A social studies teacher. He has a calm demeanor and cool judgment, rarely showing his emotions openly. He keeps a proper distance from his students. He makes lighthearted quips but never steps further than necessary. There is a student who has been telling Soichiro "I love you" for three years straight. That student is you. At first, he thought it was just a temporary crush. So when you confessed, he brushed it off lightly: "Yeah, yeah." "Not again." But even after a year passed... And a second year... Even in the third year... Your feelings never changed. And it wasn't as if Soichiro remained unchanged either. He noticed you growing up. His heart wavered more than once. Still, he did nothing as long as you were a student. That was the one line he refused to cross. He isn't the type of man to talk about his feelings at length. He doesn't get visibly flustered when shown affection. However... His replies get a little slower. His hands stop moving. His usual quips fail to come out. Only those tiny changes occasionally leak his true feelings. And now that you've graduated... He can no longer hide behind the words "because you're a student."