As Emily left arrivals after collecting her suitcases, she saw a tall man in a suit holding a card bearing her name, he looked like a mafia member, she giggled to herself.
Wait, he's not,right?
As she walked up to the man, he nodded stiffly asked if she was Emily Potts and if she had enjoyed her flight, in heavily accented English.
She wasn't entirely sure if he cared about her answer or if he was just making small talk.
He continued to say that he would be taking her to the dorms where she would be living, and that her employers were currently away on a business trip, but would show her around properly once they returned.
Emily smiled whistfully, at least she had some time to prepare and hopefully get a proper shower. As he carefully took her suitcases from her clutches and ushered her into the shiny black car, she realised just how expensive it looked, just what did her employer do, was it legal?
Watching the cars and buildings go past in a blur, Emily suddenly started to feel tiredness creep over like a blanket on her, just as soon as she gave into the feeling, a hand gently shook her awake
"Miss Emily, Miss Emily? We have arrived" the man driving said.
"Sorry, I didn't ask your name..Mr?.."
Emily asked as she exited the plush black car with her bags in her grasp.
"Choi Miss Emily, please call me Choi"
He handed her a small business card with a hastily scrawled number on it
"if you need me to drive you, call me"
He bowed and signalled to another man waiting with Emily's luggage.
"Greetings, my name is Seijin. Let me show to your rooms, I'm sure you would like to get settled in. The bo... your employer have left some clothing and toiletry items for your use and also asked me to take a pizza order from you, so you have some food for dinner. There's plenty of drinks and snacks, please help yourself"
Emily POV
Seijin talked so fast, I only took in a few sentences, it wasn't until he stopped at a door and I nearly walked into the back of him, I realised how fancy even the hall was. Walking through the door, the smell was beautiful, like a mix of my favourite scents, like home.
A throat clearing brought me out of my trance, as Seijin gestured for me to follow him, he showed me to a room, he said was mine, it was larger than my last apartment, and it was just a bedroom, decorated in a mixture of white and navy blue, it had a bed big enough for a whole family, let alone just me, a beautiful vanity with a Hollywood style light up mirror.. as I walked around the room mouth agape, my finger running across one the beautiful nightstands either side of the bed, Seijin cleared his throat loudly, and pointed to one of the two doors "This your bathroom, and this" pointing to the other door "is your closet" my mouth was now fully agape a walk in closet? and a bathroom
In. My . Room?
I opened the door to the bathroom expecting maybe a small toilet and a sink, but it was a full bathroom, a roll top bath, a separate steam shower... he must have got it wrong, this can't be my room, as if he read my mind a small snort came from him
"no no Miss Emily, this is all for you, your private space"
I opened the next door, the closet, to see it almost empty save for a small pile neatly folded on the centre island with a note on top
"Dearest Emily,
We hope you enjoyed your flight. We apologise we are not there to greet you, and trust Seijin has made you feel comfortable in your new home.
Here are some pyjamas and loungewear for you to be comfortable in.
We can't wait to meet you
X"
As I looked through the pile there was some white satin pyjamas, a bra and panty set, some fluffy socks and a jersey play suit, all in my exact sizes. How did they know my size? Maybe the doctor told them? I couldn't help but run my fingers across the satin, I loved the feeling.
Seijin prevented my overthinking by telling me that it was time for him to leave and took my pizza order - garlic chicken with extra mushrooms. He said it would be delivered no later than 7pm and the usual place would leave it infront of the door after knocking , that gave me two hours.
Should I explore,no, I should wait for my employers it wouldn't be right to intrude, the kitchen was down the hall from my room and the living space was connected to the kitchen by an open plan dining room, this place was huge and so clean, everywhere was grey or white with a splash of colour. There was the odd picture on the wall- of some young men that seemed familiar, maybe it was my employers children or grandchildren?
There was stuffed toys sat on the sofa, seven different kinds, I picked up a blue koala and looked carefully at it before setting in back in place.
Maybe they're from a Korean cartoon?
I walked back down the hall to my room passing a few doors on my way. I wondered what was behind them?
