Little Happiness

Letter 8

"Chanyeol-ssi?" I called him, still. He immediately stopped looking at his phone and turned his attention to me. "We're leaving now," I told him in a soft voice. "Oh, sorry," he said as he took his sling bag and put it on him.

"Uh... can... you... possibly..." I uttered. I was stuttering as I looked at him. He was not looking at me, he was fixing his bag but then he looked back at me after. "Can I what?" he asked, smiling a little. "Please go on," he added, waiting for me to finish my sentence.

"Can you... drive... for us?" I asked him. "Sure, just tell me where to go," he said as he opened the bottled water and took a sip. "Thank you," I uttered. He looked at me again as he sealed the bottle of water. "You don't have to feel shy," he told me, out of the blue, as he kept the bottle into his bag. "You don't have to feel burdened too. I'm also a volunteer doing community service," he said as he held out his hand.

I looked at his palm and faintly smiled, I handed him the keys to the van. We went outside and saw Abby waiting for us. "You sit there," she told me as she closed the van's door. Chanyeol went straight to the driver's seat, I asked Felix to look after the building as I hopped into the van.

"Don't worry, I'll clean the building while you're all out!" Felix said as he smiled, waiving goodbye to us. "Seatbelt please," Chanyeol said as he put on his seatbelt. I fastened the seatbelt on me and saw him put his bag in between us. "Just tell me which way to go," he said as he started driving.

[A/N: Conversations between Michelle and Koreans are in Korean]

"Go left," I told him and we arrived the center. I saw Ginger waiting for us, along with Joshua who kept waving. I hopped off the vehicle to greet them and help with the bags. "Ricky, help them put these inside the van," Ginger asked Ricky as she smiled at me. Chanyeol also went down and naturally helped Ricky carry the bags of food.

"Who is that?" Ginger asked me, out of curiosity. "A new volunteer," Abby answered as she smiled. "Oh really?" she asked as she looked at him. "He looks like you, fair skin," Ginger said as she touched my hand. But he's nowhere in my league. No way.

"Oh right. Here's breakfast. I made you sandwiches," Ginger gave me a separate bag for us to eat in the van. I smiled and thanked her for her caring action. "Is it a long drive?" she added. Abby smiled at her as she grabbed the bag. "If he's a good driver we'll get there in an hour and a half," she answered.

"Is it only the 2 of you? I mean 3," Ginger asked while looking at Chanyeol as he closed the van's door. "Sean will meet us there," I answered smiling. "You should go now, you'll be late!" She hurriedly pushed us away. I smiled and waved goodbye to her and Joshua who was playing with his toys.

We went back into the van and drove away. We were supposed to be there before or by lunch time. Judging Chanyeol's driving, we'd get there on time. "Here," Abby handed me a sandwich. "It's egg sandwich," she added as she ate. I looked at Chanyeol who was driving, had he eaten breakfast before he left?

"Chanyeol-ssi, do you want a sandwich? It's egg," I offered him. He looked at me and smiled as he took the sandwich from my hand. I guess he was hungry. He's a guy after all. I took one for myself too and started eating. Chanyeol was done eating his sandwich, when I offered him some refreshments.

"Water," he answered. I took a bottle of water and was about to open it when I felt something vibrating. I checked to see if it was my phone but it wasn't. It was coming from Chanyeol's bag. "Your phone is ringing," I told him as he drove.