Maybe Not So Bad After All (Klaustopher)

[Nicolette]

Klaus was thinking something. Christopher wanted to know. And it was going to drive him crazy, not knowing what the boy was thinking, especially since it was likely related to their conversation. He stuck his tongue out cutely and winked up at the boy before he stood up, leaning against the desk.

"This oh-so-special-someone happens to actually be my younger sister." He grinned.

[Kuu]

"Huh? You have a sister? I would've pegged you for an only child," he said, a little bit of shock in his voice. He didn't know why, but he just couldn't see Mr. Parker having a little sister...but then again, Klaus had some problems imagining teachers having siblings or even social lives.

"How old is she?" He asked before he looked back down at his paper to fill in another answer. He was learning more and more about Mr. Parker (god, Klaus was getting tired of mentally calling him by that name) as time went on...and they haven't even been having these lessons for a while now!

[Nicolette]

Christopher smiled at the comment and moved to sit up on the desk next to Klaus's again. He couldn't seem to sit still for very long. He kicked his feet back and forth slightly.

"She just turned fifteen."

She'd also started school a year late because of how their family travelled so much, so she was only a ninth year, but no need to delve to much into that. No need to embarrass the poor girl.

"She's a sweet heart and cute to boot..." Christopher grinned after saying that and reached forward to poke Klaus's cheek. "But not nearly as cute as you." He couldn't help but tease.

It was harmless, Christopher convinced himself. It's not like anything was going to happen. It was harmless teasing in order to pass the time... right?

Then again, he'd hardly formally known the kid a week. Klaus had been in his class since January, but they hadn't had a single real discussion until this past Monday. Oh, why was Christopher so comfortable around strangers? Must have been the random strangers he slept with back in college...

Or maybe his personality just led him to cling to others... Meh. Who knoew?

[Kuu]

"I know, I'm just the cutest thing on the planet, aren't I, handsome?" Klaus said, letting out a laugh as he kinda forgot that he was talking to his teacher here. It was hard not to forget that...Mr. Parker didn't look or act like a teacher, hell he looked like he was probably a 12th year or something! However, when Klaus looked back down at his paper he remembered that, yes, he was flirting with his teacher.

What the hell, Klaus. Here he was, a student council member flirting with his male teacher. It wasn't proper on any level but...eh...as long as no one walked in, right? It was all in good fun, after all. It wasn't like either of them loved the other. Haha! That thought was ridiculous. Shaking his head, Klaus wrote down his final answer on the mock-quiz.

[Nicolette]

Christopher raised an eyebrow, but let a smile slide on his lips as he hopped back down from the desk and leaned forward, bending his body so he still stood, but his elbows were rested on Klaus's desk. His chin rested in one hand while the other hand reached forward to tilt Klaus's chin up. He then poked the boy's cheek, grinning.

"Adorable's more of the term I'd like to use." He winked before reaching down and taking the boy's test. He continued to bend over, resting his elbow on the desk and balance his chin on his hand, looking over the answers of the test.

[Kuu]

Klaus blinked, starting to get rather surprised that Mr. Parker wasn't stopping all of this flirting. He was a goddamn teacher who was supposed to be strict and mean because weren't all History teachers like that? Or was that only in the Netherlands?

Getting that off his mind, Klaus slouched into the chair. After closing his eyes to try and give them some rest from focusing on schoolwork for so long, Klaus spoke, "If I did awful, don't be too surprised." Though, he did think that he did decent enough...for a mock-quiz.

On a real quiz, on the other hand...a 100 on everything would be vastly preferred.

[Nicolette]

Christopher flipped the page over and looked over the answers before he picked up Klaus's pencil and marked just one wrong. He wrote "90%" up at the top and then handed the quiz back.

"Don't think negatively on the percentage. This was a mock-quiz, so it only had ten questions. A normal quiz has twenty." He turned to glance at the boy.

[Kuu]

Forcing his eyes open, Klaus looked down at his paper and groaned a bit. Not perfect...good thing it was only a mock quiz and not a real one. He needed all the points he could get so he could hopefully get a 100...

