A/N: The "Too Far East Club" really existed back in 1956 in Seoul, and these are some rare images that I've found off the web!
————————————————————1956, Seoul.
"Come here, try this!"
"No, no...is okay, no..." She put her hands out in front of her in what she thought was the universal sign for rejection, while repeating herself in basic English.
"You're no fun! Come on-"
A firm hand on the back of her head pushed her in the direction of the cigar placed in front of her face.
It smelt noxious. Honestly, taking a draw on the cigar of a Caucasian soldier at the nightclub was completely out of her comfort zone.
"Here. Three won. Three won." The English was deliberately slow, with three fingers held up.
Yejin hesitated for a moment, as internal battles raged.
On one camp was pride, and the other was reality.
Another second of deliberation was all it took.
Whatever.
Pride couldn't fill a belly, or put a roof over a head.
"Okay." In simple English, the hostess at the Too Far East nightclub replied.
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One night in 1956
FanfictionSet in post-war South Korea, a popular nightclub hostess betrayed by fate found a promise for the future, on one night in 1956.