The Perfect Prince and the Infamous Thief

Chapter 9

Ohno shot his arm up in the air, and brought it back down with a loud thud when his energy gave up on him. He groaned loud enough to fill he room, and clutched his stomach thinking that he needed to throw up. Nevertheless, nothing came out, and he just moved his head to the side. Just as he was about to get up, a long, and hairy leg flashed right in front of him, and he immediately backed up screaming. He wasn’t aware of anything and only saw that his apartment was close to being a trash dump.

“It’s morning already?” a breathy voice asked under his light blue blanket. Ohno recognized that voice, but he wasn’t sure of that was the person that popped up in his mind.

“Nino?” he heard the persocom call out and realized he was also under the blanket.

Slowly, Ohno pulled his blanket and saw his teacher in his boxers while Nino was wearing boxers also. The two were so close together that their limbs were tangled, and Nino’s arm was under Aiba.

That’s right! Ohno remembered as Aiba got up and yawned. Aiba-san dropped by last night unexpectedly.

“What…time is it?” Aiba yawned and rubbed his eyes of sleep.

He asked if he could stay over and we ended up drinking ‘til dawn. Man! We got hammered, Ohno rubbed his head. He really had no idea why his teacher was with him in the first place, and he never remembered asking him. Ohno only remembered bits of what happened before they got drunk and he panicked when there was no other flash backs coming to him.

Ohno was quiet that Aiba noticed the flustered look on his face. He snapped from his thoughts when he felt his teacher’s hand on his shoulder. “Don’t worry,” Aiba smile innocently, “I didn’t take advantage of you.”

“Wha-Wha-What do you mean take advantage?!” Ohno asked as tears of embarrassment flowed out of his eyes. He really had no idea what Aiba was talking about and he has a feeling that something went down last night.

“I think you first time should be with someone you love. Don’t worry, I really didn’t do anything,” Aiba grinned and Ohno was completely speechless.

First time?! Someone you love?! What’s he talking about?! Ohno panicked. He was starting to grow even more red, and all Aiba did was grin like it was no big deal.

“You got drunk and started taking your clothes off.”

“T-took my clothes off? How far…”

Aiba’s grin became even wider. “You were average-sized.”

“You saw my--?!”

“Average-sized. Satoshi is average-sized!” Nino repeated after Aiba with much more enthusiast.

Ohno was glad that Nino had learned something, but he was even more embarrassed at the fact Nino had learned that! He grabbed the persocom and told him that he didn’t have to remember any of it, though he doubts that Nino will.

Wait a minute…how does Aiba-san know that I’m still a virgin? I guess all that booze made me talkative…

“We’d better get going. It’s almost time for class…”

The teacher fumbled around until he found his clothes and Ohno felt bad for being poor. “I’d lend you a toothbrush, but I don’t have an extra.”

“That’s alright,” Aiba smiled and took out an acrylic pack along with a slim box, “I brought my own since I was planning on staying out all night.”

“You made plans to stay with me?!”

“Not exactly,” Aiba giggled.

“Then why did you come here?”

“Maybe cause I’m a coward… I don’t know…”

Ohno didn’t know what was going in his sensei’s mind since he didn’t know exactly how he thinks. He sees Aiba as the happy go lucky teacher, but after talking to him last night, and that sad smile on his face, he wanted to know more about Aiba’s personal life. But it would be awkward since he’s not used to a student and teacher relationship.

Aiba stood up very slowly, his legs wobbling a bit. For a male, he had a nice legs compared to his short ones. After the teacher recovered, he leaned on the doorframe and his smile was back on his face. “I’ll be sure to call on you during class today. In return for your letting me stay here.”

“Wha-?!”

“Oh, Satoshi,” Aiba grinned, showing half of his face through the bathroom door, “You really are a good guy like everyone says. Even if you are a virgin.”

“What’s that got to do with anything?!”

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Ohno slid the door open and heaved in a great deal of air. He wanted to blame the teacher for making short stops because of little things, and doting over them thinking that he would be late to class. However, he made it in time to see his colleagues chatting, and walking about in the classroom.

“Yo-” He wanted to greet his friend, who was always early, but Sho’s head was resting on his arms. Sho usually wasn’t like this, and he guessed that he was up all night studying.

“Studying late again?” Ohno asked his friend while he took his usual seat besides Sho.

“Nothing like that,” Sho answered and poked Chinen’s cheek. “Wake up, kiddo. You can get out of standby mode and shut down.”

“Nighty-night,” Chinen stood up and did a courtesy.

Ohno watched the small computer flutter to one side, hitting his head against Sho’s bag. Chinen crawled slowly to the opening of the bag, and unzipped it. He waved and gave a weak smile before disappearing inside Sho’s mess.

“Is your notebook okay? His batteries low or something?”

“Poor kid. Chiinen was up all night searching, too…” Sho mumbled but not soft enough for Ohno to hear every word of it.

“Searching? For what?”

The latter ignored him as soon as the door slid open. Aiba came in holding a huge, rolled up paper, and the attendance book with a calm smile on his face. Ohno was impressed that the teacher still showed up, and that he wasn’t swaying as much while on their way to school.

While Aiba was scribbling away in the blackboard and talking about the main lesson, the teacher maintained a good posture and attitude the whole time. Neither did he sway, pause, or even show any hints of being drunk last night, that Aiba gave off an impression that he’s done this before. However, at the corner of his eyes, he could see the strain in Sho’s eyebrows. What’s Sho looking all pissed about?

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“Come in, Nino,” Kato smiled as she welcomed the persocom in her apartment. Her room was a bit bigger than Satoshi’s, but her place was much more tidier, and organized. Nino noticed this as soon as he respectfully took his shoes off.

He followed the landlady to the middle of the room, and was told to wait patiently. He fiddled with his chubby fingers and noticed something in the far corner of the room. Just on top of a wooden dresser, there was a picture frame facing down.

He grabbed the small corner of the frame and lifted it up a little bit to get a better look. Nino only made out a vivid color of white, and grey but set it back down when he heard soft footsteps.

“Would you mind putting this on?” Kato handed him a set of clothes while he closed the door behind her.

“Okay,” Nino answered and went to a small corner. He unzipped his short baggy pants, and pulled his shirt off his body. He grabbed the cluster of clothes Kato had given him and put them on as he remembered Ohno had instructed.

While he was busy putting on his clothes, Kato’s back was to him picking up the frame Nino had noticed earlier. She gave the frame the tightest hug she could give and set it down again, once he heard Nino say, “I’m changed.” Kato turned around and smiled when a familiar image hit her. Nino was only puzzled at how the landlady smiled at him and stood up straight.

“Wow, that looks great on you. A perfect fit,” Kato smiled and gently grabbed Nino’s arm. “But of course it would be. That outfit was made for you, after all.”