Thirteen

 

 

"See you tomorrow Eunji," Mr Kim said with a tired smile as he handed her another envelope filled with her pay for the day.

"Good job today."

"Thank you," Eunji said equally as exhausted as she took the small slip.   "Don't forget to take him with you," the boss whispered mischievously as looked at the sleeping boy in the corner.   Eunji followed his gaze to Luhan and gave a warm smile. The boy's head was leaning on his arms and he had fallen asleep. He looked simply adorable.    "Yeah..." Eunji said before she walked up to the sleeping deer.   "Yah...Wake up." Eunji gently shook Luhan's shoulder.   The boy blinked open his eyes and rose to an upright position. He found it hard to keep his eyes open.   "Mmmh?" Luhan groaned, rubbing his eyes with a hand.    "Geez are you a child?" Eunji pouted. "C'mon get up. My work-shift is over. We need to get out so Mr.Kim can close down the shop."   "What time is it?" Luhan asked groggily.   Eunji took a glance at her watch. "Almost 11."   Luhan's eyes widened. He didn't even know he had slept till so late. He grabbed his bag and stood up, wobbling slightly. He pretended as if that didn't happen and began to make his way to the door, with Eunji following behind him.   "Goodbye Mr Kim," Luhan murmured as he past by, nodding his head.   "Ah, yeah. Please take care of Eunji." Mr Kim gave a subtle wink.   "I don't need any taking care of!" Eunji butted in.   "I will...don't worry," Luhan mumbled, still barely forcing his eyes open.   "No! By the looks of you, I will be the one taking care of you!" Eunji argued.   The two left the building, leaving Mr Kim in silence. He chuckled quietly to himself as their voices slowly faded away.           "How are you getting home?" Eunji asked. She still had to go to the restaurant, but she tried to act as if she was going home.   "Bus?" Luhan said.    Eunji furrowed her eyebrows. "Don't you have like, I don't know, a personal butler or something? You ARE the heir of XL-"   "No, I don't" Luhan interrupted. "My family isn't like those other stereotypical rich families."   Eunji nodded understandingly. After walking a minute in silence, Eunji spoke up again. "So...how do you have so much time on your hands?"   Luhan yawned widely. "What do you mean?"    "If you're the heir, doesn't that mean you have to be pretty good at maths to calculate income and stuff like that? You would need to be pretty smart to maintain such a famous mall. Shouldn't you be studying or learning how to manage the mall when it's time?Well, I wouldn't know since I'm from a poor family. "   "I'll have you know that I was the top of the school at my previous school," Luhan announced proudly, placing his hands in his pockets. "My pa