Naked

Chapter 8

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First lecture

Seol had to wake up early at seven. She had several lectures to take care of that day. Talking about lectures, she wasn't the kind to go in front of hundreds of humans and speak out loud whatever she had learnt until now. Reason one, she always wondered if all that she had learnt, and she was going to pass on, was applicable to everyone. Reason two, she was going to get a lot of attention. Reason three, was she even ready for that?

Keeping all those reasonings apart, she thought once again. It wasn't her first lecture, which was not so good to be a memory, but after that every lecture she had given was better than she had ever thought of. Gaining some confidence and some positive energy, she sipped on her coffee, carrying on with her usual morning routine.

Just about to enter the bathroom for a shower, she heard the doorbell ringing and then again it was ringing and then again. She walked with hastened steps, already cursing at the person.
"Hel- What the hell do you want Jeon?"
She glared at him, while he smiled charmingly at her.

"That's not how you should welcome your guests, Noona. Have you never thought about it?" He walked in, plopped on the couch and started rummaging through cushions for remote.

"Guests, that isn't applicable for you. You are no longer a guest, if you come whenever you want and leave, not until you are thrown out, as if this is your own house!"

"Well, alright then. But... Are you going somewhere?"

"Yeah, I have to. And what about your college? You're skipping it today?"

"I was wondering if we could spend some time together, it's been a while."

"I'm not free today. Anyways, feel free to do whatever you want... Except for touching my laptop and entering my bedroom. I'm going to bathe and don't you dare burn my home down." She already walked past him, and into her room, shutting the door loudly.

Several minutes gone, and Jeon couldn't help but walk around the house and eventually end up in kitchen.
He wondered if there was something for him to eat, and then he found a packet of chips. Jumping on the fact that they were his favourite, he walked back to lobby and continued watching TV shows.
"She takes a lot of time bathing!" He spoke to him self munching on five pieces together.

"You said something?" He heard her voice and turned around to look at her.

She was dressed way too formally, as if she was the spokesperson of the nation.
Navy blue pants, beige coloured shirt and her formal sandals, which were heels and made her look tall enough. Her hair left untied but styled properly enough. She wore a watch on her left wrist and an antique bracelet on her right wrist.
And then there was this particular scent surrounding her, he felt addicted to it.

"Noona?"

"What?"

"What is this scent coming from you?" He got up and walked towards her, sniffling the scent in and pleasuring himself.

"That must be my shampoo."
She heard him sniffle her hair from behind, and turned around. "Don't say that you'll keep on sniffing my hair!"

"Depends, you know, I like these kind of scents. Soft but strong enough, feels like flowers~" He dramatically joined his hands and looked in the air.

"Whatever, I'm going bye." She grabbed her coat and walked towards the door.

"Since you aren't here, then... I'll also go to college." He said, walking ahead of her and pulling the door for her to walk out, but she didn't, she stopped.
"What happened?"

"Uh... Nothing. You don't really need to go, you know?" No, he shouldn't be there. She was going to his college and it wouldn't be good if he was in her lecture hall and worse, he'll distract her a lot. And what if he does something funny and she ends up laughing?

"But you won't be here, so where is the fun? I can at least disturb you if you are at home!" He pouted, staring at her with squinted eyes.

"So listen here, first thing Jeon," she took in a deep breath and then exhaled "I'm giving a lecture in your college."

"How can-"

"Don't cut me off, and second, were you, by any chance, supposed to attend a lecture today?" She looked at him, hoping for him to say 'no'.

"Actually- Yeah, that was the reason why I was skipping college today. But! Now that you are the one, I'll reconsider my mistake and go to college."

"You don't need to- I mean. Yeah, it's totally upto you but please don't try to distract me at all." Her eyes filled with plea and a genuine smile working its way on her lips.

"Why would I?" He looked at her with wide eyes, feeling that he was wrongly accused, although he snickered later.

"That's your nature, and those eyes don't work on me." She replied bluntly and walked out of the house.

"Come in, I'll drop you."

"Alright, noona." He sat inside, next to her, turning on the radio.

They didn't talk, didn't even look at each other. She was driving to their destination while he kept on looking at stuff outside.

"Noona?"

"What is it?" She was looking ahead of herself, making turns when needed.

