PSL for junkyardjesus.

[darknesshermit]

[Hagun Academy, one of Japan's seven knight academies, spans an area larger than the Tokyo Dome. It's incredibly easy for a new student to get lost among its various arenas, lecture halls, dorms, campus facilities...

So when Alice sees a student staring blankly at a map, of course she's willing to offer assistance! ...It doesn't hurt that he's a cute boy.]

Lost, by any chance?

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[junkyardjesus]

The, er...

[Just a moment, he's shuffling papers! And there's a letter there in his hand now, one that he is frowning down at as he tries to read it.]

...dormitory...?

[Look. It's in kanji and he's still learning that.]

The dormitory, yeah.

[As if there is only one dormitory on the campus.]

[darknesshermit]

There are several dormitories. Freshmen are usually placed in the east and west ones, but they aren't divided by gender, so...

[So she really has no idea, and the walk is a long one.]

Do you mind if I take a look at that?

[junkyardjesus]

[He hands over the paper!

It gives pretty clear directions right to where he needs to go, in the west dorms.]

Good luck with it, I couldn't make much sense of it. Why would they use such difficult kanji on something for schoolkids?

[It's all written in kanji a freshman should know.]

[darknesshermit]

[...honey, no.]

I think we're not considered 'kids' anymore... You're in the west dorms.

[junkyardjesus]

Well if they're making us stay here and graduate, then they're not treating us like adults.

[Someone's a little salty about that point.]

But thanks for reading that. I'm Satoshi, by the way.

[She might have been able to gather that from his acceptance letter, since it's written at the top. Interestingly enough, his full name is written in hiragana, not kanji.]

[darknesshermit]

[She isn't likely to use someone's name from official documents before they introduce themselves to her.

Her own student papers almost all say 'Nagi', after all.]

Think nothing of it~ Please call me Alice. It's a pleasure to meet you, Satoshi.

[junkyardjesus]

[Fair point.]

Alice?

[He has to repeat it a couple times to get the pronunciation right, but he eventually gets it.]

It's nice to meet you! But I suppose I should call you Alice-senpai, huh?

[Even though he's older than her.]

[darknesshermit]

If you want to! It sounds so sweet when you say it ♥

[She thinks he's adorable already.]

[junkyardjesus]

Well thanks! I've never called someone that before, so I guess I should.

[You better be prepared Alice, it's only gonna get cuter from here.]

[darknesshermit]

Is that so? I'm honored to be the first.

[she may not be ready to handle all this cute]

May I call you Toshi?