5. More fascinated

That afternoon Clarissa deliberately wanted to meet Diaz after the lecture was over. Clarissa walked towards the lecturer's office hoping Diaz was there. The approach must be intensified.

A few meters before reaching the office door, Diaz was seen walking out of it. Clarissa's smile widened instantly. Again, luck was on her side. And Diaz looked at Clarissa. Diaz was sure this quirky student was looking for him. He understood the gesture of the girl who wanted to approach him.

"Good afternoon, Sir." Clarissa greeted warmly. She put on a sweet smile for the teacher to pay attention.

"Good afternoon, Clarissa. Not going home yet?" Diaz asked.

"I want to meet you first. Can I talk with you?" Clarissa asked back.

"About what? I'm in a bit of a rush." Diaz answered while looking at his watch.

"Oh, no. Are you?" Clarissa was disappointed.

"I wait for my taxi. If you can be patient, tomorrow you can meet me at over two in the afternoon." Diaz made a suggestion.

"Where is your vehicle?" Clarissa was a little surprised. Did the teacher need a taxi?

"My motorbike is being serviced. Taxi is the best choice." Diaz explained.

"I'll pick you, sir. Come on!" Clarissa volunteered.

"What?" Diaz was shocked.

"I'm serious. Instead of a taxi, here is someone who wants to be kind, don't refuse, Sir." Clarissa persuaded.

"I won't go straight home. I am going to the tutoring place. I'm teaching in half an hour." Diaz explained his business.

"I'm ready to take you anywhere." Clarissa was excited. It was a good opportunity to be close to Diaz.

"Yeah, okay. Can we talk on the way, what do you want to ask?" Finally, the handsome young lecturer relented.

Clarissa felt like jumping up high. She and Diaz got in the car together! They immediately headed for the parking lot. Clarissa started the car. Diaz told her the address where he would teach.

"I think you just teaching students. Do you still want to mess with the tutoring high students? Surprise me, really." Clarissa started a conversation while she drove.

"Being a tutoring teacher since I was in college. Not easy to leave it. It's also fun teaching junior and senior high school students. As long as the schedule doesn't collide, I'll do it." Outside of this class, Diaz was friendly, but in class, he tended to be fierce. Maybe really firm.

"Out of class, when you are not teaching is a very kind one. Why do you make me upset in class?" Frankly speaking, Clarissa asked what popped into her head.

Diaz smiled faintly. It wasn't strange what Clarissa asked. Several other students also asked this question.

"Discipline, rule, responsibility. That's what I hold on to. And I apply it in class. Class and outside of class are different, Clarissa. I'm more relaxed when I'm not teaching. When I'm in front of the class I easily lose focus if something distracts me."

"And I'm one of the bullies." Clarissa interrupted Diaz's sentence before the lecturer continued.

"Yup! Don't do it again. Got it?" Diaz confirmed.

“Hee … hee …” Clarissa chuckled.

The conversation continued from just talking to seriously discussing lectures. Clarissa was really satisfied today to be with Diaz. Even Clarissa didn't want to go home when Diaz started teaching. Arguing that she had nothing urgent to do, Clarissa waited for Diaz along he was teaching.

Diaz didn't force Clarissa to come home. It doesn’t make sense if he was angry with her after all. But Diaz felt it was a bad sign if Clarissa was after him. But on the other hand, it was a good sign, because Diaz wanted to change this unique student to have a little classier ethics.

For two hours, Clarissa waited. During that time Clarissa just sat playing with her cell phone. Occasionally post something or create a status. When she entered the virtual world, it felt like she didn't want to go out into real life.

"Clarissa, do you still like to stay here?" Diaz rebuked Clarissa who was seriously staring at the phone screen.

Clarissa raised her head. Diaz stood in front of him. Handsome. Ah, why was he even more charming?

"Get back?" Clarissa stood up.

"Yes. It's done." Diaz nodded.

"Bye, Brother. Thank you. See you tomorrow!" Diaz's students said goodbye, waved and one by one left the tutoring place.

"Brother Diaz?" Clarissa looked at Diaz. Sweet call from the students. In the tutoring, the students called him brother, not sir.

"Yes, here I am a brother. Not a teacher." Diaz smiled widely.

He stepped outside, Clarissa following.

"Brother, I'll take you back home!" said Clarissa.

Diaz turned around. Clarissa mentioned brother to him. He didn't hear wrong, did he?

"Is it okay I call you brother?" Clarissa raised two fingers in approval.

Diaz smiled. "But at class ..."

"Mr. Diaz. Okay. I won't forget." Clarissa smiled.

Get back in the car. This time the destination was where Diaz lived. Not so far from the tutoring place. The house was very big and beautiful. But this was actually a boarding house. Diaz's room was on the left side of the house. It looked like a small house, not a bedroom.

"Thank you for being a driver for me today." Diaz smiled.

"Is that so?" Clarissa asked.

"I'll just transfer the monthly money later, okay?" joked Diaz. Clarissa laughed.

"You're going home. You have been out of the house too long. Go home, work your assignments." Diaz ordered.

"Brother, let me come in for a moment, please." Clarissa persuaded.

"You can't. This is not my house. There are rules. If you have guests of the opposite sex, you can only sit on the terrace like this," Diaz explained.

"Okay, okay. I'm going back. I am waiting to be your driver again next time. Bye, Brother!" Clarissa also left Diaz.

Diaz watched until Clarissa's car drove by. The girl was smart and has a lot of potentials. That was what came to Diaz's mind. Unfortunately, her attitude would make it difficult for her to enter the world of work in the future. And that was what Diaz would scrape from Clarissa.

Arriving at the boarding house, Clarissa immediately looked for Yenny in her room. Her friend was very diligent. As usual, when Clarissa went to her room, she was dealing with her laptop and books.

"Yenny! I'm happy!!" Clarissa hugged Yenny with joy. Yenny was suddenly attacked like that. Yenny tried to release Clarissa's embrace.

"What? It's not going to take a quick shower, it's actually disturbing people studying," Yenny sprayed.

"I was going with brother Diaz." Clarissa smiled widely.

"What? Brother Diaz? Walk both of you?" Yenny's eyes bulged. What did Clarissa say? She was not making this up, was she? Even though she was acting casually, Clarissa wasn't a liar.

Clarissa quickly spoke. All from A to Z. She had an exciting trip with Diaz that day. The way was wide open she could approach the lecturer who made her fall in love. During she was telling her day, Clarissa was so happy, as if tomorrow she could be the lecturer’s girl.

Yenny just gaped at hearing Clarissa spill all her joy. Yenny couldn't tell whether their new lecturer had a crush on Clarissa that was why he was so kind to the naughty and nosy girl in the class.

"It's not in vain that I rejected many guys over the years. What I imagine is coming and now I can freely approach him. Yenny, my life is beautiful!" Clarissa concluded her long story with a seemingly appropriate conclusion.

"Are you sure Mr. Diaz likes you too?" Yenny didn't smile, didn't congratulate her, instead wanted to open Clarissa's inner eyes.

Clarissa looked at Yenny to hear the question.