HELLO STRANGER!

I got up early as always and made breakfast for Rita and me. After our first day went well, I was excited to start my new work life in Korea. I hurried Rita to get ready as fast as possible, and she was roaming here and there with a grumpy face. Ignoring her all tantrums, I felt like; it was going to be a good day.

Chan-yeol won't come to pick us up today as we know our routes to the office now. It was a sunny day, so I decided to wear an outfit with floral prints. I found a tunic in my wardrobe with tiny flower prints on it. The dress was beautiful and flowy and clung well to me as I expected. To make it more comfortable and casual, I wore white shoes.

We had enough time to reach the office, so I decided to walk slowly; while enjoying the sun. We both went down the building through the lift while talking. As soon as; we reached down and took our steps outside, it started raining. Like how is it possible? It was sunny outside a while ago, and I saw no traces of clouds.

How can the weather turn upside down like that? Rita was happy as she liked the rain; however, I prefer sunny days. She knew it and started laughing and mocking me more about matching the outfit with the weather. I looked up at her; and pushed her into the rain, leaving upstairs to get the umbrella. Maybe, I hoped too well; too early today.

We reached the office on time and found Chan-yeol waiting for us; at our desk. Does he even work? I only saw him talking with other employees or walking from one room to other. Also, you will always find something to eat on his hands. They were never empty. One doesn't need to go anywhere to eat; find Chan-yeol, and you will have food instantly.

He was happy today and asked us to join Ae-Cha and Ari. Rita and I went and took a seat around them. Chan-yeol then started speaking and invited us all to go to the club. It is more like insisting. I said no straight to his face. He pouts; and turns his attention to Rita, asking her to come with him to the club. She is already convinced; from the moment he invited everyone to the club.

Ae-Cha and Ari were also excited and interested in going out to the club. It makes me the only one left out alone. However, Rita said yes on my behalf; to accompany them to the club. We kept arguing for some time, but she started doing her emotional drama and convinced me to go along with them.

The rest of the day, we worked and handled the clients. I was amazed by the clients as most of them are idols and stars. It is nice to see them in real. They are nice having kind personalities. It took me all day to handle them, but I still couldn't tell how the time went that fast.

It was almost time to leave home, and I was ready to sneak out and walk away from them. I don't mind going to clubs, nor I'm opposed to it. However, my mom as an Indian and particularly conservative doesn't prefer girls going to clubs. According to her, if a girl goes to a club, then you are engaging in bad stuff.

So, I do go to clubs before but only used to go when I stayed at Rita's house. It is the only reason that I've never enjoyed going to clubs. I take a good glimpse at my surroundings hiding from Rita, Ari, Ae-Cha and Chanyeol. I somehow; took my stuff and left home hoping to escape smoothly. It does look like a piece of cake until I found Rita waiting for me in the elevator.

"What the hell? Where did you come from?"

I asked Rita shockingly.

"Oh! I know you will try to escape as I couldn't find you for a while. So, I waited for you in the elevator and see; found you."

She said with a grinning smile on her face.

Before I could run away through the stairs, she grabbed my arm and took me into the lift. She pushed all the floor's buttons so that I won't escape.

"Ahhhhhh! I'm not going with you guys. You can all go without me; I won't mind it. Clubbing is not my thing, and you all will be bored with me."

I told Rita while trying to let go of her, as she is more powerful than me. I am half her weight so it's always her winning the argument.

"We will see about that. You promised me to enjoy your new life in Korea. Is this what you call enjoyment? Going from home to work and vice-versa?"

She asked me with a sarcastic and scolding voice at the same time. Rita is a very determined person. So, If she wants something, then; she will have it in the craziest way possible. Hence, as I was saying no continuously, she sat down in the elevator, thrusting me to sit with her. She refused to let go and let people see us until I agree to go with them.

Not having an option, I said yes to her. She let me go instantly and smiled proudly at what she did. I was, however, irritated. We went back to our floor to meet others, and grab Rita's stuff and left for the club.

When we reached the club, we are delighted by its beauty. It was a grand opening of the club named 'KINGS & QUEENS', having a lot of people in line waiting for their entry. Just by looking at the line of people, we know that it will take a while and hence, goodbye to my good night's sleep.

The music was blazing hard both inside and outside the club. People who came; have a good fashion sense. Glaring at each of them made me feel awkward and inferior to my clothing. I turned to Rita and asked if my outfit was okay for the club as I didn't change my office clothes.

She didn't say anything at first and checked me out. She took her hand towards my hair and untied my closed hair, and said:

"Now you are all set to go, looking all pretty and beautiful at the same moment."

I smiled and looked over at her finding Ae-Cha, Ari and Chanyeol greeting other people. They know bunches of people, and it seems like partying is regular for them.

As we stood in line, we saw a car arriving at the entry gate. It was a Mercedes AMG G 63 model. Everyone was staring at it just like us. The car itself was huge to grab everyone's attention.

One man from the front rushed out and opened the back door of the car. A person steps out of the car wearing an oversized black hoodie and leather jacket. It's hard to say whether it's a boy or a girl. The person's face; was covered with a mask, goggles, and a cap underneath the hoodie.

The person rushed out and instantly entered the club. He might be a VIP as the bouncers didn't do anything other than welcome him. I only saw such scenes in dramas, having men as the centre of attention. I wonder who he might be.

After a while, we all get to enter the club finally. The club was packed. I saw people dancing and drinking and enjoying. I found it suffocating and couldn't move well because of the crowd. Rita and the others, however, are happy and head straight to the bar. They ordered drinks for them and decided to dance after a drink.

