chapter 1: escorts

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Eleven years later

"If I could marry him, I would definitely do that!" Soojin heard her friend, Ae Ra, fangirl over that freckled idol she had come to adore obsessively. Soojin laughed.

"Yeah, yeah, you can only wish," Soojin spoke, "Lee Felix is way out of your league."

Ae Ra narrowed her eyes at her friend, "Why would you think this way?"

Soojin quieted down, pondering over the fact if she should say what she had in mind. However, she chose to just blurt it out, no matter how petty it would seem,

"Idols don't date escorts like us."

Ae Ra's excitement died down to produce a melancholic sigh, and she nodded, "Yeah, you're right."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"No, Soojin, you're right," Ae Ra pursed her lips, "Let's get back to our jobs, alright?"

Soojin, knowing how she had spoiled the mood very conveniently, felt guilty. And that guilt wasn't a novelty to her.

Her twenty-year-old self couldn't forget the time when she was nine, and had to face the wrath of her parents' abusive side. Even to a child, that behaviour seemed wrong; maturity was new to her back then. And getting them arrested was the bravest and the most mature step she had ever taken.

But what happened to her after that night? What made her a... prostitute?

After being rescued by the cops, she was dropped at an orphanage, sent off to live on her own terms in a place where she wasn't treated like a nine-year-old. She struggled her way throughout, with days spent toning down her hunger and nights spent crying.

Having faced enough humiliation and starvation from that orphanage, one night, at the age of twelve, she sneaked into the caretaker's room, stole some money, and ran away.

That was a mistake on her part; a decision not thought through. Within days, she was sleeping on the sides of roads, reminiscing about the time when she was given food to eat and a shelter to sleep in. Although her parents were cruel, at least she could survive.

But no, she didn't let those intrusive thoughts in. She couldn't glorify abuse at any costs. She was off to live on her own. She was free, even though in the worst way possible.

That's when Ae Ra found her.

Both twelve year old, both lost on the path of a journey that couldn't lead them to respect. Ae Ra and Soojin were both homeless, and just like a spark of light is enough to show the wanderer the way ahead, they both found each other in their lost, hopeless lives.

It wasn't a victory for them when they, at the ripe age of fifteen, got taken in by a man who traded them to be escorts.

And ever since then, for about five years, the two girls had been escorts, fulfilling the darkest desires of lewd men coming into the bar to drink away their problems and exploit girls half their ages.

"Soojin! Come out here! The manager is going to fire you if you stay in your room for long!" Ae Ra called for her, and Soojin snapped out of her zone to look in the mirror one last time before going out.

Dressed up in a skimpy black dress, hugging her curves a little too much, she adjusted the length of the outfit, pushing it down a bit. Even though she was now a "prostitute", she demanded respect. After all, everyone deserved respect, be it any field of work they were in.

Soojin let her long, brown hair down, and with her face caked up with makeup — because natural beauty wasn't exciting enough for those men out there — she breathed in and out, walking out of the dressing room.

Slow, sensual music played in the dimly lit bar, and the sound of men laughing and chatting was the main source of noise. She watched as a man called Ae Ra to himself, and Ae Ra sensually walked over to him, sitting dangerously close next to him. The man smirked, rubbing his hand up and down her thigh.

Soojin didn't want to watch more of that, knowing that she was going to face a similar treatment too.

"Hey, Soojin?" a man behind the bar called, and she replied, "Yeah?"

"That customer is calling for you," he pointed at a man sitting at the far end of the bar, looking at her.

His face was partially concealed with a mask, and only his eyes were visible. And those eyes were glued only on her.

"Alright."

(a/n: it gets better! this is just the beginning :)

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