Author: Snow Tigra
Rating: R... because even I don't know what to expect
Pairing: many many many pairing... I swear this thing's going to turn into a soap opera!
Warnings: AU, confuzzlement, teachers, teaching assistants, students and college
Spoilers: nope, none, nada
Archive: Fanfiction.net
Author's Note: This fanfic is loosely based on the anime Kusatta Kyoshi no Houteshiki (Rotten Teacher's Equation)... but, as usual, I added my own twists so don't expect it to follow the original anime very closely.
Ne, Sensai! Prologue
"You're going to fall!"
Duo glanced up in surprise and grabbed the next branch above him. Making sure he had a tight grip he glanced down below, all the way to the street beneath him. It was such a long way down now that he actually looked...
A young blond boy, only a little older than himself, stood under the tree looking up at him. Short blond curls covered his head and his eyes matched the clear blue sky, as a worried expression crossed his face.
"Come down or you're going to fall!" The boy cried.
Duo just smirked. "No!" He called down. "See I don't need to worry about falling now!"
The young blond blinked in confusion.
Duo pulled himself up onto the next branch and sat down, ignoring the sap from the tree which covered his hands and shorts. Grinning from ear to ear he closed his eyes for a moment and breathed in the scent of pine. He loved that smell, pine had to be the most wonderful smelling thing in the world... at least to a ten year old.
"See I was worried about falling before," He called back down, opening his eyes once more. "But now there's someone below me so if I fall you can go get help."
The boy opened his mouth to respond but must have decided to stop because he just shook his head and gave a light laugh.
"What's you name? Mine's Duo!"
"Quatre," the boy yelled back.
Duo grinned and leaned forward to call to him, he wanted the blond haired boy to join him, to see the view. It was so beautiful this high up...
But his balance slipped and his eyes widened. Giving a cry of surprise he tumbled forward and dropped through the air. Branches flew around him, zooming past faster than the fastest bird. He closed his eyes and sent his arms flailing, trying to catch a branch.
But he couldn't grab onto any of them!
He was going to hit the ground and he was going to hit it hard!
A second later he did, but it wasn't nearly as hard as he thought it would be. The impact hurt a lot and he felt a sharp pain jump through his ankle, but otherwise nothing else really hurt save for small bruises. It took a few moments for him to realize that someone had caught him...
His eyes snapped open and he found himself lying on top of the blond boy. The boy had tried to catch him and the force of the fall had sent them both to the ground. Both were now covered with dirt from the ground and sap from the tree, not to mention they were surrounded by small broken branches that Duo had snapped on his way down.
"Are you ok?" Duo asked quickly in worry.
The blond boy opened his eyes and winced, but a small smile crossed his face. "I told you you would fall."
Duo smiled back. "Lucky you were here to catch me."
Their eyes locked for a moment and both smiled at each other.
From that day on, until nearly five years later, the two were inseparable.
~*~
Duo grinned at his reflection in the mirror and straightened the red tie. He hated school uniforms when he was younger but now all he could do was smile at himself happily. This was more then a school uniform, this was proof that his goals were finally accomplished and now his future was set.
Years of digging in gardens and taking chores around the neighborhood for money and not spending a single dime had finally paid off. He was finally going to the Academy like he'd always dreamed. Finally! The day had finally come!
Winking at himself in the mirror he gave himself a thumbs up.
"Won't you be surprised Q-man when you see me today? Three years..." He shook his head and the grin slipped back into place. "I can't wait!"
Duo left the house with his school bag in high hopes of seeing his old childhood friend. Three years had seemed like an eternity to him, mostly because Quatre wasn't just a friend. Somewhere along the line of them being close friends Duo's feelings had evolved. He now knew without a doubt that he loved Quatre.
This year, his first year of college, would be a year of discovery. He planned to find Quatre and tell him straight to his face, tell him just how much he actually loved him. And from there he could only hope for the best...
However one has to wonder how he would have reacted if he knew that his school year would be filled with visions of cobalt blue eyes and messy brown hair. Truly, by stepping on that bus to the college, Duo Maxwell had no idea what he was getting himself into!
TBC...
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