School and Valentines

Another fine day at school. It was close to Valentine’s Day…Again and as usual I got my deluge of red candy and chocolate filled hearts, toys, letters and other paraphernalia pertaining to this rather annoying holiday. One, which I despise ‘til its dying days!

In between classes I sifted through my latest pile of goodies and gifts. All from my head over heals in love female students. I always hated the way they looked so utterly defeated when I had to turn them down. I am a teacher; I can’t afford to carry on any sort of relationship with any of my students… Not a romantic one, anyway.

One of the newest boxes caught my attention. It was… Different from all the others I’d gotten. It had more white, to me suggesting one of my male students had put it there. After all you’re supposed to get a white box from a guy on White Day and I decided to see which of my male students had a crush on me… Not that it hadn’t happened before, but it was always interesting to see which ones they were.

I tugged away the white ribbon holding the box closed and flipped the lid onto my desk. Inside there was a note and a small amount of chocolates. I was a little disappointed, I was expecting a little more in the way of sweets. I’d always gotten a fair amount from my male students before. I looked at the envelope, a plain white one with no writing whatsoever and turned it over, pulling out the note inside.

“Sesshomaru-sama, I’m sorry for the informality, but I can’t bring myself to call you Inuyokai-sensei in this note to you. It’s too personal for me to be so formal. From the day I started school here, you had taken my heart with your beauty…Then you sealed it away with your kindness, though I doubt you’d think of me as anything other than a foul-mouthed pest from your homeroom. I can’t stand idly by any longer, my feelings will tear me apart if I do not tell you how I feel! I’ve loved you from day one and I always shall!

I know your policy on relationships of romantic tendencies with your students…I can’t hope to get through to you until I am no longer attending this school, but I had to let you know how I felt. You are my one and only love and I shall never be able to love another. Please Sesshomaru-sama; at least consider my feelings when you turn me down! Be kind to my already bleeding heart…Allow me to feel your embrace as you reject me and toss me aside to save your precious reputation as a pure teacher.

I love you and I sincerely hope you aren’t taken too far aback as you read this, my confession of love!

                                                                                    InuYasha ”

Needless to say I was very taken aback. InuYasha was one of my worst students. He was always arguing with other students, fighting and generally being a very large pain in the ass. Had I only known that those were his ways of getting my attention. I was ashamed to have been so very rude and mean with him.

He was one of the few students I’ve ever actually lusted after. One of the few I had always hoped would want me too. I was actually quite glad it was now so very near the “Day of Love” as some of my co-workers called it. Tomorrow would be the 14^th and it was unfortunately the weekend. No work for me, though I did enjoy it most of the time. I didn’t think I’d be able to concentrate on the rest of the day’s classes, now that I’d read InuYasha’s note.

“Inuyokai-sensei? Class is about to start.” Ugh, I hated that voice. I didn’t even need to turn around to know who it was. Jaken, my teacher’s aide had come to check on me. How I hated his grating voice, but I put up with it, because of Jaken’s excellent work ethic and diligence. “I’ll be right there.” I said, getting up from my chair, slipping the note back inside it’s box and heading off for class.

I walked into the classroom and the students rose, I greeted them and began the lecture. “Open your textbooks to page two hundred and thirty-eight, and look at passage two.”

Jaken, being the excellent TA he was, wrote the page number and assignment on the board before taking his seat to work on the assignment with the rest of the class. How I got to be an English teacher, I have no idea. I originally applied to be a history teacher. I had the distinct feeling that Principal Naraku did not want me to be happy in my post and had given me a job I was neither prepared for, nor licensed for.

That man was only trying to make me miserable. I’d risen to the challenge and made sure I thoroughly enjoyed my job and I paid extra close attention to all my students and in my extra time made sure I became an accredited teacher for English as well. Principal Naraku was none too happy about that, but there were no other positions open for him to transfer me into and test scores began to rise in the English department as soon as I joined the team. Why mess with a good thing?

Finally the bell rang and the day was over. I sighed and said goodbye to my students, packing my things I heard the door open, someone enter, and the door close again. “May I help you?” I asked, not looking up from my task. I wanted to go home as quickly as I could. I had things to contemplate… Like InuYasha. “Sesshomaru-sama?” The voice was tentative, but recognizable nonetheless. I looked up to see the figure of my future contemplations standing before me.

