City Lights: Chapter 8

Chapter: 8 Characters (in order of appearance): Hee Jin*, mystery idol, Eun Young*, Young Bae*, Ye Jun, Young Hak, Seung Hyun, Jin Chul, and Jin Ho*. *indicates original character Words: 2,375 Edits: 0 Added: February 5, 2011

Korean Notes:

Sunbae: Senior in school or work. Hoobae: Junior in school or work.

In the noraebang building, being unable to get a room, Hee Jin, JaeJoong, and his friends turned around and headed for the front doors. Just then, a girl came running toward them. "Sunbae!" she said, smiling brightly.

"Oh? Eun Young?" one of the guys, Young Bae, said. "What are you doing here?" He turned to the others, "She's my hoobae from high school."

"I thought it was you, Sunbae," Eun Young said, biting her lower lip. "You're leaving already?"

"Nah. There aren't any rooms available so we were going to go do something else," Young Bae replied.

"Oh! Well, we have room for more people. Why don't you come join us?" Eun Young said excitedly.

Young Bae looked at the others, unsure. "Well," he started, "won't it be a little awkward? For your friends, I mean. You guys are still in high school, right? We're all older."

City Lights: Chapter 7

Chapter: 7 Characters (in order of appearance): Jin Chul, Seung Hyun, Ye Jun, Young Hak, mystery idol, Hee Jin*, Yoon Ah*, and Jin Ho*. *indicates original character Words: 1,854 Edits: 0 Added: February 5, 2011

Korean Notes:

Ahjumma/Ajumma: Older woman. Ahjussi/Ahjusshi/Ajussi: Older man. Agassi: Younger woman. Unni/Unnie (only used by females): Older sister (can be used to those who are close but not actually related). Oppa (only used by females): Older brother (can be used to those who are close but not actually related). Hyung (only used by males): Older brother (can be used to those who are close but not actually related). Noona/nuna (only used by males): Older sister (can be used to those who are close but not actually related). Manhwa: Korean comic book. Jeju Island/Jeju-do: A popular place in South Korea people often enjoy vacationing at. Noraebang: A karaoke bar/box; a popular activity for young people in Korea.

Friday, July 16, 6:37pm
Seoul, South Korea

"Hey, Jin Chul, you coming?" Seung Hyun asked, peeking into the back of the restaurant. He gasped when he saw how clean the room looked. "Whoa! Have you been working on it the entire time?"

City Lights: Chapter 6

Chapter: 6 Characters (in order of appearance): Hee Jin*, mystery idol, Seung Hyun, Ye Jun, Kim Dong Sun* and Jin Chul. *indicates original character Words: 2,043 Edits: 0 Added: February 2, 2011

Friday, July 16, 11:57am
Seoul, South Korea

Hee Jin walked into the apartment building after spending an hour at a nearby internet café. With the technician being unable to fix her internet until tomorrow, she had to use a public computer to chat to her older brother.

It was already beginning to get hotter out and she wanted to stay in her air-conditioned home. Her air-conditioner had been on the fritz since she arrived but one of the neighbors offered to fix it for her yesterday. She was in heaven after that.

City Lights: Chapter 5

Chapter: 5 Characters (in order of appearance): Jin Chul, mystery idol, Seung Hyun (of F.Cuz), Young Hak (of F.Cuz), Ye Jun (of F.Cuz), & Kim Dong Sun* *indicates original character Words: 2,431 Edits: 2 Added: January 31, 2011

Wednesday, July 14, 2:07pm
Seoul, South Korea

Jin Chul sat in front of the computer at Owner Dong Sun's café staring intently at the screen. He seemed to be in deep thought, considering. He hand moved and hovered over the mouse. He stayed like that for several seconds and then he pulled his hand away.

The computer monitor displayed Snowy_summer's profile. The profile picture was of a beautiful purple sky rather than a photo of the user herself. There were several links under the profile picture and one in particular was highlighted by the cursor; the "remove as friend" link.

Jin Chul sighed and continued to stare at Hee Jin's profile. Finally he clicked the logout button and turned off the monitor.

