cravin | ten

- 9

She, for a moment, thought maybe it was her mind playing tricks on her; thought maybe he hadnt seen her, maybe he couldn't even see her past the neon sign hung above the restaurant. That whole thought was wiped away when two of his fingers, index and middle, spread on either side of his mouth and he stuck his tongue out and did a licking motion; the little twerp even winked at her. She rolled her eyes when she saw his- were they his friends? Well whoever they were, they started hyping him up like he won the lottery or something. She scoffed, after making sure he was still looking at her she promptly flipped him off, glaring at him in the process.

His friends visibly 'oh'ed and laughed, teasing him. He became annoyed with them and calmed them down, trying to stop the teasing. After they had calmed down he told them something and they nodded, he watched them walk further down the street. She assumed they were going home. She sighed in relief, thinking Ten would go the opposite way or catch a bus or something and leave her alone tonight. Boy was she wrong.

He approached the edge of the pavement, looking left first then looking right; Meiqi groaned knowing what would happen next. The little gremlin would cross the street, then he'd walk into the restaurant and then the human embodiment of annoyance and lustful sin would approach her table and make himself a nuisance. Which was exactly what happened.

He crossed the street swiftly, in long powerful strides. He opened the door of the restaurant, and got cheerful greetings from the uncles at the bar and the cashier. Even the kids excitedly greeted him as 'big brother ten', obviously these people knew him. Not the way she knew him though. After ruffling the little boy's hair and giving the little girl a lollipop he had in his pocket, he approached the table, holding eye contact with Meiqi as he approached.

He sat down with a tired sigh, removing his jacket and putting it on his lap; without saying a word to her. Meiqi would've stopped him the moment he started taking off his jacket, if only it wasn't for the gun at the side of his hip attached to the holster he wore over his belt. Her eyes widened and she sat up, once again panicked as she seemed to remember just who was sitting across from her.

Ten, the transfer student who hated her with a passion and was dangerously powerful in comparison to her; the transfer student that she had reason to fear. He looked at the spread of food on the table, "Date? With Kun I assume?" She gulped, eyes still trained on the gun at his side, as if he would pull it out and shoot her any minute now. "I didn't think he would bring you to a place like this. It's new, and not as classy as others. I thought he would fancy something a bit more lavish."

He looked at her and noticed her gaze wasn't trained on his eyes with a glare as it usually was but rather her gaze was terrified, worried, anticipating. And not on his face but instead on his hip. He followed her line of sight and the side of his mouth twitched upwards, a smirk forming. He ran his fingers along the barrel; teasingly. Rubbing it with his finger slowly and hypnotically. She jumped when his finger touched the gun but once he started to stroke the barrel her vision clouded over, her tongue wetting her parted lips which had become dry.

"You like it?", his voice snapped her out of her daze. She swallowed and stuttered out, "W-why do you have a..a gun?" He leaned back against the chair, "Work." That was all he said; work. This left more questions than answers. What did he work as that would require him to have a gun? Her mind whirled with several occupations; guard, officer, bodyguard. All of this she very well knew a 19 year old boy wouldn't have. But the only other option she saw- well, she didn't like to think of it. As if he wasn't already scary enough, him being part of some sort of Mafia family or gang would do more than enough to make him the scariest person Meiqi had ever met.

"W-work?" He nodded, repeating his answer in a different tone, "Yeah, work." She looked away from his gun and to his eyes, he was no longer playful but rather his eyes told her that if she asked anymore questions she'd get to see what he did with that gun. She swallowed and tried to play it off cool, acting like the gun wasn't even there. "S-so, you're here with your friends."

He chuckled, "I wouldn't call them friends, acquaintances maybe. Partners even. But we don't know each other well enough to be friends." She couldn't even hear him over the sound of her own heart beating against her ribcage like a wild animal. He could sense her nervousness and, was that, a hint of excitement. She was excited at the sight before her. His hair gelled, his eyes with a dark glint in them, his ears decked out in piercings, several chains hanging from his neck and resting against a black vest, a black gun at his hip, a sturdy belt under the holster and fitted pants. Fitted pants that showed exactly what she wanted in that moment. With every tap of his hard shoe against the ground she could feel her core dripping with desire.

Right now, under the dim light of the restaurant and staring at her like she was juicier than the meat laid out on the platter, he was every teenage girl's wildest dream. Except she wasn't some squealing innocent little teenage girl. She worked in one of the riskiest industries out there for women, she's sleeping with her teacher, she's in love with her teacher; Meiqi was no innocent little girl.

Someone clearing their throat next to her caused both of their attentions to shift to the person. Kun was standing there, arms folded as he glared at Ten. Ten only smirked up at him, as if daring him to do something to him. Ten broke the eye contact and looked at Meiqi, "You'll send me the notes later right? Thanks Miki." He grabbed his jacket and stood, giving Kun a knowing look before snatching a piece of pork off of the platter with a pair of chopsticks and shoving it into his mouth, throwing the chopsticks onto the table and patting Kun on the arm as he chewed, "See you in school Sir." He smirked and put on his jacket as he walked out.

Kun ran a hand through his hair and sat down, relaxing now that Ten was gone. Meiqi looked at him, Kun could see the tears welling up in her eyes and the stiffness in her shoulders. His eyes widened and he quickly sat at her side, embracing her with an arm around her, "What's wrong Meiqi? Did he do something to you?" She began to shake a bit as a few tears ran down her cheek, "H-he had a..." Kun sighed and whispered to her gently, "I know, I saw it. He's gone now, and I'm here. I won't let anything happen to you okay?"

She choked on a sob and buried her face in the crook of his neck, holding on to him as she let out all the pent up tears she's kept for the entire afternoon; they fell as she slowly realised what had happened today, realised that her life couldn't possibly be the same anymore, that she was in major trouble. Kun looked out the window as he rubbed Meiqi's back in an effort to quell her sobs, he saw Ten's figure descending back into the nightclub. He saw the gun, the gun was the first thing he noticed once he had returned to the table. It was so threatening, his mere presence was so threatening, that Kun didn't even have the time to worry that Ten would know him and Meiqi were on a date. His first instinct was to report Ten to the police; to remove that hooligan from his girlfriend's sight and area, but then what would happen to him once the police found out he was her teacher? Or when the school found out that he was dating his student? And Meiqi, her reputation would go down the drain for something like this. He would risk his own life before he would ever risk destroying her happiness. He sighed and placed a kiss onto her forehead as her sobs had now calmed down to sniffles; he would never let anything happen to Meiqi, he would never let anything ruin her happiness.

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a double update lmaooo i have NO idea how tf i updated twice tonight but uhh yeah!! quarantine has provided me with a lot of free time soooo ( ͝° ͜ʖ͡°)ᕤ the chapters have been kinda dry, i apologize for that ('-﹏-'；) but! hopefully it'll get better soon! as always, feedback feedback feedback!!!