Look who's come crawling back...

[nozomuitoshiki]

*It's early Friday morning, and the delinquent social studies teacher Nozomu Itoshiki is skulking his way back to his classroom, trying his hardest not to be spotted by any of the other teachers or pupils, who might have questions as to just why he had disappeared unannounced just before Christmas and not returned nor given anybody information of

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[formula_caf2]

*stops by around lunch time*

NOZO-TAN-SENSEI! I brought tea! So glad to see you're back!

[nozomuitoshiki]

Oh, Flourite-sensei. I thought I told you to stop calling me Nozo-tan already.
*Takes the tea appreciatively*
Ah, tea. Thank you very much.

[formula_caf2]

Ahaha, but it's too cute to just stop!

So are you back for good then? Your little trip was quite the talk of the high school, you know.

[nozomuitoshiki]

Well I don't think it's cute.

...I think so.

It was? I knew it was unlikely to go unnoticed, but I didn't think it would be that much of a big deal. The talk of the high school, you say?

[formula_caf2]

Mm, I do! In fact, there was such a discussion about it that I had my homeroom students write a short paper on their theories pertaining to it!

[nozomuitoshiki]

...
You had them write a paper on my disappearance? Just...why would you even do that?
...
Out of curiosity, what were some of the proposed theories?

[formula_caf2]

Because it seemed like a fun thing to do at the time!

Hmmmm ... let me see here ... *digs around in his bag for the stack of papers*

[nozomuitoshiki]

*Waits impatiently, slightly worried about what the theories might be*

[formula_caf2]

*finally pulls one out dramatically*

Ah! This one here believes that you went off to train to pilot an E*A. Or possibly a Gun***. Hmm ...

*digs around for another*

[nozomuitoshiki]

What the...where did they even get that idea...