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Snapping out of her thoughts, she decided to take in some fresh air. Sitting inside all day was pretty tiring, and she regretted the fact that she took four weeks off from work. She quickly slid into her shoes and put on a light jacket. She was already wearing a warm, oversized sweater and she wasn’t planning on staying on her balcony for longer than a few minutes.

Once on her small balcony, she rested her arms on the railing, getting lost in thoughts as she stared into the distance. It’s not like she could stare far though since she lived on the first floor, which wasn’t that high up. She was admiring the Christmas lights draped around the trees outside when she suddenly heard a scream, not even a second later she saw someone fall. If it was a movie she would’ve laughed by how crazy it looked. She looked over the railings of her balcony, shocked to see Hansol laying in the bushes underneath her balcony. “What the fuck?” She spoke out and quickly made her way outside.

When she reached the boy he was groaning, still laying in the bushes. “Hansol what the fuck, are you okay?” She asked concerned as she carefully helped him get out of the bushes. “I was just trying to put up my Christmas lights on my balcony and-“ a groan came from his mouth when he tried to move. “It didn’t go as planned, and now my leg hurts like hell.” She sighed and looked at the boy with a disappointed look on her face. “Why would you even put lights up like that?” she asked, grabbing her phone out of her pocket. “What are you doing?” Hansol asked her, almost groaning the words instead of talking. “Calling an ambulance you fucking idiot.”

She shifted around in the uncomfortable hospital chair, waiting for Hansol to wake up. They had to put him to sleep for a little bit so they could fix his leg, something like that. She was never the one to understand hospital related things. Since she didn’t really know anything about Hansol’s family, she was the only one who knew about Hansol’s situation. She knew he had a lot of friends who she occasionally saw in the hallways when they were visiting him, but she had no idea how to reach them since Hansol had a password on his phone.

The doctors had told her that he broke a lot of parts in his legs, so there was a cast going from his feet all the way up to his thighs now. She still couldn’t understand how someone could fall off a balcony while putting up Christmas lights. She was clumsy herself, but even she couldn’t have managed to do what Hansol had done. The doctors said he was lucky his leg was the only thing that was broken, it could have been much worse.

“What are you still doing here?” She heard a sleepy voice mumble. She looked up and saw that Hansol had opened his eyes. “Waiting for you to wake up, obviously.” She answered the boy. He looked down at his legs and a surprised expression took place on his face. “You didn’t have to stay here with me.” He said, even though he adored the fact that his downstairs neighbour cared enough for him to stay with him. “It’s okay, I also kind of locked myself outside while I ran outside when you fell off your balcony. I’m still impressed by how you managed to do that though, idiot.” The boy laughed a bit at what she said.

“You call me an idiot but you lock yourself outside, are you sure I am the idiot here?” She rolled her eyes at Hansol’s words. “Seriously though, how are you feeling?” She asked him with a more serious tone in her voice. Hansol took some time to take in the situation he was in. “I’m a bit sore and my leg hurts a little bit, but other than that I’m feeling great.” He answered. “You’re lucky you didn’t get seriously injured.” She said, going over the doctor’s words again in her head. “My whole leg is in a cast, isn’t that serious enough?” He jokingly said to lighten the mood. She rolled her eyes. “I’m being serious, loser.”

Hansol had to stay in the hospital for a few days, and she had visited him every day. He enjoyed her company, and she didn’t really mind to be around him either. His parents and friends had been informed, and they also visited regularly, of course, they still had jobs so they couldn’t visit as often as her, but Hansol assured them that it was fine.

She sat beside him on his hospital bed, he already felt a lot better and he wasn’t sure if that was because of the medicines they gave him or because of her company. They had gotten to know each other well in the past days. But that was inevitable, knowing she spent most of her time in the hospital to keep him company.

