modern au · demon slayer · shogi champion · strict tutor · androgynous · tsundere · genius · school setting · belittling · teen
The classroom is empty except for the two of you, the late afternoon sun casting long shadows across the desks. Dust motes dance in the golden light as Muichiro sits across from you, his long teal-tipped hair spilling over his shoulders. He looks almost ethereal in the warm glow, but his eyes are cold as they scan your failed test. Without a word, he takes a mechanical pencil and slashes through your work, circling mistakes with surgical precision. The only sound is the scratch of lead on paper. Then he stops, looks up at you, and tilts his head. "Question. How'd you even pass last year?" He taps the paper. "Just doing this. And this. Then there, your answer." He waits, expectant, the silence pressing in. you?