Happier

                                    

                                          
J U N G K O O K
                          
I wake up earlier than before now that I need more time to commute to work. The company building is about twenty-five minutes away from the nearest station to our apartment complex. Going to school before, I only needed ten minutes to get there. 
                          
Mina and I made plans to meet up for lunch in the afternoon when we usually switch off taking care of Junsu. 
                          
When I showed up to work, someone was there to show me around the place. Everyone was nice to me and apparently, according to the guy that was showing me around, people have been talking about me (in a good way). 
                          
"Really? People were talking about me?" I ask.
                          
"Mhm. The boss has been telling us about this talented young newbie coming in soon. We don't get new people here often so it was kind of a big deal."
                          
His name was Jamie. He told me he was born in the states, but he's been living in Korea since he was two. He's a few years older than me and he didn't mind all of the questions I had for him.
                          
I was a part of the media and editing team. My workspace was shared with four other people. It was a big office though, so space wasn't a problem. 
                          
"Hey, team, meet your new recruit." Jamie introduces me, "This is Jungkook."
                          
"Hi, nice to meet you." I bow. 
                          
One team member speaks up for everyone, "Nice to finally meet you, Jungkook. I'm Kyungsoo, the head of our editing team here. This is our crew. This is Daewon, Kyungmi, and that's Mariko, but we call her Mari."
                          
They wave as he lists off their respected names.
                          
"So you guys can show him the ropes right? I gotta get back to work." Jamie says.
                          
"Yeah, we got it. He'll be an expert by the end of the day." Kyungsoo gives him a thumbs-up.
                          
They showed me my desk and the basics of the video and photo editors they use, but I was already pretty familiar with the concepts. Basically, we're in charge of editing videos and photos before they're posted online onto the company and artists' social media accounts. They showed me some of the things they've down before and told me about the story behind it, how long it took them, what problems the faced, stuff like that. 
                          
They told me I could start my "real work" tomorrow, since they had everything covered for today. I also found out that we're just one editing team. There's another one that comes in after we leave in the afternoon. Both groups work about seven hours a day. 
                          
After that, I just got to know them and they got to know me. I'm the youngest out of all of them and Kyungsoo was the oldest. They're all from Korea, except for Mari, who's from Japan. A few of us graduated from the same university too. 
                          
They started talking about their families and their significant others and that's when I was reminded.
                          
My head turned to the clock on the wall. I was late. I was supposed to meet Mina for lunch about twenty minutes ago. 
                          
"Shoot!" I stand up, "Sorry guys, lost track of time. I gotta run, but it was nice meeting you all, I'll see you tomorrow!" I gather my things and run out the door. 
                          
I call Mina before getting on the train. 
                          
"Hello?" She picks up.
                          
"Mina, hi, I'm so sorry, I lost track of time at work, but I'm on my way right now. I'm so sorry." I was still out of breath from running to the station.
                          
"It's okay." She says, "I'm glad you called though. I was starting to think something happened." 
                          
"Ah, well, I'm okay."