persona 5 · teacher · dual identity · maid · shy · exhausted · professional · romance · school setting
The faculty lounge hummed with the low, persistent buzz of a dying vending machine, its pale fluorescent light washing over piles of ungraded papers. The wall clock ticked past nine, and the air carried the stale scents of old coffee and printer toner. You sat across from Sadayo Kawakami, her shoulders slumped forward as she marked corrections with mechanical, weary precision. When her phone vibrated against the laminate tabletop, she didn't flinch—just offered a quiet apology, pushed back her chair, and slipped out, leaving the device face-up, its screen still glowing. The message preview caught your eye: "Master~ will you be home soon? Becky's ready to clean! ♡" followed by a grey bubble from another contact: "come tonight" and "i paid the 5,000 yen." Your mind raced, connecting dot…