My First Love

Emily's P.O.V. It was the summer of 2020, I was packing my bags to get ready to meet my friend. “Con are you ready to go?” my mother asked me as she was getting her car keys. I turn around to look at my room one last time, all the memories I had made in this room made me who I am now I'm going to leave it. The lingering smell of leaves as I closed my door to walk down the stairs. “Yes mẹ, let's go” I take another look at my house again, this will be the last time I'll be able to see my home for a few years. I brought my luggage to the car and closed the door. We drove for a good amount of time before arriving at the airport. “Is that gate Con?” My mom asked me as she pulled up. Gate 3, I'm here. I nodded. My mom has been there for me and I only hope the best for her. “Bye mom” I hug her one last time and walk inside the building. It was around 12:50 pm when I arrived at the airport but my flight didn't leave till 3. Asians love to get to the airport early for some goddamn reason. I pulled my luggage to the gate where you wait for your loved ones to come home and waited for my best friend. It wasn’t until 1:25 pm that when her flight would arrive. I walked over to the flower shop and decided to buy her some flowers. Once 1:20 hit I walked to the same gate. And there she was Sophia Smith. I ran into her arms like there was no tomorrow. “Omg I can't believe that you are here right now with me Sofia,” I said as I hugged her. Sofia is my friend I met on the internet. She was a lot taller than me, and she had this very long box braid that will make you stare. She has freckles on her face and glasses too. It was my first time meeting her. It had been two years since I have talked to her on the phone, but this time it was actually real! She is in my arms, and now I have a best friend I can count on...until we meet the other two. We went to our next destination flight, London. "So, Sofia are you excited to meet Paige and Loren?" I asked as we were landing in London air, there was a lot to catch up on, the fact that Sophia was only one month older than me but she was a whole 4 inches taller than me. "Of course I am! what kind of question is that?" she lightly punches me on the arm. We got to catch up on so many things while on our flight. We both walked out to where the waiting place was and there we saw Paige and Loren with signs up saying "Emily and Sofia Welcome to London!!!!!" I ran into Paige's arm while Sophia ran into Loren's arm "I can't believe that we are all together now," we all said excitedly. They helped us with our luggage and we went to the next fate. “Off to Korea, we go!” Loren said with a grin. Present time The lights are blinding me as soon as my eyes shot open. It was around 06:30 am and it was my first day at my new school in a new country. South Korea, is where everyone wants to go these days. I was lucky enough to come here for a school program. It was around 7:15 am when I decided to get out of bed. I really did not know what time I was supposed to be at school. I literally just arrived in Korea three hours ago. I'm still jet-lagged. "Guys wake up we have Uni today!" I went into their rooms and tried to wake them up "Emily, we don’t have class today, did you not read the Email?" Sofia said as she sat up on her bed. "Oh... whoops, sorry go back to sleep." I went over to my laptop and open my mail to sign in. My schedule, Monday and Friday Math RM 456 - 8:00-12:00 Korean language RM 127- 2:00- 5:00 Wednesday and Thursday Science RM 453 - 12:00 - 3:00 Korean history RM 234 - 7:00- 10:00 "Sofia, Paige, Laren!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I can hear them all groan at the sound of my voice. They walked into the kitchen looking like they haven't slept in ages. "What do you want Emily?" Paige said as she sat on the kitchen island and placed her head on the table. "So, it says I have math for 4 hours," I said showing them my screen. "I mean that's what you get for being Asian," Sofia remarked. "That's racist!" Sofia shrugged. Loren took out her phone. Then Paige took out her phone to look up her schedule. Monday and Friday Math RM 781- 8:00 - 10:00 Korean language RM 127 2:00- 5:00 Wednesday and Thursday Science RM 564- 12:00- 2:00 Korean history RM 234 - 7:00- 10:00 Sofia’s Schedule Monday and Friday Math 781- 8:00 - 10:00 Korean language RM 127 2:00- 5:00 Wednesday and Thursday Science RM 332- 12:00- 2:00 Korean history RM 234 - 7:00- 10:00 Loren Monday and Friday Math 134- 8:00 - 10:00 Korean language