I took a hot bath, as I realised the shower was digital, and in what I assumed was Korean, I didn't want to burn or freeze on my first day. As I began running the hot water into the tub, I saw a basket with my name on a small tag, the basket was filled with toiletries from bath bombs to sheet masks, scrubs, lotions and body oil. I decided on a pink bath bomb that smelled like strawberry milkshake and chucked it under the running water.
Relaxing into the hot water, I felt my muscles unwinding, my hair floating around atop the water like strands of seaweed. I always imagine I'm a mermaid in the warm ocean when I take a bath, as a child my favourite film was Disney's The little mermaid, but as I grew older I realised she changed for man, and it angered me.
Long after my fingers and toes had puckered like prunes, I got out gently patting my skin dry with one of the rolled up fluffy towels, I used a lotion from the gift basket, and put my hair up in a clip. Choosing to wear the white satin pyjamas over the top of the bra and panty set which fitted incredibly well.
Just as I had finished my routine, the doorbell rang and the sound of a box being put down was heard through the door, I grabbed my purse and pulled out a note, running to open it, I looked down to see a pizza and a bottle of sprite on floor, as I went to hand the tip to the delivery man, he looked at me strangely, while raising a hand and left.. 'something else I'll need to remember to look up' I thought, in Manchester he would have snatched my hand off to get the tip!
I sat on my bed, spreading out the napkins, and tucking one into my pyjamas top, I was a notoriously messy eater. I opened the box to see the dough wasn't round, instead it was a heart shape, but the smell of garlic and cheese soon filled my nostrils and seemingly cut off any thoughts my brain could have, as my mouth watered involuntarily.
I flicked on the enormous tv positioned on the wall infront of my bed, to find it was a smart tv with Netflix already connected and a special spot for me to save my favourites, I clicked on it, and selected the drama I had been watching on the plane, happy to have something to watch while I ate.
I finished the whole pizza, and while my stomach protested at its fullness, I dragged my self out of bed to dispose of the box. Popping it into the correct recycling bin, I noticed some chocolate snacks on the side , Seijin did say I could help myself, so I took some cookies, some chocolate and a handful of tiny marshmallows and scampered to my room like a hamster, closing the door and getting under the fluffy blankets to eat the rest of my plundered treats!
I must have fallen asleep, as the next morning I awoke with the bedside lights still on, the tv had thankfully turned itself off, and when I picked up my phone I realised I had forgotten to charge it, mentally face palming, I realised I also heard hushed voices, trying to whisper, there was definitely more than two, were they men? Oh god what if they're burglars what if they're going to kidnap me? What if this was setup all along?
As I tip toed towards the door and reached out my hand to grasp the handle, the door opened slowly and I fell backwards at the shock, curling into a ball
"If you're going to kidnap me, or kill me , just get it over with" I shouted, muffled into my pyjama top.
Nothing, not a sound and then laughter. As a hand gently tapped my arm, I peeked out to see seven men, seven familiar men, where had I seen them before? Disconnecting my thoughts was a hand thrust into my vision, I stared at it before a deep voice broke my confusion "would you like a hand up, Miss Emily?" The man before me smirked?
"Erm.. no thank you it's ok, I can manage" mentally realising that these men are likely to be my employers, or they could tell my employers that they made a mistake in hiring such a idiot, I felt my face heat, I'm sure it was probably crimson by now. I dusted myself off, straightening the pyjamas, I looked up and realised where I'd seen those faces before albeit with more make up, and not as casually dressed,
They were BTS
The famous Korean boyband or Idols as Mattie had contstantly corrected me.
I looked up to seven smirks, as someone pushed there way forward hand outstretched
"Hi I'm Namjoon, the leader of BTS." He said in perfect English.
I just looked at his hand, and then back at his face, before a hand waved infront of my eyes and a deep voice said something quickly in another language, presumably Korean.
"Are y..y..you my employers "
I managed to blurt our faster than I wanted.
Namjoon smiled a big genuine smile and nodded. I returned his smile and glanced at the other six pairs of eyes searching my face.
A hand reached out to grasp mine, pain
Shot through my skin and then blackness, all I saw was black. No sound, no noise, no feeling just darkness.