Tutor!Kankri x Reader

"A 43?!"

You flinched as your mom glared at you from above your report card. "I try really hard but I suck at writing! English is hard for me this year!"

Your mom just scoffed at you. "Well, your not going to pass with grades like these."

She set the paper on the kitchen table in front of you two, you glancing over your grades. Everything was either in the high 70s or 80s except for English. This report card is what you've been dreading over the last few days.

Normally English class was easy, just answer a lot of questions about stories after you read them and the once-in-awhile paragraph. But this year was the worst. It felt like everyone was assigned an essay everyday when it was actually one a week. The lesson for the month was to build up your essay-writing skills for college.

In reality you were one of the worst in the class with essays. You just had trouble starting and organizing them unlike everyone else. The end result would be a messy and rushed essay from the night before-which didn't help with your grade.

In your mind it was as if the other students were laughing at you and your pathetic, normally 3-paragraph essays.

The teacher would give you a disapproving look every time she handed back essays. When ever you tried staying after for help, your English teacher seemed to do nothing but point out your flaws. Whenever you tried to follow her directions, she just told you she wouldn't be able to help you all the time and to get a tutor.

You weren't too sure at first, since you thought it was going to be some stranger coming over to your house. But you quickly accepted once she pointed out she'll have the best in the class help you - Kankri Vantas.

Kankri and you weren't exactly friends, more like acquaintances. There was never a full conversation, more like a quick question or statement, such as "Did we have homework?" or "What's for lunch?" He was actually one of the more popular kids, even though he loved to talk a lot and even, to the class's amusement, lectured other peers for not doing their homework.

He is very friendly, especially to the new kids, and would talk to just about anybody. He is a decently cute guy, so he had a few admirers - including you - who normally hung around him whenever they could. But you weren't exactly social like the rest and just admired him from afar. What amused you the most about him was that he always kept a comb handy, and was always wearing some kind of sweater.  He got fussy in gym - as far as you heard - whenever they did track since his hair would always get messed up.

~Time skip~

Friday, your second favorite day after Saturday, was finally here. What's better? Your in your last class before going home, English.

You sat down and dug through your backpack for your binder. Once you lifted it out and set it on your desk, you noticed something, or rather someone in front of your desk. You looked up and noticed Kankri - in one of his blindingly bright red sweaters.

He looked down at you with a smile. "Hello _____, Mrs. Jones mentioned you needed help with your essays?" You started freaking out on the inside. He was going to tutor you! You were getting the chance to hang out with your crush alone! You immediately straightened up and smiled back. "Hi Kankri! Yeah, I've been having trouble writing them every week."

Kankri sat down next to you, which he never did, and set his backpack down nect to yours. "Would it be okay if we started the tutoring today after school? I have nothing else planned." Your smile widened. "Of course!"

~'nother Time skip~

You and Kankri were sitting at the dinning room table, going over how to start the introduction to an essay while your mother cooked dinner.

"You basically introduce what the essay is about..." You zoned in and out, just taking the time to admire Kankri in the close proximity. It wasn't usual for him to sit next to you in class, let alone in your house giving all his attention to you and only you!

You admired his perfectly placed black hair, which he took the time to comb in your bathroom mirror when the two of you first reached your house. He had beautiful sea-green eyes which went wonderfully with his naturally tan skin. Everything just made you want to kiss - wait a second...

That's when you realized you leaned forward enough to kiss his cheek, making him stop in the middle of his speech. The both of you froze for a moment. Bother of your cheeks flared red, you quickly parted from him with multiple apologizes.. You soon quieted when he muttered out "Didn't know you felt that way _____."

You both looked at each other silently when your mom burst into the room with 3 steaming plates of food. "Dinner's done kids!" You internally groaned and thanked your mom at the same time for getting you out of that awkward situation.

Dinner was spent with your mom mostly talking about how you normally don't bring friends over, making you blush. Both you and Kankri stole glances at each other, eventually catching each other's eye then quickly looking away with blushes on your faces.

After dinner, Kankri thanked your mom and asked you to come outside on the porch with him for a second, the two of you quietly shuffling out of earshot of your nosy mom.

He looked at you quite seriously, making you frown. "I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to-" He cut you off with a hug and quick kiss to the lips. "I like you too _____. I didn't mind the cheek kiss, I just wish you gave me a warning beforehand." You both grinned and chuckled quietly. "Does this mean we're together?" You whispered to him. "Only if you want to be." You gave him a short kiss as confirmation. "Of course. Your admirers are gonna be so jealous." You both laughed and shared another kiss before he bid goodbye and left for the night.