Nayoung was trying to walk out by using the wall as her supporter but her leg was too weak after being beaten just now.
"Finish your stuff?" he asked while leaning at the front door.
"You're still here?" she asked.
"Yea…" Hyun was fixing his bag and suddenly lifted Nayoung up in a bridal style.
"W-what are y-you doing??!" she asked.
"Put your hands around my neck…" he said without answering Nayoung's question. She also doesn't ask anything and does what he tells her to.
Both of them went out and everyone was looking at them, from the hallway until the main gate.
Nayoung put her head on Hyun's chest as she felt very embarrassed. He giggled and smirked.
"Are you embarrassed?" he teased her and she just nodded.
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"We're in front of your door, what's the passcode?" he asked.
"117…" she said and he entered her house. It's so clean and he put her on the couch.
"H-hey…" Nayoung pulled his shirt.
"What?" he asked.
"Can you help me take the first aid kit from the cabinet up there…" she pointed.
Without asking, Hyun just took it from the cabinet and put it beside her.
"Thank you for today~" she smiled and it gave him a weird feeling in his stomach.
He looked away as it was too dangerous for him, his heart was pounding hard and he could feel the heat around his face. Immediately, Hyun stood up and walked away.
"Take care of yourself, I'll go first…" he said and closed the main door.
Nayoung stared at the door for a long time until she remembered that she needed to go working at the restaurant.
Nayoung was working part time at the restaurant as her income. Since her parents left her, she has no one else in this world. So, she needs to depend on herself. The house was the only thing she got but it was from her uncle that passed away a long time ago.
"Can I go to work with this condition?" she asked herself.
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It's 7:00 pm and her shift starts at 7:30 pm. If she doesn't go to work now, her boss will not pay her salary for this month. She was scared to ask for a holiday from her boss since no one has done that yet. He was a short-tempered person and didn't like mistakes.
As fast as she can, Nayoung dresses up in her uniform and takes her bag. She already applied some medicine and wrapped her leg with a bandage. It should be okay now.
Once Nayoung locked the door and walked towards the lift, she accidentally met Hyun again. He looks like from the supermarket, bringing some groceries with him.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"I was about to go to work…" she said awkwardly.
"How were your legs?" he asked again and looked at her leg. She wore long leggings that wrapped her legs completely but she couldn't hide the bandage.
"It didn't hurt anymore…I already applied some medicine," she smiled.
"Wait for me…" he said and entered his house, put the groceries on the table and followed Nayoung.
"Let's go…" he said and Nayoung just let him follow her without asking anything.
Once they arrived in front of the restaurant, Nayoung looked at Hyun who almost walked into the restaurant. She grabbed his hand.
"What are you going to do here?" she asked.
"Getting a job…" he said and entered it.
Nayoung was shooked her head. There'll be no way her boss will accept him.
Nayoung just entered the kitchen and got her apron.
On the spur of the moment, Hyun entered the kitchen and asked Nayoung where's the apron.
"What are you doing here? Only the workers can be here…" she pushed him out but then, her boss came in.
"Nayoung-ssi…" he called her.
"Ne, sajangnim!!" she lowered her head.
"Help Hyun-ssi with the surrounding here can you?" he asked.
"Yes…" she said and he walked out.
"I told you that I'll get work…" Hyun added.
"But…how?" she asked.
"I begged him…" Hyun walked out from the kitchen and started his work as a waiter.
"Jinjja??!!…Jamkkanman!! You begged him!?" she walked after him.
"Why are you so noisy? Just do the work…" he snapped.
"Okay…" she pouted.
Both of them do their work, not only them who work there. There's also some other workers. For the first day Hyun worked there, he was very dedicated and reliable. Not gonna lie that the customers love him even though he was a newbie.
"Hey…" Nayoung called Hyun.
"Hmm?" he was cleaning the dishes on the table.
"I'm really curious about how you convinced sajangnim…" she said.
"Keep your curiosity, I still have a lot of work I need to do…" he replied.
"What's your name?"
"Call me Hyun…" Hyun walked into the kitchen and Nayoung frowned.
"He's a really good worker…" she mumbled and one of the customers called her.
Hyun was washing the dishes when one of the workers approached him.
"Hey newbie, help me with table 5, I'll do the dishes…" he wears the gloves.
Hyun just followed the orders, he doesn't want to argue about something small like that.
He walked to table 5 and saw a pair of couples were waiting.
"Yes?" he asked in a cold voice.
Both of them were stunned by his appearance and the girl fixed her hair and looked at Hyun, smiling.
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"That's it?" Hyun writes down the meals they want.
"Yes thank you…" he smiled.
"Umm, by the way…how long have you been working here?" the girl suddenly brings up a random question.
"I just worked here today…I worked with my girlfriend…" he explained and just walked away.
"What a cheap woman…" he mumbled.
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"Thanks…"
"No problem…go get a new girlfriend…" Hyun tapped on his shoulder.
"Hyun-ssi, help me serve this…" the chef called.
All night long, they worked in the restaurant and this was the first time Hyun felt very exhausted.
Once their shift ended, most of them went back home.
Nayoung waited for Hyun outside of the door.
"Why are you still here?" he asked.
"Waiting for you of course…we're neighbors aren't we?" she squealed.
