the table the customers then thank Siwoo for deilvering the side dishes . 

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Meanwhile on the other side at the gas station 

" I'm hungry "  one of the female workers said as she heard her stomach growl  " I'm hungry too " two more female workers commented as well  " let's go ask the unnies if we can go out and eat " said the female worker with the growling stomach .  " Alright " the other two female workers said back they got off from their chairs and all went outside to find their unnies . " Unnies where you guys ?" The stomach growler asked " We're over here by station 3 " one of the voices answered . The three hungry females walked to where their unnies were " what are you guys doing ?" one of the hungry workers asked " We're trying to fixing station 3 its leaking a bit "  one of their unnies said  " you guys need help ?" The hungry girls asked " No I think we got it " The older one replied back " Oh ok " The younger ones replied back  " Do you guys need something ?" The older ones asked " No not really we're hungry and wanted to see if you guys wanted to get something to eat it's dark already which means we can go out ." 

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10:00 pm 

Rome and his co-worker had been still serving the customers since its a weekend they close late hence the two had been busy running back and forth serving for the past 3 hours or so just then as the number of people at the  restaurant was beginning to decrease a group of female girls came in . Rome while cleaning up one of the tables had noticed the girls who just came inside . Rome  saw that Siwoo was still busy serving out the food so he stopped his cleaning and went to greet the new customers .  " Welcome to our BBQ restaurant how many people will there be today  ?" Rome said with a smile

" 3 " One of the girls said 

" Oh ok this way please " Rome said as he had taken out three menus he then repeats the same process that he has been doing as his job as a waiter " There will be a another waiter to come to get your order for now what beverages would you like ?" Rome asked " We'll all have 3 bottles of soju please " one the girls answered back " coming right up " Rome said back as he went to get the soju bottles and glasses . Siwoo then comes to take their order " what would you girls like to order ?" he asked " ummm we're still looking but for now let us have the special " one of the girls said back  " One special it is then " Siwoo said as he left the table . After Siwoo left Rome had arrived with the soju bottles and the side dishes   " here are your drinks " Rome said  " thank you " one of the girls said  " your welcome " Rome said back  

A couple minutes later  Siwoo came out from the chef kitchen with carrying the 3 girls's order the special in which was a combination of  different meats and  a hot pot . " Here's your order " Siwoo said as he  had placed each of the plates and bowls onto their table  along with the food the three girls then thanked Siwoo . " Can we get some more soju ?" One of the girls asked " no problem " Siwoo said back as he went to get more . 

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11: 45pm 

" Hey Siwoo " Rome asked 

" Yeah whats up ?" Siwoo answered back 

" You know the girls on table 12 ?"  Rome asked again 

" Yeah what about them?" Siwoo answered and asked 

" Well it's been over more than a hour and they havent ordered anything but drinks ."  Rome said 

" Does it matter ? We always get these type of customers as long as they pay then its fine ." Siwoo said back 

" I know that but these girl are kinda different from our past customers " Rome said 

" What do you mean by that ?" Siwoo asked 

" Well for one some of them isn't trying to swing herself from the lights " Rome said as he pointed out a certain tall girl trying to swing herself on a plastic gas tube . The other customers were too into their drinks to notice anything unsual  as for Siwoo and Rome they don't drink on the job having them the only two sober ones throughout the whole entire restaurant . People who brought children had gone to the indoor playground next door being watched by their boss's daughter who had used to run a daycare center .

" YAH " One of the girls from table 12 yelled 

" What you're being loud ! BE QUITE !" the second girl yelled  from table 12 

" FIGHT ! FIGHT ! FIGHT !" The third girl from table 12 yelled also 

' Aigoo what can you do ? Just ignore it for now we're closing soon anyways any mess they cause we can clean it up tomorrow ." Siwoo said back 

" I guess you're right " Rome said 

" But funny thing it's as if as I've seen those girls before I don't know what it is but I have a feeling that I've seen them somewhere " Rome said again 

