Chapter 17

Nayeon was teaching her last class of the day and she noticed how Y/N didn't even look up once, it was like she was hiding her face. Y/N also didn't even glance at the teacher when she walked into class and she immediately went to her seat. Nayeon noticed that Y/N walked differently. It was like she was limping.

After class Y/N wanted to leave the class as fast as possible but Nayeon stopped her.

"Y/N, wait." Y/N stopped but didn't turn around to face the teacher.

"What is it?"

"Can you turn around please?" Y/N turned around but she was hiding her face by looking down.

"Why aren't you looking up?" Nayeon asked and went closer to her lifting her chin up. Nayeon gasped at what she saw. Y/N had cuts all over her face and she avoided the teacher's gaze by looking somewhere else.

"Oh my God, Y/N. What happened?" The older examined her face.

"I-I fell."

"Yah, don't speak nonsense, these are obviously not cuts from falling. Also your eye is swollen." She touched Y/N's cuts, which hurt Y/N but she didn't say anything since her teacher's touch felt nice.

"Tell me the truth, please?"

"I got into a fight last night when I came home from work." Nayeon sighed. That neighbourhood is dangerous, she isn't even surprised about it. She wanted to ask more but she saw that Y/N was in pain. It was obvious that she couldn't stand for a long time.

"C'mon, let's go home. We need to take care of your cuts and your eye." By home, Nayeon meant her own apartment.

"It's okay, seonsaengnim. I already took care of it."

"You obviously didn't. If you took care of it, it wouldn't be so bad. So please come with me so that I can take care of you, okay?" Y/N just nodded and followed her teacher. She tried walking but her leg was hurting a lot so she kept limping which Nayeon noticed.

"Lean on me." Ms. Im said and Y/N looked at her with raised eyebrows.

"Don't look at me like that. If you don't let me help you walk, it'll take us two hours to get to the car." Y/N knows Nayeon is right so she let her help her. Luckily no one was in the hallways so nobody saw them.

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They arrived at Nayeon's apartment and Nayeon took the first aid-kit to take care of Y/N's cuts.

"Aish, what am I gonna do with you? You keep making me worried about you." The teacher said while taking care of Y/N's cuts. Y/N hissed from the pain. It stings a lot.

"Can you tell me what happened?"

"I went home after work last night and there were three guys in front of my house. They were obviously drunk and they wouldn't let me enter my place, so I got mad. And you can guess what happened afterwards." Y/N hissed again.

"You need to get out of that neighbourhood. I'm so scared for you, how aren't you scared? They could have killed you Y/N! Are you waiting for something worse than this to happen? Look at your face, you look horrible."

"Thank you." Y/N smirked.

"Yah, this isn't the time to be joking!" Nayeon hit Y/N's shoulder.

"Aaaah, stop it hurts." Y/N hissed from the pain.

"I'm sorry. How about you go to my room and take some rest while I prepare some food?" Nayeon suggested caressing the girl's arm. Y/N nodded and went to the room to take some rest.

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"Y/N-ah wake up." Nayeon shook her shoulders. "Dinner is ready."

"What time is it?" Y/N rubbed her eyes.

"It's 8pm, now get up so we can eat."

"Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

"You were sleeping so peacefully, I didn't want to disturb you."

"Peacefully? Look at my face. How can you think this looks peaceful?" Y/N smirked. She knows what her teacher meant but she likes to tease her.

"I'm not doing this with you right now. Come out if you're hungry." So Y/N stood up and followed Nayeon into the kitchen, still limping.

"How bad did they hurt you that you can't walk properly?" It hurts Nayeon to see the younger girl like this.

"Pretty bad, I couldn't stand up myself but luckily one of my neighbours helped me. My whole body is aching."

"Y/N-ie, when will you move out of there? My heart is not at ease whenever you're there."

"After I graduate, I'll look for another place." Y/N already has it all planned out.

"Why after graduation? Why not now?" Nayeon is confused.

