chap 1

@mrpink: hi (sent at 12:20)

@itsmoni: hi

Sry I was taking a shower (sent at 12:30)

@mrpink: it is ok

are you free? Can we have a talk now?

I need to talk to someone (sent at 12:32)

@itsmoni: of course

What friends are for?! (sent at 12:33)

@mrpink: well…

It has been a year since my dad went bankrupt (sent 12:35)

@itsmoni: oh…sry to hear that (sent at 12:36)

@mrpink: he’s working in a barber saloon from morning to evening and is working in a restaurant at night…even my mom is working hard to pay the debts…we even sold our house (sent at 12:40)

@ itsmoni: why u didn’t tell me this before

We’re friends for more than a year (sent at 12:42)

@mrpink: I was ashamed of it (sent at 12:43)

@itsmoni: bad events can happen to everyone

There is nothing to be ashamed of (sent at 12:45)

Mrpink is typing “bc I love u and i am scared to lose u if u know this”

He hesitated, thinking if he should confess like that or not. he backspaced, wiped his tears and typed again

@mrpink: the problem is one of my dad’s childhood friends had a share in his business and now he wants his money back…”ur son can pay ur debt” is what he said last week (sent at 12:50)

@itsmoni: what does it mean? (sent at 12:52)

@mrpink: he has some shares in a new music company

he said I can pay the debts if I pass the audition (sent at 12:54)

@itsmoni: so u can become an idol

wonderful... (sent at 12:55)

@mrpink: I never thought of it as a career (sent at 12:56)

@itsmoni: I bet u will be super famous (sent at 12:57)

@mrpink: no the problem is he always looks at me in a creepy way (sent at 12:59)

@itsmoni: ur dad’s friend? (sent at 13:00)

@mrpink: yes, and he had touched me in an inappropriate way couple of times (sent at 13:02)

@itsmoni: shit?! that is not cool at all...

Did u tell that to ur parents? (sent at 13:03)

@mrpink: no, I don’t want to become another burden for them (sent at 13:03)

@itsmoni: but u have to

What if he does a shit to u

what if he hurts you (sent at 13:04)

@mrpink: I just hope not

Anyway

i should take a shower

Wish me luck

My audition is today at 5 evening

I have to go now (sent at 13:07)

@itsmoni is typing

But before @itsmoni could press the send, @mrpink turned off the internet connection, threw his phone on the bed and rushed to the bathroom.

he had a long way to go, he took a bus and when he arrived at seoul, he took a train, changed his lines two times, when he stepped out the train station he walked for 15 mins, he arrived at the given address completely exhausted mentally and physically.

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