Chapter 1 - ✨

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Beautiful Stranger

I got up and did my usual routine, brushed my teeth and hair, put some makeup on, but today I think I’ll put my hair into a ponytail. It’s a little cold this September, Im going to wear black overalls and a blue shirt underneath, a white sweater and some converse. Good enough, I try a little bit to look good for work but I don’t really care too much about what people think of me. I work at this cute coffee shop ten minutes from my apartment building, part time eight to twelve thirty so I can make it to my two afternoon classes at the local college. Very soon I will be done college, I’ll move somewhere else and start a new life.
It'll be hard for me to move away from my family, my baby sister and baby brother, my parents and my grandparents. I’ve always been close with my family but I desperately want to see more of the world. Get out of my hometown and do new things.
I grabbed my purse, phone and keys. Walked out and locked the door and headed to the elevator. Arriving at the lobby I started walking towards the front door half paying attention, and when I looked up I saw that it’s pouring rain and I forgot my umbrella. Oh well, it’s only ten minutes. I grabbed my headphones and put on one of my Spotify playlists and off I go.
It started raining even harder as I got closer to work, when I stepped into the warm building my shoulders and hood were completely soaked, part of my hair wet from the hood. I rushed to the back into the lunch room and hung up my sweater and hoped it would be dry enough by the time I finished my shift. I hung up my purse and tossed my headphones back in and shoved my phone into my back pocket. Time to clock in
I think I’ve been working here for maybe two months now and I’m friends with almost everyone here so it makes the shifts more enjoyable. I pretty much just do whatever I want here. Most of the time I just make the drinks and hand them out. I’m so bad with talking to the customers, I stumble over my words and end up taking forever typing in their order because I make so many mistakes.
Well there’s one drink order I get to make right now at least, I’m already getting a little bored. An iced Americano, that’s easy enough. As soon as I finished making it I grabbed the order receipt to check the name and walked to the designated area we have for people’s drinks and snacks.
*I have an iced Americano for, Yeosang?* I hope I pronounced it right I carefully set the drink down on the counter top and I looked up and saw him standing there. Long black hair, sparkling beautiful brown eyes, and the most charming smile. He said thank you, grabbed his drink and walked out the door. Oh my god. His voice was so deep too I wasn’t not expecting that. Hes just so handsome. If I had any courage inside my body I would’ve asked for his number. But I’m the cowardly lion
I finished the rest of my shift and headed to the college for my classes where I’m learning everything I can about IT and video game development. I wonder if ill actually be able to do this. I’ve been able to understand the material well enough. I guess I’m kind of smart. I don’t know. This is something I’ve been wanting to do since I was a little girl.
But today I couldn’t concentrate on my work. I wrote down everything my professor’s had on the projector screens. My mind wandered back to Yeosang. I can’t get him out of my head. My classes wrapped up, I grabbed all of my stuff and went to put it in my locker and began my trip home. I wonder what I should make for dinner tonight. Maybe I’ll just order in, sounds better to me. Ill order dinner and watch some movies on Netflix
I arrived back fairly quick, placed an order on the phone and changed into comfy clothes, I’ll do the dishes until my food gets here that way I won’t have to do it tomorrow. Although I live alone, I still try to keep the place spotless.
Twenty minutes later my food was here. I grabbed the bag and went to the living room, sat down on the couch and covered up with a big quilt and turned Netflix on, putting on my favorite movie.
And now bedtime, I quickly washed my face and brushed my teeth. My head hitting the pillow and I instantly drifted off to dreamland.
Two more days until the weekend. Everything passed by in a blur. Yeosang came back in both days taking my breath away. Work, school, home, sleep.

Saturday
I stretched out in bed for a minute and got myself up. Taking a nice long hot shower, brush my teeth and doing my makeup. I decided on leggings with a crop top today. It’s family day, I’m going over to see my parents and little siblings for dinner. It’s going to be a good day.
They were happy to see me, I played with my little siblings until they had to go to bed. Talked with mom and dad about work and school, just a general update. And they told me about their jobs, before dropping it on me. They wanted to do a big family vacation in March, and that they had been saving up for awhile now and wouldn’t let me pay for anything making me pout. I feel bad when they spend money on me. Itll be nice to take a family trip somewhere. It’s been awhile since the last one we went on. My eyelids getting heavy, I took off my glasses setting them on the nightstand and fell asleep

Sunday
Ugh. I always do this to myself. Today is cleaning day and grocery shopping. Doing the dishes, cleaning the bathroom, vacuum my room and sweep and mop everywhere else, with laundry going while I was cleaning up. I’ll quickly go to the grocery store and get what I need, come back home and just relax until I have to go to bed again.
I decided to make something simple for dinner, a BLT sandwich and some soup. I’m exhausted after doing so much today. And time passes by faster on Sundays, before I knew it, it was already time for me to go to bed. Passing out into a deep sleep

Monday
I did my hair and makeup differently today. I’m secretly hoping that I’ll see Yeosang again today. Or maybe it was only last week. Either way I’ll look better today. I’ll wear a red long sleeve shirt and black skinny jeans, with my usual converse. Alright. All set and ready to go. I walked to work, got there in no time. I went and put my stuff in the back, pulled my hair into a ponytail and clocked in.
Fifteen minutes later I was making an iced Americano, I was about to set the drink down and call out for him that his drink was ready but his hand was right there taking it from mine. I looked up at him to see him smiling at me
*You weren’t here over the weekend, I came back in the morning hoping to see you here again*
*Oh I’m sorry. I have weekends off, but I was hoping to see you again today* I giggled lightly and felt my cheeks heating up
*I do enjoy my coffee but I normally don’t drink it this often. I’d love to see you outside of this coffee shop. So with that being said, will you go out on a date with me?*
*Yes. Yes of course. I’d love to go out with you. I’m free tomorrow evening if that works for you?*
*Perfect, I’ll meet you back here tomorrow evening at six thirty. See you then* he gave me a big toothy smile and walked out of the shop
Oh my god that just happened. I’m screaming internally. I didn’t think he would ask me out! I’m not the most attractive girl. But he asked me out! Tomorrow can’t come fast enough

 But he asked me out! Tomorrow can’t come fast enough

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