chapter 22 | Baby

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10 am.

'YOUR P.O.V'

"See you tomorrow, Yoojin," I bow to him to tell him goodbye as the students are leaving the classroom to empty it, but only one of them takes a little longer and comes close to me. "Ma'am..." Jungeun smiles at me, seeming way happier and comfortable than before. "Yes, Jungeun? What do you need to tell me?"

"I...I wanted to thank you for everything you've done. I never thought I would feel good and safe at school again...but now that those bullies are expelled...it feels like a weight was taken off my shoulders...I mean..." he can barely find the right words, looking shy and lost in front of me. "Thank you very much, you're the best woman ever. I'll never thank you enough for helping and saving me from this."

"No need to thank me, Jungeun. I did what I had to do, and without you having the strength to talk about it, this would never have been possible. I'm glad you came up to me, I'm relieved to see you like that now. You have no idea how happy this makes me," I answer him sincerely, letting him see how affected I am by his state, his mood. "You deserve to feel that way. You're a sweet and amazing boy."

He softly chuckles out of coyness, probably feeling flustered by the compliments that are nothing but honest. "Thank you very much, I mean it...I could thank you all day long," he giggles in an adorable manner, my heart turning soft with tingles. "Don't thank me. Seeing you happy is better than any words. Trust me."

"I hope you're happy too then, you deserve it more than anyone. I know for sure that no other teacher would have done that, you're a wonderful person..." he gulps down but lowers his gaze to the table. "But I don't want to make you uncomfortable with all my...my words. I just wanted you to know that I'm more than thankful, and I had to thank you for that."

"You won't make me uncomfortable. Thanks to you, students like you are very rare, so you can feel special as well," I tell him, smiling and getting ready to leave the room with him. He grins back at me. "I wish all the students were good and respectful with you, but I guess there always has to be bad people everywhere no matter how amazing of a person you are," his mature words touch me, but he bows to me. "Have a good break and day, Miss Han. See you tomorrow and take care of yourself."

"Take care of yourself too, Jungeun, and have a wonderful day. See you," I bow back to him, and he leaves the room. He brightened up my mood, this boy is as perfect as his parents and brother are.

25 minutes later...

'JUNGKOOK'S P.O.V'

"Jungkook, come on!" the sports teacher drags my attention away from the woman who is talking to a student. I like it when she's here, but this isn't the right time to see me, I'm sweaty and ugly. "Yeah...I just need a break, Sir..." I lie to him and sit down on a bench. I focus on Miss Han but see her smile at a boy, this shy one who seems attentive to her words. She beams at him and hands him a pen, but he refuses it in a kind manner.

"Miss Han!" one of my best friends yells and walks up to me, grasping her attention. She tells the boy one last thing and heads up towards us, making me hate Jaehyun for doing it on purpose.

"I'm here," she hurries with her pumps, fixing her pencil skirt that fits her curves perfectly. I rise from the bench, and I wipe my sweat away from my face to not let her see it.

Even if I already sweat against her.

"Jungkook wants to talk to you," he runs away and goes back towards the other students, getting me to be alone with her. "What do you need to talk about?" she stands before me but smiles, putting some joy inside of me. "Nothing...he just likes to bother me when you're around..." I smile and try to act cool. I feel a bit less nervous and tense when she's close to me, but this hasn't left me yet. "Ah, then that means I can go."

"Not really," I chuckle like an idiot and do not hide the fact that I want to see her. "Do you have a break right now?"

"Yes, I do," she nods to me, sounding relaxed. I stare into her eyes without any control over my actions, my heart racing because of her. "I feel weird with you though," her sentence sets me in some astonishment, and I frown. "Why?"

"You don't hiccup anymore, has that night done something to you?" she licks her lips and brings my attention to them, knowing how thirsty I can be for her. I bite mine and hide my grin. "Hm...maybe..."

"Ah, that's why," she giggles and glances away, but my hand flies up to my neck and rubs it. "Anyway, you have to work out and listen to—"

"I'm tired, I don't want to..." I pass my hand over my chest to move it down, and she softly laughs. "I know, but I heard your teacher call you already, you're going to get scolded, that's not good."

"That's not true," I shake my head and do not agree. "I'm a good boy, you know it. I always study and listen in class."

"Yes, but you listen when I'm the one teaching you," she states the facts. "Yeah. You're right about that."

