The Bond Between Us

Chapter 5
Martins have to refresh his memory by reading some topics from his text book, he always love reading, maybe its the smell of the book or the fact of learning new things.
"So why are you reading" his mom asked
"Cause from tomorrow I will start torturing someone" he answered happily, his mother smiled its been long he is this happy
"That's better than the menial jobs" she said and went to fix dinner. He knows his mother is right, but he keep thinking if he made the right choice.
Today is Monday Martins is already standing in front of the gate, he brushed himself nicely but he can't ignore the inferiority he feels and that also serve as a reminder that his fantasy can only be a fantasy.
He knocked on the gate, repeating a lie over and over in his head, believing at a time it will be true, he kept lying to himself saying "am just here to tutor nothing more" that's his ultimate lie.
"You're here" the gateman said once he opened the door, Martins gave him a nod and greeted him
"Go in" he urged Martins. Martins nervousness was visible to anybody that is observant, but while they think he is nervous of teaching he is actually nervous of seeing joy.
"Alright" he said and walked in, the first person he met was George.
"Hey bro, you are here" he stated, Martins smiled, then looked around the sitting room but didn't see her.
"She is in her room" George said and put on the game, Martins missed it, he use to be a pro, but leaving it for long would've made him rusty. "Maybe after the tutoring we will play" George said
"Would love to, so can you please go fetch her" he said,
"Joy!" George screamed, that wasn't what Martins had in mind,
"Am here" she said coming down, Martins took his time to watch her, to him she everything good, her innocent face, tender look, seeing her, he knew the lie can never become a truth even if he recite it a billion times.
"So tutor, are you ready to have a blast" she asked, wearing a smile that can freeze hell and stop a war, Martins can't understand the reason his throat tightened and went dry, that he have to swallow before he speak.
"Where would you like the lesson to take place" he asked.
"Right here is good" she said looking around
"Hell no, take him to your room, anywhere but here" George complained, he just don't want to be disturbed.
"Better, come let's go to my room" she said, Martins can't agree to that, cause being alone with a hip of temptation is not good for his health.
"Let's just use the corridor outside" he said, Joy just shrugged and led the way, Martins followed.
"So here is jamb syllabus, we are going to be solving the questions one after the order, but first I will teach you some basics then give you some examples, after that I will leave you to answer the jamb questions alone then I will score you" he said, joy just nodded, she seems bored already, that what Martins doesn't want, regardless that he really want to impress her, he also don't want to let Chief down.
"Let me guess, you hate studying" he asked, with a smile.
"No, just the teachers don't know how to teach" she said with a frown, which Martins saw as a very cute gesture.
"K I will try and make a different" he said
"That's impossible, even a PhD couldn't, so an undergraduate like you is hopeless" she said
"Wounded" Martins said and Joy gasped, realizing what she just said
"Am sorry, I didn't mean it that way"
"No problem, but dear, I have live longer to know, impossible is just another word for l'm possible" Martins said with a smile, joy smiled along.
"Then surprise me tutor" she said and it gladdens his heart for he is the reason for that smile, he won't be greedy and ask for more if he gets to see the smile always.
For the next 3 hours he was teaching Joy, breaking things up in ways for Joy to understand, she have never understand teaching to this extent, she is happy Martins is the tutor.
"So solve this 50 questions, when you're done I will score you, then I will solve the ones you failed" Martins said and gave her the questions. She took it and started answering the questions, they did maths today, Tomorrow will be English. Martins made his way to leave.
"Where are you going" she asked
"To meet George" he answered
"You want to go play game with him" she asked with narrowed eyes, Martins shrugged "then I will just leave the questions and sleep, or peep the answer from the back" she said, not that she plan on doing that, but she needs Martins her as source of inspiration.
"Alright, I will stay here" Martins said and sat opposite her, she then started solving the questions, with her so focus on the questions, Martins use the opportunity to watch her, and she was better than playing game.