Our 50 Kisses / Kylux

Hidden in Plain Sight

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Prompt 13: Butterfly kisses against the other's cheeks.

Description: A new PE teacher joins the school and the resident history teacher, Mr Hux, is trying to convince his pupils that he and Mr Ren are in no way in love. But, Ren seems to find the whole ordeal quite funny and makes it a point to stop by Hux's classroom whenever he can.

AU: Teachers / Teacher x Teacher

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"Now, can anyone tell me how exactly the Spanish Armada's formation broke?"

It was period five on a Monday afternoon, Hux was midway through teaching his year eleven students about the Spanish Armada when a knock came from his door. He had already opened his mouth to ask Rey (who looked as though she was going to combust if she didn't get to answer) so he instead quickly threw a loud 'come in' towards the door before allowing Rey to speak.

"Well, the Spanish ships broke formation because," Rey began proudly, clearly excited to answer, till her words fell short at the sight of who walked in.

Mr Ren, the new PE teacher.

Mr Ren (more formally known as Kylo) had joined their school around eight months prior when the new school year started. Kylo had been landed the job through his strong connections to Mr Snoke, the headteacher, who had once been Kylo's favourite teacher when he had attended the school in his own time. And, at the initial sight of the man, most of the school population had swooned or either idolised the man. The female teachers had latched onto him and tried making as many not-so-subtle hints about their attraction towards him, meanwhile, the male teachers had been happy to invite him out for their usual drinks. The kids had also grown fond of him. Unlike other teachers in the PE department, such as Phasma, he was much more laid back and allowed the kids to choose the sports they wanted to participate in; this made the man go straight to the top of the leader board for the student's favourite teacher. For a while, it seemed as though Ren had no idea about the effect he had on anyone as if this was just completely normal that everyone found him so pleasant to be around. Well, almost everyone.

Hux on the other hand had found himself indifferent to Ren, always addressing him formally and ensuring to make no small talk unless very necessary. It wasn't as though Hux had circled the man out, he was like this to most other teachers and only reserved his kindness and talkative self for his students. But even though his intentions had been made clear, Ren had made it his personal goal to get on the good side of Mr Hux. 

Ren had begun timing his entrances in the staff room every morning, ensuring he'd catch Hux halfway through making a cup of caff and allowing him to squeeze in as much small talk he could. Then it progressed to Ren offering to do yard duty at breaks, standing beside or somewhat close to Hux, to gain his favour. Ren was persistent and never once allowed his intentions to falter under any circumstance (Hux had laughed to himself and put down this trait to Ren's need to be liked by everyone). One particular incident though is when Hux began to soften at the edges. 

It was the week leading up to winter break when the weather was awful and a storm had rolled in, making most days have awful downpours of rain. Despite this, there were small pockets throughout the day when the skies would clear and allow for some sunshine to grace the school grounds. So as it happened to be, Hux had been stood outside with his coat wrapped around him as tightly as he could while he dealt with the concoction of screaming and arguing from the students around him. The ginger often tried to stand near the year elevens that were more mature, but even still, there would always be the few that made their problems his by storming around and causing a commotion. But while he was having his usual internal monologue, he felt the start of raindrops hit his head before large pellets of water came tumbling down around him. He began rounding the kids up and directing them towards the school building as swiftly as possible as he felt himself getting soggier by the second.