I guess I'm trying out a cheerful-ish genre right now? I don't know, most of the things I post recently has been very... emotionally draining and WAAAAAAAaaaaaaangst; to think I used to write so genki-ly... Wow.
Anyway, it's a [ TEACHER!AU ] and the schools are [ MERGED ]. So everyone from different places would be teachers here (in this case, the GO, Galaxy, Chrono Stone Cast); whilst the originals will be somewhere else (but they'll be here, no worries!).
I'm trying to be a bit comedic with the whole shipping and OTP things going on, and yes I admit, this is kind of maybe probably weeaboo-ish. BY THE WAY, I DO NOT PROMOTE REAL LIFE SHIPPING AND IF PEOPLE GETS DISTURBED BY IT, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT FORCE YOUR SHIPS OF 'THEM' UPON THEM OKAY? OKAY, GET IT? YEAH GOOD.
I do not own IESeries by the way! ^q^
Terms used in this chapter :
1. 元気少年 (lit. Cheerful Boy) - It's an archetype. Mostly it's called ヘタレ (lit. Uselessly Cheerful Person) and it means 'people that are overly cheerful and cannot read situations properly.'
2. 壁ドン (lit. Wall Bang) - The act of banging (sometimes putting softly) your hand against the wall, trapping a person inside so that he/she could not run away from you (commonly seen in otome games and shoujo mangas).
3. ドS (lit. Sadistic) - Well. As per the literal translation, I guess. There is also ドM, which means masochistic.
4. ツンデレ (Tsundere) - I'm pretty sure everyone knows what this is.
5. Doujin (I'm not sure the kanji for this woops) - Basically a comic-thing, commonly drawn by amateur doujinshi or mangaka.
Well, with that out of our way, on to the show! (This A/N is so long "orz) Last note; when your students say Sensei (italicized), it mostly means you they are referring.
「先生, お願い！」
【や～やめてよ！私とあの人... それは無理！！】
Being a teacher was never an easy job. Trouble children, correcting test papers, making up quizzes, staying in a good relationship with your colleagues, getting messed up because of children... Yes, it really is a stressing job. With low wages, at that. However... it's not like you hated it. You've come to like your job, although—indeed—sometimes it's very... stress inducing. But the things you learned along side them, it was worth it. It was so, so worth it.
But the way they... well, in their terms, 'ship' you with the other—mostly good looking—teachers are kind of... you know. Weirding you out.
Today was quite a peaceful day. No fights broke out yet (bless Kurama-kun the P.E teacher for that), and no screams could be heard. The students are all happily chatting (peacefully) with each other, and the no reports of bad things happening yet. Especially in your class! Being a homeroom teacher to one of the most troubled class, you were constantly given headache every day.
Perhaps today you could—
"Sensei!"
You sighed; so much for a relaxing day. "Yes, what is it, Sakurai-kun?"
Indeed, the one calling—actually, screaming—for you was one of the students in your class, Koumei Sakurai. A genius artist he is, but he refused to study anything—literally—that he was forced into the trouble class. He's actually quite good at studying, but he would rather stare at his canvas (sometimes blank; in that case, he'll call for everyone on his cellphone contact list) for hours on end rather than boring history books, or so he said.
"I managed to finish the doujin I've been telling you abouttoday!" He said cheerfully, as he waved around a bunch of papers, neatly stapled like a comicbook.
"Doujin?" You asked, your interest piqued. Actually, you had quite a bad hunch, but Sakurai's art is always welcome because of its warm—
"It's a doujin about you and Yukimura-sensei, Sensei!" He said, as he grinned. The whole class joined in, some snickering in the background. One of your female students even laughed without constraints—but all of them had the same look on their face; pure happiness.
"...Uh... pardon me?" You tried your best not to scream, really. And the voice that came out just sound like a child's squeak.
"It's what I said! A doujin featuring you and Yukimura-sensei... what a dreamy ship!" He started daydreaming on you.
"Featuring me... and Yukimura-kun... do you mea—"
"As l-o-v-e-r-s, of course! What else?" Sakurai said, as he fumed, "Geez, Sensei's so dense!"
"NO NO NO NO WAY!" You shouted, as you reached for the doujin Sakurai waved in front of you. You gotta rip it to shreds, or else...! Especially, if Yukimura-kun finds out, he'll definitely reprimand you—or worse—for it!
"Waah! Sensei's going to destroy it! Help!" Sakurai said as he looked towards his classmates, trying to get the doujin away from you. Indeed, you were like a madman—or woman—trying to get the damned doujin back. Really, Sakurai's such a troublemaker—
"Oi, Sakurai! Throw!" Then, came the boyish voice of a certain black haired student of yours...
Sakurai quickly did as he was told, and threw the comic as he shouted, "Ryou, CATCH!" loudly. The comic flew in the air, and then it landed almost two metres off from target. You were sure you would run and try to catch it, if you only knew that much. Ryou was—
"Nice throw!" He managed to catch it perfectly; his reflex was top notch. "It was metres off, though..."
—the resident athlete of the class.
"Phew, nice save!" You could hear Sakurai sighing in relieve. Dear God, how you hated these...
"Sensei! Listen carefully, I'm going to read you this!" Somehow or another, the doujin landed on the hands of the class' actress, Kyouka. "Okay, I'm going to start! Listen carefully, guys!" The others did as she told, as she closed her eyes—and that means, she's concentrating to go fullblown acting mode. That could only mean bad things—
"Y-yukimura-kun... We can't do this... we're colleagues...!"
"STOP IT STOP IT!" You screamed in panic as you tried to cover your ears with your hands (futilely, by the way).
