Author's POV

  Jiyong was rooted on the spot as the realization hit him. He was watching Dara as she made her way to the bus.   'Hi Minah!' Dara greeted while folding her stick. 'Hey Dara! You without Bommie?' the bus driver said. 'Deh. She has some emergency at work.' Dara replied as she was making her way up the bus, feeling the railings in the side.   Still quite shocked, Jiyong saw as if in slow motion, the bus' door slowly closing. A split second decision led him to something crazy. He ran towards the bus and flung his hands to stop the door from closing only to cry out in pain as the door closed in on his hand.   'Ouchhhhhh!' he shouted in pain. 'Young man! What are you doing?!' the driver said panicking. 'Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!' Jiyong shouted even more as the panic-stricken driver seemed to be closing the door more rather than opening it. 'Omo! Omo! Miane! Miane!' said the driver as the door slowly opened. 'Are you crazy? Don't be so careless like that.' the driver add. 'Deh. Miane. Kamsaminda.' Jiyong said while bowing to the driver and adjusting his mask. Man, he sure was screwed. He can feel his face heating up from mixed emotions of pain, embarrassment and shock.   Jiyong was nursing his hand as he makes his way up to the bus while scanning the passengers looking for Dara. He saw her seated at the back of the bus by the window and decided to sit at the opposite end. He adjusted his mask again, afraid that someone might recognize him; it's his first time to ride a public bus after their debut. But, it seems that he need not to worry about that because the bus is almost empty.   As the bus drove off, Jiyong can't help but glance frequently at Dara. Her situation is slowly sinking in to him and he was feeling mixed emotions at the moment.   '!' he cried frustratingly.   Dara tilted her head to the side when she heard Jiyong's curse, a frown marred across her face. Being blind has its ups and downs. She did lost her sight ten years ago because of an accident but she can still see shadows and light on a good day. Surprisingly tho, her lost sight was replaced by the heightened sensitivity of her other senses. Over the years she was able to know how to be sensitive to her surroundings in terms of her sense of hearing, smell and touch. Heck even just a person's presence can get her attention. She can find the subtleties of how a person speak, smell, touch or even stand. Right now, she heard confusion more than anger in the cursing namja besides her.   After 10 minutes into the ride, she can hear a slight snore coming from the side and assumed that it was the man who cursed. She can't help but wonder what's the story of this confused and tired man.   Dara's POV   It was almost my stop and I can still hear the namja snoring. I suddenly feel worried that I might hit him as I d my way out and wake him up but hopefully he wouldn't. When the bus stopped, Minah called out to me, but I already know it was my stop. As I stand up, I think I hit something.   Oh no. I think he is slumped to the side.   I paused for a few seconds and when I didn't hear any disturbance, I slowly made my way out of the back seat and walked to the front of the bus. I said goodbye to Minah while fumbling for my stick.    As I got down, I had to inhale the fresh scent of our neighborhood. You see, it might be a poor part of Seoul but it's more quiet and the air is fresher. As I made my way to the house, I heard the screeching of the bus tires and it seemed that it stop suddenly. I faintly hear Minah shouting something but I wasn't able to catch what it was. Weird. I wonder what happened?   Jiyong's POV   Whew. That was close!   I woke up when the I felt the bus running again and when I looked at the side, Dara is already gone.   Fck! She went down already!   'Chakaman! Chakaman! I need to get down.' I panicked and shouted at the top of my lungs.   The bus halted with a screech and I can see the driver glaring at me. I don't really care tho as I have a bigger problem right now, I do not know where the hell I am. I can hear Minah shouting at me but I didn't really know what she was saying as I was roaming my eyes outside to check where in Seoul I am. I got down from the bus and said sorry to Minah who just huffed and drove away. I still do not know where I am so I reached for my phone and...!   Stupid stupid stupid!   I conveniently left my phone inside my bag as I was hurrying to get away from the others that all I took with me is my black card and a few cash. I screamed in frustratio