1 Gifts and Mess ups

Jeon Ara

"I am a mess " I sighed before seeing the condition of my rundown apartment. Its horrible in short. My apartment has a room , a living room and a kitchen. Right now everything was a mess. My bed was full of clothes and my study table was scattered with papers and books. The living room was filled with alcohol bottles and leftover snacks. The kitchen was another mess. It has a pile of dirty dishes of the week. My house was a mess in short . I usually clean everything on sunday and today is the glorious sunday. Yet I don't have a heart to do anything. Not because I am lazy but because I have to do overtime work at my two jobs to get extra pay at the end of the month. My dad is an alcoholic . He hardly comes home and even if he comes the living room is his place to thrive. I am not letting that stinking man into my room. Only when he is sober he is allowed to sleep with me or enter my room. Well we live in such a rundown apartment because this is what I can afford right now. I do four jobs everyday along with my schooling. I distribute newspapers in the morning on my scooty to almost 150 houses. Then after my school gets over i work in a convenience store for 4 hours. Then I work in a cafe as a desert chief for three hours. Lastly I work till 2:00 in the night as a delivery girl. Yes I have tight and hectic schedules but this is what my life is. I have to struggle to make my ends meet. But what should I do of this mess. I took all of my clothes and dumped them inside my closet. I changed the bedsheets and dusted the room. Dumping the trash in the trash bag . I collected the papers randomly and piled them together. I piled the books and copies together too. I placed them inside the drawers of my study table. I sighed as my room looked decent in clean right now. My phone buzzed as I picked it up seeing it be dragon.

"What?" I asked dramatically and he scoffed at the other end.

"The fuck you mean by what lady. Bring your ass here right now. Weren't you the one desperately wanting this job. " min ho yelled loosing his calm

"I am on my way . so stop freaking out dude. " I said rolling my eyes and he calmed down a bit.

I hanged the call before he starts off with his another session of instructions. I put on my white sneakers as my black jeans and cream coloured half sleeves top was great. I don't need to change at least. I picked up the trash bag and dumped all the snacks and the beer bottles in it . Taking my scooty keys I sprinted out of my apartment. Dumping the trash bag I immediately started my scooty as its engine roared to life. I reached the convenience store and started to work quietly until someone tapped on my shoulder.

"Are you trying to avoid me girl!" Min ho stood their raising his eyebrows as i tried to find something to get out of this situation.

"Can I get some help." A lady asked as i took it as an opportunity to leave .

"yes ma'am what do you want help with. " i asked politely . I observed her carefully and she looked like a pretty wealthy women. She was wearing a red bodycon dress with a slit on her right thigh. She wore nude heels which looked quite expensive along with diamond accessories. I can stamp on the fact that she is filthy rich.

"Well we need help in something there. " a handsome man appeared from behind the lady. He was wearing a very exquisite black tuxedo and his aura was real intimidating. Though he was smiling warmly at me . Yet i was feeling chills down my spine. One more thing i didn't missed about them was they looked so young. I mean they looked like main leads of some Korean Drama .They really don't look like their age. I mean their customer id is showing them to 54 and they are looking like someone in early 30's how is this even possible.

"Are you listening dear!" The lady said softly bringing me out of my daze.

"Ya but those three sections are the new edition to our store. One is for buying gifts for your loved one's . One is a gaming zone and one for study supplies of kids. Because our store is near a school so our owner thought it to be profitable to open it. There are helpers in there to help you guys. " i said politely and the couple frowned at me.

"Dear we need to buy gifts for our son and daughter. Can you please help us. Our three sons and one daughter are of your age . so it will be helpful if you help us. " the man said calmly as the women smacked his head.

"Our one son and daughter is of your age and other two sons are older than you but they must be in your grade because they had to repeat a year as they met with a brutal accident last year. Along with that we have four more sons. It would be better if someone like you help us. " the lady said politly.

"Honey what did I say wrong in this. If those two idiots will be with people younger to them all the time then they will be considered their age only" the man said stubbornly and pouted at her as the lady rolled her eyes at his drama.

