More Than Just A Teacher

Prologue

Japan, Tokyo District
5:37 A.M.

As the sun began to rise over the horizon and shine its warm light on the continent of Japan, its warm shine slowly crept through the windows of a two story home that was painted blue and was surrounded by a small wall and a gate at the entrance. As this morning light shined into a pink bedroom that was littered with clothes everywhere, it eventually reached a lumpy blanket that was curled on a single-person bed. After 3 minutes had passed, an alarm clock began to ring loudly before a hand from the blanket came out and tapped the nightstand next to the bed a few times before it finally reached the top of the clock and pressed down to stop the ringing.

"Jeez...Why can't the sun sleep in for a bit longer..." A low voice spoke from under the blanket as someone sat up and let the blanket fall off themselves.

As the person sat up they revealed their petite body as their hair fell down all over and a strap from their tank-top fell to the side of their shoulder. This girl yawned and stretched her hands up above her head before turning towards the side and letting her feet fall she slipped on the fuzzy bunny slippers that were on the floor before getting up and heading towards the door that was in front of the bed and next to the light switch. After exiting the pink room and walking down a few steps towards the left where a small hallway of 3 rooms total were, the pink bedroom included, the girl turned right and started walking down a set of stairs before hitting the bottom floor of the house in about 14 steps. After reaching the bottom floor there was a small shoe-stand with a drawer on top where coins, keys and other miscellaneous were located, the girl grabbed a pink smartphone and tapped it twice before it woke up and showed the time and a few notifications.

"Huh...A message from Takuya-kun..." The girl muttered as she saw a message that came in at 3:27 A.M.

"Couldn't sleep, I'm way too excited about our first day! I already texted everyone, we'll be waiting for you at the station. Don't be late! (^#^)" The message read as the girl smiled and tapped twice to reply.

"Alright, I'll be there. Tell Momochii to bring some snacks too. See ya!" The girl replied as she placed the phone back down.

After putting down her phone she walked left and started down a hallway, passing an opening that led to a living area, and reached the first door on her right before opening it to reveal a bathroom. Switching on the light without closing the door, she looked up in the mirror and stared at herself.

"I'm a high schooler, but I still don't look that old yet...Kurokiyama-kun is gonna tease me again..." The girl spoke in a saddened tone as she stared at herself with a pout.

Her skin was a fair tone, her eyes were a dark brown color as her hair was long enough to reach her shoulder blades and brown to match her eyes. Her face was petite along with the rest of her body as she stood at about 165 centimeters tall. Her lips were also small, but there was not a single blemish anywhere on her body. After sighing and ruffling her hair a bit, she reached over to the right of the sink where there was a cup with three toothbrushes in it and grabbed a pink one before turning on the sink and grabbing a tube of toothpaste set next to the cup. As she was brushing her teeth she looked once more in the mirror and stared at herself before growing a fiery look and giving herself a thumbs up.

"No, I'm definitely different from when I was in Middle School. Give it your all starting today, Erika!" She said in her mind before smiling and turning to shut the door.

After shutting the door and putting her tooth brush away, Erika walked over to the bathtub and turned on the warm water as she began to undress herself of the few articles of clothing she had. After discarding her clothes into a bin next to the door and setting down a small stool, she turned of the water in the tub and grabbed a wooden bucket from the side before dumping it in, filling it with hot water before dumping it on herself. She rinsed herself off before grabbing a maneuverable shower-head and turning it on to clean herself more as she lathered her body in soap. Once clean and rinsed off she hopped into the hot bath and slouched until just her shoulders were under the water as whatever escaped the tub flowed to the drain on the floor.