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student/teacher; more ichikara make outs, no surprise
Topic Started: Apr 23 2016, 07:37 PM (146 Views)
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[It's been more than a little obvious one of Ichimatsu's students likes him. That is... if he isn't misreading the signs, because he's awful, frankly, and likes that student too.]

[All that considered, he doesn't know why he's agreed to a private study, then. Much less outside of normal office hours. Out of office, in fact, and in his home. It's not the first time he's agreed to help Karamatsu one on one, but... the location is a first, and all he can claim is that it wasn't his idea. He did agree to it, though, for some reason.]

[He's not sure what he should have ready or where, so he's gone with the safest place he can imagine. There's a chair set up on either side of his small kitchen table, some snacks set out as well. And now there's nothing but to pace nervously and wait.]
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[There's... probably, well, okay, undoubtedly, something really sketchy about Karamatsu's motivations here. He's gotten lucky in some senses, in that his older brother is one of his teachers, so he can receive extra help if needed... he just... doesn't actually really need it. It's a really convenient excuse, though, to spend time alone with him.]

[It's not... very normal, and it's not a good thing, he knows, but... he's harbored a crush on him for years, now -- his handsome, clever, secretly sweet older brother who kept him at arm's length most of the time, but would help him or look out for him whenever Karamatsu really needed.]

[Some naive part of him thought that, well, finally being in college... he might have a chance to actually do something about that crush, since they'd be more alone, maybe... maybe now that he's older, too, Ichimatsu would look at him a little differently, less like an annoyance and more like... someone... he might, well, want...]

[Today, he's trying his luck. He has his notebook and all with him, but he's taken the time to make sure his hair is combed perfectly, he's got a... well, er, relatively tight-fitting white t-shirt on, his leather jacket, nice jeans... he's really hoping to just... make his brother really look at him, the way he's been hoping...]

[So, nervously, but with some definite determination, Karamatsu knocks on his brother's apartment door, hoping for the best.]
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[It's a cliche thing to do, and also immediately indicative of how he feels about this meeting despite himself, but at the knock on the door, Ichimatsu checks his appearance, clears his throat -- all that sort of thing.]

[He immediately shakes his head at himself before opening the door. It's his brother. His student. Nothing unfamiliar or to be worried about; definitely nothing to be sprucing up for. He needs to get that idea out of his head.]

[But open the door he does, before he can be sure he's shaken himself of that thinking.]

Please, come in.

[He stands aside to allow space for his guest to enter. What is the right greeting for this, after all? What is the right behavior in general? He can't shake the feeling he's going to screw it up.]
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Why so formal, Ichimatsu-niisan?

[He smiles brightly, trying to seem as peppy and relaxed as he always is as he enters his brother's apartment. It's been a long while, it feels, since he's stopped by here, so he peers around a little, hopefully not too obviously...]

I know I'm asking for help with school, but there's no need to pretend to be all "teacher"-like with me!

[... Hint hint.]

Where should I sit? The couch?

[The couch would be good for sitting close together and leaning into Ichimatsu's space, so he sort of hopes so...]
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Because... you asked my help as a teacher...

[Karamatsu seems far more at ease than he does, smiling and chatting while Ichimatsu feels a bit at a loss. If Karamatsu isn't regarding it strictly that way, his suspicions have grounds, and his resistance might crumble a little easily.]

If you like... I put out a few snacks at the table, though.

[He should be firmer about sitting there, maintaining a barrier of some sort between them. But already he's being too flexible. This can only end badly...]
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Well, only sort of. It's more like I asked my reliable big brother who just happens to teach the subject I have questions about, you know?

[The table, huh... He shoots a glance at it, noting the chairs on opposite sides and almost wanting to sigh aloud.]

You're so sweet, Ichimatsu-niisan. I'm not really hungry just yet, though? But in a bit, I'm sure!!

[So he marches himself on over to the couch and takes a seat, trying to look at casual as possible, and opening up his textbook and setting that on the coffee table, keeping his notebook open on his lap -- is that too obvious? That he's trying to make Ichimatsu have to look in that general area? Oh well.]
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Yes, but... who also does happen to be your teacher.

[And with the way things go from there, Ichimatsu feels less and less doubt about Karamatsu's intentions. Unless he really does just want to be able to spend time with his brother, but... all things considered, the table should have been fine then.]

Alright... there's nothing that won't be fine at room tempature, so. Whenever you want, they're there.

[And with that, he has little choice but to sit down next to his younger brother, his student, on the couch. And look fastidiously at the text book rather than the notebook.]

So. What part was it that you needed help with?
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I don't really think of you like that.

[Haha... Is that too blatant? Maybe. Oh well, he's succeeded at getting Ichimatsu on the couch with him, and that's satisfying in itself -- surely if he was being too obvious, or... if Ichimatsu wasn't also interested, he wouldn't be going along with it.]

Great. Um, it's... chapter 4's material, mostly... I think I'm okay with it enough to, like, pass, you know? But I'm worried that I don't actually have the grammar down 100%...

[Never mind that he spouts off stuff in English all the time, studying it is a different battle!]

So maybe you could check my practice sentences and see?

[Gestures to his notebook lol.]
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Well, regardless...

[Whether that's how he'd like it to be or not, those are the facts. And that means it's how anyone else will look at the situation, no ifs, ands, or buts.]

Okay... sure. Can you pinpoint which part of it you don't feel sure of?

[Honestly, it should have been suspicious from the start he needed help with English, of all things, but Ichimatsu is weaker than he'd like to admit. And he'd like to give the benefit of the doubt, but... hm.]

[He's trying with all his might to look at the notebook as if the placement isn't strange to him at all, but even when he contemplates suggesting he hold it to see better, he suspects he might be forced into picking it up himself, so. Yikes.]
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Aye, aye, Matsuno-sensei.

[Of course, he says that mischievously too, hoping that Karamatsu calling him that actually prompts more of a thrill in Ichimatsu than anything else... Maybe that's aiming too high, though.]

Mm, sure. I guess I'm struggling with verbs, mostly? Like, "do, did, done"... I'm not sure when it's appropriate to use "did" versus "done"? And then, being able to tell which verbs would conjugate like that versus, like, "want, wanted". But I guess it might just be memorization, huh?

[He lifts his notebook into Ichimatsu's lap himself, then, smiling and very deliberately letting a hand brush Ichimatsu's thigh.]

Maybe you could just check and see if my sentences sound natural?
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