#monobe

Requested by anon for a Monobe shopping trip and a nervous MC

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The Best Instructor

~“You seem nervous.” Monobe said quite relaxed to you as he walked with you around Tokyo. It had only been a few days since you’ve been summoned and you lack a lot of essential supplies outside of your uniform and cell phone. Since you were technically under his care he offered to take you shopping for new things. At first you tried to decline, saying it wasn’t necessary since you started to feel a strange sense of guilt for letting Monobe get so much stuff for you and you don’t have anything in return. “Hey now, no need to worry about stuff like that.” Monobe explained. “I’m your guardian now and what I say goes, okay?” You guessed… but still, everything was being flung on you at once. The wide variety of clothes he was showing off to you, the various styles of notebooks and other supplies, even something as simple as a phone case was stressful for you. “Oh, right. This is probably a bit much for you all at once since this is your first time here…” Monobe patted you on the head however. “Don’t worry I’m right here.”

~The rest of the trip until lunch was Monobe slowly guiding you through things you needed, but every now and again letting it slip he didn’t mind indulging you a bit. It seemed he wasn’t too shy on doting on you either; often making comments about how much of a “cute kid” you are, or when he gave you more head pats. It made you very flustered to be on the receiving end of this kind of praise. “Oh really now? What kid doesn’t like being called cute?” It’s not that you were being called cute, but the fact it was coming from him made it a bit too embarrassing. What if you started calling him a handsome bachelor? “Actually, that was the look I was going for. I’m glad to know my efforts are bearing fruit.” He teased you as you grumbled under your breath.

I was working on older ones but when I saw this golden nugget in my inbox I knew I HAD to make one of the more comedically charged HC’s here.

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Teach Knows Best

~All you wanted was a tutor for math class. It was only natural since numbers were icky. But this was getting ridiculous. You tried asking Jinn Sensei to go over said math with you after class. Things were going smoothly and you actually felt you were learning this well enough to start studying on your own. However what Jinn failed to communicate to you was that he was skipping a meeting. And Monobe had sent Triton to retrieve him. When he entered he was shocked. “Jinn, are you in he- What in Neptune’s name is happening here!?”

“Wh-” Jinn and you were surprised as he walked in on Jinn peering over your shoulder encouraging you. “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?”

“THAT’S WHAT I SHOULD BE ASKING YOU! A-ARE YOU GROOMING-”

“GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE GUTTER! It just so happened they asked me to help with their studies, and who am I to deny a student their needs?” Jinn explained, getting a bit smug about it.

“Wha…!?” Triton gasped. “S-so what!? Just last week they asked me to help with their daily workouts!”

“Really!?” You couldn’t lie to Jinn now that the truth was airing out in front of you. “I-I told you that you can come to me for anything…” He was disheartened . “But that doesn’t mean I’ll sit aside and let you woo my loyal student!”

“YOUR student? Last time I checked I was his favorite teacher!” Triton said while getting closer to Jinn. The two were butting heads while glaring at one another. You tried to use this opportunity to excuse yourself but-

“SIT BACK DOWN!” They both barked at you.

“Heh. Shall we settle this like real men?” Jinn asked with a malicious edge.

“Gladly. Let me show you how serious I can be.” Triton scoffed. You thought they would have a battle then and there until something entirely different came up.

~You and Jinn were sitting in desks as Triton had presented a whole lecture about why he was the better teacher, showing off things like statistics taken from school surveys and overall popularity polls that showed Triton easily ranked a slot above Jinn… by one vote. “Voting for yourself doesn’t count.” Jinn yawned in boredom.

Triton slapped a ruler on the desk which made Jinn snap to attention. “I wasn’t asking for you, so wait your turn to speak.” Jinn grumbled under his breath. “So, I’m much cooler than this slacker here.” Well, if you didn’t know him any better, charts weren’t winning you over. Triton was stunned  by your unenthusiastic response. “I-I guess I could rework the logistics and delivery of my lecture…”

“See, I’m clearly the better teacher here!” You couldn’t let that comment slide. You criticized his methods of teaching and how often he was so laid back there would be days you won’t feel like studying which causes tests to feel harder. “Well, you see…” Jinn struggled at coming up with an excuse. “I think it’s best for student’s to express themselves regardless of environment!”

“You often run wild with your students. How is that teaching them anything!?”

“Oh yeah? How many of them have fallen asleep in your class!?” The two growled at each other and you could see the lighting of sacred artifacts beginning to charge up and you immediately knew to book it.

Monobe River, Kochi, Japan [29-12-2023 13:10 JST]