"I'm very pleased with the boy's progress," Dr. Gordon told Ren. "He can go back to school next week."
"Excellent," Ren said. "I think he's starting to get bored at home."
"Are you sending him back to the Orchid Orphanage?" Dr. Gordon asked.
Ren frowned. If he had to be really, really honest with himself, he didn't want to send Fang away. He had grown really fond of the bright but shy teenager. He felt happy and proud as he watched the boy bloom under his aegis.
Dr. Gordon narrowed his eyes. "You don't want to?"
Ren sighed and shook his head.
"Who is he to you?" Dr. Gordon asked bluntly. "A friend? A ward? A little brother? A love interest?"
Ren's eyes flashed. "He's a child," he snapped.
"He'll be seventeen in a few days. You're only a little more than three years older than him." Dr. Gordon sighed. "He is a very attractive young man, and he is more mature than you in some ways, unfortunately."
