The Disciplinary Doctor

Proper Manners

Disclaimer: There are parts in this chapter wherein I got some of the ideas from the Thai series, U-Prince (The Single Lawyer), from Episode 1.

Thea's POV>

I'm feeling better. Now my lesson will be my communication with others and so on. I'm not the typical girl who often lies, but I mostly tell the truth about what I see or even feel. I'm currently sitting right now on the couch of Klein's room waiting for his older brother to arrive.

I was about to call my phone to buy food from an expensive fast-food restaurant, but Kindred suddenly stole my phone.

"What? How did you get in here Kindred?!?!"

He answered, "This is my brother's room and what were you doing?"

"It's my own business and not yours to meddle with."

He replied, "Were you ordering an expensive fast-food?"

"You must have come in for a long time to hear my call."

Then he gets closer to me, "If I'm a burglar... I could have done something to you." I started to protect my body using my arms.

"You could have been sexually assaulted," he said. He looked back at me again, "Why aren't you following me, Thea?"

"Why should I even follow you?"

He seriously looks at me, "It's time for you to work."

I hate him. I really hate him!!!

He started lecturing me about being a noble lady.

"A noble lady should have physical manners, verbal manners, social manners, and cooking skills," he said with a serious tone. You have none of the above.

"HEY!?!"

He interrupted me, "Because every tree is known by its own fruit, which means no matter how bad your manners may be, you should at least know how to listen and focus."

"We are just starting, and you are already acting out them. You won't be able to make it," he noted.

Typical strict guy. Anyway, I will show him what I got! "Hmm, how hard can it be to learn proper manners?"

"I can show it to you."

He said, "Show it to me, Thea."

"You should change your physical and verbal manners because I'm older than you. You must know how to respect others, no matter what you do. You need to greet me whenever you meet me and if every time I give or do something for you, you must know to thank me. Every time you talk to me, you must always be polite." His long message to me.

I remarked, "Why should I listen to what you say?"

"Remember when you were drinking at a high-end party? You signed a contract with Klein." He then showed me the contract which indicates that I should follow Kindred's orders until he accomplished his duty for me to become a noble lady.

I deeply sighed. Oh, god, please have mercy on me.

"Now do you understand?" he said.

"Fine!"

He looked at me again, "What did you say?"

"I mean yes." I looked away so furious at him.

He started teaching me proper greetings, postures for sitting, and so on. He acts like my teacher in the school and it is super annoying. Time passed by and it was already nighttime. I went to bed, then I saw something in my drawer. It's the old watch my grandfather gave me. I always cry whenever I always see this old watch my grandpa gave me before he passed away.

Kindred's POV>

I lectured Thea many things today and I hope she learned something. I looked at my phone then I saw that it was very late. I should sleep, but something is bothering me. I heard someone crying. That is why I decided to open my lights again and check Thea's room. I saw her crying for herself while holding an old watch.

I move closer to her, "Hey, are you okay? What's wrong? Why are you crying in the middle of the night?"

"I just remember my grandpa. I miss him and grandma misses him too. He was always there when I needed him the most, but now he isn't there with me. He gave me this old watch that his father gave him, and he said that he wanted me to have it before he passed away. It means a lot to me. Every minute and every second of his life was meaningful. I regret that when he died I wasn't able to come home since I started to study abroad. After years passed by, I decided to go back home, but it still hurts now." She slowly hugged me and I hugged her back. We stayed like that until I saw her fall asleep on my shoulders.

I put her in bed slowly, and I sleep on the couch so that if she needs my help I'm there for her. I'm sleeping, and yet I feel someone going in the toilet. I thought that it would be Thea, so I just move a little, then I felt her coming near me. What could she be thinking?

She put back my blanket so that I wouldn't catch a cold. She knows what manners are, and I think she just doesn't show it to others, but I think she is starting to change. She suddenly talked about something, "Kindred, did you know that I met you before in my Junior High School days? At that time, I didn't know you, but you helped me when someone was bullying me, and I'm really thankful that you helped me. I owe you a big one this time." I felt her sleeping on the other couch.

I woke up early, and I wasn't able to forget what she confessed last night. I was able to know her in the past and now that I meet her again I feel that I have to break up with my girlfriend Jenny, since I feel that I will be happier with Thea. I put my blanket on her since I thought she might get sick again. She's so cute when she is sleeping. I feel that she was made by a goddess and, since aunt Miranda was a model before, now I can see their resemblance. Like mother, like daughter.

She woke up, then she greeted me with a smile. "Good morning, Doctor Kindred."

I smiled back to her, "Good morning to you too. Get up or else you will be late for your class."

She looked at her phone then she rushed to the other room. "That is Klein's room, Thea. The bathroom is on your right side." I laughed. I like teasing her and it makes her cute. She blushed, then went to the other side. I sent her to school, then I decided to call Jenny to meet me in a café.