"Whatever…" he just walked past her.
"Yah…where are you coming from?" she inquired.
"The restaurant…" he answered.
"You know that's not what I meant, right?" she grills in.
"I thought that's what you wanted to know…" he spoke indifferently.
"Just answer my question!" she insisted.
"If I tell you the truth, you'll not trust me…" he bragged with a smirk.
"Just tell me! I also wanted to know!!" she commanded, puzzling with her own mind.
"I live in hell…" he broke her curiosity with a surprising answer.
"Yah…I know that world isn't that good, but it doesn't mean that you need to admit that it was a hell. Sometimes, you need to see it in a positive way…" Nayoung tried to motivate him as she thought that he hated living.
"What the…I do really live in hell, what's her problem…" said his heart.
"Whatever, I don't take the positive side…" Hyun walked away.
"Hey wait!!" she tailed him from behind.
Nayoung finally arrived home and she was quite tired but not as exhausted as Hyun. He just laid on the bed and slept.
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"Morning Hyun-ssi…" Nayoung stood in front of his door once when he opened it.
"You still here, sosim?" Hyun closed the door.
"Could you stop calling me that?!" she narrowed her eyes.
"Ani…I like that nickname…" he made his poker face and she pointed at him in annoyance.
"Let's go or we'll be late…" he waved from the back.
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"Good morning class, keep your book, we have a test today…" the lecturer announced.
"What?! So suddenly?!"
"No!! I haven't studied anything yet!!"
"Seonsaengnim! Let us read at least 10 pages first…"
"No, keep your book and put your bag outside, I'm gonna pass up the paper and you're gonna answer it…" he started to pass up the paper. Everyone was whining as they knew the test would not be easy.
"C'mon class, it'll be easy if you paid more attention in my class and do the assignments!"
Nayoung looked at Hyun who had already started to write his name and opened the paper, examining each question.
"You already studied?" Nayoung wrote her name.
"No…but I paid attention and did my assignments, it'll be no problem I guess…" he replied.
"I need a bit of your confidence though, I don't think it'll be that easy…" Nayoung zoning out.
"You may start now!" the clock showed 10:00 am sharp.
The silence filled the class, without wasting their 2 hours, everyone tried to pay attention to the paper.
"Why is this so easy?" Nayoung's heart whispered.
"There must be something wrong with this right?" she mumbled. It'll always be a trick behind an easy question but she can't find anything weird with the question.
"Maybe I'll just let this one slide…" Nayoung keeps flipping through the pages and there's no question that she can't answer. Everything looks like a piece of cake.
Swiftly, Hyun walked to the lecturer's table and passed up the paper.
"Good Hyun-ssi…" the lecturer paid a compliment.
Nayoung remained until he had already walked out of the class, then she passed up the paper.
"As fast as always Nayoung-ssi…" the lecturer teased and she just widened her smile.
Nayoung dashed out of the class to chase him but he was just leaning at the class door.
"Run after me?" he smirked.
"Who wants to run after you…" Nayoung avoids eye contact.
"Just admit it sosim~" he brought his face closer to Nayoung's.
"Don't even dream about it!" she pushed him aside and walked away.
Instantaneously, Hyun pulled her hands near his body.
"Where do you think you're gonna run, hmm?" he smirked.
"What are you doing?!" she grunted.
"Dance hall, we still got a dance aren't we?" he put his face near to her until she could feel his hot breath.
Quickly, Nayoung takes steps back and walks to the dance hall.
"L-let's go then…" awkwardly she said.
He chuckled to see her cute reaction, trying to resist even though she liked it.
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Continuously, Nayoung made the same mistakes but this time, Hyun tried to control his temper but his feet were in agony.
"I-I'm s-sorry!" she stepped backwards.
Hyun rubbed his face and sighed "I can't do this anymore. Take off your shoes…" he said and she immediately took them off. Same goes with Hyun.
"Step on my feet…" he ordered and she was quite confused yet still did what he was told to.
"Make yourself smooth, no need to be so stiff, I'm gonna lead you…" he grabbed her waist and hand.
Their bodies were so close that she needed to look away because of embarrassed.
"Look at me…" he said.
Nayoung faced his eyes and realized it was a dark russet colour (reddish-brown). It looks so beautiful that she can't look away anymore.
The music started and Hyun moved his feet followed by Nayoung, they were in sync together. She's so smooth when she's into his arms, his long fingers fondling their hands together.
It feels like a cloth of silk around her body, smooth and caressing her waist.
"Turn…" he commanded and twisted her, then returned back into his arms.
This time, the hands position changed, both of his hands at her waist while her around his neck. A few more twists and the song ends.
"Look…your feet weren't on mine anymore…" he showed and she was shocked that the technique works.
"You're right! Thank you so much!" she squealed and he smiled.
"Ouh! This is the first time I saw you smiling!" she said and he immediately looked away, blushing.
"I wanted to see it more…" her heart whispered.
"I think, you can let me go now…" she pointed at his hand that still wrapped her waist.
Hyun moves his hands and takes his bag.
"There's still 30 more minutes, I'll stop at the cafeteria first. You can get back into class" he advised.
"Actually I'll go to the library, we'll meet at the class later…bye bye~" she waved at him and ran out. Her small steps were adorable.