"Out Of Time" | Nayeon x Male Reader

NAYEON'S POV

"Don't you forget what our professor gave to us for tomorrow okay?", my new classmate Yeri said to me, pointing her finger at me while I'm fixing my bag after our class in Physics just ended.
"Just so you know, Ms. Lee is famous in the campus for not giving any mercy to students who doesn't follow or respect her.", she gave me some warning, well I took it with all attention. I felt chills once again when I heard it from her, while also remembering my first encounter with our new Physics teacher.

"I will. She seems not the type of person to mess with, from her aura already earlier.", I said, gulped when I recalled her introduction to our class earlier which showed how intimidating and scary she sounded and looked.

"See? Even you can't deny.", Yeri chuckled, finding it hilarious that I agree the same as her. " You're a new student here so I can't have you become one of her victims already.", she faced me and said it to me with a caring voice.

I smiled gratefully to her, feeling lucky that I met my first friend here in my first time being here in this university after I transferred. "Thanks, Yeri. You've been really good to be so far."

"Oh, Nayeon unnie, it's no problem.", she shaked her hands off at me. "I once experience how it feels like to be alone with no one dares to approach you and become friends so.. I won't let the same thing happen to you.", she said then showed me a thumbs up, indicating that I will be just alright when I'm with her. I just let my lips formed a curve again on both sides, appreciating at how a nice person Yeri is.

It made me puzzled why no one dares to get to know about her when in fact they're completely missing a person that can turn out to be one of the besy friends they'll ever have in their life.

"Anyways... it's lunchtime. Come, there's so many delicious foods in cafeteria.", then she held my arm and pulled me along with her. Now we're outside the classroom and walking ahead in the hallway, setting our destination onto the cafeteria.

While we are wandering with many students, teachers and school staffs we passed along the way, we saw the school field in the near distance where there are some male students along with the elders standing in a straight line. They only wear such simple plain tshirts, sando, jogging pants or shorts.

But my eyes got caught more at this one specific man who is standing straight and listening attentively to who it seems like their trainer or coach. I noticed he had a new haircut but it never changed how handsome he is, his body figure got even a bit more muscular, his clear white skin being reflected by the sunlight above them.

Just by the sight of him made my heart beats rapidly. He is the only person capable of doing this to me.

Ofcourse, who in the Earth would not experience this when they have someone they love straight right in their sight.

Then I remembered my agenda of coming here in this university. It made me feel like I want to wait for them to end and rush towards him and do what I've been wanting to do.

"Jeez, the seniors are really preparing so bad for the upcoming football tournament.", Yeri said after we stopped for a while in front of the school field where the students which she revealed that they are football players, are having their preparation today. "Oh well, it's their last year here so it makes sense. Sad to think too.", Yeri frowned. I was listening to her but my whole focus is still intact to Y/N who's about to bent down and put his hands and points of his shoes on the ground... ready to perform push ups.

The amount of time I was just looking at YN didn't made me aware that Yeri has been looking at me curiously and strangely, like as if something was wrong with me.

She snapped her fingers on my face while calling me." Nayeon? Nayeon hey, still with me?"

"Oh uh yes, yes. Yeah, I can see it too.", I responded to her, good thing I know what she was saying to me few minutes ago. "Goodluck to them, I guess.", I shurgged. Yeri just gave a nod.

"Uhh can I ask?", I looked at Yeri who returned her gaze at the players. " About how long are they gonna do this today?"

"Not sure but commonly they took for like 3-4 hours of practice, same time as when the class ends.", Yeri answered me. Then she looked at me and furrowed her eyebrows, it seems like she noticed how weird it is for me to ask that like I have something to do from them. "Why did you ask?"

"Nothing. Just curious.", I lied, shaking my head back and forth.

" Fine then, cmon let's go!", she grabbed my arm again and pulled me with her. "We're gonna run out of kimbap! The Kimbap destroyer should not get late!", she shouted hurriedly. I gave a one last peek at YN who is now doing jumping jacks.

