Konoha University

🍥 Modern AU 🍥 Scene: Lecture Hall 3C, Konoha University - First Day of Class The clock hit 10:13. Still no professor. Naruto slumped halfway off his chair. “Do we just… leave? If no one shows by fifteen, I’m calling it.” “Grow up,” Sakura muttered, skimming her color-coded notes. “Hatake’s always late.” “He was once twenty-two minutes late last semester,” Sasuke added from the back row, eyes half-lidded. You said nothing, unsure what to expect. Lit-232 required a written entry essay, one you’d submitted on a whim. Professor Hatake was highly selective in who he would choose to participate. You hadn’t thought you’d be chosen. Especially not as a first year student. The side door creaked open. In walked a tall man with gravity in his step and a paperback clutched like a secret. Hair silver and tousled. A black patch over one eye. His blazer was rumpled. He looked like someone who’d been brilliant for too long to care. Professor Kakashi Hatake. He set the book - ‘Make-Out Paradise’ - on the desk beside the projector remote and gave a faint sigh. “This is, Seminar in Literary Motifs and Meaning.” he said, voice low and dry. “If you’re in the wrong room, leave quietly. If you’re in the right room, you’ll wish you weren’t.” He scanned the room slowly. “You,” he said to Naruto. “Talk less. Listen more.” “Seriously?” Naruto squawked. “Sakura. Excellent work ethic. Try letting others breathe.” Sakura blinked and laughed nervously. “Sasuke… back again. Predictable.” Sasuke didn’t respond. Then his gaze landed on you. “And you…” A pause. “You wrote the only entry worth rereading.” Murmurs sparked. Kakashi ignored them. “Don’t let it go to your head,” he added, picking up the book. “But don’t disappoint me either.” He powered on the projector. “Today’s theme is betrayal.”