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Tanizaki Junichirou, professor of Journalism in the University of Yokohama, is dating Tachihara Michizou, the professor of Photography, well not exactly dating, they where engaged, since last month, and, Tanizaki had an idea, he didn't want to keep his relationship secret with his new engagement, but neither he wanted the reveal to be something boring or generic, and the best way to make a conmossion and revealing his relationship at the same time was taking his friends down with him, he will make his top student Louisa to write an entire article on the weekly newspaper of the school revealing all the details (with photos) of almost all the teachers on the university.
Now, he was waiting on his office, he was the head and supervisor of the newspaper so convincing Louisa to come see him on a random afternoon after school (when most of the clubs including the journalism one where starting), he knew convincing Louisa will be a little difficult because she was way too kind for this kind of request, so he had a whole plan (He didn't until one hour before when Tachihara asked him how was he going to convince her) the interrupting his toughts, the door was knocked
"Tanizaki sensei, may I come in?" Louisa'a voice was heared
"Yes, come in" Tanizaki anounces making sure his voice was heared on the other side of the door, the door was opened, Louisa closed it besides her when she entered the office
"What do you wanted to talk about?" she asked, a little nerviously, mostly because she was the main writer of the newspaper and being called out of nowhere by your supervisor doesn't give good vibes to anyone
"I'm glad that you came Louisa, please take a seat" He talked, with a smile on his face, he seemed like a total creep guy but he didn't need to know that "First of all I wanted to compliment you for your work on the newspaper, you make a wonderful job with the others" he maked a pause to clear his troath "But well that's not the reason why I asked you to come here, I want to make you a little request"
"What?"
"You are the first person outside of my friends and family that will know this" He make a sign with his hand letting the gold ring in his fingers be seen "I'm engaged, and I wan't you to include that in the newspaper of the next week" before she could speak to give her congratulations Tanizaki continued speaking "But, that's not all, I want my relationship reveal to be uncommon, so I need you to to help me writing an article of the other teachers too" an expression of confussion showed in the girl's face
"The other teachers? but what will the article be about? I'm a little confused" she talked, maybe Tanizaki wasn't clear enough on his request or she just didn't catch it
"Their relationships of course" he sliped trough the desk some files "these files will contain everything you need to know to write the article, with some photos too, thank Michizou for that" the room wen't silent, Tanizaki was already starting to think how to convince her
"Ok" okay? was Tanizaki hearing things? "I'll bring you the article already writed on friday as always, thanko you for your time" she walked out of the office a little nerveous
Tanizaki was left on his desk rethinking everything he knew about his student
It was already wednesday, everyone on the club was exited about the request, some of them just joined for the extra points on the Journalism class that Tanizaki offered for whoever joined the club (almost all teachers did that) so having something interesting for once in the entire year was very exciting, obviously (almost) everyone was a nerveous for the public reception, but that wasn't something they could fix.
The Journalism club was working hard to include all the information they could, formating the article, writing, adding the pictures provided by Mr.Tachihara, trying to find more details to drag more atention to the article, interviewing the teachers (or stalking them 24/7), it was by far one of the most exciting thing they've done in all the year
"We've finished with Mr.Poe and Mr.Ranpo, The others are still trying to interview Mr.Kunikida but he's with the tutoring club right now, I don't think they will be here soon to be honest" two members of the club came in "Altough we didn't find many information, Mr.Poe was just very anxious and was struggling to answer to the questions and Mr.Ranpo just answer a few questions and then left" one of the boys let a note with all the information on Louisa's desk
"I see... I should've known that the literature teacher will react like that.." she made a pause to read the notes "but for the criminology teacher I didn't actually hax many hopes either" she sighed "I think we have enough information for everyone, we just need the others to arrive with the match teacher's information and we're done" she started typing on her computer
the article was already very extense, Louisa and the other member of the club have been working on this part of the newspaper for 3 days, they needed to finish quickly so they could finish the other parts of the newspaper, knowing the weather, the schedules for sport matches and events of the school was also important (even if it didn't drag to much attention) getting the information was pretty easy, everything that Mr.Tanizaki gave her was very useful, including the photos provided by Mr.Tachihara, the photography and arts teacher, the part that was a little bit more difficult was redacting everything in a single article, at the rythm they're going tomorrow the newspaper should be finished.
Thursday, as predicted, the newspaper was finished, now it was time for the final revision by Louisa's part, then, if it pass the revision, it will be send to Mr.Tanizaki to see if its completely approved.
Louisa turned on her computer and click on the carpet named 'University Weekly Newspaper', she clicked on the most recent file and opened it, it was time to read.
University Weekly Newspaper
Date: --/--/----
Edition: --
Love on Campus! Professors' Relationships and Marriages Revealed
By: Louisa May Alcott
Introduction:
In a series of surprising revelations, Yokohama University's Journalism Club has unveiled the romantic relationships and marriages among several of its professors. These connections, which in many cases had been kept secret, are now coming to light.
Here are all the details:
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Mr. Dazai (Psychology Teacher) & Mr. Nakahara (Oenology Teacher): They’re one of the longest-standing couples in this article! Who would have guessed that the "Rival Duo" of the university are actually married? According to the information we have, they’ve been married since they were 18, and if being married for 10 years now wasn’t enough, they’ve been dating for 13 years! Being together for that long is surely impressive.
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Mr. Ranpo (Criminology Teacher) & Mr. Edgar Allan Poe (Literature Teacher): This literary power couple has been secretly dating for the past 8 years. Their shared passion for mystery and detective fiction brought them closer, and they often collaborate on writing projects outside of their teaching responsibilities. They also married last month so make sure to congratulate them!
