Arkin
“Van Santos, Arkin’s—co teacher.”
Fico extended his hand and accepted Van’s offer of a handshake.
“Fico, Fico Vedasto—Arkin’s...”
I stood up beside Fico.
“Boyfriend. He’s my boyfriend.”
Van’s smile faded as Fico’s widened and really I know what mattered more.
“Yes, I’m his boyfriend. Nice to meet you.”
Fico said before he broke the handshake and took my hand into his instead.
“Van, don’t you have a class at this hour?”
Shex inquired so to stop Van from staring at Fico longer than necessary.
“I—we ended early, I gave a long quiz but we ended early so I just let the students go to relax and I happened to pass by here and saw you I thought I’d join. Can I?”
We looked at each other.
I just told my friends what happened between Van an
