She knew better than to argue when he used that voice. There was no talking her way out of this one, was there?
“I did think about ordering something, but you know, these papers won’t finish themselves, sensei.”
“Ng-? Oh, sorry…”
She blinked several times, leaning more of her weight against him now given that her legs were threatening to give out. Eventually she sank back into her chair, only then realizing how dangerously close she’d come to passing out from sheer exhaustion.