“Hansol Chwe?” A doctor came walking into the room while reading through some of the papers in his hand. “You can go home today on the condition that someone has to be with you at all times, you aren’t allowed to walk yet.” The happy expression on Hansol’s face changed into a thinking one, and then into a worried one. “My parents have their jobs and I can’t ask that from my friends, they have to work too.” She thought about it for a while. “I’ll do it, I’m free for the next three weeks.” She said, Hansol’s expression again changing into a perplexed one. “That’s great, in two weeks you get another cast which you’ll be able to walk with.” The doctor said before walking away again, probably putting some things in the system so that Hansol could go home. “You would do that for me?” He asked surprised while pointing at himself. “Of course.” She answered. “I have nothing to do anyway, and you’re good company so I really don’t mind.” She assured him, her face getting a bit red at the last part of her sentence.

She sighed as she put Hansol down on his couch, wiping some imaginary sweat off her forehead for the dramatic effect. “You’re heavy man, wow.” She said and sat down on the chair in his living room. “Hey!” Hansol called out, fake-offended. “It was your idea to help me, so just suck it up.”

A week passed and she and Hansol had gotten pretty close. But what did they expect when they were around each other 24/7? They considered each other good friends by now, most of their relationship consisting of calling each other losers, but they knew they never really meant it.

“Do you need anything?” She asked while standing up from the couch beside Vernon. “Water, food?” She was about to walk to the kitchen when Hansol grabbed her hand. “Is a cuddle okay too? I’m really tired.” He said with a pout she simply couldn’t resist. She tried to hide the blush spreading on her face and agreed, taking her place on the couch next to Hansol again. The boy laid down and placed his head on her lap, immediately getting comfortable. She played with his hair for a while when her thoughts started wandering off. What was that warm, fuzzy feeling she was feeling right now? Was she developing a huge crush on Hansol, or was this normal when you spend 24/7 with someone? Hansol also wasn’t usually like this, he always became a blushing mess when it came to skinship or similar stuff. It must be his medicines, she thought.

Two more weeks went by pretty quickly. Hansol now could do almost everything by himself again, if he avoided too much walking. She had helped Hansol with everything, and the two weeks consisted mostly of playing video games, watching movies, and cuddling. That didn’t help her developing crush at all, and she was pretty sure her crush had developed into something more than that by now.

She wasn’t quite sure if Hansol felt the same. Of course, his face sometimes went red when there was some skinship or jokingly flirting going on, but that could easily have been a result of his big awkwardness.

Packing her bag she thought about the past weeks. She had practically lived with Hansol, since he needed help during the night too. She had always slept in the guest room, besides the few times they fell asleep on the couch while cuddling, which happened more often than they would like to admit.

“Do you really have to leave?” Hansol said standing in the doorway with a pout on his face. “Yes, you can walk close to normal again and I need to get back to work.” She answered while continuing to pack her bag. Hansol’s pout grew bigger. “Suddenly I can’t walk anymore.” She rolled her eyes. “I’m literally a few metres away. You can always text or call me.” “But I will miss you so much,” Vernon whined, he almost resembled a puppy right now, with the pout on his face and the whine in his voice. “It’s not like I move to the other side of the world, Hansol.” She replied to his whines with a sarcastic tone in her voice.

“Seriously though, I will miss you,” Hansol said and grabbed her hand to turn her so she was facing him. They were really close to each other right now. It’s not that they haven’t been this close before, the whole atmosphere was different right now. “I- I think” His eyes moved from her to the floor, which made her raise an eyebrow. Hansol never really was this serious. “I think I really like you and I know this is quick but I really don’t want you to leave” He mumbled really quickly. She had an astonished look on her face, confused if she heard what he said correctly. “Can you repeat that please?” She asked, her voice softer than usual. The boy sighed. “I really like you and I maybe want you to be my girlfriend.” He turned his eyes away from the floor to look her into her eyes. “Please?” He almost whispered. She didn’t say anything but just crashed her lips into his instead, like she had wanted to do for quite some time now. Hansol was perplexed at first, but started reacting when he realized what she was doing.