Our Sour Ties

Chapter Six

Sousuke' P.O.V.

"I told you that my stomach would hurt..." I groan.

"I said I was sorry. You rest here. You have a few lectures today, right?" I ask.

"Yeah. Be sure to come back before two, you fucking bastard." Kai mumbled.

"I'm sorry, how many times do I have to say it?" I sigh.

"Sorry doesn't stop my stomach ache." He pouts.

"I called the school saying you got slight food poisoning and I'll fill in today." I informed.

"Im going to sleep until you get back. Bring food." He grumbles.

"I will." I press soft kiss to his forehead thread as he snuggles into my blankets.

1 hour later....

"Good morning class, I'm filling in for Mr. Anderson. He got a small case of food poisoning when we went out to eat yesterday..." I sigh.

"You didn't poison him?" One of his student asked. I think his name was Suki?

"I didn't." I assured.

"Are you even qualified to teach this class?" Another student asked.

"I'm a Harvard trained man, so is Mr. Anderson. We are qualified to teach every class here, but we stick to one subject." I informed.

"Why are you working here then if you're so smart?" Suki asked.

"We like teaching?" I rose a brow as they stared at me.

"Why?" A student asked. I pause and look straight at the students.

"I was once in your place, looking at a teacher with that same question on my lips. Why? I saw how proud my teachers were when we became something, and I wanted to feel what they did. I wanted to help students become successful, to do what they want to do. I want the best to happen to you, and that is why I'm a teacher. I want a better tomorrow for you." They just sat there, staring at me. Suki was the one who broke the silence.

"Think you can face time/Skype Mr. Anderson?" He questions.

"Why?" I ask myself.

"Well, I kinda want to hear what he has to say." Suki admits.

"Well, he's got nothing better to do since he's lying in bed." I informed as I pull out my phone and text him a warning. He responds quickly and a few minutes later, we're skyping. He's sitting against my bed with the laptop in front of him. More like, on the end of his legs. His hair looks neater and he's wearing one of my graphic t's that was a bit big on him. He looked like a teenager.

"Can you not let me rest?" He complains.

"Are you sure that's Mr. Anderson?" A female student asked.

"Yes, I'm Mr. Anderson, I look really young, it's weird. I'm twenty two, give me a break." He then freezes and so do I.

"Wait! You two are twenty two? How are you qualified to teach us?" Suki questioned.

"Just like you Suki, we skipped grades. Our reasoning was to get far away from each other and that never happened. We graduated from Harvard four years ago and have been teaching since." Kai sighs. He rubbed his temples.

"I'm changing location, no offense Sousuke, your place smells like crap." Kai faked a gag.

"Are you sure that's not yourself?" I joked.

"Fine fun, I'll stop joking." He got out of the bed and everyone gets a brief look of some long pajama pants as he grabs the laptop and goes to my living room. He sat on the couch where we realized we loved each other.

"Um, why is he at your house Mr.Daniels?" Suki asked.

"We're neighbors, his tv is better. I came here to mooch off his crap. It's his fault I'm sick anyways. He chose the worst place to get dinner." Kai made a sour face.

"Me. Anderson, why did you become a teacher?" Suki asked.

"Why? Because I want to give back to the community and bring out the best in you guys. I want you to make your own paths. My parents wanted me to be a lawyer, and me and Sousuke's parents still try to make us quit our jobs. I want to give you the option of choice, bring out the best in you." Kai informs. He then left looks over at me.

"Sousuke, where do you keep your medicine?" He asks.

"Bathroom. Read the instructions." Kai gets up and leaves and you just see him go down a hall and disappear.

"You have a big house for a college professor." A student noted.

"It's really not that big." I assured as Kai sat back down on the couch.

"Hey, can we skip the lesson and ask you guys questions?" Suki asks.

"I have no problem, I'm not a teacher right now." Kai shrugged.

"Fine. Might as well." I agreeds.

"First question, it's been bugging me for awhile now, how did you rivalry start?" Suki asked. The class leaned forward.

"He thought I shagged his sister. That did not happen, and it wasn't until break that he found out. Our entire rivalry started because of a lie." Kai wasn't holding back. He just sat on my couch, looking at the screen.

"Are you a virgin then?" A female student asks.

"What? Hell no. But I practice safe sex. Like you all should." Kai grabbed a water from my table and took a sip. "Sousuke not either. I know because that also fueled part of our rivalry." He explained.

"Kai, honestly...." I sighed.

"What? We're twenty two? Most students in this class have had sex." Kai shrugged.

"Are you this unprofessional outside of school?" Suki asks.

"It's mostly because I'm sick. When I get fevers, memory loss, sick in general, no filter." Kai admitted.

"Having known him for my entire life, he's not even kidding." I sigh.

"Why are your families so close?" Suki asks.

"Kai, you shouldn't answer th-"

"Our families own small businesses and work together often. We grew up next to each other. Same lifestyle and upbringing, so no wonder we took the same steps." Kai lied. I guess he still had enough common sense to not say he full truth.

"Makes sense." A student shrugged. Kai flinched on screen.

"My stomachs acting up again, gotta run." His face was pretty pale too.

"I understand, be sure to rest." He nods and shuts his laptop. I shut mine. I turn back to the class. "Now that we have that out of the way, I'm supposed to be teaching you," I sigh.

A few lectures later...

"You heading back to your love nest?" Emma asked.

"Please stop. What should I bring Kai to eat?" I question.

"I'd go with subway. Can't have you fucking up his stomach more, now can we?"

"God, Emma, you're amazing, but fuck off."