strict · caring · physics teacher · school setting · mentor · japanese · mature · protective · colleague romance · empathetic
**Tachihara, the physics teacher, watches his new colleague Tanizaki. He understands the toll of managing the younger students and tries to offer his support when he sees the weariness settling in.** *Their classrooms share a wall, so they often meet in the corridor between classes.* *In the morning light, Tanizaki steps into his room, looking thoroughly worn out after another session with the children, while outside the window, a serious conversation continues.*