"I know," she answers with confidence. I love this woman. "Come on, show me you're a good boy and do sport," she steps back to make me go forth and do as told, but I stay still. "Uh...I'm not sure this is a good idea...What if I just follow you, and I do sport with you? I swear I'll never stop until you allow me."

Her eyes don't blink but only remain fixed on mine, making me realize how wrong my sentence sounded.

"I mean..." I try to make it up, but a chortle runs out of her mouth. "I see that you have energy when you want to," she looks down at my chest but combs her fluffy hair back. "Yeah, now I need to go because I'm embarrassed," I nibble on my bottom lip and escape from this, getting her to giggle and leave as well. "Enjoy your break, Miss Han!" I shout to make sure she hears me, and she turns around to make eye contact and soften my heart.

— Three days later —

Friday, October 11, 2019.

7:40 am.

"Hey," Dongsik yawns but covers his mouth, not handling the early morning. "Hey, how are you?" I tuck my hands in my pockets but look in the direction of the teachers to see my favorite one. "I'm fine. She's there," he points his finger towards a few male teachers but y/n appears between them. "I wasn't looking for her..." I lie, but he chuckles. "Sure. That's the only thing you have on your mind when you come here."

"Anyway," I run my fingers through my hair and avoid looking at y/n, despite how much I want to do it. "Where are Jaehyun and Minjun?" I check our surroundings but do not have the two guys in sight. "They'll be here in short minutes, I guess," he shows some signs of coldness, shaking on his spot and waiting for the teachers to tell us something.

Once I see his eyes away from me, I take a look at Miss Han, wondering what she's talking about with the men, especially with Mister Park. I hope this weekend will be great since I can't be close to her.

"I saw you talk to her the other day," Dongsik gets my eyes to dart towards him. He smirks but licks his plump lips that are not even dry when mine are, even though I applied some balm. "And...? I often talk to her."

"Yes, but I kinda heard your conversation without wanting to," he combs his fluffy hair back as the wind blew and made a mess in it. What conversation is he talking about?

"When...?" I clear my throat, nervously. "I can't remember, but she was just teaching you, and you turned red as ever, that made me laugh."

"You always make fun of me anyway," I roll my eyes but feel relieved to know he did not hear anything that has to be hidden. "That's affectionate, stop it," he giggles and manages to make me grin, but our two other friends join us in a quiet manner.

"Hey..." the sleepiness exudes through Jaehyun's features, making me cackle. "Hey, you look good today, dude."

Dongsik cannot hold his laughter back, but Jaehyun glares at me. "Shut up. I'm damn exhausted. I hate this trip already."

"Miss Han's going to be there, so you should be happy," he tries to cheer him up and nudges him in the arm, getting him to raise his eyebrows. "Yeah, but it's not like she's not gonna sleep with me or something, so there's nothing great."

"Seeing her is already enough to feel good, no need to sleep with her," the tall guy replies but makes me shy without even knowing. I agree, seeing her is enough to make me feel good, but sleeping with her makes me reach another level of this good feeling. Having sex with her made me reach a whole new level.

"Sleeping with her would be great though," he smirks, creating some rage inside me that I need to control to not be obvious. "Yeah, I'm not gonna lie, but still," Dongsik glances at me before avoiding eye contact as if he knew I'm not liking those words.

"Hey, guys," a sweet voice that I know by heart fills my stomach with butterflies. "How are you doing?" Miss Han brings attention to her, and we all smile at her like idiots. "Hey, Ma'am. We're fine, just a bit tired. What about you?" my rival does not give me enough time to respond, getting her to focus on him. "Good, I can't wait to be there. They said the bus will soon be here, so don't worry, and you'll have some snacks inside."

"Really? I feel better then," Dongsik licks his lips and grins, sliding his hands in his pockets. "Do you know more about the trip though? Will the ride be long?"

"Two hours and a half of ride, I don't know if that's long for you, but it isn't for me," she answers but makes it suggestive. That's not long for her?

"Well, let's see the positive side of it, at least I will have time to sleep," he keeps on chatting with her as if there were two friends, but Jaehyun joins them. "This isn't long enough...I need to sleep more."

"You'll sleep at night," she cutely tells him but lays her eyes on me, making me happy, finally. "What about you? Did you sleep well?"

"Yeah. I hope we'll be allowed to spend some time with you, the other teachers are boring..." I subtly let her know I want to be with her, but she gives me a soft gaze and nods. "I'll spend some time with my students. You're not the first one who asked for it."

