"After everything I've been through, I can end it finally" Jae Joon gave a bitter smile as he stood on the railing of rooftop of the company he was just sacked from. "It's really a shame I didn't get to live this life before even ending it, I mean... everything was so perfect, dad and mom were alive, I had a lot of friends and I never had to worry about money" He sighed in frustration as he reminisced of the good times in life.

"I know suicide isn't the best thing to do, at least that's what people living a better life would say but it's just so suffocating, I'm drowning everyday to the point that this isn't life anymore, it's just a punishment" Jae Joon said with tears forming in his eyes.

[Two days ago]

"Where the hell are you Leon? You said you were going to pay me last week and you didn't, I came looking for you in your flat but your landlady said you had moved" Jae Joon said with a confused tone as he sat on a dirty staircase in his building, "why are you so anxious Joon, I invested the money....give me some more days I'll definitely pay you back" Leon said nonchalantly trying to persuade Jae Joon but Jae Joon did not yield. "Then where are you? Did you run away? Leon I would hate to involve the police in this so please just return my money " Jae Joon pleaded in a soft tone as tears were already starting to form in his eyes, he needed to buy some more medicines for his mom and time was already running out. "Are you trying to threaten me? Try and involve the police over such a small amount of money you piece of shit, if you keep running your mouth I'll make you regret it!" Leon said angrily and rained insults on him, eventually ending the call before Jae Joon could say another word.

"What have I gotten myself into?" Jae Joon mumbled scratching his hair in frustration, he gave an heavy sigh and walked back to his apartment. He borrowed Leon the last cash he had, all of his savings because Leon had lied that he was in the hospital, he figured he was scammed by his so-called best buddy and he couldn't go to the police either because Leon knew a lot of neighborhood thugs.

His apartment was not that small but it looked really old like it was falling apart, Jae Joon walked lazily to his fridge but opened it to see nothing but water "damn.... I'm really hungry" Jae Joon said disappointed as he rubbed his stomach through his worn out singlet. He took water and walked to his mirror "I'm really in a bad shape, poverty is really the worst punishment someone can have" Jae Joon gave a long sigh but then his thoughts gets disrupted by a knock.

'pah pah pah' the knock echoed in the room making Jae Joon rush to go open it, he really regretted it as he saw that the guest was his landlady. "Jae Joon, when am I going to receive the payment for your rent, your rent expired two weeks ago" the chubby woman wore an angry expression, "Mrs. Chu, I will pay the rent by the end of this week once the money I'm expecting comes through" Jae Joon pleaded desperately, he could manage not having food or money for transport but he just couldn't handle the thought of being homeless.

"You told me this exact thing last week, Joon if you can't pay your rent by the end of the week, pack your belongings and evacuate from this apartment" the woman said in a serious tone which made Joon know that this time there was no way to escape being thrown out. The chubby woman walked away in anger and Jae Joon just laid flat on his bed thinking about his life.

He was deep in thought wondering how terrible his life was going, he wanted to just sleep and never wake up...end his suffering. As he thought of suicide he heard his phone ring with the caller id 'Su min💕', he turned and picked the phone lazily. "Joon, I tried using your card to pay for the food I just ate and it's not working now the owner is harassing me!" Su min said in a loud tone like she was talking to her servant of something, hearing what she had just said Jae Joon sighed "Just stay put, I'll be there in a minute" Jae Joon said and cut the call before Su min could say another word.

Instead of Su min begging the owner of the restaurant she kept being sassy and throwing unpleasant remarks, the woman who owned the woman got really angry "pay up now or I'll arrest you for dine and dash" the woman said in anger, "you definitely wish, it's not like the food was that nice, I can swear that I definitely saw a bug in the food" Su min rudely said making the woman flare up but Jae Joon was just coming and hurriedly went to stop the brewing fight but it was too late, the two women had started pulling their hairs and scratching their face that Jae Joon had no choice but get in the middle to stop the fight.

"Ugh~ see what that wretched woman did to my clothes, these are really expensive and there's even a scratch on my face" Su min said pointing at a little mark on her face, Joon just sat there looking at her "most of my hair has been pulled out and I have bruises on my face and all she cares about is the little mark on her face why the hell am I even still with her" he scoffed as he was deep in thought, he knew Su min had some character issues but he couldn't leave her because of how much he liked her and he had spent a lot of money on her so he had to hold onto her.

"I'm telling you something and you're scoffing, I smell of fish because of that lady and right now my head~" Su min kept nagging endlessly but she was disrupted by Jae Joon "can you keep your mouth shut just for a moment, I told you to stay put now you've put us in jail and all you can talk about is yourself!" Joon said angrily as he used his hands to hit the cell bars aggressively.

Some minutes passed and police officer came to open the cell "you're free to go, I've paid the bill for you" a female police officer said as she opened the cell, she was like an aunty to Jae Joon, someone he could rely on always. Jae Joon bowed lazily to thank her and then left the station but not with Su Min.

"Hey, there's a gig at the club, one of the servers left last minute so we need you to fill in" a middle aged man spoke to Jae Joon from over the phone, "thanks uncle Un" Jae Joon immediately said, his voice was filled with happiness, if he could get some huge tips and then the payment for working in the bar then he could buy himself a small meal.

That evening Jae Joon hurriedly went to the bar, wore his shirt and tie and began to serve although he was receiving very little tips still something is better than nothing.

"Hey Jae Joon!" The middle aged man that brought brought him for the job called out to him, "Uncle Un, what can I help you with?" Jae Joon rushed to his side with a smile on, "why don't you go serve the VIPs, I heard the ones in room 05 are very wealthy, you could gain some huge tips" Uncle Un informed him. "Thank you " Jae Joon bowed with a wide grin, he really felt like he owed everything to his uncle. His uncle gave his father a job when they first got here and also gave him a job during university and after, he was most greatful to his uncle.

Jae Joon took the tray of liquor glasses and walked into the VIP room, as he stepped into the room his eyes met with someone, a very familiar person.