RM 127 2:00- 5:00 Wednesday and Thursday Science RM 242- 12:00- 2:00 Korean history RM 234 - 7:00- 10:00 It turns out that we all have the same Korean language class. It turns out it's not a good idea to come unprepared to a new country and not knowing the language. It looks like we also have Korean History together. It was about 7:30 am around the time we all finished talking about our schedules. "I'm going to head out now guys unless you want to get breakfast together?" I asked around. The idea seems to be a good one. Even though we didn't have school today, we decide to go just to see the campus and get out selves familiarize ourselves with it. "Yeah that sounds good, BREAKFAST ON PAIGE GUYS LETS GO!" Loren yelled as she rushed out the door. Paige's paying I swear I have never seen Paige so confused in her life. There was a roaring sound of 'Thanks Paige!' as we all packed into the car. I'm surprised that they gave us a car in Korea just for Uni, considering I have only had my license for a few years. “Hey Sof, can you see where the nearest coffee shop is?” she nodded her head “Locating you to the nearest coffee shop, head east in 15 KM” Once we got to the coffee shop, I opened the door to the car and got out. We all realized that the coffee shop was near the school so we weren't planning to be in any type of rush. Me being me I am a happy person I skipped and hopped onto the sidewalk when I accidentally bumped into someone 'oof bump noise' "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to-". "Just watch where you are going next time" he semi yelled harshly and gritted his teeth. His name tag flash for a second Seo Young Ho I didn't think about him that much because it really didn't matter. Once I walked into the coffee shop, I found my gang and sat down with them. "Who was he? He's kinda cute," Loren asked wiggling her eyebrows. "I don't know I bumped into him on accident, but he didn't have to be that rude," I told them and I shrugged it off. “But anyways what are we ordering, but most importantly whos ordering” I looked around they all pointed at me. Oh crap “안녕하세요,” I said in my most broken Korean Next day The bell rang for the first class and I walked into my math class. It looks like we have assigned seats. I look for my name and it was being alphabetically S, S, S. There we go, Sayer. I went to look for it and as I found it I saw it was right next to Seo Young Ho. I went behind his chair to reach mine. I sat down softly because I could see he was sleeping and had his head placed on the table. I carefully grabbed my pencil case and notebook out and waited for the professor to teach the class. “HELLO CLASS” the professor yelled out to the class. This causes me to jump a little and I could hear a soft groan from Young Ho He saw me and gave out another groan, "I'm sorry again for bumping into you, I'm just really hyper," I said trying to make small talk. "It's fine, just look where you are going next time," he said slowly picking up his head and adjusting himself. "Listen here guys, you are going to learn some math!" Half of the class groaned, and the professor chuckled. "I know, I know you all hate math but we all have to learn it for taxes and s**t," Professor Kim went on and on about how math is relevant in our life, and how we should learn it to an extent or at least part of it. We don't need to be learning about the autumn theory if we are going to work at McDonald's. "I want you guys to partner up with your neighbour and talk about your summer break and why you chose to take my class." I mentally slap myself for gasping loudly. "I'm giving you 15 minutes. You may start," I turn to see Young Ho and try to smile a little. "So what did you do for the summer?" I asked trying to break the ice. "Work." I guess he isn't happy that he was partnered up with me either. "Do you have any pets?" I tried again. "No." I just gave up and sat there for the rest of the time not wanting to interact with him again. As time passes I could tell there was something Young Ho was trying to hide from me or someone. "Alright guys, time is up. I hope you all got to know each other well because plot twist you guys are going to work together, and no you cannot change your partner. I will take no excuses, if you fail, you fail there is no excuse." the class groan and some mumble ‘that's unfair!’ He paused to take a look at his watch and saw it was around 8:25 am, "We have four hours, right? Let me go buy coffee real quick, and I'll be back." He left the class, but he peeked back into the room and said, "Try not to kill anyone," and then he left. I looked up from my phone to see Young Ho facing forwards. I didn't mean to stare at him, but he was a pretty boy. I have to say, his features are pretty good. "A picture lasts longer you know?" he said as he closes his eyes. I blushed and faced the front of the room. About ten minutes later, the professor came back to class. Well, this is going to be a bust. I sat there and did nothing for 3 hours, and when the fourth hour rolled, around Young Ho began to talk to me, which was a total surprise to me. "What do you want to do?" He asked grossly. It sounded like he had just woken up from his nap. "Uh, I was hoping we could do the food project or the baby project," I said unsurely. "The baby project?" He questioned. "We are doing the food project it's shorter," he said and began to go back to sleep. Before he went to sleep he handed his phone over to me. I was completely dumbfounded by this "What?" I asked confused. "Your number." He answered. I still didn't know why he wanted my number. "Why, why do you need my number," I asked "Because aren't we working on a project together?!" he asked coldly. "Oh," I responded and typed in my number. I gave him his phone back. He typed some stuff on his phone and it away. An hour later, the class ended and I had two hours to pass before my next class. I realized that all of my friend's classes ended at 10 and it is now 12:12 pm. I texted them to see where they were. They responded and told me they were at the cafe waiting for me. "Hey, guys! How are you?" I asked them while sitting down my things on the table. "Why do we need math at 8:00 am?" Loren asked while placing her head on the table. We all laughed at her. We ate some food and headed to school again for our Korean language class. The class was very long and very boring. It was 5:10 when we got out of the class. We all walked out together, and to my surprise, I saw Young Ho, who seemed like he was looking for someone. He kept looking around and once he looked at me, he walked closer. "So do you want to work on the project tonight or what?" He asked. I wasn't sure about it because we had just arrived in Korea this morning and still haven't gotten time to unpack at all. I looked at my friends for their responses. They all don't seem to mind so I turned to him and said, "Okay." "Do you want to ride with me?" He asked me. What is up with this man making me all flustered? "What?" I asked him, confused. He sighed and ran his hand through his hair, "Are you deaf or something? I asked you, do you want to ride with me so you can show me the way?" he said it but in a louder tone. “Oh, sure, give me a second.” he sighs and rubs his temples. “Paige, can you drive them home, I have to show him the way.” “Yeah sure, hand me the keys.” I handed her key keys and jogged back to Young Ho. We walked into the parking lot, and I found out he drives a motorcycle. Yeah, just my luck. He handed me an extra helmet. I wasn't sure if I wanted to get on or not. I didn't know whether to trust him or not. "You can trust me you know?" he said in a comforting tone and then smiled at me for the first time. It's almost like he knew, because he asked, "Do you trust me?" "I mean, I have only known you for four hours... so why not?" I shrugged and put the helmet on. It was around 5:15 pm when I got on his bike, as you can tell by now. We lived pretty far from the school because we applied late, they had to give us the house farthest away. "You might want to hang on tight because this road is swirly!" I have no idea if he is flirting with me or just being nice. I have never had a relationship before. Well, I did have one, but we won't talk about that. That was a crappy relationship. I put my hands around his waist and then he started to drive off, and what can I say, the road was hella swirly. It turned after the turn. Man, I almost fell off the bike. I clung to his waist a little tighter, I could smell his cologne. I never thought he would wear this type of cologne. "Take a left here and then when you see that restaurant, turn right. You should be around the house in a couple of feet." I pointed. "Feet?" He asked. "Oh right, this isn't America. This is Korea, you use cm." I answered. Once we got to the house, I could tell that the Noods were already home. I tried to open the door, but I couldn't fully open it. "What the hell?" I asked while peaking in, "Loren what are all these boxes?" I manage