My affinity for the teacher/student dynamic is really coming out with my latest pairing obsession, huh? 😝

Thank you for remembering this WIP! I kind of put it on pause for an indeterminate amount of time last fall, partly because I wanted more time to think on ideas to add to it, and partly because the last time I wrote it, I got too frustrated with my writing and that left a negative association with this doc. That was a little under a year ago though, and I’d really like to continue it at some point. I feel like it might end up being a bit longer than my usual oneshots, depending on what I decide I want to do with it, and I don’t have those ideas yet, so I haven’t been focusing on it like the fic ideas I do have figured out more. Alas, I am not a “figure it out as I go along” type of writer and tend to plot everything out extensively before I write.

Anyway, since I haven’t plotted this idea out that much, the following writing from my draft may very well end up being scrapped, but here’s a little bit more of this fic~

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Yu adjusted his bag on his shoulder. “I read the book you wrote and was wondering if you had any additional reading you could give me.”

The man just snorted. “You actually read that thing?”

“Were we… not supposed to?”

“You’re what—a fourth year? Don’t tell me you’re so close to graduating and you’re still buying ‘required’ reading.”

Silence was all the reply he needed.

“Oh wow, jeez. Okay, kid—uh, what’s your name?”

“Narukami Yu.”

“All right then, Narukami-kun, let me tell you a secret. A bit too late but better late than never, I guess. Those books? We’re required to put them in as part of the curriculum. No one actually buys them, let alone reads them.”

Yu considered this for a second. It didn’t make a difference. “Even so, I like to have a full understanding of the course material.”

Adachi scoffed. “Well, then you’re a nerd. You won’t get anywhere in life by going above and beyond where there’s no actual payoff.”

“What if the payoff is a greater understanding?”

“Then you’re definitely a nerd.”

“Maybe so. Do you have any additional reading for me?”