CHAPTER ONE

Susan Huang sighed heavily and forced herself to count the last of the coins in the till. Just a few more months, she told herself, and you will see him.
She stared deep into space, thinking of her savings. “$6,000 so far, not long now till I can go,” she muttered underneath a proud smile.

Susan Huang resided in Melbourne with her family, working as a Cashier at KFC to pay for her tuition and dream. Ever since her friend Ivy introduced her to the Korean boy band Super Junior, Susan has been lusting over one of its members, Kim Kibum. Plastered over her walls were countless drawn portraits and posters of him, staring and smiling at her every time she came home from another tiring shift. But knowing that one day she would be able to see Kibum in person, Susan worked endlessly to feed her dream.

As time passed, Susan was able to gather up a reasonable sum of money and decided to take a trip to Korea. Penn, her devilish stalker, wanted to come along and scab the accommodation, but Susan refused impolitely. She wanted to see Kim Kibum and she wanted to see him alone.

FUN FACT: Penn is a Korean weirdo and no, he is not Korean.

Upon arriving at Seoul International Airport, Susan was horrified at the lack of English translations around the place. Not knowing what to do, she stood blankly before heading over to the nearest taxi. Digging her brain for Korean words, she managed to say, “Kim Chi” before the driver laughed at her broken Korean and started to drive. Watching the meter nervously, she dug into her pocket and pulled at a 5,000won note and showed the driver.
Realizing his client’s lack of finance, the Korean drive snatched the note from her before muttering ‘shibal’ and driving away, deserting Susan on an empty highway. Alone and illiterate in a foreign country struck her with fear. Taking off her slutty high heels, she regretted wearing short shorts on such a hot day. Susan began to walk, following the bend of the road as the sun shown down nastily, burning her emo tattoo right off her skin.

Hours later, right before she gave up on life, Susan saw skyscrapers in the distance. “I am finally here!” She exclaimed excitedly. Putting on her slutty heels again, Susan set off to find a place to exchange her currency. As she walked and walked, an enticing smell caught her senses. Following the smell like a druggie followed crack, Susan ended up on the doorstep of a buzzing ramen restaurant.

Her stomach growled angrily as she stared at the teenagers eating their noodles. Pulling out her passport where all her money was clipped, Susan prayed that they would accept Australian money.

“Hyung haven’t you changed?!” Xiah shouted before punching Mickey playfully on the arm. Xiah, Mickey, Max, Hero and Yunho were the members of a popular boy band called DBSK.

“I haven’t picked up my suit yet, can we quickly drive pass the store so I can get it?” Mickey said. The others groaned at Mickey’s untidy personality. The five members were heading off discreetly in a van to a press conference. When the van stopped outside the store, Mickey puts on a pair of glasses before hoping out of the van. He sprinted into the store and emerged with his suit. As he ran back to his van, he knocked into a girl and caused her to drop something into the gutter. Before he could turn around to apologize, the girl angrily grabbed his shirt and yelled at him, “WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU DUMBSHIT?!”

The loud yelling alerted a large group of teenagers who just came out of the ramen shop. They instantly recognized Mickey and ran over. Fearing the mob would cause trouble, Mickey pulled the angry girl’s hands off his shirt and quickly ran to the van. “DRIVE! DRIVE!” He shouted nervously at the driver.

Susan stared at the van till it disappeared in the distance. Everything happened too fast for her to comprehend. One moment, she was on the taxi and the next, some fucker came and caused her to drop her passport and all her money into the gutter. Not knowing what to do, Susan sat helplessly on the street bench, staring at the gutter in terror.