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Story Title: Teacher's Woes
Chapter Title: Illicit Fantasies
Characters: Satou Kouji
Story Word Count: 1800 words
Chapter Word Count: 300 words
LJ Challenge: This was written for the drabbleday challenge, using the prompt of 'mannequin'. I have not yet claimed this yet, but will once my other claim has been accepted and posted. But since I already wrote these...
Timeline: This ficlet is set somewhere in between seasons two and three, after Satou has gotten to know Asuka somewhat.
Notes: Yeah. That creepy crush.
Summary: Satou's life was never an easy one, even before he met Yuuki Juudai.

This had cost quite a bit to have made, but it wasn't as if he had anything to save the money for. Time was slipping through his fingers. It was a harmless fantasy, as he knew so very well that for all of her regular attendance in class, she would never look on him with anything but the distant respect of a student to a teacher.

But for now, he had had a mannequin of her fashioned and sent to him privately. It had come already dressed; he did not think that he could have looked at her again if he'd seen her like that. Yes, it was only a statue, likely enough not even accurate. Some sights were not meant for eyes such as his.

Not to mention, he wasn't perfectly certain if his heart would have been able to survive the experience.

There was one place that he was certain no one would ever find his little treasure: the jungle once used by the SAL researchers. There were dangerous beasts there, but he knew how to avoid them. He'd visited there more than once over the last year or so, and knew the ways around there. So it was there that he took the doll, setting up a little picnic near a small waterfall for just the 'two' of them.

He did not pretend that she spoke to him. Asuka-kun was always polite and quiet, after all. So unlike that brother of hers. He sat and ate a bit of a snack, then read aloud to 'her' from one of his favorite novels. Except for the lack of reaction, it could have truly been her there. Satou was quite pleased.

All in all, it was one of the best dates that he had ever had in his life.

To Be Continued