KILLER
ⓒ2020 Dalbodre1
Inside a crowded, noisy New York airport.
"Wow... awesome... awesome!"
Stepping foot on New York for the first time, the corners of her mouth curled up in a hesitant smile, and all she could say was exclamations. Yeo-ju quickly went to the baggage claim, retrieved her suitcase, and dragged it out of the airport. The sight of a landscape so different from South Korea once again brought home the realization that she was in New York.
"This is really awesome. Awesome! Awesome!!!"
Yeoju, not wanting to miss a single thing, scanned her surroundings meticulously as she walked, and for a moment, emotions surged within her. As flashes of days spent working all night and images of her boss tormenting her flashed before her mind, she felt a sudden surge of emotion.
At 22, I was lucky enough to land a job at a major corporation, but on my first day, I was ostracized by the company. The reason was absolutely absurd. For five years, I'd been eating every last ounce of my body weight, even if I hadn't even had a single cup of coffee, and I'd been doing all their work for them.
Even the boss would not give up on trying to do something like that with himself, and would constantly harass him by making mean comments.
So, even though I felt like resigning every day, I held on tight and worked hard, and that's how I got to where I am today.
It was the first time I felt I was glad I didn't submit my resignation.
"You are truly admirable, my lady. Well done, well done."
The woman patted herself on the back and got into a taxi. She spoke to the taxi driver in English.
"Please go to JM Hotel."
(Please go to JM Hotel.)
"Okay."
Yeoju leaned back against the seat and turned her head to admire the scenery. Then, a slight fatigue washed over her, and she closed her eyes gently. After a few minutes, she felt the car stop. When she opened her eyes, she saw the taxi driver staring at her, as if demanding payment. She paid the appropriate fare and exited the car with her suitcase.
And when she turned around and saw the JM Hotel, her mouth dropped open in amazement. Even a newborn could tell it was a luxurious and sophisticated hotel. Yeoju entered the hotel, her mouth wide open.
The interior was as sophisticated and luxurious as the building itself. Yeoju looked around with sparkling eyes and approached the front desk. The desk clerk smiled brightly and asked.
"Have you made a reservation?"
(Have you made a reservation?)
"Yes."
"May I have your name, please?"
(What is your name?)
"This is it."
The woman spoke slowly, one letter at a time, so that the front desk could easily understand. The front desk recognized her name and looked at her face, a look of sudden confusion on their face.
I heard that she had a cat face, but the woman in front of her was actually a puppy.
The front desk was relieved to see that it was someone else with the same name. Then, after a few taps on the keyboard to search for a room, the computer screen revealed only one person with a reservation under the name "Lee Yeo-ju."
The front desk officer looked at the female lead in confusion, wondering if she could believe it. Then, he cursed inwardly, saying he couldn't believe the rumors. The front desk spoke urgently.
"I'm sorry I didn't recognize you."
(I'm sorry I didn't recognize you.)
"yes···?"
"Here's your card key, Have a nice day."
(Here's your card key, have a nice day.)
The heroine received her card key from the flustered front desk and boarded the elevator. She looked at the button for the top floor, but it was already pressed. She raised her eyebrows, then lowered them. She muttered, recalling the flustered front desk staff member who'd heard her name earlier.
"Someone with the same name as me, is that someone incredibly rich and successful? Why does the same name feel different? Why on earth... I wish I were someone incredibly rich and successful too. Someone who everyone would recognize just by saying their name!"
The heroine, imagining herself as a fabulously wealthy woman, wandering around, reached the top floor. She came to her senses and stepped out of the elevator, dragging her suitcase.
The female protagonist held the card key tightly and went to room 309000, where she would be staying for a few days. When she placed the card key on the card slot, she heard the sound of the lock being released.
When Yeoju grabbed the doorknob and opened it, she couldn't help but be surprised. The first thing she saw was that one side was made of glass, giving her a full view of the outside scenery.
"Wow... It would be really cool to see it at night."
Yeoju dragged her suitcase and closed the door. She then placed it carelessly and looked around the rooms. She could see why they were so expensive. After looking around, she prepared to leave. She gathered her wallet, cell phone, tissues, and everything else she needed, and said,
"Even if I die today, I will eat all the food here before I die."
"Wow! Awesome! Look at this, Hope!!!"
"What is it, what is it? What do you want me to see!!!"
"this!!!"
"Wow, this is crazy!!! Why are the flowers so pretty!?"
Yoongi was displeased with this situation. It was absurd that these guys, who had never paid any attention to flowers in Korea, were constantly exclaiming in admiration at them abroad. Yoongi left Hoseok and Taehyung, who were crouching and observing the flowers, and went ahead. Taehyung, seeing this, shouted at Yoongi.
"Hey, let's go together!!!"
"Okay!!! Come with us!!!"
"Oh, I really don't want to pretend to know."
Yoongi quickly entered the cafe. Hoseok and Taehyung followed suit, and sat down at the table where Yoongi was sitting. Hoseok asked in an excited voice.
"What are you guys going to eat? Huh?"
"Hmm... what should I eat? Hop, what are you going to eat?"
"I don't know! Should we go and decide?"
"good!"
Hoseok and Taehyung simultaneously stood up and went to look at the order form. Yoongi, who had been watching all this, rubbed the back of his neck and muttered.
"Ah... It's so hot."
"Hope, hop, come on!"
"V V, come on!"
"Please get out of my sight."
"Hmph."
"Hmph."
"Oh, that's why I didn't want to come with you guys."
Ho-seok looked at Yoon-gi with a sad expression and said.
"Hey, but we ordered you something to drink too..."
"that's right!"
"That was good. So what did you order?"
"I had a mango smoothie! V had a chocolate latte with two whipped creams and something else... I don't know, it was really long. V ordered yours."
