The year someone turns 18 they have the opportunity to be injected with a serum that will produce a soulmate mark somewhere on their body. This serum is costly and the procedure to get the injection is not covered by insurance.
A rare illness cropp...
When we walk outside I see three SUVs lined up. I am curious of course, but I let Jin escort me into the back of the middle SUV before I open my mouth and ask. I smile and nod at Han Bin, who is in the driver's seat. Youngmi sits beside him in the passenger's seat, and while I don't feel I know him too well it is still comforting to see another familiar face.
I can't decide if I am bothered by the fact that I haven't seen a lot of Korain and Hye Rin recently or not. I am sure it might partially be because Hye Rin being a new staff member, and I'm sure the decision to not have them around is based on how the night at the club went. Perhaps they were being punished, or perhaps someone thought Hye Rin could use more training. I really didn't know honestly, but I quickly made the decision to put that thought away for now and mentally shrug it off to circle back to the question I had put off until the vehicle's door had shut behind us. "So, three SUVS?" I arch my eyebrows at Jin.
He sighs. "I originally insisted on no more than four security guards today. Then we would have been able to take one SUV, but the company insisted I had to at least take six."
"Then why not take two SUVs?" I ask because I still don't completely understand the reasoning for three of them.
"Well, I think it is so that the SUV leading us to our destination can watch for any threats from the front, and those that aren't caught from their perspective should be covered from the SUV behind us. Not that I think it will happen but the security behind us can also watch for anyone that might be following us too."
I almost think that might be extreme for chaperoning a date. But, then again I don't yet know where we are going, and that could perhaps be a driving force regarding their decision. I am pulled from my own mental inquiry when Jin taps me lightly on my knee.
"I forgot to tell you how beautiful you look. I like this outfit on you." He smiles shyly and blushes fiercely. "I like it very much."
I find my own cheeks heating with an echoing blush flushing them brightly in response. "Thank you, Jin. You look very handsome yourself." And it's not an understatement. He is wearing a salmon pink blazer over a semi-sheer white v-neck tee. He paired that with a simple pair of semi casual khakis. But the overall look really suits him. I definitely appreciate the overall semi casual meets semi dressy look on him.
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He grabs the lapels of his blazer as if to straighten out any wrinkles. The garment has been immaculately pressed so the wrinkles he might have been trying to get rid of were completely imaginary. "Of course, I am worldwide handsome after all." He jokes then shakes his head as a shortened version of his windshield wiper laugh manages to escape him. "Sorry, perhaps that was in poor taste."
I shake my head. "It's fine, Jin. You wouldn't be yourself without your sense of humor." I turn to him and contemplate telling him something that bothered me after I had initially started my research about each of them. Those few days of research that I went through after discovering they were my soulmates. "Don't get mad or take this the wrong way but the first time I heard that I thought something like, 'the oldest seems awfully conceited.'" I pause for a second to see how he might respond but when I can't read his expression, and he doesn't say anything to counter or delay my simple soliloquy I continue on. "Then of course I dived in and did even more research and realized that it wasn't you being conceited at all. You were simply making light of something that actually embarrassed you greatly. Heck, I almost feel like you might have also been trying to partially convince yourself that you actually deserved any outward praise regarding your looks."
