Forced to Marry a Student
Additional Lessons
“I want you to give extra lessons to Arka until the final exam later. Its value in your subjects is still lacking.”
This morning, Mr. Johan called Mikaela into his room. A reason that Michaela knew, Arka must have planned it.
Michaela could not refuse. Arka is his responsibility, and the lowest value Arka actually exists in the subjects he holds.
“You must have done it on purpose.”
“Do what?”
When the lesson was over, Michaela called Arka into her room.
“All your lesson grades are satisfactory, except in my subjects.”
“I didn't do it on purpose. All because the lessons you teach are hard. Especially when I have to concentrate with a very close distance to Mother.”
“No one asked you to move to the front bench, right?”
“I thought, with me doing just that, my concentration would be max.”
“Then, why do you stay seated in the front row?”
“I want to pay attention to my future wife with details.”
“Arka! Stop messing around!” Michaela rounded her eyes. Instead it made Michaela look very attractive in the eyes of Arka.
“Nobody is playing. Am I wrong? As I recall, our agreement says that we will get married when I succeed in fulfilling Mother's request.”
“You haven't made it, have you? So I guess, that call you can't use first.”
“So, after I succeeded, I can use it? Right, huh? In this school too?”
Arka's face looks like a little boy who just got a new toy. Looks very radiant.
“Don't be happy first. Prove first that you are able to reach our agreement.”
“OK! But, I also have to remember, otherwise there will be a cancellation about our deal. I will succeed and Mother will be my wife.”
Mikaela fell silent. To be honest, he began to feel nervous. Arka seemed to have not changed her mind and still confidently wanted to marry her.
In fact, Michaela did not understand why the Arcs were so adamant about asking for it as their requirement. Arka could have asked for other things, not by tying her long youth with her own teacher.
“Are you starting to think about retreating? There is no word of retreat for our agreement. I will definitely be able to make Mom marry me even by threatening Mom.”
“Fear? Of course not. Why should you be afraid? The one who should be afraid is you. Are you sure you want to marry a woman older than you, and lose your freedom at a young age?”
Michaela tries to make Arka doubtful by casting a shadow of the future Arka will face.
Arka never hesitated, but Arka would not say the reason why she insisted on marrying Michaela. At least not now.
“I'm not like any other child you might have met all this time. I already know what I want, even since I haven't set foot in elementary school.”
Michaela did not understand Arka's words. Did Arka know that she wanted to marry Michaela since she was a child? But they have even just met. Or maybe Arka's point is that he wants to get married at a young age? Can a child think that far?
“You can go now.”
“Will there be no extra lessons today?”
“Wait for Mom in your class. Mom will be there soon.”
“Oke.”
Arka stepped out of the room. He could not wait for the days to quickly pass until the final test came. Arka is very confident that he can achieve the highest value. All this time he deliberately did not show his true abilities.
Five minutes passed, Arka saw Michaela walking towards the classroom with Julian by her side. They looked very familiar and even laughed together.
Patience, Arka. Soon you can get rid of that guy. Don't get carried away by emotions. You have a powerful weapon to bring him to his knees.
Arka tried to refrain from the sight she did not like. He had already beaten a disciple for daring to look at Michaela, and now, a man could even get that close to Michaela without his permission.
“No, Juls. You go home first. I'll be fine.”
“OK. Let me know if you want to go home and get home.”
Julian let go of his gaze towards the classroom. He saw that Arka was looking at him sharply.
“If anything happens, contact me immediately.”
Mikaela nodded. “Take it easy. Nothing's gonna happen. The school security guard is also still standing guard in front, right?”
“I'll ask him occasionally to come in and see how you are.”
“Do not overdo it, Juls.”
“Good. Ii'm sorry. I'm first, huh?”
“OK. Careful.”
All those conversations could be clearly Arka heard. The conversation he was eager to end by throwing the man away from Michaela.
“Romantis,” Arka quipped when Mikaela entered the classroom.
“What?” michela asked confusedly.
“Two of you.”
“You're jealous?” challenge Michaela who deliberately wants to see Arka's reaction.
“The pattern? He can't even compare to me.”
“Then, it's no big deal if you're familiar with her, right?”
“For now.”
Arka was in no mood to continue their conversation and chose to pull out her textbook. He didn't want to get hooked and do something he could regret.
A child who is quite arrogant and has a high ego. I can't lure him if I don't want to get stuck on my own.
Michaela was able to catch that Arka did not like to see Julian nearby. Perhaps it was because Arka thought of Michaela as an object of her own and no one could touch her.
“Mom wants you to do twenty of these. One hour is enough?”
Arka caught a glimpse of those things. “Half hour.” Arka started working on it quickly without any difficulty. Even before half an hour Arka had already given all the answers to Michaela.
Michaela looked at Arka's answers one by one. There's nothing wrong.
“This is a matter of essay for yesterday's test. You can do it right today, but why did you miss so many questions yesterday that you didn't fill in?”
“I can't concentrate. Maybe I should do my test privately like this, with Mom watching over me.”
“Is that your seduction sentence?”
“Does it works?”
“You have to do better than that.”
Arka laughing. “Good. I'm going to practice a lot. Looks like it won't be easy to make you smile shy.”
“Mothers are not most women who will submit only with such a word of seduction.”
“Really? Alright. I think I just got a challenge.”
“Nobody challenged you. Don't waste your time trying to find a way to seduce your teacher.”
Arka just smiled. This afternoon something was different. He felt that Michaela did not close herself as tightly as before. He felt he could have a little more intimate conversation with Michaela, and that was the progress he hoped for.
- Eireen -