-1Thanks for reviewing guys! I really appreciate it! Here's chapter 2, hope it's not too short. Just trying to find time to write with all these tests and projects I have going. If only Renji were my teacher…..

"So, what do you think of our sub? Pretty strange if you ask me." Keigo said with his hands on his hips.

"He's seems rather peculiar." Uryu said as he stole a glance as their strange Sensei.

"He's doesn't seem bad." Ichigo said nonchalantly. To be quite honest, he was growing quite fond of Renji and his strange teaching methods.

"Alright guys, sit down. Gotta make sure you're all here, like anyone would want to skip school." He said sarcastically with a chuckle. The students shuffled to their seats and continued their conversations while Renji walked around the room checking off names. Renji walked down the aisle of desks before he stopped at Ichigo's.

"Gonna help me again today?" He said quietly.

"Uh, sure." Ichigo said, trying to act like he wasn't caught off guard and slightly excited be the request.

"Thanks kid." Renji winked and continued checking names.

"Ichigo, what was that about?" Orihime asked curiously.

"Umm, nothing, he was just making sure I was…in the right seat. You know how those retarded seating charts can be confusing."

"Yeah, I guess so!" She smiled, trying to hard to be 'cute.'

"I could have swore I saw Abarai Sensei wink at Ichigo." Keigo whispered to Uryu. Ishida let out a sigh.
"I'm sure you did Keigo." He said, a bit annoyed. Ichigo was oblivious to the conversation next to him while he scribbled on his homework.

"Alright guys. As you know, we'll be starting sex ed next week." The girls giggled while a few boy managed to make some rather rude comments, the rest of the class just fidgeting awkwardly. "Come on guys, we're adults here. No big deal." As if half these kids aren't already fucking their brains out. Renji thought to himself. Either way, I'm the teacher. I have to be mature about this. That means no getting carried away. No chasing kids with condoms or throwing birth control at them when they aren't paying attention. How the hell am I going to have any fun? "But for now, work on the assignment on the board. Alcohol, drugs, all that goo- I mean bad stuff." Renji bit his lip and sat down in his desk.

He leaned back with his feet up on the desk, hands behind his head, watching the students fill out the worksheets. One student in particular seemed to always catch his attention. Ichigo Kurosaki. Renji watched his long fingers hold his pencil and scratch words across the paper. He watched as he furrowed his brow when he was stuck and how he would crack his knuckles every few minutes or so.

Ichigo couldn't ignore the gaze he felt. He quickly looked up from his book to see Renji's eyes dart away quickly, settling on the empty desk beside him. Weird… Ichigo thought to himself.

By the time the bell had finally rung, most of the students had already turned in their homework. Ichigo gathered his books while his friends left the classroom to head home.

"Need me today?" Ichigo said as he picked his books up and set them on his desk.

"Yeah, if you don't mind helping me."

"No, I don't mind actually." Ichigo admitted. He handed the boy a stack of papers and a red pen, but he paused when he felt the electricity as he brushed fingertips with Ichigo. They locked eyes for a brief moment until Renji interrupted the silence.

"Uh, I appreciate the help." He said quickly as he went back to his desk, trying to ignore what had just happened. They sat in an awkward silence grading papers, neither knowing what to say.

"So, how was your day?" Renji asked politely, finally speaking up.

"Mine?" Ichigo asked, a bit taken aback by the sudden question. "Uh, my day was fine. Yours?"

"Mine went well. As well as it can go for a sub." Renji smiled when he heard Ichigo chuckle to himself.

"Why do you say that?" Ichigo asked while he crossed off wrong answers on Keigo's paper.

"Well, not all the students are as nice as you, Ichigo. Unfortunately, they take advantage of the fact that I'm a sub and I don't always know the rules or what's going on."

"Well, those kids are immature assholes. They need to grow up and stop acting like they're fucking 5 years old." Ichigo paused for a moment. "Oh, sorry about the swearing."

"Naw, it's fucking fine." Renji laughed. "I'm not gonna get you in trouble, you're old enough to use your mouth." Old enough to use your mouth……..

"Renji?"

"What?!" Ichigo's voice rang in his ears as it snapped him out of his day dream. "I'm sorry, what?"

"Nothing, we were just talking about swearing and then you got this really weird look on your face."

"Oh, umm, I was just thinking about….hey, you done with those papers?" Renji noticed the stack on the edge of his desk.

"Yeah, they were pretty easy to grade." Ichigo said, handing them to the red head, trying to avoid touching his hand again.

"You dating that Orihime girl?" Renji asked as he filed the papers away.

"What?" Ichigo gave him a blank stare. "Why the hell would you think I was dating her?"

"I don't know, she just seems to really like you or something."

"Eh, she's my friend, but sometimes she's really annoying." Good, he doesn't like her.

"Sorry, I guess that was a bit personal."

"I don't really care." Ichigo looked down at Renji's empty hands. "You aren't married?"

"Me, married? Don't think so."

"Why not?" Ichigo asked, curious as to why his exotic teacher hadn't already been snatched up by a young woman.

"Your guess is as good as mine." Renji smiled. "I don't know, guess I haven't found, you know, the 'right person'." Renji grumbled, complete with air quotes.

"Well, you're young right? You have plenty of time."

"Yeah, I guess so." Renji gave a half hearted smile before glancing at the clock.

"Don't you have to go get your sisters Ichigo?"

"Yeah, thanks for reminding me, I lost track of time."

"No problem. Thanks again for helping me grade papers."

"Don't worry, I'll be here again tomorrow." Renji smiled, a bit shocked by Ichigo's peculiar willingness to help him.

He'll come around.

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