Broke But Not Broken Chapter 3
"I've thought about it and decided to pay a tutor to help you both with your schoolwork." Psiionic announced, looking towards the two. "You both seem to have subjects you might need assistance with at the moment. Maybe if we sort this out now, then it won't become an issue later."
"tutor?" both ask simultaneously
Psiionic nods in response. "I have looked through your old report cards and coursework carefully and there were a couple subjects that were... Not as good as they should have been. You are both exceptionally bright, I know you can both do better."
Mituna gulps, looking to Sollux. Both obviously did not like where this was going.
"What... Uh, what subjects?" Sollux asks after a moment.
Psiionic sits down, motioning for them to do the same. "Sollux, you seem to have been failing art and were dangerously close to failing science. They did show me your high testing scores for science, so maybe it was an issue with the class itself?"
Sollux takes a seat next to Mituna, who instead chooses to stand. "Yeah...? I mean, I just never had a partner for the labs or anything. It wasn't hard or anything."
Psiionic nods, looking to the other, "And you, Tuna, were failing your maths. It may take some time to catch up, but the tutor should be able to help shorten that with extracurriculars"
Mituna remains quiet, sighing. He knew arguing was futile. He would be required to do this no matter what. He hesitantly nods after a moment
Psiionic smiles, standing and walking out of the room. "Alright then, now that that is settled, you can meet your instructors tomorrow. I already invited them over for tea.
after he was out of earshot, Sollux groaned. "Tutors?"
"Looks like. You think we could still get out of it?"
Sollux shrugged, "Nothing short of one of the Makara's miracles could save us now."
*Next day, 'cuz who cares about time flowing normally*
Mituna walked around the kitchen, stuck on food and tea duty while Sollux set the table and Psiionic cleaned. the tutors were due to arrive in half an hour. He had set the water to a boil, deciding to brew some earl grey, one of Psiionic's personal favorites. Not being much of a cook, he made some lemon honey bars. They only had a few minutes left to cool.
He could hear someone knocking at the door, no doubt the tutors arriving early. Psiionic's steady footsteps heard just before his voice greeting the people at the door. He walked out of the kitchen after adding the tea leaves to the pot of heated water and setting it out to brew. Everyone was already seated.
Two people he had yet to meet sat with his brother and father. One was what looked to be a girl no older than twenty-five at the most. Her blonde hair was pulled into a neat ponytail. she actually looked the part for a kindergarten teacher.
The other was a man with sandy brown hair and a firm jaw. He looked to be maybe twenty-eight.
"Oh, Mituna. This is miss honey and Mister Ashe, Sollux and your new educational moderators." He gestured to the two, smile in place.
Mituna smiled for a second before quietly sitting down next to Sollux.
"As you two have guessed, this is Mituna and Sollux, my sons. They appear to have been having some troubles in their last school's courses. Nothing too drastic, but better to be on the safe side."
"It's a pleasure to meet you all. I look forward to working with Sollux. You all seem to be a well put together family." Miss Honey stated with a smile. Her voice even matched that of a grade school teacher. Mituna chanced a glance at Sollux, who seemed to be fine with it.
"You all really do. Good grades overall as well. Hopefully we can sort out the rest later, Mituna." Ashe said. His voice was almost like that guy from Twilight. Mituna could almost recall the name... Rob? John? Jacob? No, wait it was Edward. That sounded correct in his mind. Such an odd greeting though. He didn't much care for the guy so far, but he did need to work on his math and if this guy could help him not have to work as long on it, he was up for anything
"It's nice to meet you both" Sollux stated before Mituna got any words out, a small false smile on his face.
Mituna stayed quiet, noticing the male was still looking at him. He looked back to Psiionic, who seemed to have not taken notice. By the time he looked back, Ashe was talking to Psiionic, asking about their previous school.
"Oh, we decided it was time for a change of pace. You don't get to be a parent forever, so I decided to focus more on their schooling and work."
"Oh? And what is it that you do, Mr Captor?" Honey asked sweetly, intrigued.
"Me? I'm a doctor at the ER. Nothing too complex, just basic procedures and stuff."
"Sounds like quite the job" Ashe said, a grin showing off his perfectly straight teeth. He even looked kindof like Edward.
"And how did you two get into the tutoring business, if I may ask?"
Miss Honey was the first to respond, "Well, I originally wanted to be a teacher, but then I noticed how the programs were changing and that several people seemed to be struggling. So I learned about tutoring and here I am." She was practically beaming.
Psiionic nodded with a smile, looking to Ashe.
Ashe cleared his throat before speaking. "I don't have as much of a tale for me." He chuckled. "Love kids, but never did find the right person to settle with. I had this tutor when I was a kid, only reason I made it through school. Thought it seemed like a good career."
"That's some history you two have on you." Sollux stated, voice slightly showing his boredom. Psiionic nudged him under the table, asking if the instructors were hungry and sending Sollux off to pick up the pastries and tea.
Mituna looked up again, noticing that same glare from those brown eyes trained on him. He almost wished he got sent off to pick up food instead of Sollux.
"So... when would you two be interested in starting?" Psiionic asked, hands folded neatly on the table in front of him.
"Whenever seems appropriate." Honey responded with a smile.
"Anytime you have. I can work on helping Mituna whenever He's available between courses."
"Alright... How does sometime this week sound? For a trial, of course. Just to make sure you are able to handle them... Not that they're difficult or anything, just to see how it plays out." Psiionic asked again.
Both nodded in response as Sollux returned.
Ashe stood, shaking Psiionic's hand before saying, "Well, it was nice meeting you, but I should really be going. I have another kid to tutor in a bit."
Psiionic nodded, saying a quick farewell before escorting the other to the door while discussing Mituna and his first appointment.
Honey left a short while after, needing to pick up her own children at daycare.
"So... What did you two think?" Psiionic asked, looking towards the two teens.
"Miss Honey seemed... nice." Sollux replied slowly.
Mituna shrugged, saying Ashe seemed okay. He kindof creeped him out, but he would have to put up with it. It was for a future where math would not be included, he reminded himself
(A/N...i hate math lol)