Moving in to an apartment for a fresh start in a new city seems to be just the thing that twenty five year old Lia Song needs. When rumors start swirling about her reclusive apartment neighbor, it naturally piques her interest. She never expects to...
Tuesday morning Lia got up and got ready for work again. She hoped that she would be able to make it through the day without dragging too badly. Between the day with Taehyung and Yeontan yipping for attention what felt like every five minutes, she had a hard time sleeping last night.
As she was leaving her apartment, she noticed the door to the apartment across the way suddenly fly open. Stumbling out and hopping around on one leg was a man clad in black. It was quite a familiar sight to her now. Lia finished locking her apartment door, chuckling at the plight of the other man as he managed to find his footing once shoving his shoe on.
"In a hurry?"
The man turned to look at her then, and even though his face was covered currently by a mask, she could tell there was a grin hidden underneath it. He came over to her and held out a hand for her to shake.
"Hiya! My name is Hoseok, but feel free to call me Hobi."
Lia chuckled at the enthusiasm that seemed to burst from the man in front of her. She never felt that enthusiastic herself until she had gotten at least a cup of coffee or two in her system. Shaking his hand, she soon released it to begin walking down the stairs that led out of the apartment building. Hobi moved to follow after her. As was routine now, Hobi uncovered himself once they were a few blocks away.
Hobi had a head of brown hair much like Jungkook's, but it was a lighter shade. It reminded Lia of the color of coffee once cream was added to it. His eyes were a much darker shade of brown, but lit up whenever he smiled. His smile seemed to be never ending.
"I read everyone's notes," Hobi said as they walked. "You're getting rave reviews from them all, even Yoongi and he's hard to get to sometime."
"As I told Taehyung the other day, that's surprising considering we talked through a door," said Lia.
"Well, he's just not a people person. Don't mind him."
"You seem to be a people person though," said Lia. "You're very outgoing."
"I figure if I only get to savor one day a week, I might as well make the most of it. Locking myself up in the apartment won't change things, so I just don't," said Hobi.
"What do you normally do during your one day a week?" asked Lia.
"Normally I go out and try to find at least one person that I can make happier," said Hobi. "I call it my sunshine service."
"You're telling me you spend the one day you have a week making someone else happy?"
"Yeah," said Hobi, pulling up short in his walking when Lia did. He scrunched up his brows when he saw her standing there staring at him. "Is there something wrong with that?"
"No...no nothing is wrong with that. It just seems so selfless."
"It's not like doing something for myself will amount to much," said Hobi, "but doing something for someone else to help make their day better...it could change their life."
Lia shook her head. This man was absolutely remarkable. Who were these guys? She was beginning to believe that each and every one of them was too good to be true.
"Be careful. Leaving your mouth open for that long might make you swallow some flies," remarked Hobi to snap Lia out of her thoughts; the two of them sharing a laugh.
As they started walking towards her work again, Hobi looked over at her.
"Just so you know, since we all have a new friend now, you're going to automatically be the person that gets sunshine service every Tuesday!"
Lia paused again just a few steps outside her place of employment, watching as Hobi dug into a pouch that he had about his waist. She watched him unzip it and rummage through it for a moment before pulling out a yellow smiley face sticker. As he held it in his hand, he ripped the back off it and stuck it to Lia's shirt.
"What is this for?" she asked with a slight chuckle as she looked down at the overly happy sticker.
"To make you smile! You look very green around the gills right now," said Hobi, "You can't look at the sticker and not smile."
Lia supposed that was true. She already had a smile on her face as she looked over at Hobi.
"Thanks," she said. "Did you hear from the others when I get off work?"
"Yes I did," said Hobi, "But do you mind if I do like him and hang out in the waiting room?"
"You really want to waste your day that way?"
"I'm your sunshine service. It's not a waste! Who knows if you might need an impromptu smile throughout the day!"
Lia chuckled, shaking her head. It was a good thing that she never cared much about what other people had to say about her. No doubt there were rumors circulating about her because she was the new employee and because she kept trailing in all these different men. As she walked into the building, Hobi parted from her to go sit in the waiting room. As Lia thought would happen, she could hear different co-workers around her gossiping. They were failing to not be obvious about it. She was happy when she could have a break to get away from then.
For lunch she went to go get some food with Hobi at a nearby bistro; the two of them strolling through the park and getting to know each other better after they ate. After that she went back to work with some flowers on her desk from Hobi that he bought for her on the way back. When her shift was finally done for the day, her and Hobi decided to go home and try to teach Yeontan some new tricks. The rest of the evening caused Lia to forget the stress that was caused by her workplace. Every time Hobi tried (and failed) to teach Yeontan something, Lia never failed to laugh. By the time Hobi left her for the evening, she couldn't help but wonder how she could have gotten so lucky.
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