“InuYasha-kun. How… Unexpected. I didn’t see you in class today, I thought you’d skipped again.” I said, trying to hide my joy at seeing him, and the knowledge that he wanted me as I wanted him.

“I dropped by earlier… To give you something… I…Uh…Well I wanted to know if you’d gotten it.” Damn, I couldn’t lie to him. He knew I’d gotten it, now he just wanted to know if I’d read it and how I felt.

“I received it. But I’m afraid I can’t give you an answer until next month.” I’d said this line to countless female students and this was one of the few times I regretted telling it to anyone, especially to one I loved so much. InuYasha looked crushed. His shoulders drooped and he hung his head. “I… I see. Goodbye, Inuyokai-sensei.” His words were choked and strained.

“Sesshomaru-sama, please. I never really liked my last name anyway.” I smiled as InuYasha perked up a bit, knowing that I at least wasn’t going to be cruel. “Mind you, if you do that in class, I’ll have to reprimand you.”

“Yes sir.” InuYasha smiled and left the room quietly. I’m way too much of a softie. Then again, I did part of that for personal gain. I wanted him to not hate me, I still wanted his affections. “What have I just gotten myself into?” I asked myself, cleaning the chalkboard and with my things headed back to my desk, in the teacher’s lounge. I packed all my things and left for the day.  

 Over the next few weeks, I saw more of InuYasha in class and on March 1^st I received a small surprise. I was staying late after school and InuYasha popped in under some pretext or another about asking me something about class. He closed the door behind him.

“Sesshomaru-sama?” I looked up from my work and smiled. “InuYasha-kun, what a pleasure it is to see you here after class. To make up some missing assignments?” I asked in a teasingly hopeful way. “Naw…I came to tell you that it’s my birthday today.” InuYasha was looking at his feet. “I already knew it was your birthday. It’s in your file, besides you know my policy on birthdays. I tell everyone happy birthday when it rolls around.” I stood and walked over to him. He looked up and blushed a little. “That’s not what I wanted to tell you.” He was blushing a little and I smiled. It was cute.

“Well, what did you want to tell me then?” InuYasha looked down again. “I…I’m legal…Now… You know…And…” He stopped speaking, too embarrassed to even speak, let alone look at me. I was grinning widely. “I see. Well, in that case… I can give you your White Day present early, then.” I turned and pulled at small white box out of my bag and handed it to him. His blush deepened as he looked at it. “It won’t bite… I promise.”

He opened the box to find a few chocolates and an envelope that was oddly heavy, judging by his face. “You…You…Love me?” He asked, obviously shocked by the fact I returned his feelings. I nodded and took a step closer to him and whispered into his ear. “In that envelope, you shall find two things that will make you very happy. And because it’s your birthday, you don’t have to wait until the date specified. Just be on time and everything will be good.” He looked up at me with wide, shocked eyes. “Uhh…” He looked almost like a fish, his mouth opened and closed a few times. I bent down and kissed him.

“Now, go and have fun. Enjoy the chocolates.” I smiled at him, and herded him towards the door. Just as I was opening it, he reached out a hand and stopped me. “Kiss me again…Please.” How could I deny that beautiful face and those soft lips? I bent down and kissed him again, longer and with a little more conviction. “You know, I’m breaking my own rules because of you.” I smiled and pecked him on the cheek before ushering him out the door. I hurried through the rest of my work, humming to myself. I finished in record time, if I do say so myself.

I made my way home as quickly as I could and showered, as I was getting out and wrapping my towel around my waist, I heard a knock at the door. Thinking it was just the neighbor, I hurried to the door. I opened it to find InuYasha standing there, breathless, panting and slightly flushed. “You’re early.” He nodded. “I know, I just couldn’t wait.” I stepped out of the way and held the door farther open, allowing him easier entrance. “You’re going to be bored for half an hour, now.” I looked at him, he was too busy admiring my near nakedness to hear a word I said. He merely nodded, trying unsuccessfully to tear his eyes away from me and look at something else.

I chuckled and turned on the TV, handing him the remote. “I have to get dressed now, so why don’t you watch something interesting. InuYasha nodded and watched me as I walked down the hall, I could see him in the mirror. Once the bedroom door was safely closed, I leaned against it. I was really in trouble now. Not only is InuYasha my student, he’s legal, making it even harder to resist the temptation to pounce him now and have my way with him in my living room. I sighed and tried not to think about any of that. I dressed in some of my nicest clothes.