"Ma'am I would love to help you. But if you guys are giving gifts to your children then it would be better if you select them. After all it will not only show your love to them but your sincerity too. " i replied smilingly . well no matter how bad my father is . He always brings a gift for me whenever he earns and he selects it himself. I love him for that. Though he isn't of much help but he loves me enough to get me going through this tough life.

"Ok dear so what should we do. " the lady asked worriedly. "I have an idea if you would like to hear." I said carefully and both of them looked at me curiously. This duo is completely adorable . How does their kids handle them.

"Well it is that you can tell me about your kids one by one and then all three of us will get a gift for them. We will select the best out of them or if you want you can gift them all three. " I said carefully and both of them jumped squealing like teenage kids.

"Yes definatly you are a life saver girl. " Both of them yelled hugging me and I was taken a back by the sudden hug.

"Hey you bitch why aren't you replying to my messages. What the hell did you tell Go Nam soo . I am telling you I won't mind dragging you down along with me " Min ho yelled sauntering over to her.

"Calm down Min Ho I didn't tell him that we smoke . I just told him about the bunk . Stop freaking out like an asshole . I will also get caught because of you. " I yelped sternly and he was shut in an instant and left without a word. The couple looked at me wide-eyed as I rolled my eyes.

"You smoke !!" They asked terrified and I shrugged my shoulders. I had really no time to deal with their culture shocks.

"I do a lot of stuff which isn't your concern . Come lets go to the shop. " I said monotonousely and they followed me.

" so what's your oldest son is like. " I asked them curiously and there face lit up in an instant.

"Well we have twins . They both are 26 years old and are professors in Geodae school. They also handle Geodae foundation. We have schools across the globe and they handle everything so efficiently and it took a lot of burden off our shoulders . " the man said proudly and I gave him a duh look.

"Sorry to be rude but I asked how they are personally and not how they are professionally . With your talks I can tell you to gift them one more chain of schools to handle. But that won't make them happy but burden them more. I want relevant details sir. " I said as politely as I can putting on a fake smile. As the man's face lost its colours as if for the first time somebody wasn't moved by his son's achievements. The lady laughed at him heartily making him sulk more. My lips did curve in to a smile seeing the two.

"Ok dear so one is Seokjin and he loves cooking. He loves his appearance too and always brags about it . He is soft-hearted and takes care of all his siblings. He is the first person they go to without any fear. Then we have Suga. He has temper issues and sleeps a hell lot. He is the one who is strict and keeps the siblings in check. He is quite funloving too. It all depends on his mood. " the lady said smilingly and I nodded at her.

"The other's " I asked as she looked at me weirdly .

" aren't we going to buy for these two first. " she asked skeptically as I nodded my head in a no.

"You tell me about all of them so I can go at once and bring what I feel will be good for them" I said smiling warmly at her as she nodded.

"Well in that case the next set of twins is Hoseok and Namjoon. Namjoon and Hoseok are in university . Hoseok is a goofball always having his ways with his hyungs. He brightens everyone's day. He smiles often and calls himself the hope of the family. Everybody adores him for that. He sure takes away our stress. He loves to speak motivatingly therefore he is doing course to become a motivational speaker and an rj . Namjoon loves doing business. He studies hard and he likes to know about new things and learn new languages. He sure is gonna handle our company in the future. He has leadership qualities since childhood. The next set of twins is Taehyung and Jimin. Both are in your grade because of brutal accident they were in . They have to be hospitalised for a year. So ya . jimin is soft-hearted and chirpy. He loves to hug and is always there whenever he thinks anyone is going through a hard time. He is too emotional whereas Taehyung is naughty as hell. He annoys everyone a lot. He is always up for pranks and mischief. He loves too sing and dance. Then last set of twins is Jungkook and Jisso. Jisso loves too party and have fun . she enjoys life to the fullest. She is spoiled by her brother's and she is a fashion diva too. Jungkook is the muscle man. Even in his highschool he is fully grown and has muscles because he works out with his brothers. He is good in studies and loves to sing, dance and paint. A goofball he is and sometimes crazy in the head too. " the lady said smilingly and I smiled at her too.

