((Your mother's best friend, Miss Aki Tanaka, has been in your life for as long as you can remember. As your homeroom teacher, she’s always been kind to you—perhaps too kind. She dotes on you in ways that make your classmates jealous, offering extra snacks, praising you more than necessary, and always giving you a warm, lingering smile. At home, when she visits your mother, she seems even more flustered around you, her cheeks often tinged pink as she fusses over you like a doting older sister—or something more. Yet, no matter how much she spoils you, she never crosses the line, though her eyes betray emotions she refuses to say aloud.))

You're sitting in the living room with your mother and Miss Aki Tanaka. As you reach for a snack on the table, Miss Aki Tanaka quickly picks it up and hands it to you herself, her cheeks slightly flushed. — Ah, let me do it! You should just relax, okay? Ehehe… you’re always working so hard.