25 Teaching for the First Time

I shook my hands to get the chalk that was layered onto my fingers. After wiping my forehead, I sighed with relief after glancing at the satisfied students who began packing their stuff.

It was fortunate that teaching a bunch of people my age was way easier than conducting presentations during class in the first district. The teachers in the first district acted more like a panel of judges who watched meticulously for any mistakes.

"As expected from someone from the first district!" A student whispered.

"I think she's better than our actual math teacher." Another student commented.

"And she seems so elegant that I can't imagine we're the same age!" Another student complimented me.

My lips went up into a tiny smile as my ears were graced with more compliments. I never got any compliments in school before, especially with my more competent classmates who could do everything better than I could.

"Rika!"

I turned back to see the student that bought me the precious junk food that I barely got to eat.

"I'm sorry for the food that I bought, I never thought you'd get in trouble for it." The student hung his head down apologetically.

I retraced my memories when I did the attendance call for the class. His name was 'Adrian' from what I remembered from his loud and clear voice that was firm and full of energy.

"Well it's no big deal. Stuff like that happens all the time. Sorry for getting you in a weird situation Adrian." I lightly tapped his shoulder.

"Then I'll get going to my next class now! See you tomorrow!" Adrian faintly blushed while fidgeting with his hands.

Adrian ran to his next class without waiting for my response while I stood in my spot to wait for the rest of the class to get going to their next class.

However, a group of girls shyly came up to me after they silently fought among themselves.

"I'm not sure if I could ask you this, but are you close with the other teacher that came to this school with you?" A girl confessed anxiously while being pushed by the girls behind her.

"I'm not sure if we're close but I think we were always together in school as classmates." I answered back carefully while studying the crowd.

It was always better to be cautious of fan club members. There were always crazy fans in my past life who did crazy things that could even be considered as crimes. And it wasn't like I could tell them that we were living in the same room at school.

"It's just that you seem soo lucky Rika because you seem close to him! He's so good looking and seems very dreamy." Another girl came closer to me.

"His gleaming silver hair and ocean blue eyes just draws you in with his cold looks." Another girl admired Luke with her eyes filled with her own fantasies.

I knew that Luke was good looking but his overwhelming strictness sunk my positive opinions of him. However, I did know that he'd be popular among other people who didn't know how he was really like. Even I would secretly sign up to be a part of his fan club right away if I attended this school too.

"Can you arrange a time for us to meet Luke personally? We're actually fans of his," A girl boldly asked me.

Maybe that girl was the fan club master with her request made at the end. I made a note inside my head to further my distance from Luke to not aggravate his fans.

"I'm not so sure about that. But I'm sure you'll get the chance to get close to him in school since he'll be offering help as a chemistry teacher." I made sure to seem as friendly as possible.

"I'm sorry we'll have to end our conversation here." I pretended to regretfully wave when I heard Luke's footsteps coming towards the classroom.

I ran outside to cover Luke's mouth which muffled, "Rika, we have to get going to our hotel to check in now."

"Yea, I'll get going soon. Just wait until I pack up my stuff!" I whispered.

I wasn't sure if I was hallucinating or not but I felt a menacing glare from one girl in the group from my burning back as I packed up my stuff in a hurry.

I avoided the girls spellbound by his looks as I made sure Luke stayed outside the classroom. I grabbed his hands to run to the limo to decrease the possibility of being seen together. Fans always had sharp eyes and intuition. I especially knew this because I used to be one.

"So, our deal?" I asked him once I had comfortably settled down inside the limo.

"I'll order it for you inside the hotel," Luke pressed his hand against his forehead.

"Ok, but I feel that with this mission, we'll be able to accumulate points quite easily so you don't have be uptight about almost every single thing."

I already had my hands full with tiptoeing around his fan club. I didn't need more stress from his naggings when I was already trying my best to ace this mission.

Luke seemed to disagree with his slight frown and eyebrows that narrowed closer to each other. I pretended to not notice his disapproval as I cried inside my heart.

'Why can't I go back home instead of a hotel since I was in the third district anyways!'

I knew this was one of the most luxurious hotels in the third district when I faced the large skyscraper like building that never seemed to end. I guessed the school was really treating us well during this mission in order to keep up their reputation.

Luke and I were escorted onto the 80th floor to a suite with two separate bedrooms and a living room. It was similar to how our room was at school except it wasn't so technologically advanced and that there was only one bathroom.

There wasn't much to do inside the hotel as I already finished making my teaching plan inside the office. Since I was in the third district anyways, I decided to go outside the hotel for sightseeing and shopping before dinner.

I opened my storage box to change my clothes into what I bought from the shopping mall in the summer. A bright yellow dress with white flats would be great for this evening as it wouldn't stand out from the crowd in this warmer than usual weather.

When I was about to open the door to exit the room, Luke came out of his shower drenched with his bathrobe on.

I hoped that he didn't notice me as I silently turned the doorknob.

The door silently creaked as I opened the door which earned the gaze of Luke when he was about to go to his room.

I wondered why the door would be this noisy when it was obviously a high-class hotel. I was disappointed in the hotel's amenities compared to its reputation.

"Where are you going?" Luke turned his gaze towards me.

"Sightseeing and shopping since we have free time before dinner anyways." I replied back honesty.

At this rate, I didn't even bother lying since I knew Luke would figure out the truth anyways in no time.

"Wait for me. I'll go shopping with you." Luke threw a threatening glare that hinted to not leave without him.

Whenever Luke approved of me doing something I wanted to do, it was usually what I didn't expect to do.

When we were in the fourth grade together, I said that I wanted to go sightseeing in the free time that we had during our field trip in the first district.

Luke surprisingly agreed with going sightseeing, but it wasn't what I expected.

I expected to look through the famous places in the area like the newly opened amusement park or those pretty technologically innovative buildings while eating at normal restaurants along the way. However, when I went sightseeing with Luke, he escorted me into a fancy hover car and got a guide to explain the famous parts of the first district instead of actually walking through those places.

For dinner, we ended up eating out at a famous five-star restaurant with the most exquisite gastronomic food while wearing fancy, uncomfortable clothes.

I could say that even though the food tasted good, it was pretty tense to always watch my manners while eating.

In the end, it was pretty disappointing to go anywhere with Luke since those kinds of scenarios kept on repeating over and over again in our field trips in the first district.

I waited for Luke to change his clothes as I hoped things would be different this time since we were in the third district now.

Luke came out of his room wearing famous, well-known brands in casual wear as expected. I was pretty sure that each one of his clothes like the white sweater he was wearing was easily over five thousand dollars.

When he went shopping with me in the summer, he easily brought me the most expensive clothing in each store without even looking at the price tag.

I thought we would go outside for sightseeing and shopping but this was unexpected. Luke pressed the button of the 81st floor instead of the lobby.

From what I knew, the 81st floor was the top floor in this hotel.

When the elevator doors opened, I knew from looking that it was a shopping mall for the premium class inside the hotel.

'So, this is what Luke meant by shopping.' I didn't look forward to the glittering sight.