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Chapter five

Waking up everyday was always harsh. Especially if your dreams were better than reality. If it was up to me, I think I would sleep forever and live within my dreams. But unfortunately life doesn't work that way. I got up from bed with great difficulty and let myself sink to my wheelchair nearby as I tied my messy hair to a ponytail.

After about 30 minutes of doing my morning routine I went out of my room to get some coffee. Usually I always go out and give myself a break by visiting places, after mourning over the death of my parents but traffic has been a pain in the neck lately and it was a nightmare to move around in public transport.
So I just decided to stay in this time. I made myself coffee and settled down near my desk, browsing over different items for the disabled they have on the online shopping sites.

There was this item I have kept my eyes on for quite some time now. But I was in no position to be able to afford it any time soon, but I still looked at it everyday. It was the new " Mobility Electric Power Motorized Portable Scooter Wheelchair". The name does its job of describing how fancy it was. I often wondered how easy my life would have been if I owned it. It was always tough having a manual wheelchair.

All those sleepless nights when my arms got sore, it would be so nice to have one that was controlled by just buttons. But the problem was, it was about $9000 and considering how I still have rent and bills to pay, it would take some time to save that amount of money. I can't live off my parent's money forever and you never know when the government would back out from providing the disabled with essential funds.

I was in deep thoughts about what I should do to earn my own money when the door bell rang.

I frowned not sure why I was having company today. I went to open the door muttering to myself about how I needed my own space just for today.

"Auntie Haeyoung I thought you- " I stopped when I saw that it wasn't my neighbor.

"Jimin??!!" My mouth dropped open.

He was the last person I expected to see, so I was very surprised.
He smiled sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head. "Leah. Hi."

I folded my arms as I scanned the boy on my doorstep. He was wearing a grey hoodie and a red beanie which made his hair stand out a lot more. "Why are- How, how did you find me?" I guess he saw the bewildered look on my face.

"I-um okay I might have followed you for a bit, but not in a creepy way like you know, I wasn't stalking you or anything of course, I wouldn't do that. I was just you-" he started talking real fast.

"Jimin, slow down. I can't process anything you're saying." I cut him off with a smirk." It was cute to see him rambling.

"Okay, I felt bad about how I behaved yesterday. I could see why it offended you, I was really sorry and I just wanted to apologize. But you left so sudden, I didn't have a chance." He replied, this time a bit slower.

"Okay." I nodded. "What about the part where you tell me how you found me?".
"Well, I was worried you know, if you reached home safely and so I might have followed you, erm and I saw you get in". He replied shyly.

On normal circumstances, I would get pissed because a stranger followed me. But weirdly all I did was smile at how cute he was being. This man was surely full of charms. I wondered if he was aware of it.

I surveyed the whole situation in my head and decided to invite him in, since he probably drove a lot, to come here and also it was cold outside. "Come in" I turned around and let him follow me. I noticed that he was carrying something and it smelled really nice.

"I picked up these from the bakery today morning, while I was coming here. Thought you'd like it" He said, as if he read my mind.

"What is it?" I asked a bit too fast which made him laugh.