Crowded Places

Introducing the nest

Poverty misery and hard work that's the only things that park Jimin and his family were familiar with. Not only them but this was how things were going in the outskirt of the country. After the war and the economical crises the society was divided into two casts, the rich society and the poor. Not your normal kind of poor, no the struggling to eat kind of poor. The clivage was so strong that the poor where chased from the capital and were confined in the outskirt of the country because they were like an ugly spot between the flashing lights and the glitters.

Park Jimin just shy from 20 is one of those extremely poor citizens that was struggling like millions to eat a decent meal. He lives with his older sister and her drunkard husband and there 9 kids. They are the only family he got after their parent died from lack of healthcare. The thing is he works day and night to provide for his sister family because her husband spend all the money he get on alcohol. He never had a good day in his entire life, its like he is living inside a vicious cercle with no hope or glimpse of happiness. He love those kids like if they were his own. Every penny he manage to make he put on those kids food, clothes and education because he want them to have what he never had hope.

They all live in a tiny two bedrooms house that leak on rainy days and let the sun burn their skins in the summer. His sister been pooping kids each year like if it was her duty which is ridiculous as they have been struggling even to eat.

Jimin daily routine is the same, waking up at 4 am so he can go to the river so they can have potable water to drink and get ready for the day than collect whatever their lone chicken had provided aka one egg. After the daily struggle of waking up 9 kids and the war that ensue at breakfast time Jimin collect all the dirty clothes and proceed to wash them with whatever water left. At 7 am he head straight up to his work at a local factory where he spend more than 8 hours standing on his feet and suing buttons till his vision became blurry. He than go back home to find his family that he loved dearly fighting over some silly things. you see for Park Jimin this is happiness, he was content with the kind of life he having because at the end of the day he can hug his babies and feel how much they loved him and depended on him.

-Jiminie what do u think about Hyson grandson.

-He is a decent guy I guess but Hara why you are asking me?

-Because I know you favour men and I thought that maybe you want your own family.

-NO! I don't want to get married to end-up suffer even more from poverty. I see how you are struggling, and how you and Pyo are fighting daily. Love can't survive poverty and hunger. No I'm happy the way I'm no need to more heartache. I'd rather be single all my life plus I have 9 kids to take care of.

-Jimin you will need a companion.

-No.

He took baby Han sol the youngest with him and went to sleep dreaming of nothing more than a hot meal and a new pair of shoes for him and the babies.

-Ziminie why mommy want you go bye-bye?

-Han baby lets sleep.

-uncle me luv you.

-Me too baby me too.

That's the life of Park Jimin for the last 20years or so let's see what the future will hold for him.