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]

[Why did this place have to be so huge? Satoshi's used to big places, sure, but those were always big empty places. Expanses of fields and junkyards and stuff. This place here is too crowded, too full of people and buildings and important stuff. It was loud and bothersome and he really didn't want to be there at all.

But. Well. This was the next three years of his life, as far as the authorities were concerned.

But hey, there's a nice girl! Maybe she can help.]

A little, yeah. There's too much stuff here, Even a map isn't helping much.

[darknesshermit]

It can be a challenge to get used to, I know it was such a pain when I was a freshman. [She's a sophomore now.] What are you looking for?

[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?