foreign - lee chan

08.

Chan walked up to Julienne's apartment Saturday afternoon, wearing a Clippers basketball jersey and blue jeans. Hoshi gave helped him out with his hair and cut around the sides of hair, leaving the rest of bluish black hair on the top. His heart was beating a little fast and he didn't know how to approach the door.

"Just knock," he mumbled to himself, before walking up to the front door and knocking gently on the front door. 

He patiently waits in front of the door for about a minute, when finally, Julienne came to the door wearing a burgundy T-Shirt dress and a pair of sandals. Her curly hair was back and put into a high ponytail, which Chan thought looked amazing.

"Hi, Julienne," Chan smiled, as she stood silently in front of her.

Julienne didn't give him a big grin back, which kind of scared him. Did she change her mind? Did she not want to go out anymore?

The front door widened a little bit more, and a man who resembled Julienne stood next to her. He was a tall man, about a foot taller than Chan, and he had a scowl on his face that frightened Chan to the point that he had uncontrollable shaking in his right hand. He takes his hand and hides it behind his back,

"I'm Julienne's father, Mr. Augustin," the man spoke, giving Chan a small nod.

Chan took a step back before bowing in front of Mr. Augustin. "I'm Lee Chan, I'm showing Julienne around the city," he announced. He made a mental note to thank Hoshi later for reminding him about the fact that he might need to talk to Julienne's parents if they were overprotective. 

Mr. Augustin nudged Julienne a little, and she took a step forward, out the door and stood next to Chan. She was in his personal space, but she only did it to comfort him. She could see how he was a little uncomfortable and surprised with her father's sudden appearance.

Her father looked Chan in the eye for a moment, and pushed the pair of glasses he was wearing up his face a little.

"I want my daughter home before eight," he now spoke to Chan in fluent Korean, which made Chan's eyes widen a little and his heart race much faster, "and I want her home in one piece. Got it?" 

Chan nodded, and Mr. Augustin's face softened a little bit. "Look, just be safe, alright? She misses America and kind of hates me for transferring us here. Show her that Seoul is a wonderful place." 

Chan nodded again, and Julienne told her father goodbye before they began walking towards the city.

"What did my father say to you?" Julienne asked Chan after a few minutes of walking.

Confused, Chan looked at her, giving her the idea that he didn't understand what she said in English.

"What did he say?" She asked again in Korean. 

Chan smiled, seeing that Julienne's Korean was getting better and better with each passing day.

"Your Korean is good," Chan complimented her.

"Chan, what did he say?" Julienne wondered. Chan laughed a little loud, because Julienne was so desperate to know what her father had said. 

"He said to be on time," he lied, "that's all."

Technically, Chan didn't lie. He just didn't feel like going into detail and saying everything to Julienne. It was obvious that her father changed to speaking Korean for a reason.

"It's short walk to the town, and then we get cab," Chan smiled at Julienne.

Most of the time when Chan saw Julienne, she was at his eye level because they were sitting in a class next to one another. He never necessarily had to look down a little to look into her eyes. Now that he's walking with her, he notices that she was about two inches shorter than him. If he were to hug her, he'd just get a face full of her hair. 

"Where are we going?" Julienne asked. 

"Somewhere," Chan smirked, giggling when Julienne rolled his eyes at him.

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After a twenty minute cab ride, and another ten minutes of walking (which Julienne didn't mind since people seemed to give her attention and admire her brown curly hair), Chan and Julienne found themselves in front of the tower.

Chan patted his wallet gently, making sure it was still there. He wasn't about to embarrass himself and not have the money he needed to take this girl on a ride around Seoul.

"Are we going inside the tower?" She asked, looking at Chan.

"No," Chan said. He reached out his hand and let Julienne hold onto it as he took the two of them towards the N Seoul Tower's cable cars.

"Are you okay with.." Chan did a motion and tried to show what a representation of height but sticking his hand in the air and jumping.

"Tall people?" Julienne asked. Chan sighed and shook his head, outstretching his hand.

"Oh, heights," Julienne's cheeks were flushed when she realized how dimwitted she was, "I'm fine. I'm not scared of heights."

Chan sighed, grateful that she had no fear of being in the air. It would've sucked if he brought her all the way and then had to leave because she was uncomfortable.

When it was time for the cable car ride, Chan paid for the two of them, which surprised Julienne. She had brought some money for herself, she didn't want Chan to be spending money on her the whole time she was here. 

"Dino, I can pay for myself, it's okay," Julienne said to him as he led the way to the cable car.

"No, it's fine. I want to," Dino answered, looking at her with a big grin on his face. 

The car only had the two of them inside, and Chan was absolutely excited. He knew that Julienne's head would explode with happiness and joy when she saw the beautiful city underneath them. He wanted to see her smile and hear her comments on how small everything was when she was in the air.

The cable car moves slowly, and Julienne keeps her eyes out the window, staring at the tower for a little bit. Chan watches her movements silently, and smiles when he sees his city underneath his feet once the cable car travels a little farther.

"Woah," Julienne says under her breath, sitting up a little straight and staring at the buildings below her. She's never seen a view as beautiful as this. There was a smile on her face that she couldn't remove and she felt so at ease seeing the city before her feet.

"Chan, look! It's your city," She said to him, giggling a little when she realized he had been watching her silently. 

Chan had a small smile on his face as he looked out towards Seoul. He's been on this thing hundreds of times, but being here with Julienne made the trip a little better.

"It belongs to you, too," Chan said to her.