KOREAN BY HEART OR BLOOD

CHAPTER 2

Abuja, Nigeria.

Yemi arrived Nnamdi Azikwe international airport, sweating and panicking, she almost missed seeing her best friend before she left to China for studies. Due to the current state of the country, Bidemi's parents couldn't afford for her to be coming back home for the holidays. This was most likely the last time Yemi would be able to see her until she finsihes her Bachelors degree.

Yemi roamed through her cellphone to check if Bidemi returned her missed calls but to her suprise, she didn't find any calls, text messages or voice messages.

" I go kill that girl if sey she don already go without saying bye to me, her besty". Yemi murmured to herself in pidgin English as she went round in search of her friend at the airport lobby.

While Yemi made her way to a desk inorder to inquire about the plane departure, she felt fingers on her waist which made her freak out and she fell on the floor. She adjusted her braids off her face inorder for her to see and insult the human being that made her fall.

"Are you.....?" Yemi paused as she saw a girl with black human hair which brought out her oval shaped face and pretty eyes. The pure white top and flowery rainbow coloured palazo gave out her nice body shape plus she was really tall. It was her friend Bidemi. Yemi's eyes rolled as she wished that her friend didn't play her at the airport.

" and the pretty Korean girl got so scared she fell on the floor and her Prince charming came to her rescue. She looked up and saw her Prince charming is Chanyeol from the kpop group EXO but she faints out of suprise. I think this should be your love story" Bidemi wheezed as she busted out laughing, eyeswatering as she looked down at Yemi with glee and streched out her hand to help her up. When Yemi got up, Bidemi put a hand around her shoulder.

"Seriously, did you just fall cause of my touch? Oh my God! thats hilarious" Bidemi smiled.

"If you keep on calling me a Korean, people might get the wrong Idea. Plus I would have kiled you if you had already gone." Yemi gave her a tight hug.

" As for embarrassing me, I will pay you back when I get the chance" Yemi said as she smiled, then she quickly stretched her hand over Bidemi's wig. Bidemi struggled as she tried to keep her wig on.

"Ladies, I'm going to have to ask you to move and sit down to avoid public distirbance". A security officer said to them.

They stopped joking around as they realised they drew attention to themselves. They immediately stood to make sure they looked good.

"We are sorry about that, sir" Bidemi said as they quickly walked away and went to sit down whee Bidemi kept her luggage. Bidemi's flight was rescheduled to leave in 2 hours so they kept each other company while chatting and laughing.

After a while, they could hear a discussion at the desk next to where they sat. A woman was complaining in Korean. Yemi quickly turned to be sure if the person is Korean. The woman was short with pale white skin and black hair. She looked pretty and elderly like her mum but she did not have double eye lids. Yemi had to agree that she looked good with her coat and jeans. Bidemi hit Yemi on her shoulders to snap her out of her observation.

"I think it's a language barrier problem. Go and try to help her cause it seems like she can't speak English. I heard YO in the language many times so I guess it will be Korean" Bidemi said as she tried to push Yemi to go there.

"No, I am not good at speaking Korean. I have only studied Korean for 8 months now, I am not even sure if I can pass TOPIK 1 exams". Yemi replied as she dragged with Bidemi to maintain her sitting position.

"Wow, since you started studying Korean, you didn't allow my ears to have peace of mind. Everytime Aigoo, Saranghae, Oppa, wae, Ya. Now cat don hold your tongue abi? A simple annyeonghaseyo you can't say". Bidemi said sarcastically while counting each Korean word with her fingers, then gave an " I give up " sigh and stood up to go in the direction of the desk where the Korean lady stood confusing the innocent Nigerians and herself.