𝐌𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 | 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒖 𝑮.

Chapter 14 | Blame Ovulation

"You're flirting isn't gonna work to get me to agree to your proposal..." You state as you look back at him. You have a feeling he's just flirting with you to get you to agree to his coworkers with benefits proposal.

He leans back in his chair, still watching you with that cocky smirk on his face. It's obvious that he's not going to be discouraged by your defiant comment. "Oh, I know my flirting isn't gonna get you to agree to my proposal," He replies, his tone slightly cocky. "But damn it, you're too cute when you get all flustered."

He reaches across the table and takes your hand in his, his fingers intertwining with yours. He squeezes your hand gently, his thumb running over your knuckles. "Besides," He continues, his voice now dropping to a low murmur. "My flirting is just because I enjoy getting a reaction out of you. And you get all flustered in the cutest damn way."

You figured that's the reason why he loves to do it so much. It probably feeds his ego, for all you know. It feeds his ego knowing that you, the one who doesn't give in to him, are getting all flustered by his words.

His thumb continues to absently trace patterns over your knuckles, his touch surprisingly tender for someone who's usually so cocky. He glances down at your intertwined hands, silently enjoying the feel of your skin against his.

As he continues to hold your hand, he can't help but notice that you're not exactly trying to pull your hand away. He smirks at the realization, silently filing that piece of information away for future use.

He glances back up at you, his eyes still watching you carefully. "You know," He says suddenly, his voice a bit low and almost taunting. "You aren't resisting all that much right now. You haven't even tried to pull your hand out of mine."

Wait...He's right. You haven't. You haven't even tried to pull your hand away from him like you usually do. You didn't even realize that you hadn't. What is wrong with me tonight?

"That's because you'd grab it anywa-"

When you try to finish your sentence, he decides to take it up a notch. He lifts your hand to his lips and places a soft and gentle kiss against your knuckles.

Your eyes widen from the action. Did he just do that to shut me up?!

The action is brief, yet it effectively silences you in an instant. He lifts his gaze to yours, grinning. "Like I said. You haven't tried pulling away yet."

You feel your face get hot again. Why am I feeling like this?

"Ugh, damn you..." You say as you use your other hand to cover your cheeks while you look away.

His smirk widens even more at the sight of your blushing cheeks. He knows he's won this round, having managed to fluster you into silence with a simple kiss on the hand.

He tightens his grip on your hand ever so slightly, his fingers intertwining with yours. "Damn me all you want, Teach," He retorts, his tone cocky and almost arrogant. "But you didn't try to snatch your hand away. And look, you're all flushed right about now."

He's basically torturing me right now. When will the food come out faster?

You need to calm down and save yourself from this. "I'll be right back," You state as you get up and walk to the restroom.

Mr. Gojo watches as you get up from your seat and head towards the restroom, his gaze fixated on your figure as you walk away, knowing you're trying to compose yourself in the restroom. However, he can't help but feel wary that you might just up and leave, like how you did last time.

But he pushes that down and leans back in his seat, waiting for your return, his smirk still present.

You walk into the women's restroom and walk over to the sink, slamming your hands onto the counter as you look at the mirror and let out an irritated sigh.