"After I graduate, I'll get a full time job and then I'll be able to rent a nicer place."

"is that why you don't want to go to college? Because you want to get a full time job?" Nayeon has been trying to convince Y/N to go to college, but the stubborn girl says she doesn't want to. Nayeon doesn't believe that. She knows there's something else behind it. Y/N is smart and likes studying new things so the idea that she doesn't want to go to college doesn't seem very logical to Nayeon.

"Yes. I'll be able to live more comfortably when I get a full time job." The student is looking forward to the days where she doesn't have to live in misery like this.

"I've told you to apply for a scholarship, you know you'll get it easily. Why aren't you doing that?"

"Even if I get a scholarship, I'll still live in misery. Actually, it'll be even worse. I can barely manage now, how am I going to manage when I go to college? I'm going to have less time for work, which means I'll be earning less money and living more in misery."

"Y/N, that doesn't make sense. Everything will be fixed once you get a new guardian." Y/N shook her head.

"How do you know? Maybe the new guardian will be the same shit as my current guardian. Besides I'm almost 18, I won't need a guardian anymore. I've got my future already planned out, okay? I've set my mind on that I'm not going to college and that I'll get a full time job. Nothing can change my mind." Y/N is growing annoyed with her teacher right now. Of course she'd want to go to college, but with her situation it's impossible.

Nayeon knows she won't be able to change the student's mind, but she still has a little bit hope. She doesn't want Y/N to let her potential go to waste.

"Anyways, I should go now. It's late." Y/N stood up and Nayeon furrowed her eyebrows.

"Are you crazy? You're not going anywhere, especially not there at this time. You're staying here for the night."

"Seonsaengnim, I don't want to be a burden to you okay? And I'll be able to handle myself."

"I told you to stop calling me seonsaengnim. And what are you talking about? You can barely walk so I'm not letting you go. You're staying here. End of discussion." Y/N sighed. Although she loves this bossy and protective side of her teacher, it can get too much sometimes.

"But I don't have any clothes and tomorrow is a school day." Y/N tried to come up with an excuse. It's not that she doesn't want to stay with Nayeon. Of course she wants to stay, but she's worried that she'll reveal too much about herself. The teacher already knows a lot about her.

"I'll lend you clothes for the night and we'll pass by your house in the morning to get your other stuff."

"Okay, unnie." Nayeon smiled upon hearing Y/N calling her unnie and Y/N headed to the couch where she will be sleeping like last time.

"Here are some clothes." Nayeon handed them.

"What are these for grandma clothes?" Y/N chuckled and Nayeon hit her shoulder. Y/N really wishes she would stop doing that. It fucking hurts.

"Don't you ever call my clothes grandma clothes again." Nayeon warned.

"Why? Aren't you pretty old?" Y/N continued teasing.

"Yah, I'm not old! I'm only 25, you're just too young. You're basically a kid." Nayeon pouted which Y/N found cute.

"I might be just a kid, but I'm a kid that you like." The teacher blushed upon hearing the younger's words.

"Stop flirting and go change. Also sleep in my room, I'll be sleeping on the couch." Nayeon commanded and Y/N shook her head.

"What? No? I'll sleep on the couch, you sleep in your room."

"Y/N the couch isn't comfortable and you have bruises all over your body. You need to get good rest so you'll sleep in my room."

"I won't let you sleep on the couch though, so if I'm sleeping in your room, you're sleeping there as well." There's no way Y/N is letting Ms. Im sleep on the couch.

"W-what are you saying?" Nayeon stuttered.

"I'm saying that we should go to sleep c'mon." Y/N smiled and pulled Nayeon by her arm into her room. It was very rare to see Y/N smile genuinely and Nayeon swears it's the most beautiful smile she has ever seen.

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A/N: Updateee. I'm proud of myself that I can update everyday, I hope this lasts long. Anyways pls vote and commenttt :) thank you for reading.