While you were sleeping

Ch 1 - Fateful encounter

Beep...beep... the alarm went off. Jimin tossed around in his bed reluctant to get up while flashback of what he dreamt last night. There is always a guy appearing as a knight in his dream to save him from dangers. This is the X times he had such dreams. Not always the case, this guy appears but often it turned out to be the same person.

Jimin lost his father since the age of twelve and ever since he has been living with his mother. It was then he started to have this strange dreams where this guy always saved him in his dream.

"Who the hell is this person and why did he always appears in my dreams" jimin ponders while his mind drifted off again.

"jiminie~are you awake, time for breakfast!" his mother's voice echoed from a distance. Jimin get out of his bed and poised at the mirror. He was slightly amused by his reflection on the mirror with bedhair sticking out while he brushed back before shuffling towards the kitchen.

He sat down at the dining table in a daze, staring blankly at the dishes laid out in front of him. "kimchi fried rice again..." he sighed. His mother gave him a glaring stare. Jimin gulped at the sight thinking that he will be in deadmeat if he did not finish it.

"Jiminie, why aren't you eating...is the food not suit your taste?" his mother asked out of concern not knowing that jimin had the same dish with his colleague for dinner the previous night.

"Erm, no-o.." jimin hesitates while picking up the spoon before scooping a mouthful of rice into his mouth. "Hmmm... is delicious..." jimin fake a smile while munching the rice slowly as though it was hard to swallow Despite so, being a kind child, poor jimin finish up the last portion on the plate leaving only few rice grains.

" Mum, I got to go...let's have dinner tonight at uncle bang restaurant, it's my treat!" Jimin exclaimed in excitement and left.

Jimin stands at the bus stop waiting to catch the bus to work. Suddenly, someone tapped on his shoulder.

"Excus-e me, sir...do you know which bus can I take to get here?" a man wearing a baseball cap with long bangs almost covering his face, dressed in a white blouse under a black leather jacket and blue tight jeans.

Jimin was about to reply when his bus came. Before rushing to board the bus, Jimin manage to take a glimpse at the small piece of paper this man was holding and pointed the other direction. "Thank you!" the man replied in a deep mellow tone. Jimin quickly then got up the bus and was lucky  able to find a seat at the rear.

He placed his suitcase next to him and looked through the window to see if the guy manage to find his way. However, the guy was gone. Jimin felt guilty as he thought that this person might have really lost his way.

The bus took off. About half an hour, he got off the bus and walked towards the office building facing the opposite side of the road.

"Shit! I am going to be late again", he gruntled. He quickened his pace towards the traffic junction to cross the road.

"Why are there so many cars on the road, of all days?" jimin wondered while looking at his watch --- 9.05 a.m. "Shit! I am going to get a lecture from Boss again..."

He scanned on the oncoming flow of traffic while pacing at the same position keeping an eye occassionally on his watch. As soon as traffic slows down, he decided to jay walk and walked towards the right side of the junction.

"Yes! this is the time..." without hesitation, Jimin took a step forward, scurrying across the road when a white hyundai was driving towards him with full speed.

Jimin was totally stunned. His feet started to wobble and he felt as though was nailed to the ground. Before he could react, someone behind shoved him away making him urch forward and stumbled losing his balance before tripping over the edge of the road.

"Are you crazy, don't you want your life!" the screeching sound of the tyres came to a halt, the driver lowered down the windows half, with his head slightly pop out of the window and yelled right at Jimin's face. After making the remark, the driver drove off.

Jimin was still horrified at the incident and could barely refuted. His heart was racing thinking that he would have died at that moment if not for this person who saved him.

Jimin was about to turn around when he saw a tall young man around his age bending down next to him with similar built and attire as the guy whom he met at the bus stop.

"T--hank you, for saving my life..." jimin gasped and spoke for the first time after escaping a narrow death. Jimin raised his head up to get a clear view of his saviour's face but his face was almost covered with a cap.

"No worries, is not a big deal...but is a close shave with death though" the young guy smirked while wiping the dirt on his knee with bare hands.

"Hey are you okay, you are bleeding!" Jimin asked with a concerned look as he realised that the guy was injured with blood stained on his torn jeans.
"Yeah, I am fine just small bruise... is not anything serious, don't worry." the young guy replied with an assuring tone. "How about you, are you okay? You seems quite shocked just now!" The guy asked. Jimin nodded as a gesture that he was fine.

The guy slowly took off his cap and revealed a bunny smile across his sharp jawline. Jimin looked up and gazed at the beautiful structure of this young man with sharp features, dark brownish hair and a pair of round bright doe eyes. Jimin blurted out of the blue "IS YOU! the guy who always appears in my dream!".

The young man chuckled, "haha, so I am the man of your dream now!" Jimin blushed with embarrassment.