Seoulmate [Kim Jiwoo | Chuu x Fem Reader]

Strange Feeling

Chuu's POV

It was starting to get a bit strange when the woman in front of me stared at me as if I had something on my face. But now that I think about it, I've seen her somewhere before, haven't I? That's right! She was the one who had made herself comfortable on my lap on the bus, it hadn't been that long ago. I wouldn't have thought that she already had a child, she still looked so young . . . but please, could you finally take my hand? "Erm, did I say something wrong?" I continued to smile in her direction and noticed in her eyes how she regained her composure and she blinked briefly before finally accepting my hand and shaking it briefly. "Just Y/N is enough, I'm not married or anything..." her voice sounded a little ashamed and a faint smile curved her lips. So she was single? Not that I was out to court her right away, but somehow that made me a little happy to hear. Even when we first met, I'd had a strange feeling that I was going to run into her more often, and from the looks of it, that was probably going to be the case. "All right, just Y/N, then I hope we'll get along well in the future. I'm the leading educator of the daisies, the group your son belongs to from today." I was already looking forward to introducing the new child to the other children in the kindergarten group, as they would all be delighted. With those words, I turned away from Y/N and walked back over to her son and held my hand out to him: "Shall we go and see the others then? A few of them have been waiting for you since the last time you were here." What a cute little rascal he was, he clearly got his eyes from his mother, if I may say so myself. He also nodded eagerly at me and seemed to be very excited to see what his first day would be like. I glanced over my shoulder at the other two women and nodded for them to follow me.

Back to Y/N's POV

You and your mom were more on the edge of the group room and were just invisible visitors for the whole time until the end of the kindergarten day. When you walked through the door, all the children were naturally excited about the fact that someone new was joining their ranks and they let your son know it as thousands upon thousands of questions rained down on him like the little drops on your body in the heavy rain. He quickly found favor with the group and generally seemed delighted to be here, so you're really not worried that he'll have any trouble here. The kindergarten teacher, Kim Jiwoo, really seemed to love her job. She flourished in every single situation and you could hardly deny that her cheerful nature didn't rub off on you just a little. Even when she had to admonish a child or two, she shone like a ray of sunshine and had this pleasant aura about her. You didn't have to think long to realize that this woman was probably just born for this job and right now you realize that you were perhaps paying more attention to her than to your son. The sudden thought caused confusion in your head, why was she actually so present in your mind? It felt like one look at her would erase all your negative thoughts for that moment. How can one person have such an effect? You don't even know her! You try to shake away the train of thought in your head and concentrate on her work again until you realize that the day has already passed. Other parents were already picking up their children and you were standing rooted to the spot next to the doorstep when your mother tapped your shoulder: "Do you want to keep looking stupid or do we want to go home?" You blink in your mom's direction and nod hesitantly but in agreement to her question. Before you leave the room, however, your attention wanders over to the nursery school teacher, who is engaged in a conversation with one of the parents, but your eyes meet at that exact moment and she gives you that angelic smile again that really makes you forget things. Not wanting to stare around like a fawn in the forest, you raise your hand and wave goodbye to her, after which you turn away and go about the rest of your day.

Another POV from Chuu

I was actually used to being watched while I worked, especially because the children were always so curious when I was cutting fruit for them or preparing materials for crafts with them, but today? I don't know why, but somehow it made me a little nervous, which was actually quite rare for me. Was it probably just because she was paying close attention to what I was doing? I could feel Y/N's eyes on me very clearly, as if she was judging my every move, which is why I subconsciously started to want to do everything right. This went on for my whole working day and when it was all over and I just had to say goodbye to the rest of the children, I sat down on the little bench in the hallway and expelled the excess air in my lungs. It felt like the most exhausting working day since I started here. "I haven't seen you like this for a long time, had a hard day or what?" A familiar voice rang in my ear and I lifted my head to look at my colleague's face. "I would consider it rather strange. But nothing I couldn't handle," with that sentence I stood up again, stretched on the spot and walked a few steps over to Sooyoung, my colleague. She's been my best friend for as long as I can remember. We went to school together and even completed our training together ... and now we even work in the same daycare center. We could always rely on each other when something was wrong and she was particularly quick to notice when something was wrong with me. But the feeling was mutual. "Are you sure it was just strange? Normally you love your job and smile non-stop. I don't see you sighing and lost in thought that often," the taller one came closer and pulled me into a hug, only to whisper in my ear, "Did you find someone and not tell me about it yet?" The smile on her face widened as she pulled out of the hug again and both her hands lingered on my shoulders. She looked at me urgently with her eyes and obviously seemed to be waiting for an answer, but I pushed one of her arms away from me and looked at her, slightly annoyed. "Absolutely not. I've had it up to here with love ever since that bum started playing tricks on me," I rolled my eyes and turned my back to her as we both walked slowly down the hallway to the locker room to get our bags and stuff.

We sat together in her car and, like every time, she offered to drop me off at home. Bus journeys weren't exhausting for me now, but I could definitely do with the comfort of a car. Somehow we kept on talking about relationships, which is why I just look in her direction in disbelief: "He even had a child! Can you believe that?" Frustrated, I banged on the glove compartment of the car and crossed my arms in front of my chest: "It's not like I had a problem with it, but that I was just his affair? And then he tried to tell me that I was the one and only for him after the mother of his child kicked him out. What a jerk." I only heard a small laugh from her direction and at that moment I punched her shoulder, but that only made her laugh even louder. "Sorry really, but you've never been lucky in love so far, Jiwoo. Do you remember that one guy who left you because he got the chance to have a fan meeting with that idol?" Sooyoung looked over at me at the very end of the sentence and it seemed like she was about to burst out laughing again. I grabbed my forehead, I really didn't want to remember that now, one of the most embarrassing experiences I've had: "Can we please not start that again? It's embarrassing enough that I tried to stop him." My friend couldn't stop laughing and for a moment I was even worried that she wouldn't be able to keep her eyes on the road. "The best thing about it is that he thought he had a real chance with her! As if a celebrity would fall in love with a fan, how stupid can you be?" Of course she was right, some people were really crazy to even think that. But somehow you couldn't control the feeling, could you? But even that was no excuse. For the rest of the ride, Sooyoung teased me about all the failed love stories I'd told her in the past and of course I started laughing about them too. I said goodbye to her when we arrived at my place and got ready to go home to the land of slumber after I showered and brushed my teeth. Lying on the bed, I looked up at the ceiling and let the day run through my head again. . . "She was kind of cute, wasn't she?" the thought popped into my head and I smiled unconsciously. But before I could think about it any more, I fell asleep quite quickly.

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Author's Note: Aaaaaand another Chapter down.. im starting to like writing this stuff actually. Eventhough I wouldn't consider myself a good writer xD
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