Bisous
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I could tell that Youngbae was taken aback and
he grew rigid, feeling his lips against mine. “Relax” I whispered, barely
lifting my lips. He was still immobile when I did some quick thinking and ran
my tongue over his lips. That did the trick and I smiled. He opened his mouth
and started to respond. I kissed him like I really mean it and he did, too. I
felt his arms embracing me, pulling me closer to him and we are now on a full
blown make out session.
Running out of breath, I ended the kiss and then
acted like unembarrassed at all even though I can see through my peripheral
vision that a lot of people were staring at us. I especially saw Teacyon and
Jun whose mouths are hanging open. I can see the caption in their heads “What
the F*UCK did just happen?!” I smirked. Just the reaction I was hoping to get.
I kept my left arm around Youngbae’s shoulder
while my right forefinger traced his juicy lips. Well, they really are juicy
and red. I wiped traces of my red lipstick on him and smiled. “That was hot…” I
teased and quickly bit his bottom lip before finally letting him go.
“You still have my number, right?” I asked, loud
enough for the ones near us to hear. I gave him a look, willing him to say yes.
“Uh, yeah” he nodded.
“Good. Call me when you’re free.” I then looked
at the 3 girls who looked equally shocked as the boys. “Oh, you’re on a date?”
giving Krystal a look over and them dismissing her with my eyes. “I’m sure your
mother forced you again” showing a commiserating face. “I’m sure you’re bored
but you know who to call if you wanna have fun! Or…”I continued “why don’t you
just drop by my place? I can’t wait to have a repeat of that night.”
He blushed.
I chuckled.
Okay, Dara, you’re going over the top. I
reprimanded myself.
I then went near Nick and said my goodbyes. “I’m
afraid I can’t join you and your friends tonight” I said, giving his arm a
squeeze. “I believe I’ll have a visitor and we’ll be … very… busy…” I gave a
suggestive wink at Youngbae before taking my leave.
I
belatedly realized that I didn’t get to recruit new clients but never mind, I
had fun. It was getting late anyway and I still have to drop my dress to the
dry cleaners. Sunny, one of the girls I work with will use it tomorrow on her date.
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I woke up around 10AM and made myself a cup of
tea and a piece of toast. I need to be at the Black Widow café by 11M so I
hurriedly finished my breakfast, folded my mattress and arranged it together
with my 2 pillows on top of a small wooden cabinet. I then took a quick shower
and made my way to the bus stop.
I made it to my day job with 10 minutes to
spare.
“Unnie!” I heard the voice of Suzy as soon as I
opened the glass door. I then saw Sohee running towards me, flinging his arms
around my body causing me to almost lose my balance.
“Wow! Good morning to you, too!” I joked,
wondering over the over enthusiastic greeting.
“It is a good morning!” she cried.
We are now joined by 2 of our dongsaengs, Sunny
and Suzy. The four of us share the same work and became friends after meeting
here in Gummy’s café. She established Black Widow shortly after the escort
agency, Spider. Most of the girls working under her needs to work other part
time jobs when they don’t have client missions so she took everyone in agreed
to let us work in the café whenever we have free schedules.
I looked at the giddy faces of the 3 girls in
front of me. I know something is up. “Spill it.”
Sohee was gushing as she presented me her left
hand wriggling her fingers.
I caught sight of the shiny diamond ring on her
left finger. “Oh my God!” I exclaimed.
Sohee continued spazzing and began a series of
little jumps. I joined in her happiness and jumped along with her. Soon after,
the 4 of us were holding hands jumping around the café like little girls
playing ring around the rosy.
The other girls working at the café and some of
the customers just looked at us amusingly. The people who know us knows that
were crazy when we get together. We are popularly known as the S4, given that
our names all start with the letter S. It was Sunny who coined it. Her being a
fan of Boys Over Flowers.
I gave Sohee a tight hug after as I said my
congratulations. “When did this happen?”
“Just last night” she answered. “I thought he
was going to break up with me since he said that he accepted the job offer in
America. So there I was, crying my eyes out, when he all of a sudden got down
on his knees and said that he couldn’t leave if I won’t go with him and that he
asked me to marry him!”
