I sat up in my bed sniffling and looked around searching for my phone. I have to talk to him, I need to ask him what I should do! I'm tired of crying! I ran my hands under and over my bed sheets and covers.

"Where is it?" I muttered to myself I always had trouble finding my phone for some reason, I turned around and eyed my pillow.,, Nah, I would know if I put it there. I turned away, then again..., I quickly removed the pillow from its plave and saw my phone, I wipe my eyes sniffling again as I picked up my phone and layed back down. I unlocked it and scrolled through my contacts until I saw '☆Tae☆' I pressed the call button...

Brrrrring....

Brrrrring....

Brrrrring....

Brrrrring....

Brrrrring,,,,

Brrrrring,,,,

"H-h-hello"  He sounded out of breath. I smiled, He must be working hard, Tae was my best friend and we were always together up until he moved to pursure his dream of becoming a Korean pop star. We auditioned together for a couple of companies and we were bother accepted to different ones. We both took the oppertunity of course but I missed him...

"Taesung-shi!" I said, I felt my voice slightly crack from all the crying I had done.

"Min?" He sounded confused and was huffing and puffing into the mic of the phone.

"Yes, I wanted to talk to you about somethnig."

"I can't talk right now, I'm busy..."

"Taesung-shi, please? You know I never bother you unless its impor-"

"KIM TAESUNG!!!" I heard a man yell from the background.

"Uh, yes teacher, one moment please!"

"Taesung-shi! It's a quick question!" I said in a whiny tone, I knew I was being a little unreasonable but I didn't care.

"Hurry, what is it?!" He sounded frustrated and worried. I sighed and explained my situation as quickly and as bluntly as I could.

"You know how I went to Japan right? Well when I got back I missed it so much and I want to go back but my family is so against me loving Asian things. I don't know why! I miss the way I felt in Japan and I've cried myself to sleep every night since I got back and I'm tired of waking up with my face all puffy and feeling miseable. What should I do?"

"Look, have you even talked to your assigned Manager yet? Your company is giving you a huge oppertunity and didn't even ask for you to relocate! You should be here now training right now! I know that you miss Japan but you don't even know that much Japanese so how can you even live there? Come to Korea and work or else your company might just dump you. Do you want that?" His tone got harsher as he went on, then sighed.

There was silence....

"Look, I'm sorry but I have to go. I told you how I feel and I know about how your family feels but try to understand where I'm coming from..." I sniffled and tried to respong but no words came out. "Are you crying? Crap, Min, I'm so sorry, I just... Look I'm sorry but hey if you want a second opinion why don't you ask Yu for advice? You've always listened to him more than you do me,... I wish you would have called me later I probably wouldn't have been as harsh to you..."

I took a deep breath inand let it out . "Its okay, Taesung-shi, its my fault for calling at this time. I'll call Yu-Sunbae in a bit. Get back to traning I don't want you in any more trouble,"

"Thanks, I'll text Yu so that he knows your going to call. I don't want him in trouble too. Bye, Min" 

"B-" He hung up before I could finish. "-ye..." I sighed and stared at my ceiling fan go round and round for a good 5 minutes until I worked up the courage to call him.

Brrrring,,,,

Ever since she was little shes had a love for Asian culture but her mother didn't like it. No one in her family did. As she grew older their opinion was more openly expressed to her. Her father was never there to stand up for her and their Korean blood since he had walked out on them after she turned 3...

At the age of 15 she had a strong interest of South Korea and Japan that couldn't be brokenever since she was a child. When she discovers the exchange program at her school she decides that she must go, no matter what. After weeks of trying to convince her mother she finally succeds.

She takes off for Japan in June of 2012. With her mother thinking that when Jung Min returns she will be done with this 'phase'.

While she is in Japan she finally feels like shes apart of a family. For years Jung Minhwa had been yearning for this feeling and had finally found it but must leave to return to her own country.

When she returns to her family in Texas she is hoping to hear the words "I missed you so much!" but she never hears them. She sits in the car silently as her mother and uncle sit in the front seat chatting about how much money they spent on her. When the car finally stops their in front of her grandmothers house. Jung Min grabs her suitcases and bags immediatly to go and, after struggling with the car door, takes them inside the house.

Min tries to tell her family of all the wonderful things she bought and saw but she was interuppted everytime she tried to speak. But she wasn't interruppted with the words you might think such as "I missed you" "Were they nice to you?", no, she was interruppted with the words "You only called whenever you wanted more money!" "I hope you enjoyed it while you could because we're never letting you go back''. These pained her and made her wish that she had stayed in Japan and hadn't returned. She had called everyday and only to ask for money once after misplacing her wallet. Though she found the wallet later she used the money they gave her anyway. Japan was expensive, very, very, very expensive. 

For two weeks after this Jung Min cried herself to sleep.