Authors note: I've reread and fixed the first chapter. Thank you for reading.

Chapter two

Kyle sighed as he stared at himself in the bathroom mirror. His eyes were dark from lack of sleep and his posture was terrible as if he was about to slump over the sink. Which he almost did drift off to do exactly that but it woke him right up from almost killing himself on it. Yesterday, after saying something completely stupid, he was interrupted by his cell phone which he left on just in case of emergencies. It turned out that his mother had taken a turn for the worst and right when the words left his fathers mouth he packed up his things to rush out of there with the phone still next to his ear. The faculty knew about his mother and the reason he took this job here was because they allowed him to leave if anything bad were to come up. That and because the only other school was the high school which of course meant even more childish students.

His mother had pneumonia which is terrible in itself, but with her heart not being as strong as a normal one it was affecting her even worse. They were even talking about having to go through with a transplant since her heart seemed to be weakening every day with the stress her body was going through. Kyle loved his mother and wanted to do anything he could to help but felt useless every time he saw how sick she was getting.

"Kyle you're going to be late." He heard his father voice call out in a tired tone which caused a faint smile to appear on his lips. They stayed up together in the hospital and waited for her to become stable again before leaving which was only a couple of hours ago. Maybe he could just bring a movie and let them watch it while he rested… The other teachers had done that before and he resented it but it could come in handy.

"Almost done." He called back before combing his hair. He looked… Off. His clothes were picked last minute which was a black plain tee, a red plaid shirt that hung open and jeans. Usually he wore pants that covered his boots but lazily just slipped them on. Everything about him screamed unprofessional. He turned to examine all of himself and let out a soft chuckle as he realized he looked like an older student.

The door opened making him flinch and saw his father leaning against the side of it with a proud smile on his face and a short laugh passing his lips. "Your mother and I are so proud of you, you know. You didn't have to come back and yet…" He began with silence filling the air before Kyle closed the gap to hug his father tightly. He knew he could be making a huge salary and changing the minds of many bright students but he loved his family even more. "You look like you're about to go to school. Not teach it but go to it." His father adding jokingly to make Kyle laugh.

"I'm too tired to try looking like a teacher. I'm sure I'm going to regret it after hearing some midlife crisis jokes but I'll live." Kyle said before stepping back with a smile. "I love you dad."

"I love you too, son."

…

After drinking a bunch of coffee, Kyle felt more like his usual self again. Not completely but about to the point of being normal. He ended up bringing a movie since he knew he would start nodding off soon and was seated in his chair to wait for the morning class to arrive. He always came early to set things up but with the only item on the agenda being a movie it was easy to just sit back and relax. That was until he remembered about a certain student who he left high and dry after finding out about their love confession. That woke him up exceedingly more than the coffee had. It's not that he didn't find Ike attractive it was that it was bad for a student and a teacher to date. Ike was… He seemed shy and a bit awkward but was very cute. Blue seemed to be his favorite color since he wore it every day. He always wore a sweater jacket so he never got to see what they looked under the bulkiness. Maybe he was a bit chubby and wanted to hide his baby fat...

'That would be pretty cute.' Kyle thought to himself, swaying back and forth in his chair, thinking of things he shouldn't be thinking about. The other was slightly taller than himself but not by much so that would be nice. He wouldn't have to look up or down constantly to see them. He smiled and leaned back thinking of all the cute things they could do together if they were going out. The secrecy behind it all would make it more exciting...

"M-morning." He heard a soft voice say close to him. He was too engrossed in his thoughts he didn't even notice the person he was thinking about was standing right beside him. Usually he would be shocked to hear someone sneak up on him but he was too tired to even care.

"Morning Ike." He said with a tired tone. He wanted to be lively but if he were honest, he would be content to just lay down and sleep. "Did you finish yesterday's assignment?" He asked causally which made Ike look confused. Was Ike expecting Kyle to ask about his feelings from yesterdays note? Wouldn't he just want Kyle to leave it alone?

"Oh, I-I did." He said before shuffling in his bag to pull out a wrinkly piece of paper that was obviously left out of a folder to keep it safe. Usually Ike's papers looked like that from just shoving the papers in his bag but the thing that surprised Kyle the most was how early he was there today.

"Why are you here so early? I usually catch you trying to sneak in after it's time to start." Kyle said with an amused smile since he always thought it was funny when he tried so hard to be quiet, only to stumble on someone else's backpack and cause a scene.

"I… You seemed upset yesterday and left so… Here." He said before slowly looking through his bag again with a dark flush covering his cheeks as he pulled out a container that was plain red. "It's nothing much. Me and Firkle were hanging out yesterday and cooked to many cookies and I thought you'd like some."

Kyle could only stare at it in shock for a few silent seconds and finally took it graciously. "Um…" He began, trying not to correct their grammar, and trying so hard to not say the wrong thing again. Saying thank you would be great. But as he opened his mouth he looked at how embarrassed they seemed to be. Their face red with their hands gripping onto their bag strap tightly and looking at him like they had just confessed their love for him. Which technically he did find out on his own but still. So, as he was about to say a small thanks, he just couldn't help let something wrong slip again.

"You're cute." He said instead, making himself and Ike's eyes widen in shock. "I mean thank you! Not that you aren't- I'm just tired! Don't mind me." Kyle added quickly, looking down at their chest since looking at their face caused so many problems already. "We're watching a movie today so you might want to go get yourself some snacks if you want from the vending machine." He said softly while turning his chair get his briefcase which had the movie in it. When he looked up again he caught the large smile gracing Ike's features and their arms crossed over his chest.

"Thank you." Ike said happily, not clarifying what he was thankful for but Kyle could guess which one. "Want anything from it? A drink? Candy?" He offered which made Kyle beam happily. It didn't feel awkward anymore. Maybe him having a big mouth helped.

"Some Hershey's would be nice. Hold on a second so I can give you the money." He said while leaning forward in his seat to slip his wallet out of his back pocket. His father loved anything with Hershey chocolate in it so it would be nice to bring him home some after the night they had.

"It's fine, I'll pay. Any particular one you'd like?" Ike asked curiously as Kyle looked at him with utter appreciation. Free cookies and candy? Did he have a saint in his classroom or what? But right when he thought he was out of the woods of things being embarrassing, here he was again without thinking.

"Some Kisses would be nice."