Chapter 1

[A/N: See, Vaish is making me work again... Uwaaah! I really don't feel like giving you guys a character sketch. Just keep in mind that this is AU. And it's somewhat short. It will consist of maybe 3-4 chapters. Enjoy. And I better get reviews darn it! You guys have been slacking on me since forever now. What happened to you people? Why the hate?]

"Uhhhh" She stifled a yawn, and her best friend nudged her elbow into her side.

"Ssshh. He is known to be very strict." Sharon hushed her. As if she didn't already know that. She was sitting in this god forbidden language class, and all she could think of was his eyes. There had to be something wrong with her, for falling for this stone cold man. Maybe she was a masochist after all. But then, something about him really did make her sure that he wasn't as cold as he showed everyone. It all seemed so incredibly fake, the anger.

*Whack*

A chalk landed on her forehead, leaving a pinkish bruise. She rubbed the spot instantly, howling in pain.

"Yes Madam, what was I saying just now?" He asked in very heavy accented English, quite visibly struggling with his anger right now.

"Huhh, Sir.. Ummm.." She mumbled unintelligibly, trying to recall what those incredible lips of his had been uttering a while ago.

Sharon slipped her note towards her and she caught a glimpse. Only that much was enough for her to catch on, she was a bright student after all.

"Sir, you were discussing the numbers." She spoke out, beaming.

A chalk came right at her face again, and she yelped.

"Owww.."

"Right. And call me Sir again and I'll throw you out of my class." He told her coolly, but it made her shiver with fear.

"Haii. Gomenasai, Ryuu-Sensei." She apologized.

He waved off her apology without second thought, and got off with his lesson.

"Now repeat after me class, 'Rei', 'Ichi', 'Ni', 'San'..." He trailed off, pronouncing every word correctly, and then writing it in kanji. He knew they wouldn't remember a thing by the end of this class, but then, he would judge them in their exam papers and nowhere else. Hadn't he passed out just three years ago? He absentmindedly remembered his English classes, god they were tortures. Why in the hell had he learnt English in the first place, and then left his beloved home to come teach here, in this foreign land.

The bell rang in that moment and he adjusted his glasses. It was more and more becoming a habit of his.

"Well class, meet you on Monday. Please revise this lesson; it'll play an important role in your weekly tests." He said, and collecting his books, made his way out of the class.

"Sharon, seriously. He's really sexy!" She chirped, and found her friend looking at her suspiciously.

"What in the world is sexy about that guy?" Sharon asked back.

"His eyes! Have you seen the color!" Kria said, slurping on her ice tea, walking backwards. They were out shopping on the weekend, and Kria couldn't help be happy. She was walking backwards, facing Sharon.

"He has dead eyes, Kiri. D.E.A.D." She pronounced each syllable out, trying to get it through her dumb friends head.

"I think I am gonna ask him for tuitions." Kria chirped, a bounce in her walk.

"What is so fascinating about that guy, goddammit?" Sharon asked, bewildered.

"His eyes!" She replied.

"What is with you and his eyes!" Sharon shot back.

"They are emerald green, Sharon!" Kria answered. But as soon as she did, she tripped into something rock solid, and her ice tea splashed all on her body.

"Uggh. What the fuck! Watch where you are going!" She tried to turn back, and screamed, but was held captive in that something's arms.

She instantly froze, as if being put in a blast freezer, but that tiny weeny niggling bit in her mind registered the fact that he was touching her side-boobs. She gulped loudly, unable to do anything else, and realized his penetrating gaze on her.

"Gomen..." She finally managed to breathe out after a few minutes.

"Chalega..." He had a very other-wordly aura around him when he spoke to her right now, and she could feel goosebumps rising on her skin with that silk laden teasing voice.

He straightened her up, slowly, and maybe she was reading too much into it, but it felt as if he took his time with her.

"Gomenasai, Ryuu-Sensei." She bowed down to him, and he waved her off again.

"Chalega... Chalega... Naam kya tha tumhara?" He asked, in pure Hindi, and she couldn't help the shocked look on her face.

"Aap Hindi jaante hai?" Sharon asked from behind her.

He smiled. Holy fuck, he smiled.

"Yeah... My dad is an Indian. Isiliye Hindi aati hai mujhe." He replied, well naturedly.

All she could do was gape. But then she realized he had asked her name.

"Kria Ghai..." She breathed.

"Ohhkay, Dekh kar chala karo, Kria." He said.

"Aapka naam fir Ryuuji kyun hai, Sensei?" Sharon had the nerves of asking.

"Nahi, Ryuuji formal naam hai mera. It's Reyaansh actually. But, please don't address me as Reyaansh." He was waving to them, taking his leave.

Kria was just mindlessly waving back, completely mesmerized.

"Ohh, and Kria..." He called off from a distance.

"Haai, Sensei?" She shouted back.

"Next time you are that rude, I'll make sure you fail." He replied, and she shivered again.

[A/N: Gomen: Sorry. Gomenasai: Very Sorry or A formal way of saying sorry. Sensei: Sir, Teacher, etc. Ryuuji: A Japanese name which means Dragon child. Rei, Ichi, Nii, San: zero, one, two, three...]