"  Them ?" Siwoo said back 

" Probaby just my imagination " Rome said 

" DUCK !" Siwoo suddenly shouts 

" WAIT WHAT !!!!!?????" Rome shoutes back as he sees the glass soju bottle fly straight at him Siwoo of course pushes Rome down before his friend could get hit . " You alright ?" Siwoo asked 

" Yeah I'm ok where on earth did that come from ?" Rome answered and asked 

"  I don't know I think it came from table 12 ....." Siwoo answered back pointing towards the third girl who seemed to be trying to catch her breathe " Ugh I missed " She complained 

" What do you mean you missed were you tryng to go for the kill !!!!???" Rome yelled 

" No of course not ! There was a deadly spider behind you and I tried to kill it ." The girl answered back 

" With a glass bottle ???" Siwoo said back 

" Well yeah spiders don't like glass bottles at least these type ." The third girl replied back 

" It's gone now , which means we can go back to sitting down " The second girl said 

" TURN ON SOME MUSIC !!!!!" The third girl from table 12 shouted 

 

Siwoo and Rome didn't know what else to do but to listen . " Hey can we get another plate of beef ?" A person from table 9 asked 

" De! Coming right up !" Rome answered back 

" I'll go and turn on the music " Siwoo said 

" Alright " Rome said back 

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Back at the gas station 

" It's almost opening time where are those 3 ?" 

" Probably ended up drinking too "

" Aigoo last time we let the young ones go by themselves ." 

" Unnie the young ones are still here you know ."

" You guys are more our age you girls may be younger but half the time you girls are old ladies ."

" Unnie what does that suppose to mean ???" 

" You're not that young either unnie you're almost -"

" Not one word " 

" Fine  ....."

" Would anyone mind calling them ? This little screw on station 3 needs fixing " 

" I'll call them " 

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Back to the BBQ restaurant 

" One of the girls from table 12 is dancing around table to table ..." Siwoo said 

" I got this " Rome said 

Rome then goes towards to one of their customers whose dancing around like a ballerina dropping pink stickers . Rome stood there immersed as he watched the girl's movements he wanted to move but it  was as if his body couldn't move . It was when the girl had moved on to the next table that Rome was able to walk again . 

" Woah what was that ???" He thought to himself 

" Hey Rome " 

" What was I doing again ???" Rome thought again 

" Rome !" 

" Huh ? What ???" Rome said after finally snapping out of it .

" I was calling you " Siwoo said 

" Oh sorry I got caught up with thinking about something ." Rome said 

" Thinking about what ?" Siwoo asked 

" I don't really know myself " Rome answered 

" What ?" Siwoo said 

" It's nothing it's probably all the smoke and the smell from the acolchol that's getting me ." Rome said 

" That's when you know that we should go home ." Siwoo said with a sigh 

" You can say that again " Rome said 

" Did you ask the ballerina over there ?" Siwoo asked 

" Who ? Oh her no I was going to but then I got distracted ." Rome answered back 

" Distracted by what ?" Siwoo asked again 

" You really do ask a lot of questions " Rome answered back 

" I do not !" Siwoo said 

" Yeah you do " Rome said back with a laugh as he walked towards the dancing girl . He light taps on her shoulder 

" Excuse me miss ?" Rome said politely 

The girl stoped her dancing stood still of a while then turned around 

" Yes ?" The girl asked 

" Can we ask you to please stop moving around ? It's disturbing our work ." Rome said and asked politely hoping the girl wouldn't get mad at him . Surprisingly her answer was different from what Rome had expected . 

" Oh alright sorry about that " The 3rd girl from table 12 said casually after that the girl walked away back towards her table . 

" Well that was easier than I thought " Rome said oddly as he shrugged it off and went back to his work .  

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At Table 12 - Clock strikes 12 

" Hey guys it's time go to back " The 2nd girl said 

" It is ? " 1st girl asked 

" Alright " 3rd girl from said 

" should we get them something ?" 2nd girl asked 

" I don't know call them " 1st girl answered back 

" Hey my phone is ringing " 

" Hello ?" 

