"There, are you happy now? Now, I can't get to work again because of you!"
The Professor replaced the phone on the table and looked at me. He paused momentarily, looking a bit surprised, then he held my face in his hands and pinched my cheeks.
"What's with the big smile?" he asked. "You're not grimacing now, `coz you tricked me to look after you, huh?!"
"It hurts!"
"Serves you right! I had no idea you could be this whiny when you're sick! You're even worst than my nephew Nat-Nat when he's demanding for attention!"
"Thank you, Professor. I will now proceed to get rid of your alpha scent."
Upon saying so, I went closer to his stomach and sank my face in his soft tummy, rubbing my scent all over him.
"`Oy! what are you doing? You're really just taking advantage of me, aren't you? Are you really sick or are you actually in heat? Why the hell are you so horny?!"
"Just marking my territory..." I mumbled on his chest.
"Ha?"
Good thing he didn't hear that.
"Ugh, whatever... I'm hungry, is there anything to eat downstairs?"
"Call for delivery."
I'm on his neck now, where I can smell a teenage alpha's scent. This is were he was hugged by his nephew.
"Professor, next time you go to your brother-in-law's house, don't forget to take a bath before coming to bed."
"How the hell was I supposed to take a bath, when I found an idiot half drowned in the tub?" he muttered.
"Hmm. You have a point there. I wasn't drowning, though."
"Let go first, I need to use the toilet."
"I'm coming with you."
"Ha?!"
"I need to go to the toilet too."
We ordered some food after relieving ourselves. The professor ordered tapsilog1, while I had a multigrain porridge with fresh berries, since I didn't have much of an appetite. He told me to get more rest after breakfast, while he watched the orientation through Pedro's live streaming.
I felt much better when I woke up again, a couple of hours later. I saw the professor sitting beside me on the bed, still watching the orientation on his laptop with his earpods on. I slowly sat up in bed and stretched a bit, then I placed my arms across his chest, and rested my chin on his right shoulder.
"Eric..." I asked him, half asleep, "what are you watching?"
Prof. Antonio looked surprised. He faced me and tapped my arm, pulling his earpod off.
"This is a Zoop meeting!" Prof. Antonio hissed in my ear. "Get off!"
'Dr. Abdel, good afternoon, are you feeling better now?'
I look at the monitor and saw Pedro standing on the podium!
I quickly sat straight and pulled my arms away from the professor.
'Ladies and gentlemen, this is our head researcher, Dr. Aahmes Abdel, who is currently under the weather,' Pedro announced.
I noticed that we were being broadcast on one of the monitors at the side of the stage.
'As I was saying, we will be monitoring your children until they reach puberty...' Pedro continued the seminar flawlessly.
He switched the monitor to a document and expertly explained the program to the children's parents. Prof. Antonio, on the other hand, muted his microphone and turned his camera off.
"Are you feeling better?" he asked me gently.
"Yes..." I felt foolish for my actions. "I am sorry for disturbing your meeting."
"Yeah, no worries. Go eat something first. I already ordered some lunch. I got you some rice porridge and your favorite steak. What do you prefer?"
"Steak," I quickly replied. "I suddenly feel so hungry."
"Good, that means you're getting better," he said while he stood up from bed. "Wait here while I heat `em up in the kitchen."
I watched him as he left the room and watched the orientation on the laptop.
I cannot believe I acted that way.
I cannot believe that hundreds of people saw me act that way.
Well, considering that they were having a discussion, the probability of the audience watching the small monitor at the side showing the professor, would be less than 30%. But then again, I had to ask the professor what he was watching, which was obviously heard during the event, thus calling Pedro's attention, as well as the rest of the audience.
I just hope I pulled away in time before more people noticed me behind the professor. After all, I would not want any rumors to spread in the office about us.
"Here's your lunch. Eat up, so you can take your medicine," said the professor as he returned to the room.
"They saw me..."
"So? It's not like you were naked or something," he said absentmindedly as he placed the tray on the side table.
"But, they might think that we are together."
"What? Isn't it obvious already?"
"No, I mean, `together'."
The professor looked at me and smirked.
"Good. Let's just show them you're my real Habibi!" He laughed.
I knew he was making fun of me again, but I couldn't stop myself from feeling elated and jumping him.
We fell on the bed, with me on top.
"Woah, wait a minute!" he pushed me back. "That was a joke! A joke!"
"I know."
I caress his face.
His lips quivered.
Before I knew it, I was already kissing him.
"Mmm..." he protested, tapping my shoulder.
"You can stop me if you really want to," I told him when I pulled away. "Push me away, professor, I am weak right now, and I would never force myself on you."
"W-what do you mean weak?" he moaned, his face all red. "You're so heavy, how can I possibly push you off me?!"
"Then tell me to stop."
I kissed him again.
This time, he kissed me back, ever so slightly.
This was enough to drive me crazy, as I kiss him deeper, slipping my tongue in, caressing him beneath his clothes...
"Ahhn..." his gasp sent shivers down my spine.
I pull his shirt off, trailing my kisses down his chest.
His nipples have gone hard.
I play with them with my tongue, and got more moans from him.
"Aahmes..." he called my name.
"Does it feel good, professor?" I asked, looking up at his flushed face.
He reaches out to me.
I kiss his slender fingers and went back to his lips.
He wrapped his arms around me as we kissed.
My body quivered.
This was all I have ever wanted, and I couldn't help but worry that it was still a dream, a side effect of my high fever.
But it felt so real.
The professor's warmth was seeping into my body, and the pain of anticipation was killing me.
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1Tapsilog – is an abbreviation of three words; TAPa, SInigang, and itLOG. 'Tapa' is thinly sliced marinated beef. 'Sinigang' is fried rice. 'Itlog' is egg.
Silog is a famous Filipino dish usually eaten during breakfast.
Other variations include Longsilog (LONGganisa or sausage), Tocilog (TOCIno or cured pork), Hotsilog (HOTdog), SPAMsilog (meatloaf), Bangsilog (BANGus fish) and many others.