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Unexpected Love Chapter 3- Slave

'Uh oh,' she thought.

Ryoki Tachibana was standing right in front of her. 'Oh no, talk about the worst possible person I could run into between here and the office!' she thought.

"What have you got there?" he repeated, grabbing the stack from out of her hands and ruffling through it. "Your name's Hatsumi, right? I never figured you to be one to steal test answers..."

"Wha—? I—I didn't—," she stuttered. 'Help me, please, I don't know what to say!'

"Well, it's rather obvious, you have the trust of the teachers, being the quiet, 'do good' type and you somehow got a hold of answers and were planning to sell them." Ryoki clicked his tongue in a disapproving way as he continued to flip through the pages. "I guess there's only one thing to do. My mother would be rather interested to find out just how you got your hands on these, and I'm sure Mr. Warren would, too."

Hatsumi froze. She couldn't believe that this was happening to her. 'I'm always in the wrong place at the wrong time, so it seems.' "I—I—Please listen to me, I—I just found these lying here. I was going to take them to Mrs. Tachibana as you came up to me. I would never—I wouldn't ever do something like that, I don't even have Mr. Warren as a teacher," she stuttered, trying to gather her wits.

"Even better for you, then, who would suspect you to be the one supplying answers, someone who doesn't even need them?" He chuckled to himself as if enjoying this game.

'He holds my suspension on the line and he's enjoying it. That ass.' Hatsumi searched for a probable answer, but none came. "You've got to believe me, I didn't have anything to do with it. Honest."

"Well, I'm going to have to take these down to my mother. She doesn't take very kindly to cheaters, and who do you think she's going to believe: me, her one and only son, or you, someone she doesn't even know?" he laughed.

Hatsumi wanted to cry. 'All of my work, just to be framed for something I didn't do. How in the name of all that's good can I get myself out of this?'

"There is, however, some way that I personally can help you," he continued, immediately getting Hatsumi's attention back. "I'm in need of tutoring, shall we say, and I've been looking for the perfect person to help me. Shall we call it a 'quid pro quo' situation?"

'An out, thank you!' "What do you need? I'll do anything, anything, just don't take that down to your mother," Hatsumi cried.

"Well, as I said, I'm in need of a tutor, but actually what I meant was I need a slave."

"What? A slave—?" Hatsumi asked, confused.

"Yes, if you agree, you will be my slave. You will do anything I want, whenever I want, without question," he said with a weird look on his face. "Or, if you would rather, I can just take these"—gesturing to the papers—"and you, down to the main office to see my mother. It's your choice."

Hatsumi was flabbergasted. 'On the one hand, I think he's a pompous ass for even suggesting that I be his slave, but on the other, it'll be better than being suspended, or worse, expelled. I know that the school has upped its policies on cheating and plagiarism. I don't want to be caught in the middle of that.' Hatsumi shook herself. 'What am I even thinking? Of course I'll do it. Being expelled isn't even an option.' She sighed.

"Your time to decide is running out, Hatsumi. I'm not normally so nice to cheaters. If you don't decide now, you won't have a choice of deciding...but if you'd rather, as I said, be suspended or worse..." Ryoki continued, breaking into her thoughts.

"I guess, well, I'll be your slave," she said, bowing her head in shame.

"You'll what? I didn't hear you."

"I'll be your slave," she said again, louder.

"Good. Then the first thing you can do is carry my bags out to my locker."

"But—."

"No 'buts', and call me 'Master'."

"Yes, Master," Hatsumi said submissively.

Author's Note Okay, I got a little excited with this chapter so it's up a lot earlier than I thought it would be. It's also a little shorter than I thought it would be, but I'll continue more with chapter 4. I've gotten to the point where I can now start expanding on the story line and not so much character development anymore. We'll see what happens in the chapters to come! Keep reading and you'll find out!

Warning: Future chapters may contain rated R materials so the rating may change.