At about two a.m. Seulgi woke up. The couch was very comfortable, but not meant to be a bed. She picked up her grumbling furry companion who sank right back to sleep in her arms. She moved into the bedroom, depositing the cat on the bed before going to the bathroom.

  She got into bed after washing her hands. She did not quite dry them as well as she thought, so with a wicked gleam in her eye, she wiped her hands on her furry – and more importantly, not wet – companion and ‘pet’ Suki just enough to get her hands dry.

  Suki opened one eye. Noticed a dampness that was not there a moment ago and made a mental note to leave a ‘present’ in her human’s favorite pair of shoes.

  Two very smug entities nestled themselves back into an uninterrupted slumber that was so deep that there was no Prince Charming that could wake them with a kiss.

  But, there was a never be damned enough arm clock that could, four hours ter. Three snoozes ter, she finally sat up and yawned while stretched.

  Seulgi looked in envy at the cat that had blissfully slept through the arms. As much as she loved the furry menace, she still could not quite stop the occasional envy at her simple life. She thought that if reincarnation was a thing, she would not mind coming back as a pampered house cat. There were few other things in life that were more slothful than a sleepy house cat.

  Seulgi ran her fingers sensually through the soft, silky, creamy fur of her best friend. At that moment, Suki forgave her human every transgression and then promptly went back to sleep again. Seulgi could not help but smile when the cat began snoring again.

  Seulgi went out to the living room to do her morning warm up and soft workout. With all of the adventures of the st two days, she thought that she ought to take it easy for the next day or two. She knew that while she felt just fine, she’d been under a lot of stress, both physically and mentally. Nothing harsh, bad, or undue, but still pretty high intensity.

  She put on the morning news while she stretched and limbered up. During the weather forecast, she was ready to start doing some modified yoga and moved on to some basic pites. They had to be basics because she did not have any pites equipment in her home. That is what gyms were for.

  She went through her routines through the various stories. Some k-pop starlet got caught having a boyfriend. One K-pop star also got caught having a boyfriend. Another politician had been impeached on corruption charges. There was a story of note, however. There was a ruckus, nearly a small riot, st night around the area where they all went to do karaoke. She was not aware that she and her friends were the cause of said ‘riot’ because an ever growing crowd was growing when they were all singing. It nearly broke into chaos when the manager tried to shoo everyone away because she and her friends were done.

  There were even one or two people with tears after being told to clear off. The manager assured them all that he was just as upset as they were. Several people offered to give him money to prolong their studio time. He declined as they had already announced their intent to leave.

  For everyone’s safety, the manager talked to the group and expined that there was a rge group of people outside waiting for them. So, as an extra courtesy, he actually led them out the back door so they would not be mobbed.

  After seeing his guests safely off, he went back up front and nearly got lynched when he told everyone to clear off again, as they had all already left. Fortunately, they were all here for the music, so they were a mostly peaceful group and they all left this time. Which was a good thing as the riot squad of police had been notified that there was a Possible Situation and were gearing up.

  The final story before finishing her work out was some k-pop starlet left a suicide note expining that the pressures from her company and her fans were too much. She wanted her members to know that she loved them very much and was sad to go, but she didn’t see another way out. This was shocking because one of her close friends from a boy band had done the same thing st month. Yet, the netizens just mocked them for being weak rather than having any sympathy. Or any guilt in their complicity in pushing them towards this, their final act.

  Seulgi noted the news and was shocked at the story and the response to it. She made a mental note to find out if there was somewhere she could donate some money for the starlet’s funeral or make a donation to a suicide prevention group in her name.

  After her light workout, she started a light breakfast as well. She started with some toast that had butter and jam on it. She wavered through the thought of a muesli breakfast cereal or perhaps an oatmeal. The oatmeal won. You just cannot beat oatmeal with some milk, brown sugar, and some diced-up apple.

  While the toast and oatmeal were cooking, she went through her cool-down exercises. She never really thought about the reflective gze on her windows. However, it was a good thing that it was there. Seulgi being all flushed, slightly sweaty, all with a healthy glow would have had voyeurs from all around trying to peep in on her. It was a sad fact of life, but pretty people of all stripes attract the weirdest people. And occasionally the criminal sorts, too.

  After her cool down and having breakfast, she went to take a quick, light shower. She didn’t have to wash her hair as she just did a quick, light workout. So, she just washed herself off and soaped up to make sure that any lingering scent of her workout was either cleaned or masked.

  After drying off well enough not to bother the cat, again, she got herself dressed. She looked at herself in the full length mirror and turned right and left observing her presentation. She was normally and nominally a humble person who did not take much stock in her looks. But this morning, she had her hair draped over her left shoulder, and she was in her bck pencil skirt, blood red blouse, bck business jacket, and jet bck hose with heels to match. She looked at herself in the mirror, showing her reflection looking smugly back at her. She was not just content with her reflection, she was thinking to herself: Damn, I look good. And she did.