" Araso we're coming " 

" Oh shoot I forgot to ask what they wanted " 

" Oh well "

" next time then " 

" If there is a next time that is " 

" Whose paying ???" 2nd girl asked 

" Ummm I guess I'll pay " 1st girl answered back 

" Alright !" 3rd girl shouted in joy 

" Where's the waiters ?" 1st girl asked 

" I don't know I think they're probably busy serving other people ." 2nd girl asked 

 

" This place was always festive wasn't it ?" 3rd girl asked as she looked around .

 

" Yeah it was come on let's go we don't have time the moons almost out ." 1st girl said 

" What about paying ?" 2nd girl asked 

" I already left the money on the table I also left a flyer " 1st girl answered back 

" Where did XXX go ?" 2nd girl asked 

"I'm right here went to leave flyers on the other tables " 3rd girl said 

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Few minutes later 

" Closing time !" Siwoo said cheerfully 

" Alright now we can't leave unless we have clean these tables " Rome said 

" I know , I know but still " Siwoo said 

" Use that energy for the cleaning " Rome said as he handed Siwoo the waste cart .

" Where are you going ?" Siwoo asked 

" To get the receipts and collect today's money boss wants them in the office first thing in the morning documented and counted ." Rome said back 

As Rome does his task Siwoo went around each table collecting each plate and food waste . He also makes sure that he collects the tips if there are any . " Rome you're cleaning the grills !" Siwoo said 

" Alright !" Rome said back 

After a while both Rome and Siwoo were both done cleaning and had locked up the restaurant for the night . 

" Hey did the girls from table 12 ever pay their bill ? " Rome asked 

" Yeah they left the money on the table the exact amount too ." Siwoo said 

" Really ?" Rome asked

" Yeah all $26.23 " Siwoo answered 

" How did they know that ?" Rome asked 

" I don't know maybe they added it all up ." Siwoo answered back 

" I guess" Rome said 

" Well I'll see you tomorrow then " Siwoo said as he gotten to the car parking lot . 

" Alright see you tomorrow then "Rome said as he too unlocked his car and went inside . On the way home Rome noticed that his gas was low . 

" How ? I had just filled it up the other day ..." Rome said to himself then he remembered that he left his AC running so that he could nap during his break since his boss got mad at him for napping on the job . 

Sigh there was no gas station for another 10 miles from and due to new construction around the area most stations temporary closed for safely regulations .

" Just my luck " Rome mumbled to himself  Rome had figured that his home was about 5 mlies away yet with this much gas hes better off calling a tow trunk . His car itself was already old and if the gas was low it would mean that his whole car would just end up shuting down either way . Rome decided to poll over and call in a tow truck yet to his luck his phone died . Luckily there was a truck coming this way and had decided to help him out " Hey you !" A voice called out 

" Huh ? Who are you ?" Rome asked 

" Just a person passing by you need help ?" the voice asked and answered 

Rome was a bit hesitate but he needed help he also wanted to go home and sleep " My car is about the break down I was wondering if I could borrow your phone so I can call a tow truck ." Rome said 

" My phone also died " Rome said again with a sad laugh 

" Alright here you can call on this phone then " The voice said as the person handed Rome the phone since it was dark Rome couldn't see the person's facial features all he saw was the person's hands . He noticed that the hand had on pink nail polish so he concluded that the person that had given him the phone was a woman and that he noted that he should thank her .

" Thank you " He said 

" No problem anything that I can do to help " The voice answered back 

Rome then dials the tow truck number " Hello this is XXX Tow Truck service sorry that we can't get to the phone right this may be due to either our phone line is busy and or our operating hours have over please try again-" 

" Didn't answer ?" The voice asked 

" Yeah " Rome answered back with a sigh 

" Well why do you need your car to be towed ?" The voice asked 

" Car's about to run out of gas and since its an old car the battery is pretty much dead " Rome said back 

" If you need gas there's a gas station just up ahead I can take you there if you want " The voice said 

" REALLY !??? "

" That would be great !" Rome exclaimed 

" Hop on then " The voice said 

" You can put your car on this rail you might have some bad luck but you sure are lucky that I didn't leave this at home ." The voice said again 

