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@suzy "yes, i will call you... Suji", He was still not used to it. But he had to try, it was her order anyway. "And we can go to school together if you don't mind", he smiled. Actually, he had never gone to school with his master before, but he thought it would be okay since it would make her more comfortable.

"yes, i would. But i can't let you do that! You must have something else more important to do at this hour right?", he smiled to her. "I can ask the other people in this house to show me more about this house. You don't have to be bothered".

@kris Suji laughed softly. "Just call me Suji," she offered. "Or I'll feel uncomfortable."

As he confirmed he was still studying, Suji tilted her head in thought. "Well, I study too and since you're mainly attending to me- I see no problem." She smiled leisurely. "If you don't have anyone who normally accompanies you to school and back, maybe we can go together?"

No matter the obstacles, Suji decided she'd help Kris keep his position. She had quickly figured out that he must be trying to earn money and this position very well. Especially if Suji asked her mother to make him her personal assistant. Then the pay would increase considering Suji modeled and traveled a lot.

"Would you like to see the house?" she offered.

@suzy Kris didn't believe that she chose him just like that. It's like either he was that great or the lady was too lazy to look at the other candidates. But whatever it was, he felt really thankful.

"Yes my lady, i don't mind to move in if that's what you want", he smiled. "And i'm a college student, i still have to go to classes, but i can handle it if you want", he said it calmly.

Kris had been worked as a house butler for at least 12 years. The job like waking her up in the morning, made her breakfast, accompanied her to school, and many other. It would be easier if he lived near his master. But he didn't sure if he had to stop studying or not.

In the past, he got that much ability not because he learned it at school. But there was someone who hired specifically to teach him those skills of being a butler. He was his teacher, and a very skilled butler. Kris was sure that he was nothing compared to his teacher.

@kris Suji followed along as he spoke, though truthfully, she was already sold. As he finished smiling, Suji nodded and pretended to be thinking what he'd just said over. But in reality, she was thinking about having to do other interviews and her nose scrunched up for a moment in distaste.

"The position is yours," Suji replied, smiling. "But you do understand the conditions, right? You'll have to move in and be available as much as possible. Are you still going to school?"

He seemed very capable and Suji was already on whatever team he was- but she wasn't sure he knew how their family worked. She knew other families had butlers who lived off grounds. But the Bae's had always had butlers live in the mansion. It was the cooks and chauffeurs that were only needed based on time.

Bodyguards and maids could be fashioned to have shifts and so, in-house living was not needed. But they were only going to have one butler and if he lived in, that made reaching him impossibly easier.

@suzy Kris entered the mansion. The yard was very big. There were bodyguard everywhere. He bowed to one of the bodyguard. "excuse me, i came here to apply as the new butler", he talked to one of the bodyguards politely.
"Oh! here this way. The young lady is waiting", the bodyguard told him the way to the room where he would be interviewed.

Kris just walked, following the direction that told to him. He arrived at a living room, but the room was still empty. An older maid informed him that the young lady would come soon. So he was just standing there, waiting for the lady. It doesn't take a long time for him to wait, because she came not long after that. He bowed to her gently.

She didn't wear a formal wearing but it didn't hard for Kris to tell that she's the lady of that house. He knew it from the way she walked and the way she spoke. He just smiled when she said that she was the current head of the house, he knew that she was joking. But he had got used to that, some of the ladies liked to do that. His experience while working as a butler made him knew everything.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Kris", he smiled and bowed once again. "I have been working as a butler for about 12 years. I can cook. I can play instruments such as guitar, piano, violin, and saxophone. I can speak multilanguage, i can speak korean, english, mandarin, and many more. I'm good at judo, taekwondo, and aikido. I will be very honored if you choose me as the butler of this house", he told her about his ability and end it up with a gentle smile.

@kris

"Can you do the interviews?" Her mother had asked her over the phone. Suji sighed.

"Why can't Lee umma do them?"

"Lee umma" was the Bae's nanny turned head maid. She made sure everything got down around the house; that meant laundry, meals, vacuuming, dusting- everything. Suji really couldn't remember the nanny ever taking care of her, she'd been much too young, and when she returned from overseas, she was no longer small enough for the older lady to baby.

But Suji had seen photos. Other children had photos of their mothers bathing them, feeding them, holding them tight- Suji had photos of Lee. Hence why she called her "umma."

"Her daughter's birthday is today," her mother explained patiently.

"Fine," was Suji's curt response before she hung up, throwing her phone onto her bed.

Her mother knew she was studying for an exam and yet, she wanted her to interview prospective butlers? Her mother was going to far in her little scheme- it was obvious she no longer cared about Suji's grades. She just desperately wanted Suji to pursue acting.

Which Suji found a bit unfair, considering she was already modeling to try and tide her mother over.

Her phone dinged upon receiving a message. With a small groan, Suji pulled herself off of her comfy couch and made her way to the large bed.

"An interviewee has already arrived," she read.

After stomping her foot childishly, Suji put on her floral slippers. She didn't bother putting on something more formal- after all, wouldn't this how they'd be seeing her from time to time? Though, glancing in her full length, Suji wondered if maybe her shorts were a bit too short.

Deciding that they were but that her thin sweater fell down past them, she gave her appearance the okay and exited her bedroom.

The house was, as usual, quiet, considering her siblings didn't live at the mansion anymore and her parents were busy. She smiled at a few maids who bowed, bowing back respectably. While Suji could be a bit spoiled, she was not ill-mannered in any sense.

"There's a man here for the job," an older maid informed her. "In the living room."

Suji nodded and murmured a thank you before she made her way down the stairs at the end of the hallways. She made a left down that hallway and then turned right off of it. From her stance, she could only see his hair. She moved to sit in one of the plush armchairs across from him, bowing as he came into sight.

He looked.. young. Not to mention cute. Noting this in her head, Suji shot him a dazzling smile.

"I'm Bae Suji," she introduced.
"Current head of the house," came her joke

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Kris just back from his part time job. He walked to his rented small apartment. He lived in his small apartment since he was kicked out. It was not big, but nice enough for him to stay there. Plus it's not far from his campus and cafe. So, he didn't have to ride any transportation to go there.

When Kris arrived at the apartment, he met with mistress who owned the apartment. she was there to inform him that the rent cost has risen up. He told the mistress that he would pay the cost soon. He sighed when he enters his room. He just remembered that he hasn't pay the college fees too. He needed more money for this month but his earnings from his part time job won't be enough.

Suddenly, Kris thought of something, something that he avoided until now: being a real butler. But it looked like he didn't have any choice now, he had to take a quick action. So Kris came to a big house the next day, wearing a full suit for a butler. He heard the lady of that house had been looking for a new butler. So he entered the house to apply for that job.

-sits on the curb of some stairs, cigarette in one hand
-watches the smoke rise from it's gleaming tip with mild interest, occasionally glanced up to take in the cars driving past
-spares little attention to the people around me
-deep in thought, I eventually sigh and press out the almost unsmoked cig, leaving it's stubble on the ground as I collect my long, blue hair in one hand and proceed to tying it up in a messy ponytail
-squinting my eyes, I then try to read a little sign on the other side of the street, just to see if I can