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"...My name on your lips, your air in lungs, drowned in oxygen, now you’ve set the scene, high on intimacy, drawing me above…I just want it all (just your shadow, just your voice), I just want it all (and my soul), in my head, in my veins, in the way you give and take, on my body, on my brain..." The xx: Lips
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As Mina watched the sun begin to set, she let out a heavy sigh and hugged her knees closer to her chest, only focusing back on reality when she felt something being draped over her shoulders.
“You know it’s only February right? You could catch a cold wearing that skimpy outfit out here.” The other spoke as they crouched down beside her.
“You know you could get cancer from sucking on those things right?” Mina retorted, scoffing at the bartender.
“Touché.” Jeongyeon chuckled, taking another drag before blowing it in Mina’s direction making her cringe at the smell. “We open in five. Nayeon’s asking for you.”
Pursing her lips, Mina glanced at Jeongyeon before quickly pulling the cigarette from Jeongyeon’s lips and promptly snuffing it under her heel. “Thanks for the jacket,” she said, leisurely walking towards the grey building.
“No problem,” the latter muttered as they stared dejectedly at the smoldering cylinder on the cement.
//
Pushing inside, Mina was immediately grabbed and dragged into the back.
“There you are. I need you to get ready, we're short on staff tonight.”
Mina nodded in understanding and begin to dress for work, watching silently as the other girls shuffled in and out, all preparing for the long night ahead of them.
“We're live in six!” Nayeon called as she tacked the schedule sheet the wall.
Squeezing her way to the front, Mina scanned the sheet to find her name and assignment, only to groan at what she saw.
Ten to three were peak hours for them, and getting assigned to the back room at those times was the absolute worst.
"Looks like it's just you and I tonight." Momo said, sliding up next to her.
"Only you and I?"
"Tzuyu is up front tonight."
Fantastic.
Sauntering away from the other, Mina made her way to the dimly lit hallway on the opposite side of the club, nodding silently to the large bouncer near the entrance before fishing a key out of her pocket to slip into the first room on the left.
Inside the bed was covered with oversized sheets and a solitary lightbulb flickered in an ominous manner.
Sitting down on the edge of the bed, she sighed and begin the count down the minutes until her shift ended, humming along to the bass heavy song that poured through the walls of the room.
It was time to work.
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In the midst of her daydreaming a commotion could be heard on the other side of the door, alerting her to right herself in anticipation.
The door swung open and a figure was led inside; a trailing voice from outside telling her the client had paid for an hour of her time.
Looking at the figure from her spot on the bed, she was surprised.
Not by the fact that she was a woman, but by the girls physique and general aesthetic; she barely looked legal to Mina.
In an oversized sweatshirt, jeans and a pair of beat up sneaker, she definitely wasn't her usual customer.
"Hey, why don't you come sit by me?" She tried gently, gracefully making her way towards the girl.
"Uh? Oh, um I-actually-" The figure stuttered out, slowly backing away from her advances, face red and nervous.
"It's alright, I won't bite." She smiled.
"Are you nervous?"
"Um, no. No, no. Ok. Just. Maybe a little. I don't- I don't usually do this."
Reaching up, Mina trailed a hand across over the girls shoulder. "I can tell, what's your name?"
"Ch-Chaeyoung."
"Well, Chaeyoung, want to come sit with me over there? I assume they told you the rules?”
Coaxing both of them towards the bed, Mina went to gently push the girl- Chaeyoung- to sit before swinging a leg over her hips and straddled her.
"Um-oh my god. Ok." Chaeyoung burned red and looked anywhere but at the scantily clad figure in her lap. "I- it's- my birthday. Today is my, um, birthday."
"Mm, really? Happy birthday," She said, gently shifting to press herself closer, "is that why you're here? To celebrate?"
"Eh, um. My friends made me come actually. I don't- clubs really aren't my, my thing."
Peering down at her client through the hazy light, she leaned in close enough to smell the alcohol on their lips. "So you've said. Do you know what you're here for?"
"Y-yeah."
"And what do you want."
"What?"
Raising an eyebrow she smiled. This girl was obviously out of her depth; oozing with an innocence that was so unfamiliar to her.
"Do you, want me to dance for you?" She asked, looking to the pole situated near the corner of the room, before using her core to grind down into Chaeyoung's lap. "Or, do you want something a little more personal?"
"I-I don't know."
Continuing her movements, Mina leaned forward to brush her lips agains the shell of her ear and wrap her arms around the others neck. "It's up to you, you paid for an hour. Whatever you want."
Their faces were close, breaths heavy- faces red from the intimacy.
"You-you're really pretty." Chaeyoung spoke, finally looking into her eyes as she continuously fumbled the position of her hands on the bed.
"So I've been told." Mina smirked, threading her hand through short locks.
"What- um, your name? What's your name."
"You can call me whatever you like."
"Oh. Um-"
"Mm? What was that?"
"Would you mind- um, could you please stop moving?" Chaeyoung panted out, clearly trying her hardest to concentrate on forming words.
"Sure, ok." She said slightly surprised. "Did you decide what you want?"
"Um- it might be a bit. Weird."
"Oh? What is it."
It certainly wasn't the first time she'd heard that. Maybe this Chaeyoung wasn't as innocent as she had though.
"I- do you mind if we just. Sit here?"
Or maybe she was.
"Eh? But, you paid for an hour."
This certainly wasn't how she envisioned her night going.
"D-don't get me wrong! It's not you- I just- I don't. I'm not really sure-" Closing her eyes tightly, Chaeyoung went mum and scooted to the far end of the mattress.
Observing her from her own spot, Mina sighed. "I apologize if I came off a bit- strong. Usually customers enjoy that."
"I should be apologizing to you- I, you're just trying to do your job."
"Yeah."
An awkward silence fell over the room before Chaeyoung spoke again, sounding the most sober she had all night. "Do you- do you get paid the full hour if I don't stay?"
"Usually not." She replied, surprised yet again by the girl.
"Oh. Well then I'll just wait here then. If you don't mind."
Laying down, she laughed and shook her head in disbelief. "Whatever you want."
She could safely say she had never met anyone like Chaeyoung before.
Especially not in her line of work.
Not like she was complaining or anything; it was as refreshing as it was confusing.
Splaying out on the bed and stretching, she grabbed a pillow and to cover herself as much as possible and turned away from the other body on the bed.
Definitely, not how she saw her night going.