"I was wondering that I know you, you know me. But... The people outside don't know that I know you and you know me so wouldn't it be difficult for you if I step out of your car in front of the college. You are famous, you see?"

She brought the car to a halt, then whipped her head towards him.
"Why didn't I think about that?" She muttered to herself and then again composing herself she looked at him. "You got brain Jeon. So..."

"So?"

"Get out!"
She unlocked the car doors for him to
move out but he kept on staring at her.

"Now? We are more than a kilometer away from there, you want me to walk all the way to college?!"

"I never said that. You can take a bus, or maybe taxi or yeah, if you want to walk then walk!" She shrugged, gesturing for him to step off.

"You unbelievable woman!" He stepped off and saw her drive away. Cursing at her, he started walking with a slow pace.
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He reached his college after twenty minutes of walking and walking. He walked past few people and then through the big main entrance and straight to the lecture hall, he was supposed to be in, not before grabbing his things from his locker. On entering he noticed that there were a lot of people and most of the seats were already taken.

But he found a seat empty in the second row, so he sat there, already talking to the girl sitting next to him.

It was a plus point for Jeon that he easily got comfortable around people. People, not usually girls, but if they were nerds then he didn't have any problem. He stayed away from the bad ones of the college and rather tried staying in a better and nerdy group of people.
He'd be lying if he said that he never got proposals ever since he entered this college, but he wasn't interested in any.

After minutes of chattering, he turned around to look towards the door, when there was complete silence in the hall.

"Good morning, students." It was their Literature professor. She kept on saying about how to behave well and take important notes from this special lecture, organized for them. After giving all the instructions she bowed to them and called the special lecturer inside, bowing to her as well.

Seol bowed back to the professor as she walked out and then stood near the table placed in the front.

"Pretty sure your professor had asked you to do a lot of things and take notes, but don't worry we won't be talking about anything different or difficult. Just a revision, but with my point of view." She spoke that too elegantly, he thought, or was it just him who thought that her voice got more softer and sweeter while speaking on that mic.

"You all may already know me, but anyway, let's start with some introduction. I am Seol, I'll be your special professor of the day, which was not my plan at all." She made a denying gesture with her hands, making everyone chuckle. "And if you all have any questions, raise your hand. Bear with me for these two hours." As soon as she completed her little speech, several slides popped on the screen behind her and she started explaining them.

Her hair were flowing as she moved around. Every step taken gracefully, Jeon couldn't help but focus on her rather than focusing on the topic being discussed.

She knew a lot, she was young but she knew a lot about this field. Her answers made everyone question their own arguements, he wondered how much she was devoted to her work.

"What is his name?" She asked someone pointing somewhere near him, while he was still staring at her with a big smile on his face. The student replied her back and she walked in front of his seat. Not giving a damn about who was going to be scolded he kept on staring at her.

"Mr. Jeon." He thought that she said his name, but it must be just a hallucination.

"Mr. Jeon!" She raised her her voice and he jumped at that, standing up and making everything, on the table in front of him, fall. There were few laughters but he ignored them.

"May I ask where was you attention?"

"Oh! Um... I'm sorry, I'll pay attention now."

"Very well, sit down."

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After the lecture was done, everyone was still in the hall. They were talking to Seol, and she also kept up with the conversation. Even if she didn't like to be amongst people, she never noticed that she had this charm which attracted everyone to her. She was just like that.

Admiring her again, he walked out behind her as she walked out of the hall.
He kept following her, she was going towards the staff room. He couldn't help but inhale the scent of her hair, not realising that she paused in her way. But he didn't and he bumped in her. Turning around, she face palmed when she saw him.

"Jeon!"

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"Jungkook, are you ready yet?"

"Almost done!"

"You have to reach your college in thirty minutes! Hurry up!" She shouted from inside the bathroom, giving herself a last look and nodding to herself. When she walked out she saw Jungkook jumping around in attempts to fit his foot in his shoe.

"Hurry up, Jungkook!"

"Yeah done!" He looked at her with a smiling face, which soon changed into a smirking one.

"Stop. With. That. Face."

"You look hot!"

"Shut up. You'll be late." She walked out of the room, ahead of him. Hoping he wouldn't do anything, but her wishes can't be true all the time, she sighed when she felt a sharp but playful slap on her butt cheek. "JEON JUNGKOOK!

