Baepsae (private)

The doors swung close behind Jaehyun. He had only spent a few minutes outside in the storm, trying to find the entrance to the mansion and cussing like a Korean sailor, yet his clothes looked as if he'd fallen into a raging cataract. Absolutely ruined. Eomma would not be pleased.

But that stopped being important the moment he looked around. The inside of the house made him forgot everything.
The room was enormous, with a fireplace and a scaly rug that looked strangely like snake skin. The cedar ceiling was five stories high, held up by stone pillars covered in colourful hieroglyphs. A statue of Thoth stood in the middle, dark and gleaming. As if an old Egyptian mansion had been revamped by a 21st century architect.
...And then taken over by a bunch of middle-schoolers. Shoes and food wrappings were scattered around, some Egyptian game that looked like senet sat in a corner. Remote controllers lay in tangles like a plate of spaghetti next to a pile of DVDs and video games.
He barely had the time to gawk though, as a girl approached him, a blonde monkey climbing over her shoulder. Weirdly enough, the ape wore a purple Lakers jersey. Huh? As for the girl, she was dressed in simple white clothes kind of like a dobok, her eyes lined with khol Egyptian-style. She was very tan and had dark shoulder-length hair.  Jaehyun wasn't really into girls, but he had to admit she looked pretty.

"My name is Ahn Jaehyun," he showed her the djed amulet. "Am I here, is this it? The Kane siblings?" 

The house seemed amazing. Even to Jaehyun, who'd lived in grandiose flats and picturesque country houses all his life.
Finally, the girl called Theo stopped in front of a door and opened it for him. He smiled and squeezed past her. For some reason, she smelled of men's deodorant... odd. But maybe she had a boyfriend? He walked into his room and dropped his designer bag on the floor.

"Wow...." He did a 360. The bed was king size, with weird headrest that looked like painted wood ... or ivory. He also had a walk-in closet, a fancy Western bathroom, a TV and a fridge. A balcony overlooked the river. Like the Great Room, it was all a mix of modern designer and Ancient Egyptian. For a bunch of teenagers living together, Jaehyun was expecting something much less....sophisticated. This was a pleasant surprise.