𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐃 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄, reader insert

002

"What happened to your face?" Lady Seo asks as soon as Y/N steps into her store, hastily making her way to stand in front of her.

She gently cradles the girl's face in her calloused hands, tilting her head in all sides and angles to stare at the wounds and bruises, a worried look etched into her wise features. Y/N hisses every once in a while at the stinging pain, but soon gets used to it, staring at her shoes to avoid looking at the older woman who was a few inches shorter than her.

"Y/N, I swear I'm going to beat up whoever did this to your beautiful face." Lady Seo rambles on as she pulls away, going to arrange her things as if she's distracting herself from punching someone. It was the day where she doesn't open her store to everyone as a small break for herself.

"Lady Seo, I'm fine. You don't have to worry." Y/N tries reassuring the older woman, but to no avail. She continues on mumbling to herself about how people these days would do everything for money.

Y/N's heart warmed at this. She was never really familiar with the feeling of being protected by someone, so she was grateful for having someone like Lady Seo by her side. She looks up to her, and maybe even considers her as a motherly figure, since her biological one left before she could even make memories with her.

I wish I could repay her.

She watches the older woman move around the room they stood in with distant gaze.

Hm, if I manage to get my hands on some money, I could buy her a proper store.

She moves her gaze to stare at her shoes, lips pursing.

After a while, the girl sighs, walking behind Lady Seo and gently placing her hands on her stiff shoulders. She starts to slowly massage the older woman's shoulders, and Lady Seo visibly relaxes at this, stopping whatever she was doing for a moment and sitting down on a nearby chair. Y/N follows behind her, resuming her actions and gently pressing down onto her shoulders.

"You okay now?" Y/N asks after a while of calm silence. Lady Seo nods.

"But don't think I'll forget about the damage done to your face. I hope whoever who did that trips over a box and hits their head." Lady Seo grumbles again, making Y/N chuckle in amusement.

-

Sat outside Lady Seo's closed store in the balmy night, Y/N stares off in a far direction, eyes plastered onto the moon's luminous beauty. Her thoughts ran wild, but she barely put any effort to acknowledge any of them. She wasn't in the mood to.

Pulling the new— and cleaner—jacket closer to her body, she shivers at the chilly wind dancing by. The streets were empty, and she could hear Lady Seo's loud snoring from her room. Y/N chuckles at this.

Suddenly appearing out of the blue, a man well-dressed in a suit and a suitcase in his grip sits beside the girl, making her jump out of her skin. Eyes widened, she stares at the man and manages to make out his features.

Oh, he's quite handsome.

She clears her throat, and she scoots away from him, both to give him space and to avoid her getting in any contact with him. She was quite scared as to why this man was just suddenly sitting beside her, but chooses to ignore him and mind her own business. She kept her guard up, of course.

The man turns to her after a little while.

"Hello, ma'am. Would you like to play a game with me?" He asks.

That wasn't scary at all...

"Uh..." Y/N trails off, and the man picks his suitcase off the ground, placing it in between them. He clicks off the locks, and opens it all the way.