Solid GrounD (MxM)

When the Leaves Shift

When Roh-Ahn still couldn't form a coherent sentence, Austin reached up and mussed his hair, then winked. "So, what is it exactly that you got to do?" 

He waited patiently for Roh-Ahn to pull himself together, wanting to hear his answer. I really hope he tells me the truth, too. Although, he didn't think Roh-Ahn ever translated what he said incorrectly to keep something important hidden, but he did feel like he didn't get the full messages sometimes. 

A soft, warm hand against his left cheek brought Austin out of his thoughts. Roh-Ahn's face was barely an inch from his own, and he very much loved the view. Love. He thought as he felt Roh-Ahn kiss him softly. 

"I got to spoil you." 

Austin grinned, pressing a kiss to Roh-Ahn's nose. 

"You are sweet" He said, mispronouncing the words a little, though still managing to make them decently understandable since Roh-Ahn gave a little laugh and leaned in for another kiss. 

"Really?" Roh-Ahn asked, his smile widening as he snuggled in against him. 

Austin tiled his head down to press a kiss against Roh-Ahn's hair. "Of course." 

He was quite proud that he'd managed to remember so much. The grammar and sentence structure, especially, had thrown him off for several hours when he'd first tried to figure things out. 

Of course, my patience is non-existent. 

"I can't believe you studied so much for me already. Half of my students still don't do well with sentence structure and you are only messing up a little." Roh-Ahn said as he rested against Austin's chest, his eyes closed. 

"That one's a bit over my head but I got the I can't part." Austin said at the same time they both heard a light knock at the door. 

Pursing his lips, Austin looked at the clock, then sighed. 

"Still have office hours for another fifteen minutes." He grumbled as he carefully helped Roh-Ahn from his lap and into one of the two armchairs across from his desk, then went to open the door. 

Emri walked in the second he turned the lock, and went straight for Roh-Ahn as soon as he saw him, easily perching on the arm of the chair where he sat with an unsettling smile on his face. 

"What are you doing here, Emri?" Austin asked as he walked over, sitting on the edge of his desk, trying to be close without giving his unease away. 

It didn't seem to work, though, because Emri was already smirking at him before his backside even touched the worn desk. 

"Down boy, I just came to chat." He said, not lessening Austin's worry much. 

It wasn't that he didn't trust the guy, but that he knew him somewhat well. Emri liked to poke at people, if only out of curiosity. I don't want him bugging Roh-Ahn, though. 

"Hey, you're the new language teacher for this semester, right? Korean?" Emri asked as he leaned over a little, making Roh-Ahn scoot into the far corner of the chair as he put his hands in his lap. 

"Yes. My name is Roh-Ahn, nice to meet you." He said in a professional tone, offering a hand to Emri. 

The moment they shook, Austin wanted to grab Roh-Ahn, toss him over his shoulder and storm out of the room. I don't think he'd appreciate the cave man antics... dammit. 

Wisely, he instead just grabbed the edge of the desk and leaned forward. "Did you do well on your midterms? I already graded yours for my class and you got a ninety-seven."