" THANK YOU SO MUCH " Rome said 

" Why no not at all I should be thanking you actually " The voice mumbled 

" Sorry did you say something ?" Rome asked 

" Its nothing all i said was no problem " The voice answered back from there Rone had followed the person's instructions has to how to place his car on the rail and also how to keep it from falling or slipping when on the road . After that he got into the passager seat where the woman had started to drive him to the gas station . He had wanted to ask for her name but was too tired out to ask instead he fell asleep as the drive went on from their location to the gas station was not all that long Rome didn't know why he was so tired he figured it was from working so late . " I really need to go to bed " He thought to himself 

As Rome was sleeping he heard a knock on the car window coming from outside he barely had his eyes opened " Who-what???" Rome said out of confusion the reason for that is that he could have sworn that he was in the woman's truck and that his car was tied to the car rail yet he some how woke up in his own car stranded somewhere .

" Ummm hello ???"  said a female voice coming from the outside said again while knocking on his car window Rome then rolled down his window only to see a long red hair woman talking to him but he couldn't make our her words as he was too immersed in his thoughts thinking about how the odd thing was he didn't even know why he was even in the driver seat with his seat belt on. " I'm sorry do you happen to know where I am ?" Rome asked 

" You're at  GX Oil & Taxi Service station you been parked here for the past 1o minutes one of our workers saw your car but didn't know that you were inside your car or not ." The female  voice answered back 

" Oh ok I'm sorry so is this a gas station ?" Rome asked 

" Yes this is a gas station " The person answered back 

" Your gas seems low would you like us to give you gas service then ?" The female  voice asked 

" Why yes please " Rome answered back 

"  Alright then please make your way up to station 2 then " The female voice said 

" Oh before I forgot may I have your flyer please it's sorta kinda of like a ticket if you will " The female voice said again 

" Ummm I don't think I have one of your flyers..." Rome said as he looked around his car only to see a pink sticker on his window 

" You mean this ?" Rome asked showing the person the pink sticker 

" Why yes it is our flyer " The female voice answered back 

" But it has nothing on it " Rome said 

" We know we tend to move locations alot and so we just give them out blank " The female voice said back casually 

" But then how would we know where to go ?" Rome asked 

" As I said we move locations and so it's not hard to find us ." The female voice answered back 

" Now if you can excuse me I must be going back to my work just drive up to station 2 and there will be a person there to help you ." The female voice said again Rome who was memorized by the person's long red hair that  his answer was only a nod . As the person walked away Rome then comes back to his senses and follows the woman's instructions . Rome then arrives at station two where the light came up indicating that a customer was there  in comes out another tall women short hair  who was a bit shorter than the red hair dressed in the same bright hot pink shirt covered with a black jump suite .

" Hello welcome to GX Oil &Taxi Service my name is Hyelin and I will be helping you today at station 2  " 

" Hello " Rome greeted back 

" How much gas do you need ?" Hyelin asked 

" A full tank please "  Rome said 

" Alright a full tank of pink gas coming right up !" Hyelin said as she removed the gas cap off Youngjae's car . Hyelin  then took the nozzel off the holding leadage and inserted into the car's gas tank " are you paying in cash or by card ?" Hyelin asked Rome who was busy checking remembering about the red hair . " Huh ? Oh ummm" Rome who realized that he didn't have his card on him he didn't want to use his cash so much due to where he always saved it for the arcade that only adccepted cash only but since he didn't have his card on him he decided to do cash . " Cash please " Rome answered back with a smile .

" Oh alright"  Hyelin said she pressed the cash button and in which started to gas to pump " One full tank of pink gas coming up " Hyelin said again 

" Pink gas ???" Rome asked

" Maybe it's a new brand name " Rome thought to himself 

" That will be 19won please " Hyelin  said 

" Oh here Rome  said handing her the cash where Hyelin pressed the cash button again  " do you want a receipt ?" Hyelin asked 

" No thank you " Rome answered back 

" All done thank you for coming to GX Oil & Taxi Service please come again " Hyelin said with bow 

" Customer 3 done " 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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