Ryugazaki Rei sat quietly at his desk, shuffling his lesson papers and chewing on his bottom lip. Despite the fact that he had been teaching at Iwatobi University for three months prior to that day, he was still uncontrollably nervous every day when his students shuffled into his classroom.

Maybe it was because he was only twenty-six years old, and was one of the youngest professors at the school.

Maybe it was because of the unavoidable attraction he felt for Hazuki Nagisa, one of his literature studies students.

Nagisa could only be nineteen at the youngest- he was in his second year, after all. Why was it, then, that Rei always felt so guilty when his thoughts drifted to those regarding the small blonde-haired boy?

'It's because you're being unprofessional,' Rei chastised himself, hastily dropping his papers back onto his desk. 'It would be completely unprofessional to be in a relationship with a student.'

But he wasn't. So why was he so bothered?

A loud thud interrupted Rei's thoughts, and who else could it be but the little blonde devil himself?

With his books now piled on top of his desk (unfortunately located in the front row), the boy slid into his seat, his cheeks flushed from the cool weather outside.

Rei tried not to stare as the boy slipped off his jacket and scarf, leaving him only in jeans and a tight t-shirt.

Rei slowly moved out of his chair to stand at the front of the class, and cleared his throat to quiet down his chatty students.

"Good morning," he started, and a few students mumbled half-assed greetings in reply. "Today will be an in-class work period to be used on writing your essays." he continued, receiving nods from the overachievers. "They're due this Monday coming up, and I won't be accepting any late papers." he reminded them.

He quickly scribbled down Monday's date on the whiteboard, with the words "no late papers" capitalized beside it.

Rei was personally a fan of work periods in his class; it meant more time he could spend marking papers for his other classes, leading to more free time for him at home.

It wasn't like he did much after class; he occasionally got together with his friends from when he was in university, and spent a lot of his free time reading and writing. It was still nice, however, to not have to worry about marking at home.

Plopping back down into the swivel chair situated at his desk, he settled in and began to correct papers.


The end of his class came and went quickly. His second year literature studies class was thankfully the last of the day, and he carefully packed up his belongings as his students shuffled out of his class. He was about to leave himself, when he noticed that there was still one student waiting in the class.

'Of course.'

"Can I help you, Nagisa-kun?" Rei asked, pushing up the red-framed glasses perched on his nose.

The blonde was actually one of the only students whose name was remembered by Rei.

"I just had a question about my paper, Ryugazaki-sensei," the small boy answered, approaching the older male. "My topic compares the similarities between three different Shakespeare plays, and I was wondering if you could look over my outline for me." the blonde explained, gesturing to the paper in his hand.

Rei let out a shaky breath. "I don't usually do this for students, Nagisa," he said, wearily looking at the small boy.

"I figured as much, sensei, but I was really hoping that you could make an exception this one time, because I've been trying really hard to keep my grades up and-"

Rei snatched the paper out of the blonde's hand, cutting him off before he could finish his rant. The blue-haired man scanned the page, chewing his lower lip out of habit as he continued down the page.

"Do you write much outside of class, Nagisa-kun?" Rei asked. Nagisa nodded, taking his paper back from Rei's extended hand.

His soft fingers brushed against Rei's, and Rei's stomach tightened in excitement.

'Stop it,' Rei commanded himself, shoving his hands into his coat pockets.

"Yes, actually, I do." Nagisa answered, a small smile playing on his lips. "How could you tell?"

"It's well-written," Rei grunted, not meeting the blonde's gaze. "I figured you must have had practice from somewhere."

Nagisa let out a small laugh, his eyes flitting to the door.

"Thank you, sensei, but I've really got to go. I've got work in an hour and gotta get ready. See you tomorrow!" the blonde chirped, before hurrying out of the class.

Rei ran a hand through his blue-black hair, watching as the door shut behind Nagisa.

'Why me, God?' he thought, swinging his book bag higher up on his shoulder. 'Why must I be tormented by this blonde devil?'


A/N: I plan to update this fic regularly (so, a few times a week, a few times a day if I have enough time :$) so look forward to new chapters soon :) My Tumblr is daiisyzeldaa, and I'll post about planned updates there, too. Enjoy! (Also, spelling error fixed ;$)