Astonished, I started wiping the floor in a squat position. “Aishh I’ll be late for work.”

“Need help?” someone asked behind me. I thought it was one of the workers of the coffee shop so without looking back, "ah ne, can you please help me. I'm kinda in a hurry."

I turned back and almost tripped over the drinks I bought. “O sunbae! Why are you here? You should be at work by now." He looked confused. "ah igeo, I bumped into someone when I was going out but then he spilled his coffee and now I’m the one responsible cleaning this up.” I sighed looking at how the floor still look like a mess.

“Gwiyeowo” he chuckled. I was unsure what he meant by saying that. Is he mocking me that I look like a janitor?

“Keundae, gwaenchana? Are your clothes fine? Did the coffee spilled over you too?” he asked while examining my clothes from top to bottom.

“Ne, I’m fine sunbae, but I’m late now. What if Chief get mad at me for being late?”

“I’ll talk to him later. I’ll say that you were asked to run an errand for me. Kaja, I asked the janitor here to clean up.” He asked while holding my hand to help me stand up.

His hands felt so big. Suddenly I remembered how dad used to hold my hand and I smiled to myself. “Ya what are you smiling at, kaja” he said, leading me out the door.

After work seunghyun sunbae walked me home. I was really happy. I felt closer to him. He told me about his stories, about his family, and sometimes I spaced o