"Ah, really?" I fake a smile, getting ready to destroy those guys. "Yes, as always, Jaehyuk hurried to ask me to be with him on the bus."

"You won't, right?" I gulp down and pray for her to refuse to stay by his side, but thankfully, she replies with what I wanted her to. "I won't. I don't mind doing my job and teaching him when he needs me to, but that doesn't go any further."

"You should not even waste your time with him, honestly. He's a pervert, he doesn't even respect you, and that pisses me off," my tall best friend expresses what I feel but keep inside, and the look on her face shows some softness at the sound of his care. If he did not have a girlfriend, I would be convinced that he's flirting and trying something. Unless he's truly flirting. "I'm just trying to be a good teacher. I have to not take that into consideration."

"You are a good teacher, being good doesn't mean you have to let people take advantage of you. You should talk about it to the director, this isn't right," he takes care of her like a real man would, which means like I should. "It's fine, Dongsik. Don't worry."

"He's right," I opine, but she combs her hair back nervously and smiles. "It's all right. No need to go to the director. I need to warn the other students anyway," she steps aside and looks into my eyes before leaving.

20 minutes later...

I sit down next to no one in the back of the bus, staying right behind Dongsik and Jaehyun while Minjun is on my left with another friend. I take my phone out but lean to the left, looking for Miss Han. She's still standing in the front, but her eyes fall upon me as if she was staring in this direction. I rest my head on my hand to keep my eyes fixed on her, discreetly, but she smiles at me, making me do so to return it.

I watch her pay attention to the students, and everyone sits down but remain noisy, the driver gets on his seat but talks to Miss Han, and she nods while smiling before moving aside to grab something. She comes back with a few snacks and starts to bend towards each student.

She is an angel.

"Hey," Dongsik's face appears within sight, making my eyes land on him. "Your woman is coming," he grins but turns back towards Jaehyun. He's really starting to notice my behavior, I'm obvious, and I feel like he lied earlier. He might have heard one private conversation I had with Miss Han.

I do not say anything but after some seconds, I only see Miss Han slowly approach me, passing by every group of students as some seem to not want the food. One of my legs bounces all by itself as soon as she's closer, but before getting to me, she leans forth to speak to my two best friends, and the flirty one takes the snacks but chats with her. I get back in a proper position to listen to them.

I keep my eyes on her as much as I can, but my heart clenches with jealousy right when I see him whisper in her ear. His lips are too close to her skin, what if she likes when he does that? He has a deep voice, he knows how to make a girl or woman fall for him, he's my best friend, but he sometimes gets on my nerves.

When he retreats, they smile at each other, her eyes into his almond-shaped ones. "I don't think I can do that," she lays her hand on the arm of his seat. What the hell is she talking about?

"Ah ok, then don't get into trouble," he does not let me get a hint about what this is, but she nods. "I'll see," she straightens up, and instead of coming towards me, she goes back to the front.

I kick Dongsik's seat and go forth to look in the gap between the two of them. "What did you tell her?"

He gazes at me, chill and not bothered. "That's a secret."

"Why do you flirt with her if you have a girlfriend? Do you want me to tell her about this?" I threaten him, but they both laugh at me. "I'm not flirting, stop believing I'm going to steal her."

"Then what did you tell her?" I do not give up, but he sighs and chuckles. "I won't tell you, but I wasn't flirting with her, okay?"

"I hate you," I land on my seat again, and I gaze up at Miss Han who just came back. She does not address me but gives attention to Minjun and his friend, but they both refuse the snacks, so she finally comes towards me, at last.

"Hey, do you want something to eat?" she asks in a sweet voice, and since it comes from her, I nod and grab the chocolate food. "Thank you."

She smiles at me but remains by my side. "You're the only one without anyone next to you. Isn't the ride going to feel long?"

"Well, I'll try to sleep," I do everything to get her pity, and just in the look of her eyes, I perceive some empathy. "I'll come from time to time to talk and make sure you don't feel lonely," she cares as always, but I still don't get what I want. "That's kind," I drop my eyes on her lips to make her understand I need more than some words, but she does the same to mine.

"Can you check something I did...?" I try to make our contact linger, and she agrees, so I focus on my phone for a minute, I get in the notes and write some words, quickly.

_ You'll be in a bedroom without anyone, right? _