The sun was shining through the slits of the blinds that were attached to the window, the dust particles dancing around in the light that was seeping in. It had been six months since my sister had moved out of the apartment that we had shared. she had found a new job on the other side of Seoul leaving me alone.

    "Are you sure you can make it on your own? Jina, apartments aren’t cheap, just come with me you could find a job out there too." Jiyeon's furrowed her brows

    "I'll be fine MOM, geez." I chuckled "plus your new apartment is small I don’t want to take up space that you might need to do teacher things."

she rolled her eyes "I'll be checking in all the time, so you better not lie to me, if you're in any trouble call me, got it."

Her words rang through my head, only minutes apart and she already had a better head on her shoulders.

    around the four-month mark rent had become a pain in the , on phone call number 5 for the week Jiyeon had suggested placing an ad for a roommate, because her old room was now collecting dust, so as she had suggested I placed a noticed looking for a roommate.

    for two months nothing. Not a thing. working as a server at a fancy little restaurant in the heart of Seoul at night and having classes in the morning I began to lose hope, who knew that this would be so hard? I began to lose faith and calling it quits sounded really good right about now. seconds before calling Jiyeon my