The Love I Have

Chapter 4 : Of Coffee & Professors

Written by: Thowell3

Disclaimer: Yet again I must shout from the roof tops that I do not own Love Hina. Although I wish I did.

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------Tea House--------

Haruka lit another cigarette and took a drag when she heard a knocking at her door. She had started to ignore it. The pounding on the door got louder and it did not cease.

"We're! Not! Open! Yet!" Haruka seethed.

The knocking still did not stop. Haruka walked over to the door, swung it open with an extremely pissed off face plastered over her regular emotionless face.

"I said-" She had started when she saw some one she hadn't seen in a long while.

"Hi." said the person.

Haruka's cigarette fell out of her mouth when she saw who it was. It was...

Haruka was shocked. She could not believe who was standing before her. She hadn't heard from them in years standing in front of her was no other then Seta. (A/N: I know you thought it was Kanako. Sorry she won't be in yet.)

Haruka snapped back to reality, "What do you want?" She asked in a harsh tone.

Seta looked confused, "Well I was told that Keitaro came here and I wanted to visit him since the Dig is now finished and I thought I would see how he was doing."

Haruka snorted, "Glad to see you care for at least one person with the last name Urashima."

Haruka reached into her apron and pulled out another cigarette and started to feel around for a lighter.

While she was searching, Seta light her cigarette with his lighter.

"Well I did come to visit you as well when I realised that you still ran the tea house." Seta admitted.

"How are you Haruka?" asked trying to get out of this awkward situation.

"I have been fine. Why do you care so much about getting in my good graces by taking such and interest with my nephew?"

Seta laughed. "Well ever since I met the kid I have liked him. He reminds me so much of me at that age. And also I figure if I take care of him you will be less pissed at me."

Haruka looked at him with a blank face. "It only makes me happy that you haven't gotten him killed yet. If you're going to see him just go." Haruka said as she pushed him out the door and closed it on his face.

Seta didn't seem detrude by this, "I'll come back and visit you on my way back." And turned and proceeded to walk up the mountains stone stairs.

When he finally reached the top of the stairs and rang the door bell.

Motoko was the first to hear the door bell. She had taken a break from her training and was getting a cup of tea when she heard it.

She got to the door and saw Seta. She gave the man a confused look and opened the door.

"Seta what are you doing here?" She asked, "Want another sparing match?"

Seta laughed, "No I am actually here to see...."

"Naru is still pissed at you, you know?" Motoko interrupted.

"Actually, I am here to see Keitaro." Seta stated.

Motoko felt as if she was kicked in the chest, 'I knew he wouldn't stay long…' she thought.

"He's up in the manager's room; I believe you know where it is "Motoko said turning her back on him.

"Are you still angry at him?" Seta asked as she was just about to enter the kitchen.

"Why would you think that?" Motoko asked in a tone that would have told most people to "Drop it."

But then again, Seta wasn't most people.

"He left m...His family without a word of notice and we only ever got one letter from him that said he was going away 2 months after he was gone. So yeah his whole family is mad at him. Well, except Haruka and Granny Hina." Motoko stated.

Seta gave a guilty look, "Well I am partly to blame. I am the one that sort of got him into it." Seta said, taking a drag of his cigarette.

"I don't blame you as much as him. It was his duty to contact m.. I mean his family." Motoko said, looking more sad than angry.

"You're not fully mad at him, you care for him. You just worry that he is going to run off any chance he gets and never tell you. This is the first time you have had contact with him in… 2 years!" Seta said, trying to be comforting.

Motoko was livid. Not at the accusations that Seta was making but the fact that he was right. That really ticked her off.

"I suggest you see Keitaro before Naru realises you are here and takes her anger out on you. And trust me I won't stop her at this point!" Motoko said as she returned to the kitchen.

Seta laughed as he climbed the stairs and made it out side of the manager's room, knocking on the door lightly. After a few seconds, the door slid open and there stood Keitaro with messy hair and his glasses on crooked.

"What?" Keitaro said with a yawn.

Seta laughed at this; he had ever seen Keitaro so dishevelled in the last two years he had traveled with him on digs.

"Wow Assistant, you look like hell!" Seta said with an amused look on his face.

