I found the school Jinwoo went too quite easily, all I did was check the closest school and that turned out to be the right one, things really seemed to be going my way.
I was even surprised at how easy it was to fake documents and convince the school to interview me then hire me, mind you I liked to pretend I was just that convincing and wasn't using any skills to help, yep I completely did this on my own merit, ah who am I kidding?
I applied as a history teacher, years ago I would never had considered it but the other constellations really helped out my knowledge in history considering how old they all are and many of them even have experience with certain history events, they all just love talking about themselves so I did learn rather a lot from them while in the star steam and I was thankful I remembered a lot of it.
It was also quite easy to get a place to stay, people are quite easy to manipulate once you understand their character.
Because everything had been incredibly easy to do, it made me feel optimistic at my first day as a teacher.
So all I need to do now is gain Jinwoo's trust then once the gates started to show up I would start helping him in…
The opportunism drained from my body as I walked to school.
In maybe years…
Oh god I was going to have to be at this school for years! Even when Jinwoo graduated I don't see a reason why I should change jobs, I would have won his trust by then and getting another job close to whatever he did felt a bit too stalkerish for my taste.
My shoulders sagged as I walked through the front gates and to my assigned classroom.
I'll try and make friends with the other staff members once I was sure with what I was doing I thought to myself as I set my classroom up, it be a good idea to gain information on them about Jinwoo.
After a couple hours teaching it felt like someone had slammed an iron tray in my face and shouted deal with it! Wow these kids were annoying and reminded me why this is why I never wanted to be a teacher in my world before everything went to shit.
The students barely listened to me, not that I cared that much, I was just waiting for a specific class with a specific student in particular then I would actually put some effort into what I was doing.
But thankfully I didn't have to wait long. My last class on the day entered my room and my eyes found him immediately.
Sung Jinwoo.
Maybe it was because I had met him before but he stuck out like a sore thumb out of the other students.
Unlike everyone else chatting away excitedly, he just seemed uninterested in it all and no one was really around him.
Now that wouldn't be that strange but usually students who were quiet were shy or awkward or just in general didn't enjoy socialising so kept to themselves but he just looked, bored, very bored.
He noticed me when he looked up from whatever he'd been thinking about and I was pleased to see the boredom leave his eyes and replaced with surprised and another emotion I couldn't identify which was odd as I am usually good at reading people.
I pretended I hadn't seen him and asked everyone to sit down.
I introduced myself and gave a introduction of what we'd be covering in the coming months.
Sung Jinwoo eyes never left me as I talked and it even made me feel a little uneasy? All the other students were watching me so it was nothing new but his gaze just felt different…
It honestly gave me the creeps but I just didn't understand why I was feeling this way.
But I knew I needed to learn more about him and gain his trust so despite these odd feelings when the bell rang I asked him to stay behind.
Jinwoo didn't sit back down and just stood in the middle of the room, hands in his trousers pockets, looking completely at ease which did seem a bit odd considering our last encounter.
"You asked for me sir?" He said when I took a moment to collect my thoughts.
"Ah Jinwoo, I just wanted you to know that I hope you didn't feel uncomfortable with out last encounter" I said smiling cheerily at him.
"Of course not sir, it was just unexpected, that's all, though can I ask you a question sir?"
Ah, hopefully this would help him to start to trust me.
"Sure, go ahead"
"Thank you sir, you see I was just wondering why you decided to become a teacher, you see forgive me for thinking this Sir but I do think its usual for a door to door man to go from that too teaching so quickly"
His eyes suddenly felt like they were piercing right through me.
Now that was an oddly personal question, this little shxt.
I stumbled over my words.
"Ah well I-I've always wanted to be a teacher but my last job was what I was doing in the meantime, nothing strange about that. Teaching here is like a dream come true" I lied, wishing I could see his character profile.
This would be so much easier if I could see it.
"A dream come true? You don't seem like you like this job very much sir"
There was a tone to his voice that felt unsettling.
What's with this kid?! Why was I suddenly feeling so pressured? Like someone had taken the air out of this room.
His eyes felt like he was pinning me to the floor and measuring me up, like I was being tested, like how enemies would look me up and down and try and figure out how much of a threat I was to them.
"I.." I stuttered out, trying to think of a way to respond.
Jinwoo then chuckled and the suffocating atmosphere was gone, like those feeling never where there in the first place and he flashed me a bright smile.
"Just joking with you sir, you were very passionate about what your teaching, anyone can see that, I'm glad you got the job you wanted sir"
Just a normal teenager smiling at me playfully, the sinister feeling completely gone.
It felt like whiplash.
What…what was this?
Why had I been so unsettled and creeped out by him? What was wrong with me?
"Haha, you almost had me there, I was about to tell you off, well you better get going home then Jinwoo" I said, calmly not letting him know how much he'd unsettled me a moment ago.
"Thank you sir" Jinwoo said with a grin and a cheery wave as he left the classroom.
Huh, I suppose his more mischievous than I thought and I'm glad the bored look he had going on had vanished at least.
Though this meet up made me even more determined to learn more about him.
Getting friendly with the staff members who taught his class was the next step.
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