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Pupils and Teachers
Title: Pupils and Teachers
Fandom: Bungou Stray Dogs, Bungou to Alchemist
Character(s): BSD Kyouka, BunAru Kyouka, BunAru Kouyou, Tokuda
Pairing(s): None
Genre: Fluff
Word Count: 560
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Kyouka asks around. “What is the duty of a student?”
Notes: Library AU. A quick fluff thing.
“What is the duty of a student?”
Kyouka has never been a writer. She doubts she ever will, and if she does write, it won’t be anything worth publishing. That’s just fine with her - there’s no reason for her to seek fame.
But she has been a student. She has followed directions: first from Akutagawa, who taught her only what was necessary to be a competent tool in the mafia, and then from members of the Agency, who taught her everything from how to fight without killing to how to eat a crepe. She has learned, sometimes from people intending to teach her and sometimes from people who didn’t know she would model after them.
How to be a student, Izumi surely knows better than anyone. When the question comes, he closes his eyes for a moment before answering.
“A student is not obliged to always agree with the lessons they are taught, but they must always listen.” Izumi sounds sure of his answer. “Even the greatest of teachers can’t pass anything onto a student who won’t listen.”
Kyouka nods along. Izumi has the most respect for Kouyou, and his answer makes sense.
“The duty of a student?” Tokuda repeats. “Are you sure you want to ask me?”
Kyouka nods. “It’s important.”
Kouyou’s other student here is Tokuda. While Kyouka thinks Kouyou is probably a great teacher, she doesn’t know enough to be absolutely sure, and the point of view of a student who doesn’t adore him as much as Izumi does is important, too.
Tokuda thinks for a second, then says, “It’s to question everything, isn’t it? If you just repeat everything the teacher says, you’ll just end up as a copy of your teacher at best. There’s nothing that works all the time for everybody, so if you want to grow, you have to think about what you’re being taught.”
That makes sense, too, and Kyouka nods.
“The duty of a student?” Kouyou repeats, pausing in combing through Kyouka’s hair. “Oh, but it’s been such a long time since I was a student myself… Wouldn’t you rather ask my pupils?”
“I already asked them,” Kyouka says. “I wanted to know what you thought, too.”
Izumi and Tokuda are students, but they don’t have students of their own. The perspective of the teacher on their pupils is worth hearing.
“Hmm…” Kouyou starts combing again while he thinks. “The greatest duty of a student is to apply yourself. For a teacher, there’s nothing worse than seeing a student’s potential waste away because they won’t put in the effort they need to become great.”
“Is that why you push Tokuda so hard?” Kyouka asks, wincing just a little as Kouyou tugs at a knot.
“Of course. A teacher’s duty is to do whatever they can to help their students become greater than themselves,” Kouyou replies. “Shuusei has magnificent potential, but he limits himself in so many ways.”
“...You wouldn’t be mad if he was better than you?” Kyouka asks.
“A teacher who limits their own students, out of spite or jealousy or any other reason,” Kouyou says, “is not a teacher.”
Kyouka thinks of what she learned from Akutagawa, and what she didn’t learn from him. “Thank you. You’ve helped.” She doesn’t mean with her hair.
Kouyou smiles and gently pats Kyouka’s shoulder. “I’m happy to help, any time you ask.”
Fandom: Bungou Stray Dogs, Bungou to Alchemist
Character(s): BSD Kyouka, BunAru Kyouka, BunAru Kouyou, Tokuda
Pairing(s): None
Genre: Fluff
Word Count: 560
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Kyouka asks around. “What is the duty of a student?”
Notes: Library AU. A quick fluff thing.
“What is the duty of a student?”
Kyouka has never been a writer. She doubts she ever will, and if she does write, it won’t be anything worth publishing. That’s just fine with her - there’s no reason for her to seek fame.
But she has been a student. She has followed directions: first from Akutagawa, who taught her only what was necessary to be a competent tool in the mafia, and then from members of the Agency, who taught her everything from how to fight without killing to how to eat a crepe. She has learned, sometimes from people intending to teach her and sometimes from people who didn’t know she would model after them.
How to be a student, Izumi surely knows better than anyone. When the question comes, he closes his eyes for a moment before answering.
“A student is not obliged to always agree with the lessons they are taught, but they must always listen.” Izumi sounds sure of his answer. “Even the greatest of teachers can’t pass anything onto a student who won’t listen.”
Kyouka nods along. Izumi has the most respect for Kouyou, and his answer makes sense.
“The duty of a student?” Tokuda repeats. “Are you sure you want to ask me?”
Kyouka nods. “It’s important.”
Kouyou’s other student here is Tokuda. While Kyouka thinks Kouyou is probably a great teacher, she doesn’t know enough to be absolutely sure, and the point of view of a student who doesn’t adore him as much as Izumi does is important, too.
Tokuda thinks for a second, then says, “It’s to question everything, isn’t it? If you just repeat everything the teacher says, you’ll just end up as a copy of your teacher at best. There’s nothing that works all the time for everybody, so if you want to grow, you have to think about what you’re being taught.”
That makes sense, too, and Kyouka nods.
“The duty of a student?” Kouyou repeats, pausing in combing through Kyouka’s hair. “Oh, but it’s been such a long time since I was a student myself… Wouldn’t you rather ask my pupils?”
“I already asked them,” Kyouka says. “I wanted to know what you thought, too.”
Izumi and Tokuda are students, but they don’t have students of their own. The perspective of the teacher on their pupils is worth hearing.
“Hmm…” Kouyou starts combing again while he thinks. “The greatest duty of a student is to apply yourself. For a teacher, there’s nothing worse than seeing a student’s potential waste away because they won’t put in the effort they need to become great.”
“Is that why you push Tokuda so hard?” Kyouka asks, wincing just a little as Kouyou tugs at a knot.
“Of course. A teacher’s duty is to do whatever they can to help their students become greater than themselves,” Kouyou replies. “Shuusei has magnificent potential, but he limits himself in so many ways.”
“...You wouldn’t be mad if he was better than you?” Kyouka asks.
“A teacher who limits their own students, out of spite or jealousy or any other reason,” Kouyou says, “is not a teacher.”
Kyouka thinks of what she learned from Akutagawa, and what she didn’t learn from him. “Thank you. You’ve helped.” She doesn’t mean with her hair.
Kouyou smiles and gently pats Kyouka’s shoulder. “I’m happy to help, any time you ask.”