Park Su-Jin was a twenty-four years old college graduate, and a rather cheerful girl. She enjoyed almost everything in life, and had a positive mentality.
However, she had a mortal enemy, and that was the alarm clock.
If there was anything she hated most in the world was having to wake up early in the morning. It was really a mystery even for her how she had managed to get through school without missing a single morning class.
Little did she know that the unknown hero of her success was none other than her younger brother. He was the one who made the brave effort of going inside the monster's lair in order to wake her up. That particular morning was going to be worse than usual, though.
Two days ago, Su-Jin received an email, letting her know she had been accepted as an intern at Kangji Tourism, the biggest travel company in Seoul. It wasn't easy getting a job there, and she had been happy beyond words at her good fortune.
However, she also felt nervous and scared. That internship meant a lot to her, as it was the only chance to successfully enter the travel industry.
Therefore, the night before her first day at work, she had barely slept. She kept tossing and turning, the nerves making her brain think of all sorts of things, until she finally managed to fall asleep at six in the morning.
Work hours began at nine, and she had to wake up at seven in order to get there in time. That left her with only one hour of sleep before the 'enemy' sang its shrill song.
Sometime around half past seven, Su-Jin's bedroom door suddenly opened.
A young man appeared on the threshold, enshrouded in the fuzzy light coming from the hallway. He was tall, with hair the color of coffee and white skin like that of K-pop idols.
He knew better than to adventure further inside his sister's territory. Instead, he peeked around, his light brown eyes analyzing the surroundings.
In a quick glance he saw his sister lying face-down on the bed. As usual, she was half strangled by the sheets. The alarm clock was also lying face-down, in the farthest corner of the room. It looked quite pitiful, with its glass broken and heavily dented frame. Just by looking at this, it was clear who had won the war.
'I really pity the man who will end up marrying this creature. Of course, that is if anyone would even dare approach her.' Min-Jun thought to himself, letting out a loud sigh.
"Time to wake up, sis. It's already half past seven. If you delay any longer, you will be late on your first day of work." He said loudly, crossing his arms and leaning against the doorframe.
At his voice, Su-Jin's body stirred a little, but she didn't open her eyes.
"Sis, it's late. Wake up!" her brother tried again, sounding slightly impatient.
Park Min-Jun was usually a very calm and patient guy. What usually strained his nerves, though, was having to wake up his monstrous sister.
That morning, the task was proving to be more difficult than usual, though. Being a high school senior with one month until summer vacation, Min-Jun was also a bit stressed with the approaching exams. Therefore, seeing his sister not even opening her eyes made him finally snap.
Looking about the room, he saw a square pillow lying at his feet. A K-pop band was printed on it in flashy colors. He scrunched up his nose at the ostentatious coloring, but still picked it up. With one last glance at his sister, and without a trace of hesitation, he threw the pillow at her head with full force.
"WAKE UP I SAID! IT'S LATE!" he bellowed.
The shock of having something thrown at her head, as well as her brother's voice sounding so abnormally loud, made Su-Jin finally open her eyes. She had to blink a few times before she could see clearly.
"I'll be waiting for you downstairs. Breakfast is ready." Min-Jun said before closing the door, leaving his sister alone to get ready.
Su-Jin blurrily saw the door closing and took another moment before finally sliding out of bed. It usually took her about ten minutes to get ready, which was indeed very lucky. Therefore, she got undressed, put on her jeans and a T-shirt that had been almost strategically left on the side of the bed, and tied her hair. Or at least she attempted to do so.
Apparently her long, dark-chestnut colored hair was just as stubborn as she was in the morning, and didn't quite agree with the bun she wanted to keep it in.
After a couple of minutes, Su-Jin finally decided to give up the attempts at making herself look presentable. Looking one last time into the mirror, she saw her bright hazel eyes giving her a scrutinizing stare.
"I guess this is as good as it will get." She muttered.
A second later, she got ready to leave the room in a haste. Just before she closed the door, she glanced inside, shooting the alarm clock a satisfied grin. The casualty of war simply laid there, pitiful and quiet.
"You do realize that's the second one this week." Min-Jun grumbled as soon as he saw his sister walk into the kitchen.
"Second what?" Su-Jin asked, pretending to not understand her brother's statement.
"Alarm clock." he retorted flatly, not amused by her attempt at feigning ignorance. "You really should consider using your phone instead. Maybe that way you will refrain from damaging other objects in your morning fury."
"My phone?!" Su-Jin cried out in fake shock. "Never! You know how precious my phone is to me, Min-Jun. I should never like to see it being smashed against the walls." she finished with a serious nod, while battling the toaster for the bread.
After a few attempts, Su-Jin finally managed to release the two slices of bread, and was now happily munching on one of them. Her brother was looking at her with a slight scowl on his face.
"Then maybe you should stop acting like a demon every time you have to wake up in the morning. It's not like the alarm clocks are doing that out of their own free will either, sis." Min-Jun said wearily.
"Really? I could have sworn they are." Su-Jin replied with a grin.