With a polite smile plastered to his face, Seo-Jun nodded along to your self-introduction.

After weeks of job searching and working odd jobs, Seo-Jun had finally managed to pass the interview for your company and was hired as your secretary. The timing was perfect. Right before landing the job, he had nearly run out of his savings as he made sure his son stayed in school and had good food to eat. Luckily, the sign-on bonus was more than enough to let him keep going until his first paycheck.

You continued your tour of the office, pointing out the locations of frequently used items and introducing Seo-Jun to the people he would most likely interact with frequently. Just as you were beginning to describe the roles of the company’s different departments, you froze in place, suddenly remembering that you had a meeting scheduled in five minutes.

Seo-Jun watched as you abruptly declared the ending of the tour and ran off to your office. He reached out in your direction, confused by the sudden urgency before following after you.

Frantically digging through the filing cabinets for your meeting papers, your office—just tidied yesterday in an attempt to convey the impression of a cool and organized boss, quickly grew messy with the discarded papers of your search. When you finally located the papers at the very back of the bottommost cabinet drawer, you shot upwards in excitement, bumping your head on the open drawer above you and wincing in pain. Closing the drawer as you regained your bearings, you ran out of your office, disappearing down the hallway with your papers.

Absolutely flabbergasted by the display, Seo-Jun remained frozen in place. He glanced at your retreating back, then at the mess your office has become.

Surely things like this didn’t happen everyday…right? Perhaps you were simply having a bad day.

As the flurry of paper finally settled onto the floor, coating every visible surface, Seo-Jun finally moved. Taking matters into his own hands, he first cleaned up your office. Then, he clarified his tasks from another executive and found his own desk before settling into his first day on the job.

As the week continued, Seo-Jun familiarized himself with your habits. Turns out, what he had seen on his first day was actually quite the common occurrence. The clumsiness you displayed was truly astounding, and after watching you hit your head on another surface or slip on nothing for the third time in a row within the past two hours, Seo-Jun vowed to himself that he would do something to combat your clumsiness.

From then on, Seo-Jun started to arrive at the office earlier. He used the extra time to tidy up your desk, laying out all of the paperwork you would need for the day in neat organized piles. He learned to complete his own tasks while staying on the move, developing the ability to follow you around as you worked. This way, every time you ducked underneath a desk to look for something you dropped, Seo-Jun would be right there to place his hand between your head and the desk so you wouldn’t hit your head. Eventually, as he fully adjusted his routine around your clumsiness, you stopped bumping into things and you were able to move through your work much more efficiently as everything you needed was placed right at your fingertips by Seo-Jun.

Walking briskly behind you as you made your way towards yet another meeting, Seo-Jun noticed the bright yellow caution sign placed right in your path. Knowing that you would not see the sign, he placed his hand on your shoulder, carefully directing you around the puddle on the ground.

“Slow down here.”