Valda

Day Three Part Five

Rielyr quietly laughed but nodded, "Am I not going to get my jacket back Kirean?" Kirean felt his face heat up as he listened to Rielyr.

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Kirean had been slow to shake his head, sinking into the jacket. "No, it's mine now." Kirean joked. He loved the material already, it was soft and smelled like Rielyr.

Rielyr quietly laughed but nodded, "Okay Kirean, you can have it." Rielyr softly smiled at the boy, watching him light up.

"Please don't be joking," Kirean sighed as he sat down on the bed, pulling his knees up to his chest.

Rielyr took a quick moment to glance over Kirean. The younger boy was dressed in simple shorts, an oversized shirt, and his jacket.

Rielyr was slow to walk over and sit next to Kirean. "I'm not joking, you can keep it if you want. It was getting kind of small anyway." Kirean was quick to look over at Rielyr.

"Small?" Kirean asked, holding out his hands, seeing as the jacket came over his hands and down to his mid-thigh. "I think you would fit fine in this Rielyr."

The man shook his head, dismissing the other's words. "It's small now, anyway, I should get going. I don't want to interrupt family time." Rielyr had stood up, starting to walk away before Kirean grabbed his jacket sleeve.

"Or you can stay for dinner and help me study?" Kirean asked quietly, not wanting to be too out of place.

"Study? Now? I really don't want to intrude, it would be wrong if I stayed." Rielyr spoke softly, trying to be respectful.

"No, really. My mother would probably love it if you stayed for dinner, besides I really need help since I couldn't focus at all during your class today." Kirean spoke with a small laugh, knowing he was digging a grave from that.

Rielyr grumbled now, looking at Kirean disappointingly. "Kirean you need to focus." Rielyr had spoken sternly to Kirean.

"I know," Kirean whined looking down. "Will you just help me, please? I'll pay attention this time I swear."

Rielyr sighed, hesitating for a moment before giving in. "Fine, we can study but I'm not staying for dinner. I have papers to deal with."

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Hours later, around eight o'clock, Rielyr was still there with Kirean.

The man had meant to help him study and yet here they were, having been discussing the current martial for a good few minutes. The two had gotten more comfortable together during that time, Kirean sitting in between Rielyr's legs, leaning against the other boy's chest.

"So like that?" Kirean asked as he finished one of the problems. "I think you said to do it like this."

Rielyr quietly sighed, leaning forward to better see the problem. "No Kirean, it's not like that. You forgot to do this," Rielyr grabbed the pencil, writing a few things on the paper Kirean had.

Kirean groaned and leaned his head back, looking up at the other. "This is dumb and I hate it." He grumbled, crossing his arms.

"Oh calm down, drama queen," Rielyr huffed. "This wasn't so hard, you are really getting the hang of it and I'm proud of you." Rielyr hummed, smiling at the boy.

Kirean grumbled and shifted slightly, sighing. "Why did you have to pick like the most difficult thing to teach? I would like you so much better if this was easy." Kirean sat forward, looking at the paper with a glare.