Keitaro rolled his eyes "Really? Well give me a few minutes to get my face on." Keitaro said sarcastically, "I had a rough night, if you must know. I didn't get much sleep." Keitaro explained to his mentor.

"And why is that, might I ask?" Seta asked, wiggling his eye brow suggestively.

Keitaro looked at him with a dead pan expression, "I had a tough time getting comfortable last night, you pervert." Keitaro said fixing his glasses, "I can never get to sleep properly on a futon any more. I have slept in too many sleeping bags and many other places where most people would feel awkward sleeping, and I have gotten use to it." Keitaro said grabbing a lab coat similar to Seta's but the only difference was on the back it had a ying yang and the last name Urashima over the left chest pocket.

"Same reason you slept in your clothes?" Seta asked.

Keitaro rolled his eyes again, "What do you think?" he bit back sarcastically.

Seta still had the little grin on his face, "Come one Keitaro we have to get to the University at some point because we have a class to teach." Seta said waving for Keitaro to follow him as he walked back down the hall.

"What do you mean 'we'?" Keitaro asked.

"I'll tell you over coffee, Part Timer." Seta said with a slight bit of mirth in his voice.

"Fine." Keitaro said grabbing his book bag and following after Seta, "And would you stop calling me Part Timer, I am almost a Full Archaeologist you know."

Motoko had been hiding just outside the hallway in one of the empty rooms, "So he's not leaving yet. What a relief! Maybe this might give me a chance to clear things up with him and tell him how I feel." Motoko thought for a moment, "Wait a minute, did Seta say Keitaro was going to be a teacher?!"

Coffee Shop 20 minutes later

Keitaro had left a note before he left saying that he would be back after school and went with Seta to a coffee shop that was located on Campus, which was usually reserved for teachers.

"Why are we here?" Keitaro asked, sitting in a room full with other teachers.

Seta put down his coffee for a moment and looked at Keitaro. After swallowing the mouth of coffee, he cleared his throat and pulled out a cigarette, put it to his lips and lit it. Taking a deep breath of the smoke set him more at ease for what he was about to tell Keitaro.

"Keitaro , the University has asked me to tell you that for now till graduation you will be working at the University, teaching classes."

"What?" Was Keitaro' s only response. He thought for a moment, almost looking for the words. "This has to be some sort of joke... me, a teacher, when I am still a year away from graduation... That never happens!"

Seta laughed at this, "It happens but only to those that have the marks and the smarts. And good news for you, you have both." Seta said happily.

"So does that mean I'll be treated like a teacher?" Keitaro asked, not sure on the whole deal.

Seta laughed a little, "Yes it does, you'll get paid a salary, not much but at least it's something. You'll get access to areas that only teachers get access to, and you'll get the honorary title of Professor." Seta paused to take yet another sip of his coffee and another drag of his cigarette. " All you have to do is agree and sign the forms. So, what do you say?"

Keitaro paused for a moment to think, "Professor Keitaro Urashima... I like the sound of that!"

Seta laughed a hearty laugh, "Good. Your first class will be soon, but first, you have to get prepared. You will watch my class for a while then you will take over for one of the other Professors that is moving to the States to become a teacher there. How does that sound?"

Keitaro smiled, "That sounds great!"

"That's the ticket!" Seta said, smiling brightly.

Keitaro thought to himself as he enjoyed his cup of coffee.

'Wow wait till I tell Haruka, Motoko, and the others. Maybe this will even make my parents proud if I tell them about this... although I'll probably do it by letter. That'll make things easier. Besides, I am not sure they would accept my call anyway…"

A/N: Phew finally finished this chapter. Sorry I haven't had the time to write but being in college takes a lot of your free time. Especially when I now have a girlfriend , you see even a guy that spends most of his time with computers and Fan fictions can find a girl. But soon she'll be heading out to Asia to teach English to kids so I won't get to see her till December which dose make me sad but o well these things happen. Ill try to get the next chapter done sooner rather than later I now have 4 days off of school in a row. I have Thursday, Friday off of school then the regular week end. I only have classes on Monday- Wednesday so I'll try to finish the next chapter before July but no promises my muse comes and goes quite frequently. But any ways thanks for hanging on and I hope you like what I am doing till next time Cya in Cyberspace - Thowell3.