Annyeonghaseyo Artemis

[Eun Ju Han]

Everyone was getting settled in. She left the drinks on the bar incase anyone who hadn’t taken one wanted one, and took her own. It was nice to have the tastes of home when she could. It reminded her of all the good times growing up. She had talked a lot with Damian and told him a great deal about her upbringing through not all of it would make sense to him just yet. She had mentioned that her Halmoni had raised her and her brothers but never really mentioned her parents. Though, partly that was because they weren’t her parents in any way except for biologically. Unfortunately, they had decided on their careers over family and so Halmoni had raised her grandchildren even when she should have been resting and enjoying her life. Never once had she made the children feel like a burden and Halmoni would forever be the parent Ju recognized.

Damian had walked off with someone Ju didn’t know and hadn’t met, she hoped it was a friend but judging by the way Damian’s face changed during that moment she doubted that was the case. Her eyes followed the pair for a moment, glass half way to her mouth as if frozen in time. It wasn’t her place to be so worried but it was just her way to be concerned over someone she cared about. If it was important she assumed he would let her know later. There was no use in staring so she turned to the party and smiled.

Everyone seemed to have found their people, groups had broken off, food was being eaten, drinks being had, and conversation was flowing. Which was wonderful, but she wanted to make sure people got out of their comfort zones too. Ju finished the last of her drink, the bitter tang of the soju and beer mixture. Putting her glass on the bar where she got it from she crossed over to the large screen which was showing off the beauty of the Korean mountainside peacefully. She picked up the remote and began to thumb through some of the menus to get to the karaoke menu because they needed to get this party started. A little liquid courage mixed with some great music was going to make a great time here. Ju was not a very shy person, though she could be, depending on the circumstances. She was more than willing to get them started and singing in front of people was something she had done with friends for a long time back home.

“Okay everyone! It’s time for even better fun! I’m going to get us started with Karaoke!! Lets crank it up!” Ju said loudly so most everyone could hear. There were several who had remarked they would do karaoke with her so she was glad she wouldn’t be the only one up here singing in Korean but she would be the one who likely did it the best. Still, it was going to be fun to do this together and there were enough Kpop songs with a decent amount of English and common in them that if you were good at picking you would have no problems at least being moderately successful. She knew which song she wanted to start with, she had been a little torn at first but she also decided it was best to go hard for the first song so that people would see her making an absolute fool of herself and not feel bad for joining in once her song was done.

So she started off with an oldie but goodie; Work by ATEEZ. The song was more rap like but it had some singing areas and it was just a fun carefree song. As she stood up on the platform in front of the video that now played behind her you could see that Ju was having a great time. Dancing to the music as best as she could, though she was not trained as an idol, she had some moves. Her hair bounced around her a smile on her face and her face showed her confidence as she had fun being the first up on the stage.

==Song link from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGnOpZhsPk4==