"...I-I love you, Yukimura-kun... I really do..."
"KYOUKA!" When you shouted her name, she flinched and stopped. "Please stop it...!"
Ryou chimed in, grinning. "I think we've done more than enough guys. Let's continue again later. What's the subject now?"
"It's sensei's subject, Love!" another kid said, as the others laughed.
"Stop it, you all! Geez...! And don't you guys ever dare to do that again...!" You fumed, "We're going to start the lesson now! Where are your homeworks?" You said, energy all drained. You really couldn't get angry for a long time, especially against these children...
"Eh... I didn't do it...!" everyone chorused, except for a few (who, bless them, actually studied in their spare times).
"...Again?" You said, trying your best to look angry, although in reality, you've already predicted all of these. In your two months of teaching them, you've come to know every single one of them and their... studying habits that's almost nonexistent. "All of you are to write an essay due next week! Remember to do it or you're not going to get passing grades!" You said strictly. Really, almost all of them have no marks regarding homework...!
Although of course, in their individual area of expertise, their marks are skyrocketing.
"Eeh? Sensei, you're so cruel~" Sakurai whined from his desk on the back.
"Says you, Sakurai-kun!" You retaliated. When you're with them, your professionalism just go down the drain, really. "It's due next week. For those who made the homework, you're free from the job. 'Kay?"
A small portion of the classroom shouted in delight as most of the classroom eyed them like the traitors they are (not).
"Ayaka-chan, you should really help us!" The echoes of your students were almost agonizing.
Indeed, Ayaka was the resident diligent student. She actually told you that she has the drive to get to the best class, but somehow or another she really liked it here. You were pretty sure she could get into the best class if she were to try harder and harder, probably pushing it off her limits a bit, but if she liked the atmosphere here... then that's okay.
"Okay..." Ayaka said, "Can we... meet up in my house, then?" she said lightly.
"All of us? Sounds fun!" Sakuya, one of the girls on your class, chimed in, "Let's do it!"
"Yeah!" Everyone chorused.
Deciding that they've had enough fun already, you cut their chatter short, "Alright, back to our studying!"
"But... but we were going to start talking about how YouxTsurugi-sensei ship is going...!"
Your eyes widened, "What did you just—"
"Didn't you know? Ayaka ship it!" Sakurai said, "Kyouya and I are actually going to team up and make a really good doujin out of it, y'know? Kyouya's really good at scripting. I'm going to be the artist!"
"Are you guys actually serious...?"
"Of course we are, ne?" Yumi, the greatest chef—literally, she cooks really great—of the classroom said, "The tsundere Tsurugi-sensei and the dense Sensei... real cute!"
"B-but... Matatagi-sensei and you... is actually p-pretty cute, too..." Ayaka stuttered out, "Because Matatagi-sensei is so Do-S..."
"E-even you, A-Ayaka...!" You really thought that she was... sane...
"S-sorry!" She exclaimed, "B-but it's just r-really cute..."
The whole classroom nodded, "But yeah, Matatagi-sensei's really a Do-S."
"Stop it! That's impolite-!"
And just as you said that, like a cliche shoujo-manga Sakurai liked to show you, the door was slid open by none other than Matatagi... Wow, what a great, great timing.
"Did I hear you guys talking about me?" Matatagi asked, as everyone shivered. His smile means torture, that's what the whole school has established (and mutually agreed on).
Sadly, we have an uselessly cheerful boyhere...
"We're just discussing about your relationship with Sensei, Matatagi-sensei!" said the blond-haired, chocolate-eyed Jirou. He's really, very honest... and particularly, at bad timings like these. Everyone looked at him in horror as Matatagi eyed the whole classroom suspiciously.
"Really?"
Apparently, Jirou hasn't learned his lesson yet. "Yeah, really!"
"Mm... I see..." Matatagi then stepped in further inside the classroom. It actually send chills down your spine, because let's face it; even if Kurama's a killer teacher for the students (at least for classes except yours), Matatagi's really, really scary towards everyone. Even his colleagues don't want to be on his radar...
You thought he was going to get mad at your students, but your prediction fell short. He was actually coming closer to you, and he's not even eyeing your students!
You backed off bit by bit, until you're finally cornered. He then promptly smashed his hands to the chalkboard beside your head, making a very loud BANG! Sound, and boy was it scary. He was blocking your way out...!
"Hey, sensei..." He said directly to your ear—you can basically feel his breath over your neck!—making you blush a thousand shades of red, "What if we..." He purposely paused, you guessed, but you really didn't care. You're almost as good as blacking out right now...!
Meanwhile, your students were looking with their eyes wide (and also, like a hawk), at the scene that was in front of them. And wow, Ayaka's looking really happy.
He then suddenly leaned in almost as if he wanted to kiss you, but settled in with saying, "I bet you're thinking of naughty things now." Directly to your ear, and damn his voice was really...
He then pulled himself back and put on a childish smile—but you were half sure it was a smirk...—and said to the whole classroom, "Well, how's that? Actually, I wasn't going to drop by, but it looks fun, you know, down here?" He said, "That's all I guess, see ya guys later!"
He then skipped to the door and walked out like nothing happened.
Your legs felt wobbly and you slid down the wall, all red like a tomato, and you felt really hot.
"S-sensei!" You could hear the panicked voices of your students, "Sensei, don't pass out!"
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"Saryuu-sensei's confessing to Sensei right now!"
"Are you sure?!"
"Yeah! Come on, I'll show you the way!"
「Sensei, Please!」
【S-stop it! Me and that person... it's simply impossible!】