1st ♉ [ March 17th | Any time ]

[noppo_sempai]

「 Anyone wandering about the place should come across this senior making his way around campus, running from clubs to the library and generally being quite the busy one.  It's his final year at North Feldman after all, and he's got a lot of extra-curriculars to attend to.

Students and faculty alike will either find him A:  wandering the hallways and bearing an easy smile for anyone he comes across—a good chance for you freshmen to ask for directions or just for anyone to chat him up in general;

B:  leaving his dorm room while carrying his set of bow and arrows and other gear for training at the archery club;

C:  wandering somewhere outside with star charts, astronomy textbooks, and a telescope in tow during the late afternoon and early evening for an outdoor session with the astronomy club—everyone's encouraged to come and join in the stargazing!

and lastly D:  he'll be walking up to your character at the library and kneeling down to pick up the book your character just dropped and looking at the title, 」

Ah, I don't believe I've read this one yet. Is it any good?

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[noppo_sempai]

The other students would probably just laugh at him, but Homare merely shook his head, a little smile tugging at his lips. Of course it was silly, but even after a year of being in the astronomy club, well, he still wanted to be polite. Haruki-sensei was making it more difficult by the day, though.

"But won't they try to pull pranks on you again?" If this becomes some sort of unofficial ritual at Feldman somehow…well it's not like Homare can be a good example for all the incoming freshmen, but…don't mind him he'll just be casting a quick glance over in Naoshi's direction to make sure that no one fiddled with his telescope or anything.

[chibisensei]

Given that a laugh was what the little man wanted, it hardly would have been impolite to do so. Coming from Homare, though, Naoshi had learned that amused little smile was about the best you could get if you were 'higher' than he was, rather than a peer. After knowing the young man through his Junior year, Naoshi had come to accept that, rather than being disappointed by the lack of a laugh as he'd once been.

There weren't any black ink raccoon rings around the little teacher's eyes, though. Those handful of tricksters who treated him a bit too much like a peer hadn't gotten at his scope today.

"They're welcome to try, heh! I've got a whole year of experience now, they won't catch me so easily!"

[noppo_sempai]

And he chuckled now, though he quickly caught himself then. "Good luck to that, Haruki-sensei." The students here were too clever by far—not that he was privy to any of their pranks, mind you. But when you've been here for far long and have gotten used to the culture…that's the only time he ever did feel proper seniority over the little man. That he'd been here even longer than his teacher, and maybe him being slightly more casual to this one than to his other teachers because of his Japanese background and their mutual love for all things astronomical could only allow him so many concessions to etiquette (or lack thereof).

It's such a little thing, but it weighed heavily on his mind each time. "But even with just a year, they were still taught by you."

[chibisensei]

"And if they think it's gonna be any easier for the upcoming year, they've got another thing coming to them!" he grinned.

Not that he aimed to make his class hard, but appropriately challenging and engaging, equal parts fun and educational. All work made you boring, and all play wasted your potential. What Naoshi's own imperfect childhood had taught him was that a balance had to be made.

"How about you? Excited for your Senior year to start?"

now YOU I won't mind throwing horrible Sinfest references at...

[noppo_sempai]

So energetic…but without him the astronomy club might've died a whole lot faster, given how Homare wasn't quite cut out to lead a club without succumbing to some form of pressure.

He made a little noise of agreement as he adjusted his telescope's length, mounting it carefully like he'd done so many times—"And a little nervous as well…"