"We are getting late, Inaya Hayes!" He ran ahead of her and outside the house, sitting comfortably in his own car and driving away.

"What... An asshole!" She walked out, locking the door and then driving in the same direction.

She reached after him, first he drives fast, second she could see his car parked. Smiling for no reason she walked to the great auditorium she had to be in, as the chief guest of the day. She remembered how she entered this very college as a student and then years later as a professor and now again she was entering this place as a chief guest.

When she entered the place, she saw few students bowing to her and she did the same, smiling happy at them. She quietly walked up on the stage and went to sit with the few other prominent writers of Seoul. It was an honour for her, she adored all of them.

Several minutes after, the principal of the college walked in front, addressing the presence of teachers, students, parents and the chief guests. After that a student walked up to the front and gave the graduation speech, just like Inaya did when she graduated from college.

It was a nostalgic moment for her, she couldnt help but remember her own days in college. She was chaotic but nerdy. She had a small group of friends, she still knew them. She respected her Literature teacher the most. She didn't have a reason for it, but everyone involved with Literature was important to her.

The appluads brought her back from her memories. She waited for her turn to congratulate all the alumni sitting in the auditorium, that was when she saw Jungkook waving at her from not so far away. She wondered what he was upto, but she ignored him and walked to the mic.

She started speaking, and soon she realised she wasn't reading what she wrote in that small paper but all her words were real, whatever her mind told her to say she did. Inaya was afraid if she said something wrong, but she didn't mind it at all while speaking. It was the truth.

"... I know, many of you would be worried at the moment about your future but happy at the same time for graduating. When you'll start working you'd think 'why aren't we in the same happy old days of college?' But trust me, this world awaits you, your capabilities, your ideas. The new you. And do your best as you walk the rough street of success and let the happiness, you receive when you reach your goal, remind you of all the hard work you did. And remember one last thing, All that starts, ends well. There were thousands of leaders, who paved new ways. They were also, like you, just the readers, who belonged to different plays! And you are no less, but maybe a lot more. Congratulations, once again."

She did it. She spoke without crying. She was afraid she won't be able to do that. And then she made it rhyme towards the end, she laughed bowing down and then walking back to her chair.

Soon after the speeches from few teachers, it was time to provide students with their certificates. It was divided in four slots, as there were four chief guests.

The names were announced as one by one the respective student walked up the stage and received their certificate. It was her turn to congratulate the upcoming ones. She stood up and walked to the centre of the stage, wondering who would be coming first.

"Jeon Jungkook!"

Reallllllyyyyyyy??? This human. No one else? Him.... Oh god for fucks sake!! She talked to herself, keeping the smile on her face but she sighed when she saw his smirk before she saw him. He walked to her slowly yet devilishly, as if he was the only model in the world.

"Congratulations~" She handed him the certificate, whilst he kept on smirking at her. When they shook hands, he had a tight grasp on hers. "Jungkook."

"You look hot, noona." He smiled but she felt her heart beat at a faster pace and her cheeks heat up, all the blood rushing up to them.

Asshole....... She muttered before congratulating other students who waited after him.

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"So you had to say that in front of several people, saying that in morning wasn't enough for you! Huh?" She kept on hitting his chest, while he carried her to their bedroom.

"I was just checking."

"Checking what?!"

"The impact I have on you~"

"Jeon Jungkook! I'll kill you!"

"You would never." Kissing her cheek softly, he placed her on the bed.

Of course she looked hot, according to him. Whenever she wore a dress she looked hot. Especially, if the dress was fitting her curves perfectly. And more chiefly, if the dress was red. A deadly combo, he sighed.

"Anyway, now that you graduated college, I offer you anything you want!" She sat more comfortably on the bed, spreading out her legs and resting her head on the headrest.

"I don't want anything, noona." He watched her movements as he got off his coat, and then unbuttoned his shirt slowly.

"Think again, anything you want."

"Hmm... Then I want... You!"

"Huh? You already have me...?"

"For two days. Only for me, no work, no meeting with publishers and whatever other shits you do." He walked and sat in front of her. "I don't have you for your birthday, but at least let me have you for two days." He smiled at her, a genuine smile.

"Alright then! All yours!"

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A/N

How are you all?
Take care of yourselves.

By the way, a fun fact... I guess not all of you would be knowing the meaning of Inaya, so, it stands for grace.

Be the best of you!