"That means I need to know more on the real quizzes and try not to screw up..." a sigh, "This is so much harder than I thought it would be..." why couldn't this class be more similar to science or math?! Where you actually did something and there was much more interesting material. Though, his studying was helping him...so were these after-class extra-help...but he still needed to do more work.

[Nicolette]

Christopher frowned and reached out to tap the tip of the boy's nose with his finger. "Hey, now... Don't be getting discouraged so early on. We've only had a few study sessions and all I've really been doing is giving you mock-quizzes... So I just need to step up in my game."

The man stood straight, stretching out his back a little before he leaned his bottom against the desk behind him, crossing his long, thin arms over his chest. Again, he was dressed so casually, wearing a black tank top underneath a black button-up worn open, and baggy black pants that were held around thin hips by a belt (which had an extra hole to it since he was too small for the belt). His PSP was in his pants pocket and a set of black ear phones snaked up beneath his shirt and hung out just at the top of his tank top.

"So, I vow to be a better teacher in order for you to pass the semester with a good grade!"

[Kuu]

Klaus stared at Mr. Parker for a while, not really sure what to think. He just looked even more like a student now...and even though he cracked his trademark smirk, Klaus shook his head and laughed.

"Try working on helping me get a 100 for the year. Then you'll be a great teacher," Klaus replied, turning his attention to the desk and trying to stop himself from closing his eyes again and falling asleep for a few hours.

Sleep sounded so inviting...how much sleep did he even get in the last week? It wasn't like he got much sleep to begin with, so his body was used to running on little of it...but now...

[Nicolette]

Christopher smiled in response to the boy's words, but raised an eyebrow when he rested his head on the desk. He glanced up at the clock. Time had gone by and it had been about an hour since school had let out. Klaus did get his mock-quiz done, so it wouldn't hurt to let to boy go...

Even if Christopher enjoyed his company.

"Hey... How about you head on outta here? Desks aren't comfortable beds."

[Kuu]

"We have nothing else to do...?" Klaus asked, raising his head up and looking back at Mr. Parker. He didn't want to go if there needed to be more things done, no matter how tired he was. It wasn't like he wanted perfect grades for the sake of perfect grades...he needed them more than anything else.

And Klaus was sure that his siblings were learning why big brother was so obsessed with keeping their and his grades up.

"And I wasn't sleeping. I'm not that tired," Klaus said, denying something about himself that was...for once, actually pretty obvious.

[Nicolette]

Christopher rolled his eyes and took a few steps forward to grab hold of Klaus's uniform sleeve, tugging him out of his chair and onto his feet. He then moved behind him and placed his hands gently against his shoulder blades, pushing slightly.

"Go on, go take a nap. Your other homework and duties can wait until you have enough energy to actually concentrate. It's no good to overword yourself, Kiddo."

Kiddo was typically a name he reserved for Rebecca, he realized. But it slipped out so naturally around Klaus. He mentally frowned, but shrugged a little and dismissed the thought. It was probably because Klaus acted a bit like Rebecca when it came to stubborness.

[Kuu]

Mumbling under his breath, Klaus shifted away from Mr. Parker to quickly grab his bag and the review sheet he got earlier. He wasn't that tired! At least, Klaus hoped that he didn't seem that tired, last time he checked he didn't have bags under his eyes or anything.

"I haven't been overworking myself," Klaus said, convinced that he hadn't been working hard enough...that's what landed him in this situation in the first place, after all. If he was working to the best of his ability he KNEW he would be top of the class.

[Nicolette]

Christopher reached forward and poked the middle of Klaus's chest. "Liar." He stated simply before folding his arms over his chest. "Come on, just head on back to your dormitory before I have to drag you there kicking and screaming."

Which would be funny, because Christopher KNEW he wouldn't have the strength to do so if Klaus decided to struggle. He was pretty twiggy, for the most part... The only time he had any real stamina was in bed, but that definitely wasn't happening anytime in the near... or far... future.