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Chapter 15

"Jim".

The blonde looked up in surprise as he exited the classroom, only to find the familiar Vulcan waiting outside for him.

He felt his heart race, and his cheeks flushed.

"Spock? What are you doing here?"

"Mr Spock?"

They both turned as the history teacher stepped closer.

The Vulcan nodded respectively, "Professor Gill".

He shot Jim a dirty look, "Are you his counsellor?"

"Yes sir".

"Does he have a session now?"

"Yes sir".

"Good. He needs it".

Jim glared at his retreating back, and Spock an elegant eyebrow at him, "Should I be expecting more complaints?"

"Only a fuck ton".

"Professor Gill is an intelligent man. A well-liked man. What is your qualm with him?"

Jim sighed as they began walking through the halls, "He's a good teacher, I'll give him that. Problem is, he's a history teacher".

"And?"

"And a favourite historical event of his, is January 4th 2233, the Narada's attack on the USS Kelvin".

"... Ah".

He gave a humourless smirk, "And apparently, George Kirk's son doesn't quite live up to his father's image".

"You are your own person. It is illogical to think you would be similar".

"Yea, well, humans are illogical" Jim snapped, before suddenly changing topic, "This isn't the way to your office".

"No, it's not" Spock agreed, staring straight ahead.

"Then I... don't have another anger management class?"

"No".

"... But you told-"

"I lied".

Jim abruptly halted in his tracks.

Spock glanced back at him, and frowned, "Is there a problem?"

The blonde stared at him, "Only the fact that you, a full-blooded Vulcan, just lied, to a Starfleet Professor".

"Half-blooded".

"What?"

"Half-blooded" He repeated, continuing down the halls again, "I'm only half Vulcan".

"Wait, seriously?" Jim asked ins shock, jogging to catch up, and he nodded, "Yes. My mother was human".

"... Are you fucking with me right now?"

Spock paused, and frowned, ears slowly flushing a pale green, "... No".

And then Jim realised what that sounded like when taken literally.

He blushed, "No! No, I don't mean- I didn't take it as- Not like- I just-"

He took a deep breath, cursing his mouth.

"It just means... like... are you messing with me?"

"Are you messing with me?" Spock confirmed, carefully avoiding his gaze, and the blonde nodded, "Yea! That's it! I didn't... I didn't mean anything... you know... like... that".

"... Okay".

Jim wanted to ground to swallow him hole.

"So, ah, where are we actually going?" He asked instead, quickly changing topic, and Spock gestured at the door at the very end of the hallway, "The gym".

"The... gym?"

"Yes".

"... Why?"

Spock stopped and glanced over at him, "For self-defence class".

It took a second for Jim's brain to click.

"Self-defence class?!" He asked, "But I didn't- I mean I never- I didn't sign up, I didn't talk to Pike".

"I know. But I did".

"... Why?"

They stopped outside the door, and Spock turned to him, "Because I'm your counsellor. And I believe this will benefit you".

Jim stared at him, his cheeks flushing, his heart pounding, his heart jumping in chest all because this smug bastard actually went out of his way to help him.

"I... I'm not dressed right".

For fucks sake, Jim.

Spock's mouth twitched, "It's alright. You're only observing today anyway. If you like what you see, you can come Thursday, properly dressed".

"... Thank you".

"It was illogical for you not to join".

But Jim could see the faint affection flickering around the Vulcan's head.

"So... um... are you... I mean, you're not... you know..." Jim slowly trailed off, unsure.

For the past 10 minutes, they had been standing inside the door, waiting for everyone to arrive.

The problem was, Spock wasn't leaving.

Not that he was complaining, obviously, but he wasn't quite sure what to say.

Was the Vulcan going to stay with him? Was he a member of the class? Was he going to leave once the instructor came? Jim didn't know.

"Everyone's here now" Spock said suddenly, "Are you adequate to remain here?"

"And observe?" He asked, confused, "Sure".

The man gave a single nod, before turning on his heel and walking away.

To Jim's never-ending surprise, however, he didn't walk out of the room.

He walked to the top of it.

"Hey!"

Jim blinked, startled, and turned only to find a somewhat familiar looking Asian man standing next to him.

"Hey" He replied, unsurely, "You're... uh... Sulu, right?"

"Yep" He grinned, "You thinking of joining?"

It took a second for him to realise what the man was talking about.

"I don't know yet" Jim admitted, "Spock told me to observe, or some shit, and that we'd see after that".

He smirked, "Don't worry, he does that to every new member".

Every new member?

But that would mean...

"He's the...?"

"Instructor, yea" Sulu replied, and Jim blinked in surprise, "... Well that explains a lot".

"He didn't tell you?"

"No. He didn't" He said, eyes drifting back to the Vulcan who had removed his jacket to reveal a sinfully tight black shirt underneath.

And now the son of a bitch was smirking at him.

Jim scowled and narrowed his eyes at him, but the man ignored it, instead, starting to warm up with stretches that most definitely did not make his mouth water dammit!

He turned back to the Asian, and found his eyes immediately drawn to the leaves sticking out of the man's hair.

Sulu caught his gaze, and gave a rueful grin, "The plants?"

"... Yea".

"I've botanokinesis".

"Botano-what-now?"

"Botanokinesis" He replied, laughing, "I control plants".

"Like... plant plants?"

"Is there any other kind?"

"... All of them?"

"All of them".

"... We're on a planet that is 30% vegetation, and you're telling me you can control all 100% of that?"

"Yep".

Jim stared at him, "... Then why the hell haven't you taken over the planet yet?"

Sulu burst out laughing, and the blonde felt Spock's eyes on him once more.

Well fuck you, Vulcan, you had your chance.

"I like you, kid".

"Not a kid" He replied automatically, and Sulu smirked, "Alright then. Guess I'll just have to call you 'man' from now on. That okay with you, man?"

"Perfectly" the Blonde grinned.

The older man glanced over at his instructor, "Right, well, Spock's giving me dirty looks, so I'm probably holding the class up. See you around, man".

"See you around" He agreed faintly, watching the admittedly-quite-attractive botanist take his rightful place in the group.

Glancing around, Jim spied a pile of exercise mats behind him, and he jumped up on them.

Turning back, he had just enough time to see Spock's dark eyes bore into his own, before the man dropped his gaze and addressed the class instead.

Jim couldn't help but grin.

Maybe the Vulcan was more human than he thought.