City Lights: Chapter 4

Chapter: 4 Characters (in order of appearance): Hee Jin*, mystery idol, and Jin Chul *indicates original character Words: 1,994 Edits: 0 Added: January 30, 2011

Wednesday, July 14, 10:32am
Seoul, South Korea

After the showdown with Jin Chul at the park, Hee Jin had to walk the entire way back home park because she didn't have enough money for the bus. Although that made her angrier at first, the walk home helped her cool down quite a bit.

As she made her way into the building, she nearly bumped into someone in the doorway. When she looked up, she saw the same guy from before. The moment he saw it was her, his face lit up. Hee Jin rolled her eyes and tried to move past him but he blocked the way.

He brushed his hair out of his face again and said, "Funny meeting you here."

City Lights: Chapter 3

Chapter: 3 Characters (in order of appearance): Jin Chul and Hee Jin* *indicates original character Words: 1,249 Edits: 1 Added: January 29, 2011

Wednesday, July 14, 8:05am
Seoul, South Korea

Jin Chul walked slowly along a path in a beautiful park. He felt knots in his stomach thinking about his planned meeting with his best friend. Correction: ex-best friend. He couldn't help feeling nervous about meeting someone for the first time in person after only ever speaking to them online. He sat on a park bench and heaved a deep sigh. He had imagined it much more exciting and happy. That was before he found out that his friend was actually a girl pretending to be a guy. He was still angry about it and planned on yelling at her when he met her.

Jin Chul looked at his watch and glared. She was already eight minutes late. He knew eight minutes wasn't that late but he wanted to keep adding up reasons to be angry at her. He sat stiffly on the bench not taking his eyes off his watch. Counting every minute, every second she was late. He paid no attention to the loud footsteps drawing near and eventually stopping directly in front of him or the sound of a person clearing their throat.

City Lights: Chapter 2

Chapter: 2 Characters (in order of appearance): Hee Jin* and mystery idol *indicates original character Words: 1,048 Edits: 3 Added: January 29, 2011

Tuesday, July 13, 3:57pm
Seoul, South Korea

Hee Jin was lying on her back in the middle of her apartment, moaning from the sweltering heat of the afternoon. She had been in Korea for only five days and was already sick of it. She got jetlag the first day and the flu the next two days. Not to mention she was dying from the summer heat and boredom the entire time.

She had sent a message to Jin Chul the day before her arrival in Korea. She met him online a year ago and it wasn't long before they became best friends. She had told him everything about herself and in turn, he did likewise. The only thing she kept from him was her gender. She had originally put on her online profile that she was a male but after she got to know him, she took it off and left it blank. She had meant to switch it to female but chickened out a millisecond before. She felt guilty and stupid but hoped that when she did tell him, their friendship would be strong enough for him to accept it. She was starting to think she was wrong.

City Lights: Chapter 1

Chapter: 1 Characters (in order of appearance): Jin Chul/Jinon and Kim Dong Sun* *indicates original character Words: 1,295 Edits: 3 Added: January 28, 2011

Tuesday, July 13, 3:36pm
Seoul, South Korea

In a little café, drinking grape juice and eating the rest of a tuna sandwich from lunchtime sat Jin Chul. He lazily gazed out the window at the sky oblivious to the people outside scrambling here and there either coming from work or from school. He seemed unbothered by the sweltering heat of the day but was rather more distracted than anything. He sighed deeply.

"You know," came a voice next to him, "lately you've been giving off a very gloomy atmosphere. It's making me lose customers. Who wants to come into a depressing café?"

Jin Chul turned to the man wearing an apron. "The reason you have no customers has nothing to do with me. Despite being located in a very busy area of the city, nobody even gives this place a second glance." He looked back out the window and continued, "I'm surprised your café has survived this long."

City Lights

Main Characters

Jin Chul/Jinon (of F.Cuz), Hee Jin*, and mystery idol.

*indicates original character

Synopsis

Jin Chul and Hee Jin are great friends online. After many months of talking nonstop and sharing much with each other, they are finally able to meet up. The only problem is, Hee Jin has been keeping her gender a secret from Jin Chul. Just before her departure for Korea, she decides to tell Jin Chul. The only problem is, will he accept her regardless of this little lie? Throughout her stay in Korea, Hee Jin must convince Jin Chul of her loyalty as a friend while trying to deal with her neighbor who has his sights set on making Hee Jin his.

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