to squeeze in the door. "So apparently our stuff arrived," She said while carrying her boxes upstairs. Young Ho also managed to squeeze into the room and follow right behind me. Young Ho was confused about where to go. "So where do I go from here?" He asked me. "Uh, go upstairs and take a right. Then take a left and then another right. Then go straight and you should be there," I said with a serious face. "Your house isn't that big," he said while glaring at me. "Yeah, you're right. Just find the bathroom and my room should be on the left," I said while chuckling a little, "I'll be up in a second.” Young Ho started walking up the stairs and I couldn't help but notice his hot ass. I mean, I don't like ass, but I am in love with thighs. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed two water bottles and an apple. Then I proceeded to walk upstairs. "Hey, so what is this project about?" I asked Young Ho. "I don't know. You were that one that took three hours to read the paper," he said in a sassy tone. I never know what to do when people are mean to me so I just pouted and walked to the window area where my desk was. "Oo, the former owner left their desk," I said to myself. "Are you crazy? Who are you talking to?" Yuta asked. I rolled my eyes and ignored him. "Are you going to answer me?" he asked. I turned my head like a child and walked back down to the kitchen. While walking into the kitchen, I found Paige eating all of the cupcakes we had gotten from the neighbours this morning prior to leaving for school. “Paige, what are you doing? That was supposed to be for all of us!" I yelled at her. "IM SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS FOR ALL OF US," she yelled back with a cupcake stuck in her mouth. "Whatever just make sure you clean up after yourself, please. We don't want ants like the last time I went to your apartment," I said while grabbing a cupcake. I walked upstairs again to see Young Ho on his phone. "What do you mean I can't have free sausages?" He screamed into his phone. "Yeah, that doesn't give you the right to try and cancel my credit card again!" I stood outside and tried to eavesdrop on the conversation. "Yeah, that doesn't give you the right to cancel it. You know what, don't make me call my dad." There was a slight pause. "Fine Junyoungi, but if you cancel my card again I'll tell dad about your secret you little hoe," he said hanging up on her. I walked into the room acting like I just got up there. "How long have you been listening to me?" Young Ho asked. "I just got here, do you want my cupcake?" I asked while handing it to him. He walked over to my desk. "Let's get this project done," He said to me. I nodded and sat on my bed. Two hours later (7:23 PM) "Young Ho, I'm tired can we take a break?" I asked and plopped on my bed. "No. We only have like, 50 more pages to write," he said squinting at the syllabus. "Can you do it?" I asked him. "If you buy me dinner," he said jokingly. "Deal," I said way too quickly. "That wasn't- I was just joking," he said stuttering. "No, takebacks, what do you want to eat?" "Listen, I don't know if you are deaf or not, but I'm not doing all the 50 pages FRONT AND BACK. That's like 100 pages total," he said and started raising his voice. "Do you want to eat or not?!" I snapped at him. "LISTEN HERE YOU CAN'T JUST BUY ME FOOD AND EXPECT ME TO DO YOUR WORK!" he yelled while standing up. "LISTEN IM JUST TRYING TO BE NICE SO DO YOU WANT FOOD OR NOT?" He looks at me and his arms, giving up he sighs and says "Fine I'll eat, but I'm not doing all the work, we can finish it tomorrow anyway, it's getting late," he said while grabbing his stuff. A giant smile appears on my face. "Do you know any good places to eat around here?" I asked grabbing my wallet and phone. "I mean, there's a ramen place about two blocks from here," he said while walking down the stairs. "Okay guys, do you want to go eat ramen?" I asked the Nood gang. They were sitting on the moving boxes because our sofa hasn't come in yet. "Hell yeah," Paige answered. "I wonder what-what you guys were doing up there all alone," Loren teased us. I rolled my eyes. It only took five minutes for all of us to get ready. As we started to head out the door, we found Young Ho waiting for us, sitting on the porch. "So who is paying?" Sofia asked. "RAMENS ON YOUNG HO," I yelled while running down the road, and turning right. "It's the other way!" Yuta yelled out to me. I turned around and proceeded to run the other way. -------------- RING