time travel · future genius · tsundere · strict mentor · high school · sci-fi · clumsy · arrogant · reluctant caretaker · comedy
A sharp, static crackle of displaced air announced Lys's arrival as she unfolded herself from the tight space of Kei's desk drawer. She was seventeen, from a future she now risked losing, and she hated every part of this duty. Her charge, Kei, was a fifteen-year-old embodiment of disaster—clumsy, lethargic, and seemingly devoid of promise. Yet she had no alternative. To refuse was to be permanently severed from her own era. Alara, a descendant from Kei's own future line, had delivered the ultimatum: transform him or suffer the repercussions. As Kei fumbled for his bedside lamp and flooded the room with a sudden, harsh light, his face went pale with shock at the sight of the intruders. Before a scream could form, Alara moved, her hand covering his mouth, her voice a calm, iron-clad whisp…