I can see that her eyes are misty from recalling
the incident and I gave her another hug. “I’m so happy for you, chingu” I
sincerely said “but I’m also sad at the same time knowing that you’ll be
leaving us soon…”
Suzy wrapped her arms around me and Sunny placed
one arm on my shoulder and the other one on Sohee.
“Unnie, please take care of yourself there,
okay? And don’t forget to send us messages in Twitter or Facebook” she said.
“Of course. I’ll tweet you every day.” Sohee
assured Sunny.
“We will miss you” our maknae said with a face
like a kitten. Suzy is 19 and joined the agency last year together with Sunny.
Her specialty is acting cute and innocent like a schoolgirl. In truth, she came
from a broken home and was almost sexually abused by her stepfather before she
escaped and met Sunny.
Sunny, she’s 20 and she’s the tomboyish type
with her short hair. Her face is cute and full of mischief so it’s a
contradiction of the style she’s projecting. She grew up in the streets and
she’s tough as nails. Even Sohee and I, who are older by 1 year won’t win
against her when it comes to arguments, not that we have many. Just the usual
bantering between sisters.
Meanwhile, I met Sohee 2 years ago when Gummy
brought me in. We didn’t get along at first but after one night of drinking, we
unexpectedly became friends. She also came from a broken home and I guess
that’s what banded the 4 of us together. We became each other’s family and
relied on each other in this tough profession that we chose.
Feeling that the atmosphere has taken on a gloomy
turn, I thought of a way to dispel it. “I have an idea!”
They all looked at me. “Let’s all go to this new
club this Saturday and celebrate Sohee’s engagement!”
They all agreed happily and once again, we
danced around the café and giggled like little girls until Gummy called our
attention from the second floor of the café. “Girls, I’m sure this calls for a
celebration but you are blocking the entrance” she slightly admonished. I
looked at my watch. My shift should have started 5 minutes earlier. Crap! I
didn’t notice the time.
“Sorry” we chorused all looking aegyo at her.
She chuckled. “Now get back to work” she
motioned with her hands. “And don’t make plans this Sunday. All of us are going
on a short trip as a send off party for Sohee”.
“Gumawo Unnie!” Sohee said, teary-eyed. She then
put one arm around me as we made our way to the employee’s room to change into
our uniforms.
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It’s now 10PM and I’m here at Lucky 7. It’s a
club owned by Dongwook, the boyfriend of my good friend Byul. I have been
working here 3 times a week as a ledge and poi dancer. I met Byul 6 months ago
when I enrolled in a poi dancing class. Dancing has been my escape since I was
in middle school and it has also become my means of exercise.
Byul and I immediately hit it off and she was
the one who recommended me to work at Lucky 7 a month ago. She knows of my
escorting job and she wanted me to find a better one for safety reasons she
said. I appreciate her concern but she also understands my reasons why I can’t
leave that job because I needed to save money. So for 2 hours, with breaks in
between, I get to dance to my heart’s content and earn good money. The tip
alone can cover for my meals and transport fare for the day.
For tonight, I’ve prepared a J.Lo dance number
medley. That’s for my first set. After, I will also do poi dancing and I’m excited
to use the new glowstrings that I bought – neon purple and pink. Using real
fire was not permitted so instead, I do glowsticking. They give the illusion of
fire and the lights director minimizes the light during my performance for
maximum effect. It has become a hit amongst the clubbers. Sometimes, I would go
down from the ledge and the small stage and dance seductively to some of the
male customers. All I do is tease them and they love it. I usually take my cue
from Duekkie, one of the floor managers. He subtly directs me towards the
tables where there are VIPs and gives me a warning if a particular group is too
rowdy or drunk so I won’t go near them.
For tonight, I was told that some personal
friends of Dongwook are coming to celebrate a birthday. I already know where
they’ll be sitting so I guess I’ll have to pay them a visit later during the
show.
I checked my backless, metallic gold sequins
mini-dress with thin shoulder straps. I know I’m not well endowed and pretty
much have the figure of a teenager but thank God for push up bras and butt
pads, right? Haha. One last check for my hair and make-up and I went out of the
dressing room.
“It’s showtime, Dara. Nolza!” I psyched myself.
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