RING BITCH Man, last night was a blur, if I'm honest. “Ow,” I groaned. Why the f**k am I waking up with a headache. I hit my alarm clock "What the hell," I thought to myself. I looked at my phone, at 8:15 AM. "Aw s**t, I'm going to be late." I completely forgot about my pounding head and rushed to put on my uniform, grab my backpack, and head downstairs. I'm always prepared for when I'm late. I have a pack of gum in the front pocket of my backpack, so when I am late I don't have to brush my teeth I can just pop in a piece of gum and call it a morning, disgusting? I know. I rush downstairs to see Paige sitting and drinking a cup of tea. "Paige! We are going to be late!" I yelled. "Calm down Emily we don't have school on Tuesday," she said taking another sip of her tea. I check my phone again. "For f**k's sake," I drop my backpack and sit on the couch, "Paige! When did the couch come in?" I asked her. "It came in like 45 minutes ago. We tried to call your name, but you were out cold. Man, you should have seen how you acted yesterday. Hold on, my tea's getting cold." "What do you mean by, 'the way I acted yesterday" I asked her while running upstairs real quick, so I can change into my shorts. "I mean you should have seen how Young Ho acted towards you." What does Paige mean? We only went to the ramen shop. "You don't remember do you?" Paige asked. I shook my head. "Well after we finished eating ramen, there was a bar across the street that was holding free shots. You said that once we got to Korea, we should drink together and that's what we did," she started explaining. I walked over to Beth's box to grab a tea bag, green tea is the way to go. As I was heating up the water warmer, Paige continued explaining, "And all I can say is that you are wild. You thought you were going to be the emotional drunk, but you are anything but that. You were dancing on the tables and all kinds of crap. You even took a body shot!" she laughed. “No wonder! That's why I woke up with a headache” Paige laughed at me "Weird child, well I'm going to study for something, I guess." She said and proceeded to walk up the stairs to her bedroom. After I finished my cup of tea, I walked up the stairs and slept some more. Ring ring What the hell is this WHO IS TEXTING ME AT- I looked at the time- 10 AM. (127)-010-7421: Hey, why aren't you at school today? Me: New phone, who is this? (127)-010-7421: Don't play dumb. Me: I wouldn't even know how if I tried. (127)-010-7421: It's Young Ho Me: oh guchied. Young Hoe the bully: Yeah, so why weren't you at school today? Me: because I don't have school on Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Yuta the bully: Oh. Young Hoe the bully: I'll stop by your place today at 4 if that's alright with you. Me: Yeah that's fine. Just bring me a soup can. Young Hoe the bully: No. I shut my phone off and landed on my bed for a few minutes before falling asleep again. "Emily!, Young Ho here," Loren yelled, "Well, you know where her room feels free to go up there. Mi casa es su casa," she said to him kindly. Knock knock (knock knock knock knock on my door) "Go away. I am sleeping," I said as rolled over and turned on my side. "What do you mean? It's at 4 pm. Why are you still sleeping?" he asked while pushing me over and laying down. “Because apparently I got drunk last night and it was my first time getting it, so naturally I got a pulsating migraine.” "Yeah, go back to sleep.," he said chuckling "Gladly." An hour later, 5:15 "No, she's still sleeping, she has a tight grip on my arm though." "What do you mean?- ARE YOU GUYS IN BED WITH EACH OTHER?!" "Yeah, but don't think the wrong dude." "Man, you shouldn't do this again" "She has been sleeping since 10 am. Oh she's waking up now, bye" What the hell is this headache I have? Wait, why am I so warm? I looked up to see Young Ho. I immediately pulled back in shock. "BRO ARE YOU TRYING TO HOOK UP WITH ME?!?!" I yelled at him. "No, no, no, I'm not trying to hook up with you- wait, you were the one that hugged my arm. Why are you yelling at me? I should be asking you the same question" "f*****g hell, what time is it?" "It's 5:17" "Oh, I slept an hour more." "Yeah, you did." "Why didn't you wake me up?" I asked while getting out of bed. He changed the subject, "Let's get to working on this page, shall we?" _____________________________________________________ [con = baby] [mẹ = Mother] [안녕하세요 = formal way to say hello] Thanks for reading! If I have any typos please tell me and I'll fix it.