1 Cover up

Li Mian passed by his cabin in hopes of seeing him but as usual the door was closed. She knew for a fact that she would see him today if not then, later but her eyes fell dim. The initial excitement that she held no longer retained. As she was walking out of the physiology department in utter disappointed, she saw him open the door of the HOD professor's cabin.

He was holding a phone to his ear and made eye contact with her. She couldn't help but smile, her cheeks changed colour and then she mouthed to him

" Good afternoon, sir! "

He smiled and then nodded.

Even though it seemed so normal for a teacher to do so, she had always gone beyond reality and thought that this was cute on his behalf and it wasn't ordinary for him to do so towards her. Her friends did the same as she did but she as well as they knew that he had only looked at her. This made her feel extra special.

Dr. Jack Bernard was a physiology professor. He emitted confidence and an air of self pride. Everyone was aware of his great humor but also at the same time were cautioned about his rage. He was tall about 6'3, dark and handsome. He bore the aura of a beast. He was in his late 30s. He was very fit, with built and broad shoulders, a non protruding stomach which was so common among men of that age. He had large eyes and when he would get angry that was all that seemed to be visible.

Li Mian still remembers the time he got mad at one of her classmate's that day. That day had started off to be not that great. She had had a physiology exam, she knew he would come to see how the students were writing the question paper he had set. She had anticipated to see him the whole one and a half hour, writing and then slowly taking a peek at the door. She just frowned and pouted when she didn't see him enter. Since she had wasted most of the time thinking about him and losing concentration on what to write, she had slowed down and she still had 2 more questions left and there was 5 minutes for the bell. She hurried.

*THUD*

The door was pushed open. She could hear her heart beat fasten, she had a nervous feeling at the pit of her stomach. She just could not stop herself from looking up. When she did, she subconsciously bit her lower lip and her cheeks lifted and her eyes smiled.

However she didn't wander for too long. He hadn't spotted her yet. He was strictly examining how the students Were writing peeping into their answer papers as he walked by.

Everyone was afraid of him, given the built of the man. He was also the acting VP of the college, he cared lesser about it though. He climbed the stairs of the lecture hall with his hands crossed behind him. Li Mian looked at him and then back at her paper and then back at him and then her paper again, then with all her will tried to complete her paper. He passed by her and this made her stomach do a back flip. She felt flustered as her heart beat faster.

When she saw him her whole world really only truly consisted of only him and her and no one else.

He only watched the students for a bit and then while he was about to leave announced that all students must stay back for discussion and that strict action will be taken if they do otherwise.

No one dared to get on his bad side. The Seniors had already warned us about his temper.

Not long after he left, the bell rang.

Li Mian's classmates were split into two groups having to go two different lecture halls for the test, one on the ground floor and the other on the third floor. Once the test was over all of them flocked up on the third floor discussing the difficulty of the paper. She saw her friends and hugged them as though the paper was devastating, which it was but who knew his correction would be even more worse. They all cried out loud in unison

"I'll Fucking fail, there's no way I'll pass. "

After a break of 15 minutes, they were all being rushed back into the lecture hall as the professor was going to make his way and he was never known to wait for anyone.

There were still many people standing outside the hall so was Li Mian and her group of seven. They stood in a circle highly involved in a useless conversation she likely doesn't care to remember. Professor Jack made his way up the white spiral staircase and walked towards the lecture hall on the right. As he made his way everyone stared at him in fright however Li Mian looked at him with glittery flirtatious eyes, she had floated back into her world again. A world in which only she and he existed. At the thought of that, her cheeks reddened and she felt butterflies in her stomach. She tilted her head to her left as her view straight ahead was blocked by one of her friend's. With a glorious smile she looked at him, he seemed to have realised the eyes on him and immediately looked in her direction for two seconds and then looked directly at the lecture hall door as he entered. She was absolutely stunned and even more embarrassed that he saw the stupid look on her face. A few of her friends praised her while the rest were just stunned utterly irritated by her ridiculous behavior and her cheeks now looked as red as roses. She entered his class and realised all the seats at the back were occupied and she could only sit in the first row with her friends. Before he could discuss the answers and make sure everyone understood that he had expected certain particular answers he took attendance and at that time a certain boy has sneaked into the class. Everyone started whispering praising the guts of the boy. However this did not go unnoticed with the professor. He yelled at the student. This had frightened everyone to their wits. Their eyes widened in disbelief of his anger. Everyone fell silent. The professor's face had turned darker and his eyes were large and he flared his nostrils. She didn't think that she could ever find him bad looking, but then she did.

She was frightened and a bit shocked. His voice was loud and sharp. Never would she piss him off she thought....