"V, what did you order for me?"
Taehyung smiled brightly and said in response to Yoongi's question.
"Oh, that! I asked for a strawberry smoothie with two scoops of whipped cream, three scoops of syrup, and dried strawberries as a topping."
"Is that mine? Isn't it yours?"
"That's right, it's yours!"
"···."
"Huh? Why?"
"Who told you to do whatever you want?"
"Hmph..."
Yoongi, no longer feeling the energy to fight, decided to endure. Just then, the buzzer rang, and Hoseok rose from his seat and went to the counter. Soon, Hoseok brought the drinks they'd ordered earlier. While everyone else grinned and took their drinks, Yoongi took them with a frown.
Yoongi called out to Hoseok and Taehyung, who were happily drinking their drinks, while tapping the desk with his index finger.
"V, Hope."
"huh?"
"why?"
"We need to plan our operation."
"Let's just go in!"
"V, talk nonsense."
"Ugh···."
"Then what are you going to do?"
After thinking about Ho-seok's question for a few minutes, Yoon-gi opened his mouth.
"There's a possibility of a shootout, so Hop, evacuate everyone inside the hotel."
"Then me?"
"V, you wait. I'll call you when I feel like I'm in danger, so come out right then."
Hoseok tilted his head and asked Yoongi.
"Then where are you?"
"I'll be hiding in the hotel room where he's staying."
"Okay, be careful."
"That's right! Be careful."
"Okay, the meeting is over now."
As soon as Yoongi finished speaking, Hoseok and Taehyung looked into each other's eyes and exchanged something with their gazes. Then they nodded and looked at Yoongi simultaneously. Feeling uneasy, Yoongi opened his mouth before Taehyung and Hoseok could.
"no."
“We haven’t talked about it yet… Let’s go hang out for a bit.”
"Let's just go play for a bit like V said! Okay?"
"You guys go and come back, I'm tired."
"Okay... Let's go, Hop!"
"okay!"
Yoongi watched Hoseok and Taehyung leave the cafe and made a promise. He'd vowed a thousand times that he'd never bring them back.
The female protagonist said, rubbing her protruding belly with her hand.
"Ugh, I'm full. But I want to eat more... I guess I'll have to eat something later. What should I eat?"
Yeoju emerged from the restaurant, her thoughts happily brooding, and looked up at the night sky, which had unexpectedly darkened. The sky, which should have been clear and dark, was now gloomy and overcast. The corners of her lips, which had seemed unyielding, naturally turned down at the sight of the gloomy sky, which seemed poised to rain at any moment.
"It's not going to rain, is it? There was no news of rain... It can't rain. It really can't rain! How did I get here on this overseas trip! If it rains, I'm going to jump into the Han River!"
At that moment, as soon as she finished speaking, rain began to fall, one drop at a time, and soon, the drops began to pour down in torrents. As the rain drenched her, Yeoju looked back and forth between the Han River and the night sky, muttering to herself.
"God... Is it really raining like this to make me jump into the Han River? But damned God... I still have a lot of things I haven't tried, so I'll just live a little longer..."
Foreigners, Koreans who came to visit, etc., all of them, as if they had heard Yeoju's muttering to herself, looked at her with strange eyes, as if she was drenched in water like a drowned rat, and went on their way.
But the heroine didn't care about what other people thought at the moment. She was desperate to spend her precious time in a hotel.
"Go down."
Yeoju had no choice but to hail a taxi. The taxi driver gave her a scathing glare. Perhaps it was because the seat was soaked, soaking wet from the rain. But what could she do? I'm sorry, but this was the only way to get to the hotel.
The female protagonist, without paying attention, weakly asked the taxi driver in English to take her to the JM Hotel, where she was staying for a few days.
The taxi driver said he understood with a look of displeasure and took me to the JM Hotel.
After paying the taxi driver, Yeoju got out of the car and quickly entered the JM Hotel. The cool air that rushed in made her feel chilled.
At the same time, a sense of unease enveloped me. But without time to think about it, I quickly went to the front desk, received my card key, and boarded the crowded elevator.
The elevator was so crowded that I had to crouch down for a long time. And I was also subjected to harsh stares. Yeoju apologized inwardly.
Sorry for getting hit by the rain...
The heroine looked down to avoid people's gaze, glanced at the floor buttons, and pressed the button for the 60th floor, the very top floor.
The elevator continued like a constant ebb and flow, stopping at each floor. Yeoju endured this hellish moment, and finally reached the 60th floor. She immediately pushed her way through the crowd and exited the elevator.
The heroine quickly went to her room, swiped her card key, and pulled the doorknob.
Then, a sense of unease enveloped him once again. A chill swept over him. But he rationalized it, saying it was just because he was tired and had been rained on. He inserted his card into the slot, and the previously pitch-black room brightened.
The female protagonist took off her rain-soaked shoes and socks, walked barefoot to the carrier, took out slippers from the carrier, and put them on.
"Oh, I feel sick. I need to wash up quickly."
The moment Yeoju crouched down to take her underwear out of her carrier, she flinched at the feeling of increased anxiety and a chill. Her heart began to beat rapidly, out of sync.
"······ what?"
The heroine took a deep breath, trying to calm down her rapidly pounding heart.
"after···."
After a few minutes of that, he finally calmed down, but he was half scared and half playful, so he spoke in a slightly trembling voice.
"Hey! You... You know you're there, right? Come out when I say something nice! Then I'll... I'll let you see!"
As soon as the heroine finished speaking, a long silence fell. She scratched the back of her head, embarrassed, and was about to crouch down to take out her clothes and underwear when the closet door opened and a muscular man emerged, speaking softly.
"As I heard, you're outstanding. You knew I was here right away."
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