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I was doing some assignments when I felt someone hovering at the table. I looked up and realised it was Ming.

All of the frustrations from our morning interaction came to mind and I nearly unleashed it at him but I reminded myself that I am his mentor and I had to set a good example.

"Yes Nong?"

"Ah I came to apologise. I didn't realize about the stuttering..problem..I'm sorry."

"Okays sure. Anything else?"

"Erm, I brought the report back. Would you like to check it?"

"No its fine. Its what you have to write and plus like you said, I'm not the Dean so you don't have to follow what I told you. You have written it, submit it as it is."

Ming was stupefied and his mouth dropped abit but he kept quiet, nodded and went off. I returned to my work, thoroughly upset at this idiot.

2 hours later, just before my day ended, the Dean wanted to see me in her office. What happened now?!

I went there and found Ming too. He was standing quietly, but with a clueless look on his face. The Dean was calmly tapping away on her laptop but when she saw me, she stood up and flung the report Ming had written at me.

"What is this Phana?! As the mentor Moon, shouldn't you be guiding your newly crowned Moon?!?! He didn't even write it properly! What have you been doing?"

Ming opened his mouth to say something and then I interrupted.

"My apologies Dean. Ming wanted me to check but I was busy so I told him to go ahead and submit. It's my fault that I lacked in guiding him properly."

"You have to learn to guide your mentees Phana or else there is no point in you even being a mentor Moon. I'm disappointed in you this time. Get it fixed and I don't want to see a repeat of this behaviour."

I nodded and both of us went out. Ming looked at me completely chastised. He opened his mouth and I just stopped him again.

"Hand me the report."

Ming was quiet and nothing was handed over. So I thought he didn't hear me.

"Nong. Did..you"

"I did. Loud and clear. But no. Its my fault. You did wanted to proof read. I didn't let you do it. I'm sorry. Look I sit down with you, will you please go through with me? Teach me so I don't forget."

Ming looked at me determinedly. I pursued my lips for a bit, wondering if I should.

I finally nodded my head, wanting to give him a chance. We sat down in the Engineering canteen and we poured over the report, editing it properly. Ming submitted the soft copy to the Dean and placed the hard copy in her pigeon hole before we left for the day.

We got to the entrance and Ming offered to give me a ride home but I declined. I wasn't too keen on spending more time than necessary with him if possible.

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