I asked for a mocktail from the bartender, having no idea of the varieties. The bartender smiled and made me a mocktail named Virgin Margarita. I took a sip, and it was tasty. Rita and others are dancing together to the rhythm of the music, and I enjoyed my mocktail looking over them.

It was already late, though the surroundings of the club didn't feel like it. While the others are hoofing I was sitting and had my fifth mocktail. All the mocktails I had were different so that I won't get bored of one thing; I'm enjoying it.

Drinking so many mocktails made me want to go to the washroom. However, the way to the washroom looks quite far among such a crowd. I went through them and struggled a lot. The struggle I had among the crowd was more horrible than any struggle in my life.

I got suffocated just to reach the washroom. When I entered the washroom, it was quite empty which is naturally unusual. You will find washrooms in clubs more crowded than the club itself. Ignoring it, I went straight into one of the cabins and enjoyed peeing. It feels like releasing all the stress over my head at once.

As I was leaving I got startled by a figure sitting on the side of the washbasin slap smoking in silence. Who smokes in the washroom? The person looked like a maniac to me. It was the same person I saw coming out of the car. However, the personality of the person looked quite bigger than mine. It doesn't feel that big from far.

As I was staring at the person, I heard:

"Are you going to keep staring at me? You might want to take a picture as well."

Said the person, all covered in an oversized hoodie, with a sarcastic and stern voice. Although, it made me recognise that the person is a woman. I immediately moved myself to the washbasin far from the woman and washed my hand.

Without another glance, I took huge steps to get out of the washroom as fast as possible. As I was leaving, The woman released the cigarette smoke on my face. Getting frustrated and angry; I shouted:

"Hey! What the hell? Can't you mind your smoking around other people?"

"Oops! I didn't see you. I find it hard to look at tiny people before minding my business."

She replied with sarcasm, having a giant smirk on her face. When answering me, the woman put off the cap of the hoodie. It made me see her face more clearly.

The woman in front of me has a very bold personality. She is also very beautiful and breathtaking. Her skin was pale and white with black hair. Her hair; was braided in French braids. She has a nose and ear piercing giving her a bad boy look. Just peeking at her once; made me discover that she is a trouble and a spoiled brat. However, she looks recognisable like I've seen her somewhere before.

She has a smirk on her face which made me more irritated along with her answer, and she knows it. Did she dare to call me tiny? She was expecting a response from me, but at that moment, I went and looked into her eyes.

Our eyes were encountering each other for a second until I took a cigarette from her hand and threw it into the wash basin. I looked back at her getting some reaction in anger or frustration. However, she kept staring at me with a smile.

I didn't get what she was up to, but her staring at me made me nervous and frustrated at that exact moment. She didn't move a bit from where she was sitting. She already looked like trouble and her not reacting to me; made me feel agitated.

Hence, I decided to leave the washroom and rushed to the door. As I was about to leave and open the door, a hand grabbed my wrist, keeping me away from leaving. The woman pinned me through the door of the washroom; so that no one comes in, and I couldn't go out either.

It was too fast to acknowledge anything and found the woman close to my face. She was staring and smiling at me. I was trying to release myself, but the woman held my hands together at my back.

I was too stunned to speak anything at the moment. It was the first time that a stranger grabbed me like that holding me closer to her.

"Don't you know personal space? Do I need you to teach basic manners?"

I said to the woman while staring back at her and trying to release myself at the exact moment.

"You asked for it; the moment you dare to take my cigarette, dumping it away."

The woman replied to me, reaching closer to me. She was close enough to me that I can now feel her body and warmness.

"Do you want me to be scared of you? If you think like that then dream on."

I replied sarcastically, forcing a smile on my face to show her my boldness, but from inside, my body was very nervous.

The woman put her face closer to mine and made me close my eyes in anxiety. I had no idea what she was playing at, and that made me more anxious as I got stuck into her embrace.

She is close enough that our noses are touching. Being like that, she replied:

"I can think of few things if you are challenging me. By the way, why did you close your eyes? Am I making you nervous now? You can always say, please leave me, and I will let you go."

I replied:

"Leave me then. What are you waiting for? Isn't it obvious?"

She laughed softly; while I continued keeping my eyes closed. She was close enough to make me feel her hot breath. She replied:

"Well! That wasn't convincing enough. If you want me to release you, then you have to please me most satisfactorily, or else we can stay like this for hours until I start to explore your body. Now you think, what is it going to be."

She was getting on my nerves, but at that moment, I don't see any choice and said:

"Can you please let me go? I beg you."

Just saying this, she let me go instantly. I opened my eyes just to find her staring and smiling at me, not breaking our eye contact. I nervously hurried and opened the door of the washroom to get out as soon as possible.

As I was leaving, she shouted:

"Hey! At least tell me your name; maybe we will meet again."

I turned back, showing her a middle finger saying:

"Fuck you!"

Saying this, I ran off to Rita and others, asking them to leave home. Rita was shocked to see my nervousness and anxiety at the same time. She didn't ask anything else at the moment and excused everyone to leave with me.

We took a cab back home. During the ride, Rita kept staring at me with worry; but didn't ask me anything. She was very patient when she saw me like this; and waited for me to speak when I was ready.

When we reached home, I told Rita to tell her everything tomorrow and left for my room. She understands and asked me to take care before going into her room. I closed my room door and sighed heavily. The effect and closeness of that woman still linger in my body. She intimidated me.

I took a hot bath, and headed to sleep, hoping to forget everything; that happened earlier. However, today's incident didn't let me sleep, making me toss from left to right. Turning from side to side, I didn't realise when I slept.