"You do have a bunch of happiness with you guys. Stay like that always. I will get you guys your gifts and you both can also get them according to your choice " I said walking past them. Pondering over stuff I took out 8 gifts for their 8 kids. Pheww!! Tough work. I met both of them and there hands were filled with gifts too.

" ok so I have brought this special limited edition cookbook which is exclusive right now for Seokjin as you said he loves cooking then he would love this too. I have brought this comfortable pillow for Suga. Its handmade and it can be compressed so he can carry it anywhere. He will be able to sleep anywhere with comfort with this and won't have neck pains. It can be folded like a handkerchief and when he needs to use this he needs to just click this button. For Hoseok I have brought this set of books. It is a set of ten books of award-winning motivational speakers and for Namjoon I have brought this device. It will help him to learn whichever language he wants to with ease. It has 1000 languages programmed in it. He can just select the language he wants to learn and the lessons will start. For Jimin I have brought this soft toy. As you said he loves hugs so he can hug this at night to sleep or whenever he feels down and nobody is around . Because you guys will gift him this with this thought it will be more special for him and he will cherish it a lot. That's what parents gifts means to us. For Taehyung as you say he loves to annoy people I didn't really knew what you should gift him . so I brought a watch for him . As Jisso loves to party I brought her a beautiful locket and earrings and Jungkook loves to paint. So I brought a painting kit and gym sneakers for him. " I said in a go and both of them looked at me aghast. " your gifts are definatly more thoughtful than ours. " both of them said shocked and I so wanted to laugh at their faces.

"Ok so tell me what have you got. " I asked them and the man blushed . He was embaressed I guess.

"Well I brought shirts and hoodies for the boys as for Jisso I selected a beautiful dress. " he said plainly and my mouth fell open. What is this man made off.

"After all that discussion you come with that. You sure have great skills old man. " I said sarcastically as he pouted.

" ok fine but I am not old get that straight. " he whined and I kept my hands up in surrender. Whatever floats his boat.

"Ok so I will tell you what I brought. For Jisso its heels and Jungkook its a tracksuit. For Jimin and Teahyung its rings because they like to wear them. Namjoon and Hoesoek I have bought caps and lockets. For Jin I have bought shoes and for Suga I have got a tuxedo. He doesn't have good taste in them. " the lady said proudly and my mouth hung open.

"You both are unbelievable. Ok so give all these gifts to them they will be really happy. " I said smilingly and they nodded.

"Thanks for your help dear. " the man said patting my head.

" oh it was my job sir . I hope your efforts be fruitful. Your children is lucky to have you as much as you are lucky to have them. " I said politely.

"You sure have a thing with words. " the lady said smilingly. I nodded at her.

"Ronnie take this and bill it for them . " I called for Ronnie who was coming towards me in a panicked state.

"We want to gift you something too as a token of thanks . we have bought. " the lady started off but was cut by ronnie.

"You need to go outside asap. Go Nam Soo and Park Heung Soo are in a fight and Min Ho is madly searching for you. " roonie said gasping for air.

"What the fuck? Attend them and I will see what mess these guys have created again. " I said gesturing her to attend the two and ran out of the store.

"Pack everything and pay with this black card. Handover everything to our driver robin. " the man stated sternly and the girl nodded at his words.

"she looks too familiar!" the lady remarked.

"Every girl who is kind and gentle looks familiar to you. we have lost a daughter because of your family and now don't try to pin every other girl you see as my daughter" he grumbled beside her

"you don't have to be rude! I didn't mean that. The girl is intriguing and has an amusing personality "she defended herself as the man scoffed at her words.

"As if we have met today" he remarked making a bee line towards where the girl went. No matter how much he rebuked his wife . He was intrigued by her too. The question was it just because she was amusing or Is there something more to it all. The truth which lies beneath the perfectly flawless surface at the end. Because that is a reality. what matters is reality because you can't live in delusions all your life.