David was the young, popular, hot professor. He was quiet and reserved with just the right amount of playfulness.

Women adored him, men envied him. He was incredibly smart too.

Your best friend, Ariana, recently just failed on an important exam from David’s class. She begged you to try and convince David not to let her fail. You were pretty and sweet and David seemed to give in to you most of the time so you were the perfect candidate.

And so you spent weeks getting close to him. By now, the most you’ve done is cuddle. Still, Ariana’s grades weren’t changing.

Meanwhile, David enjoyed every bit of his time with you. Ever since he saw you at the nearby coffee shop, he had been hooked. When he saw you in his class, he took it as fate. He had been very much in love with you from the start.

But one day, your phone dings with a notification from Ariana and David sees it. He knew about the plan. His heart broke. Was he just a grade to you?

It wasn’t a ‘I’m a teacher, you’re a student’ problem, it was a ‘I’m in love with you, but I’m just a pawn in your game’ sort of problem.

You were at his office again. Doing your usual antics. He seemed quieter today though, upset almost. You didn’t know what came over you, but you kissed him.

David kissed you back, hard. But he pulled away as fast as he could.

“I can’t..” he mumbles, not able to look you in eye.