boss 2 •• nct lucas

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kim baram

a long sigh left baram lips when she look around the apartment she lived in.

today is the day where baram pack her things before going back to korea after graduating design school tomorrow.

five years wasn't short. it already makes memory and placed in a special place inside her heart and will kept safe forever.

a lot of her friends that she close with are sad, knowing her will be move back to her country and maybe will never come back to chicago.

baram wanted to go slow, she still want to live here and make more good memories with jungwoo and also johnny. but time flies too fast that it's time for her to come back to where she was born.

seoul, korea.

johnny had promised her to open a boutiqe together when baram and johnny are already settled once they got back to their places.

baram didn't say no to that, having her own boutiqe, her own design and her own stitches, baram cannot wait to get back home.

the thoughts of jaehyun and lucas didn't cross her mind. the thoughts of packing her and jungwoo's belongings, johnny that helped her with her packing and also the thoughts of where to stay for a while.

the old apartment had been sold to a new owner, baram had to sell it to add up the numbers of her american dollars.

for about two days, where jungwoo and baram wll stay concerns her. dongyoung didn't live in seoul, he lives at the outskirt of the city and it will took hours to get to where her boutiqe will open.

johnny knew that baram had no place to stay and told her to stay at his house that he barely stay.

baram wanted to decline but if she decline, it will took more time to find a new place for her to stay and more money to collect.

johnny told her if she already have the money to buy a new place and wanted to move out fr his place the it's fine. baram the told him that she and jugwoo will stay at his house just for temporary and will move once the boutiqe is open.

if johnny is a show-off person, he would spoil baram with everything he have.

johnny came from a wealthy family and have more than three houses and two apartment in both korea and america. but johnny wanted a humble image so he didn't show-off any of his wealth.

"and we're done!" baram said, wiping her forehead with the back of her hand before letting out a proud sigh as she looks around the room that was filled with boxes.

"thank god! i was going to pass out!" johnny exclaimed, throwing himself at the sofa bed that the apartment landlord gave when she came and jungwoo followed not long after.

baram couldn't help but chuckle and went to the kitchen to make them something.

"johnny, with lemon or without?" she asks, while placing a pot on top of the stove after filling it with water. her voice went a little bit high since she was in the kitchen.

"lemon," johnny yelled back, "thanks babe."

baram widen her eyes and her movements stopped for a second. the sugar that was on the tongue of the spoon falls into the glass gracefully.

no. they are not dating. the thoughts of getting into another relationship again makes her scared. starting a new one wasn't really her bestfriend.

"did he just..." baram whisper.

baram used to hear those words, not from johnny, from her other friends. she didn't feel anything when her other male friend called her babe, but somehow, johnny called her babe makes her heart beats more faster than usual.

this is the second time he called her babe, and the effecf still makes her blush and paused.

"j-jungwoo!"

"lemon noona!" jungwoo replied, "thanks babe."

baram scoffed when her brother called her babe as in teasing johnny and also her.

jungwoo will never stop teasing the two of them, baram wanted to smack her little brother with a pan but she can't bare to see him pouting while rubbing his aching butt.

baram just love jungwoo too much that she felt bad if she didn't give him sweets.

"kim jungwoo!" baram yelled before pouring the hot water inside the glass.

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"not much change since we left," jungwoo said as he stopped his cart outside the airport, "right noona?"

baram nodded her head. she agreed.

both of them just arrived at korea, it was already dark but they still can see that nothing pretty much change.

"yeah."

she cannot believe that she stood back in her country. it feels foreign and odd for some reason. never knew in her life she would chose to go back here just because of johnny wanted her to, if it's wasn't for johnny baram would chose to stay in america or maybe never come back to korea.

"noona!" jungwoo called, earning baram's attention as she spaced out, "i'm going to find a cab okay?" he said before leaving baram alone.

just before she think she'll get bored while waiting for jungwoo, her phone dings and johnny's name appeared on her front screen.

baram forgot that johnny had a different flight with her.

"curse you seo youngho!" baram cursed under her smile before locking her phone, sliding it back inside her coat and have no attention on replying his last text.

it does makes her heart fluttered a bit, but falling for someone again makes her think twice and falling for someone again makes those bad memories she so hard tried to erase came back again and make her feel like she wanted to cry.

"no... please don't." baram mumbles, squatting down to hug her knees when the bad event came flashback into her mind.

she wanted to come back without worries. she wanted to come back without regret. she wanted to come back without trauma.

yet everything have fallen appart when she stood there waiting for jungwoo to get a taxi.

she wanted to follow to where jungwoo is but a voice had stopped her from moving and she wanted to go back to america and never come back.

today wasn't the good day for her.

baram froze on her spot, didn't know what to do. the grip on the trolley handle tighten as she bite down her bottom lip, preventing herself for crying.

no... this can't be...

"k-kim baram?"

jung jaehyun saw me.

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