Pleasant Banter

[Kentaro Itonokogiri]

“Of course I have. I even learned a bit of French, but I would not speak it, it’s too terrible.” Kentaro laughed with the woman. Was he flirting? Probably, but to him it was all in good fun. He was not trying anything with this teacher other than to be pleasant and get to know his colleague a little better. The class had ended, he was not disturbing her. Some students were still in, finishing whatever work she gave him or packing up to get out of the room and on to their next assignment. Classes were over for the day, but there were plenty of other things that could be done. Some had extra training, or clubs to go to. Others just wanted to meet with some friends and enjoy this free time before they’d have to study. And some apparently chose to remain here until their teacher kicked them out. Either way, their teacher merely looked to make sure there was no fight going on in the room while discussing with Kentaro, laughing along and most certainly flirting a bit too.

“We do teach English. We don’t only get Japanese students. We’ve got some from across Asia, and sometimes even from Australia,” he explained to her. She seemed pretty impressed by this. Or maybe she was just trying to keep him around a little longer by finding this interesting and asking about more about it.

She was not the only one looking into the room from time to time. Kentaro did the same. But he was aware this was a college level class. The chance to know anyone from it was slim at best, just not to say impossible. What was more likely however was for him to have read a report or two about them. But, their picture often being the last thing he cared to look at, he would have a hard time telling whether or not he read about them.

He tried to shift the topic to the woman’s class. She offered him some information about it but it was clear that, should she talk of herself, her job was the last thing she was interested in bringing up. Just as he was bringing it on her, she brought it back on him. “You know what I was impressed by? To hear you had a Japanese class!” Kentaro said, once again shifting the topic. While he enjoyed the pleasant banter, he didn’t want to bring it too far. “You should go for a lesson, have them practice with you,” she suggested. He chuckled and offered her a charming smile. Okay, maybe his ego could take a bit more of this pleasant banter.

TAG: Raewyn Lockyer

[Raewyn Lockyer]

Raewyn was in the class that this guy was now basically flirting up her teacher, but at least he was doing it now that the class was over. Most of the students were heading out, a few lurking behind to take care of whatever they had to do or even possibly just to watch the conversation between the two school staff members to have some drama to talk about later. Rae could already hear it now, 'did you see that hot Asian guy talking to our professor? They were so flirting with one another, I ship it'. Or something along those lines, it was not her place so of course she tried her best to not listen in on the conversation as she took her sweet time packing up.

She didn't have practice or a game today so she honestly was free to knock out her homework, go train, help around the dorm, or just take it easy. She didn’t know which she wanted to do yet but she knew she would figure it out. Even while not trying to actually listen to the conversation she did pick up on a few things. She was confident that he was from another mutant school, the one in Japan. She could feel her heart beast start to pick up in her chest just at the thought that someone from that school was here. What was he doing here? Did he know her? No, he didn't even really notice her in the room, so she was probably over thinking.

Still, her curiosity was getting the better of her, she had to know. She waited a bit longer before moving towards the two staff and waiting for there to be just enough pause between their conversation and them noticing she was standing there. "Sorry to interrupt but did I hear right that you are from Sainō?" Rae asked. She had to be sure, that way she would know if it was time to run off and hide or if she was just panicking for no reason.

[Kentaro Itonokogiri]

Kentaro was paying very little attention to the students. If some were interested in the conversation their teacher had with a staff member, it was their problem. He considered he was not saying anything that deserved going someplace more intimate. He was not hitting on her enough to think they should continue this conversation elsewhere, preferably with a glass of something alcoholic involved. While he could go with that eventually, it may not lead to the romantic, or even the physical , idea they may have.

Kentaro had been forced to get in the room as people wanted to go out and standing by the door only caused some traffic. Since he was in no hurry to go, he didn’t take it as an excuse to leave and instead walked in. When it came to talking, Kentaro didn’t bother with the time, so long as no one started to cry over their life. Nor did he bother with the other people around. If they needed to talk to their teacher, they should interrupt them. Otherwise, he was not paying enough attention to notice whether they wanted to talk to them or not.

The room emptied out slowly, he noticed that much. The fact a brunette girl walked from her seat to the front of the class was not to make him stop the conversation but she did end up raising her voice so she could be heard and Kentaro allowed her to be as he shut his mouth. The question was surprising and not so much at the same time. It wasn’t because he was clearly new here and young enough for several students to consider they should have seen him here before if he came from Bellefonte. Assuming he came from the Japanese school was not a surprise either, both because of the conversation he had with the teacher, that she might have listened to, and his Asian traits. No, what surprised him was that she knew the name of the place. “I am. I studied there. I’m surprised someone knows the name of the school,” he answered her only for the teacher to realise something and remind Raewyn, and telling Kentaro at the same time, that she transferred at some point. “Ah,” he let out, looking at the girl again. “You’ve been there too?” A girl like her would have stood out. He did seem to remember a few people with traits like her but he could hardly say he knew her particularly.

[Raewyn Lockyer]

The guy did indeed look young, like he was likely another college student but she doubted a college student would have been so bold to flirt with a teacher right in front of the students. Sure, there was likely someone out there who would do such a thing, but she highly doubted that was the case. It was still odd to see two staff flirt with one another since she always recalled work relationships were supposed to be a hidden thing, but that was not her place to say on the matter. Plus such things didn't matter at the moment, she was more curious about the place he came from.

A place she herself had gone to back when she first came into her mutant powers and had lived there for a year or so. There was a small smile on her face to hear that he had gone to the school, but it didn't last long as she was reminded of what she had done. Did he know her? Had he known what she had done and what had brought her to BA in the first place? When he said 'oh' she felt her stomach drop in her stomach, half regretting asking the man about it in the first place.

Her heart did start to beat a little faster, only to return to a normal rate when it did not seem like he actually knew her. At least not yet. "Yes, I'm from Australia and was sent there when I first came into my mutant powers." Raewyn informed him, honestly having fond memories of the place. It was just that one event that had ruined everything for her there. "I was only there for a year before I transferred here but I really enjoyed my time there and picked up a little bit of the language." Raewyn added.

[Kentaro Itonokogiri]

While Kentaro told the teacher they had some students from elsewhere than Japan, he was mostly thinking about other Asian countries, like China or Korea. They did get some Australians, who stuck out like a sore thumb, but he couldn’t recall that many of them. Of course, had he paid more attention, maybe he would have recognized the girl. Someone like her would have looked pretty unique at Sainō. Kentaro justified not recognizing her on the fact that he was older. She couldn’t be more than twenty years old, which would have made her a high school student while he was in college. It made sense he wouldn’t pay too much attention to her then. Unless he gave her a tour of the school. He knew he did that to a lot of the new students, helping them get used to the new environment and sometimes even a new view on life with mutant powers and all. He spoke English well enough to have someone like her who wouldn’t have known Japanese beforehand. Did it happen though? He couldn’t say for sure.

“A transfer eh? We don’t get a lot of those. I remember one... I think something happened and chose to go to another school. Some power going out of control, I believe they said,” Kentaro said, not thinking she could be this girl, nodding along with the teacher. Powers going out of control was something that happened quite often around here. They were dealing with teenagers, with hormones going crazy. If you mixed powers in that, you ought to end up with a few explosions. “Do you keep practicing it? I guess not. There mustn’t be a lot of opportunities around here...” Kentaro didn’t meet many, that was for sure.