This Is My Life...

[Saturday] Annie woke up and got ready to leave her house. She headed to Lady Song's restaurant to train for the job. Annie spent all afternoon and evening waiting tables for customers. It was already [6PM] and closing time.

Lady Song was locking up the store and telling Annie thank you and such.

Lady Song : thank you for your help today.
Annie : its nothing. Im glad I can help out.
Lady Song : You did an amazing job this afternoon.
Lady Song : Im hoping you will stick around longer.
Annie : of course i will !
Lady Song : well, thank you and good night Yejin-ah.
Annie : goodnight Lady Song.

Then Annie walked all the way home. She felt a little exhausted after a long day at work even though it was only her first day.

When Annie reached her home, she saw Mark standing in front of her house waiting for her. He then looked up at her and started to talk to her again.

Mark (*waiting for Annie & looks up at her)
Annie (*sees Mark standing there & comes closer to him)
Mark (*speaks up) : Hey~
Annie : Hey ?
Mark : you came back.
Annie : yeah, i did.
Annie : you know, i dont know your name but you seem to be following me a lot lately.
Annie : why is that ?
Mark : because we're neighbors.
Annie : what are you doing ?
Mark : being friendly neighbors.
Annie : friendly ? really ?
Mark : yeah, really.
Annie : do you like me or something ?
Mark : please, we're just neighbors. besides, i wouldnt like anybody like you.
Annie : ouch, that hurts.
Annie : well, im going inside now. (*walks to the porch)
Mark (*calls her back) : wait....
Annie (*turns back & asks) : what ?
Mark : are you cooking anything tonight ?
Annie : ahh..... you wanted to eat the food i cook ?
Mark : im just asking.
Annie : you couldve just said so.
Mark : im sorry. its just that i wanted to see someone else cook besides my mom.
Annie : i'll be happy to teach you if you want.
Mark : can you ?
Annie (*smiles & says) : sure.
Annie : first, we need to go to the supermarket.
Mark : Alright.

Annie didnt go inside of her house, instead she walked Mark to the supermarket. While on the way there, the two got closer by talking to each other.

Annie : you never told me your name earlier.
Mark : Mark Tuan Yi-En. Thats my full name.
Annie : Mark..... thats a nice name.
Annie : my name is Annie, my korean name is Lee Yejin.
Mark : Annie, that sounds like a singers name.
Annie : im no singer, trust me.
Annie (*glances over at Mark & asks) : you dont smile, do you?
Mark : why should i ? there's no reason to smile.
Annie : when you smile, it makes everyone happy. smiling can make someone's day.
Mark : is that why you smile ?
Mark : because you hide so much pain inside
Mark : that it makes you have to smile all the time?
Annie (*strongly says) : i am in so much pain that people dont even know.
Annie : but i smile every single day to show that im okay which im not. its just who i am.
Annie (*harsh words some out) : is that why your so cold hearted ?
Annie : you dont care about what other people think about you,
Annie : all you care about is yourself.
Mark : ive been in pain too, its not just you Yejin.
Annie : i can guarantee you that my pain is so much more painful then yours.
Annie : the words you said earlier really hurts me inside and
Annie : i wished for you to take it back.

They got to the market and went inside. Annie was upset and went in first ahead leaving Mark behind her. He didnt realize what he had done and comes closer to her to talk to her again as she was picking her ingredients for the food.

Mark (*comes from behind & says) : Im sorry Yejin.
Annie : you clearly arent sorry at all. just forget it, i forgive you.
Mark : i really am sorry though.
Annie : just let it go, okay ?
Annie (*changes the subject) : so what do you like to eat ?
Mark : Kimchi and seafood tofu soup with rice.
Annie : really ?
Mark : Oh, why ?
Annie : i really like eating spicy foods as well. (*smiles)
Mark : good, then we should make it.

The two went around the entire market and grabbed all of the ingredients and came back to Annie's house to cook. When the both came back, Annie taught Mark how to cut the vegetables neatly while Annie was preparing the soap base.

After finished with the food, Annie and Mark sat on the floor eating dinner together. After a while, Annie walked Mark out to his house and let him go back home.

She went back into her house, showered, washed the dishes. After washing the dishes, she packed the leftovers in containers and she realized how much more were left. So she packed them into containers and plastc bag.

She brought it over to Mark's house and rang his door bell.

Mark answered the door....

Mark (*opened the door & sees Yejin) : Yejin ?
Annie : you can just call me Annie.
Mark : im sorry Annie but what are you doing here?
Annie : i came to give you some food.
Mark (*confused & says) : but i just ate at your house.
Annie : i know. there was still a lot left from earlier and
Annie : i thought you might want it for the rest of th week.
Mark : was i bothering you when i came to your house?
Annie : not at all. i just feel like you cant always rely on me all the time to cook for you.
Annie : im just your neighbor, nothing else.
Annie (*holds up the plastic bag) : please, take it.
Mark : thank you. would you like to come in and hang for a little bit ?
Annie : i wouldnt want to bother you.
Mark : its fine, no one is home. its just me.

Mark opened the door and Annie came in to his house. He walked into the kitchen to put away the food in the fridge while Annie was in the living room looking amazed by the way his house looked.

Then Annie walked to the middle where his living room was and murmured to herself....

Mark (*calls out Annie from the kitchen) : Annie ?
Annie (*says out loud to herself) : whoa. its amazingly pretty.
Mark (*comes out hearing Annie & says) : isnt it ?
Annie : can i look upstairs ?
Mark : sure.

Mark took Annie upstairs into his parents and his room. When Annie reached Mark's room, she was surprised to see that his room had a balcony that hada view of Annie's backyard.

Annie : thats the view of my backyard.
Mark : it is.
Annie : so you must know who moved in before me.
Mark : no one had rented that house in 2 years.
Annie : was there something wrong with it ?
Mark : no. it was really old and no one looked into it.
Mark : a year ago a man came by the house with the original owner.
Mark : he signed the contract for the house and he owns it now.
Mark : he took it down and build a new house like this one here.
Annie : he made the house just like we wanted, me and my brother.
Annie : Taehyun.
Mark : that was his name. i had met him once but he suddenly left leaving the house.
Annie : i know. he's my rich father.
Mark : father?
Annie : mmm... after my mom passed away, he lefted us for another family.
Annie : he didnt want to be like us where we struggled with money.
Annie : so he ran off with another women which she has a son.
Mark : what does he work now ?
Annie : he's a CEO of a music company called Big Hit Entertainment.
Mark : im sorry abot your mom.
Annie : i should get going, its late. Goodnight Mark.
Mark : goodnight.

Annie went back to her house and went straight into the backyard. There, she layed on the table bench to rest for a bit. As she was laying there, she looked at the sky and there were so many stars out. Mark was standing by his balcony in his room and looked to Annie if she was alright. Knowing that she was alright, he left back to doing what he was doing. Annie stayed there a while and went back inside the house to sleep.

Notes

Finally, another chapter is up. Hope y'all enjoy ! :D