My Dearest Enemy - GeminiFourth AU

3. Fourth is back

“I hate being ignored. I look like an idiot trying to get your attention”.

Gemini was so bored with Professor Tay Tawan's classes that he started signing the desk with his name. His thoughts wandered somewhere far away. He was just wondering how to make life miserable for Fourth, who was about to return from training camp, when someone approached him.

Tay leaned over him, pushed his notebook aside and looked at the writing with disapproval.

“Gemini, didn't I tell you that you shouldn't write on school desks?” Professor Tay as always sounded like an annoyed bee.

“After all, it's my desk, I always sit there, so what does it matter? If professor insists, I can buy that desk and it won't be a problem, right?”

“Are you talking back to the teacher?” Of course the teacher wasn't happy with his student's answer. He knew he might lose all respect among students if he let that spoiled brat act like this and take control over him, but the truth was Tay Tawan had no idea how to deal with stubborn boy. He wondered how could it happen that this young man got to become a candidate for a future king. Tawan saw nothing royal in him.

“No, professor, I'm sorry, I just...” To Tawan's surprise Gemini stepped back and sounded even quite polite. Professor tried to keep calm and not show any emotions.

“You just what? Would you like to take a walk to see our boss?”

“No probably not? Can I not go?” Gemini asked more than stated. Basically, everything seemed more interesting to him than sitting through boring classes, which he hated as much as that damn Nattawat. He wouldn't mind a short walk to the Institute's director's office. At least he wouldn't have to be here. At professor Earth's classes he could at least take a short nap, but here it was impossible, Tawan always watched every student very carefuly and was strict.

“So why don't you erase that and start focusing on what I'm trying to teach you? This is important. Or maybe you think you know everything and you don't need to learn anymore?”

“Okay, professor, I'll focus more,” Gemini agreed, and as Tay left his table to approach Java, who had asked to explain to him some aspect of today's class that he didn't understand, Gemini quietly muttered under his breath, "Then why don't you start focus on studying?", imitating his teacher. Phuwin laughed quietly, which earned him a slap on the shoulder with the notebook.

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A few hours later...

“So, your roommate is coming back today, how do you feel about it?” Gemini was sure this question was asked just to annoy him even more. As if today wasn't hard enough to him!

“I don't feel comfortable with it at all. I didn't think about it until you ruined it all by mentioning him. And I was already in such a good mood!”.

“Oh come on, it can't be that bad, I heard Fourth is a nice guy, quiet and easy going, you'll like him”.

Gemini couldn't figure out if Phuwin was saying this seriously to cheer him up or was only mocking him and having a lot of fun, but he decided to once again trust his good intentions. Yuuuuup, sometimes even Gemini Norawit Boonprasert wanted to trust someone's good intentions, but usually he was suspicious and he only had that trust for his closest people like his brother Dunk or his best friend Phuwin.

“What are you talking about, Phu? It can't be that bad?! This will be a nightmare! I'm supposed to live in the same room as Professor Zee's pet. Damn, just thinking about it makes me want to puke. What were they thinking, putting us in a room together?! Moreover, he is a Formula 1 fan, blah! Formula 1 isn't even a sport! They're only wasting fuel! It's dangerous to our whole planet!”