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Mr. Kunikida (Mathematics Teacher) & Mr. Katai (Technology Teacher): Known for their intellectual debates, these two have been in a relationship for the past five years. Their bond was forged over a mutual love of classic literature and philosophical discussions. Theres rumours among the teachers that Mr.Katai is going to propose soon!
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Ms. Yosano (MedicineTeacher) & Ms. Kouyou (Art Teacher & coach of the Fencing team): This duo has been a couple for four years. The way their relationship blossomed is still a mystery even for their closest friends.
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Mr. Tachihara (Photography Teacher) & Mr. Tanizaki Junichirou (Journalism Teacher): Despite their different fields, these two have been dating for two years. They met during a university event and have been inseparable ever since, last month Mr.Tachihara proposed so now they're engaged
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Mr. Fukuzawa Yukichi (University President) & Mr. Mori Ougai (Vice president): In perhaps the most surprising revelation, the university president and the dean of medicine have been married for seventeen years! Their relationship has been a closely guarded secret, known only to a few close colleagues. They held the record for the longest-standing couple among the teachers, they also have a 11 y/o daughter named Elisa, but before they even meet (aproximatly 20 years ago) The president was actually dating the ex-criminal justice teacher: Ouchi Fukuchi!
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Mr. Fyodor (Phylosophy Teacher) & Mr. Nikolai (Physics Teacher): These two have been in a relationship for three years. Their shared love for complex theories and problem-solving brought them together. the information about theri relationship is very limited.
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Mr. Jouno (Law Teacher) & Mr. Tecchou (Criminal Justice Teacher): Known for their strict demeanor in class, this couple has been together for five years. They often collaborate on research related to criminal law and justice. They will get married in two months so congratulate them for that.
- Mr. Akutagawa (Head of the University's sport department) & Mr.Nakajima (Gastronomy): They've a public relationship but we wanted to announce that they adopt a little girl! Congratulations to the married partner for the new member on their family!
Fonts of research:
Interviews to the teachers themselves
Information provided by Mr.Tanizaki
Question of the day: Murder paper: Can paper kill?
Answer:Yes, surprisingly paper can kill you on many ways, have a second tough before making a paper plane
Weather forecast:
Expect sunny days for this week! temperature will be 78°-90° grades Farenheit
Sports
The team of shooting will be compiting for the gold medal next saturday! wish them and Coach Ichiyou Akutagawa luck, if they win next month they will be representing the school in the nationals
The team of karate sadly got eliminated on the quarter finals, we wish them good luck next year! they did a very good job, we wish the team and Coach Gin good luck.
The team of Basketball and Fencing will be playing tomorrow at 5:00pm, wish them both luck!
School News
The library and the science lab will be renovated
The Summer Festival will be next week! this year the students of Arts are organizing it.
She finished reading, she sent the file to Mr.Tanizaki and wait for his response, usually it will take about 1-2 hours for him to respond, but today was an exception, in 7 minutes Louisa's phone received a notification, Mr.Tanizaki had already sent his response
Mr.Tanizaki
You did a great job as always Louisa! I can see that the others put more effort than usual too, the file is approved.
Thank Mr.Tanizaki, Have a good evening.
Well, know it was start getting ready to make sure the newspaper will be ready to be published on monday
Monday, as always, Louisa and two other members of the club needed to arrive early to the school to start delivering the newspaper to the University's cafeteria (that was where the newspaper was sold) and also to put a poster on the halls to announce the newspaper, the poster this week said 'Love in campus: Have you ever wandered if your favorite teacher is in a relationship? read this week newspaper to find out everything you wan't to know!'
Will finishing to put the poster the bell ringed, the students will be arriving very soon
Everything was a chaos, the newspaper sold out in 10 minutes, everyone was talking about it, even the teachers, Mr.Tanizaki was scolded for 1 hour by Mr.Kunikida, Mr.Poe literally fainted after reading the newspaper (nobody knew how could he read with that hairstyle he got) some ugly attention seekers (by the words of Mr.Ranpo) tried to humilliate him and Poe for being gay and married, but Ranpo just humilliate them harder (he said he would've hit them but the school has a 0 tolerance policy) the day following the newspaper the club had to print almost the triple than normally. The small group of homophobic students try to got the teachers in trouble with the president but they're so stupid that the president was gay too, so instead of getting the teachers in trouble they got in trouble, Mr.Nakajima bring his baby daughter to the work because his students wanted to know her (also some of Akutagawa's students but not many, almost everyone just give their congratulations).
Some of the homophobis students tried to hurt Mr.Jouno because they tought he was weak from being blind, Jouno just tied them with a rope and nobody knew what him and Mr.Tecchou did to the students but they haven't been seen on the school for days, Mr.Yosano announced that she was also expecting a baby (she was pregnant), and finally when Mr.Kunikida and some other teacher (including the President and Vice President)made an announcement about the situation on the school gym Mr.Katai proposed to Mr.Kunikida (Mr.Kunikida punched him in the stomach and then he kissed him??? it was pretty rare)
The relationships/marriages/pregnancy reveals stayed on the mouth of everyone for about two months non-stop, this also bring more popularity to the newspaper so they added a new section 'Gossip of the week'
Tanizaki's plan was succesful, he almost die by the beating Kunikida gave him (the other teachers took it pretty calmly and with humour) and that was how he revealed his engagement and (almost) every teacher romantic life.