Now that I saw him, the only thing I need to figure out is how am I gonna be able to approach him.

But... I got worried too. What if he hates me? What if he doesn't want to see or hear from me? Did I made him angry for what I did to him few years ago?

Whether it is or not, there's only one way to find out.

"Y/N... I found you...", I muttered before me and Yeri about to reach the cafeteria she was talking about to me.

(4 HOURS LATER)

Our class just ended for today and all of us here in the classroom are preparing our things to go home and rest. Well except me who is about to do something first before I leave the school.

"Hey, Nayeon unnie! Would you want to...", she called me and about to ask something but I interrupted her cause I really to ask this immediately to her. I just hope she won't find it disrespectful.

"Wait, Yeri could we look for something?", I requested to her. Yeri just looked at me.

"Uhh sure, go ahead.", Yeri nodded while pursing her lower lip.

We exited the classroom and went in front of the school field. Sadly, I am too late already to try when I saw the football players are about to leave, including YN who's among with his teammates who seems like his closest friends too.

"That's weird, they ended early this time.", Yeri got surprised to, the same as me. We just really followed the estimated time she said to me earlier in the recess. She looked at me curiously after. "Why are we here by the way?"

I just stayed silent and followed YN about to exit the school field as they head onto the parking lot and enter some car with his teammates, disappearing in my eyes. What I did is not actually a great idea because it made Yeri think differently of me.

"Don't tell me... you are interested with one of them?", Yeri asked me while smirking. She even playfully bumped my shoulder. Now I felt like I became more suspicious because I slightly laughed at what she's doing to me.

"H-huh, n-no... I'm not.", I chuckled and quickly shaked my head. I denied, even though it's legit. I feel shy that's why. I don't want her to find out in an instant why am I really here in this university for. "It's just... I think I saw someone f-familiar to me.", I fakely reasoned out to her.

"That's normal.", Yeri patted my back, emphasizing how she understood me. "The Buccaneers are famous everywhere in Korea so yeah, definitely you who's from other school before... you must've saw one of them that caught your eye.", I nodded as I agreed to her. She was making a point anyways.

"But they, don't be shy to tell me who might that be okay?", I gulped before I answered yes to her. Well, I would really need to. She's my friend now too and she kinda deserves this to learn about this. I just know that she could help me with this.

"O-ok.."

"Now cmon, let's go home now.", she gripped the lace of her backpack and gestured me to follow her. Now that the school field is now empty and YN is nowhere to be found, I joined her on her way out of the campus.

"If you want, let's show our houses together.", she said to me while we're walking in the hallway.

(THE NEXT DAY)

Me and Yeri just finished picking oit our books we are interested to read today here in the library. We just prefer to do this while we wait for our teacher to come in the class because he said that there was some sort of a teacher' assembly going on right now which resulted in him going late in his class time.

As we head away from the shelf where we picked out some books, Yeri looked at mine and she seems amazed at it.

"Oh, can I have your book after? That looks interesting to read.", she pointed at the book I'm holding which the genre is fantasy. "I'll give you mine too if you want."

"Sure.", I just let her after. Now we reached a vacant position here in the library near at the back.

"Let's have a seat now.", Yeri commanded and now the two of us placed our bags at each respective chair then next is our books on top of the table.

Few minutes later, after we started reading. I took out my eyes on the page and looked around thr library for a while. Just right at the exact moment, my whole body halted and only my eyes are moving, sticked out at thr sudden appearance of YN who just entered the library. He was all alone.

He went onto the librarian to greet her and the lady just smiled, greeting him back. Then he went to a shelf to find some books.

As he returned at the reading area, he looked around for a vacant spot. I covered my face with the book I'm reading quickly so that he can't see my face. This is not the time yet for us to meet.

Yeri noticed that I'm acting weird as I keep on rotating my head then repeatedly moving away and covering back the book on my face, taking a peek if YN finally had a seat. Fortunately he is.