A white shirt with red on one shoulder and at the cuffs of the sleeves. A pair of khaki pants, black socks. I left my hair down and walked into the living room, InuYasha had seated himself on the couch, but didn’t look anywhere near comfortable. “Relax, InuYasha. Don’t worry, I won’t bite you either.” Smiling at my own joke and thinking of the chocolates I’d given him earlier. The poor boy nearly jumped out of his skin when I spoke. I didn’t realize he’d been so into the show. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you.” I walked into the kitchen and began preparing dinner, which would have been finished by the time InuYasha got here, if the boy had followed my instructions.

Oh, well. He didn’t follow instructions in class either. That’s probably why I’m so attracted to him. I turned to ask if he wanted anything to drink and practically ran into him, he was standing so close to me. “Ahh, there you are. Is there something you’d like to drink?” He shook his head and looked past me to see what I was doing. “I’m making dinner. It would’ve been rather romantic, if you’d only waited a little while longer.” I said, kindly reprimanding him. He smiled apologetically. “Can I help?” He asked hopefully.

“If I let you help, then it wouldn’t be part of your birthday present. I wouldn’t be a very good host either.” I turned to get a glass from a cupboard and filled it with some juice and sipped it. “Please?” He was making it hard to tell him no. “Alright. You can help.” I sighed and was practically knocked over by the force of the hug he gave me. I suspected it was just an excuse to touch me, but I let it slide this time. He let go and looked around the kitchen.

“Where do I start? And what do I do?” He was adorable. I kissed him and led him to the sink. “Wash and cut … Wait, I’d better show you where everything is first.” I smiled and showed him were everything was and led him back to the sink. “Now that you know where everything is, wash and cut these, please.” He nodded and began working on the task before him.

Soon dinner was ready and we sat down to eat, I poured us both a little rice wine and after saying thanks, we ate in near silence. It was a little disturbing. I usually listened to music or watched TV, but I didn’t want to do either, not while InuYasha was here. About halfway through dinner, I could stand the silence no longer. “So, InuYasha…Do you like it?” I really hoped he did. I took pride in my ability to cook… Most people didn’t think I liked to, but it was immensely fun. “Yes, it’s delicious…But…” He looked down. “But what?” I asked. “I don’t like mushrooms.” I laughed. Most of the meal had mushrooms in it. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know.” I chuckled a little more. “Why didn’t you say something. I would have made you something different. It is your birthday…I guess you can say it was special, though. Your lover made you something you didn’t like for dinner.” I laughed again.

InuYasha blushed and nearly chocked on his wine when he heard me refer to myself as his lover. “No…No that’s not what I meant…It’s just…I didn’t want to be in the way or to inconvenience you in anyway.” I looked at him for a moment and in mere seconds I was by his side, stroking his face. “There’s no way you could possibly do any of those things. I’m trying to make you happy, I can’t do that if I don’t know what makes you happy. Let me know next time.” I was leaning close and for once, InuYasha initiated the kiss. “For now, no mushrooms next time. OK? That’ll make me happy.” I smiled and nodded. “I can do that.” He kissed me again, there was no stopping this time. My hands stroking his long dark tresses, pulling him closer.

I knew I shouldn’t have taken a shower, I was just going to end up having to take another one. I looked down at my love, who was now on his back and shirtless. “I love you. I love you so very much.” He looked to be on the verge of tears when he heard those words. “I love you too.” I whipped away one of the tears that did manage to find a way onto his cheek. I kissed each eye in turn and held him closed. Later, while lying on the dining room floor, holding him in my arms, InuYasha asked me a question I didn’t think he’d ask so quickly. “Sesshomaru-sama…Do you think I could live with you? I’m old enough to move out on my own and live wherever I want. I really want to live with you.” I held him closer and nuzzled my head into his neck. “I would love it if you moved in. That will be my birthday present to you. I’ll help you move in tonight, if you want?” InuYasha nodded and got up.

I followed him. Wrapped in a blanket, he opened the door took two steps outside, picked up a box and handed it to me. “Here.” He was smiling broadly. “You had this planned out. I should’ve known.” I took the box into my house and helped my love to organize his things how he wanted and sat down on the couch, pulling him with me. “I’m glad you’re here. I don’t know how much longer I could’ve gone on, without having you with me.” I whispered as I nibbled his ear. He fell asleep on my lap, and I watched him until I too fell asleep. 

The End.