Pawn

Akashi’s voice is song, melodious and downright obnoxious. "Do you know of Faust?"

You look away from the words that your gaze is carefully consuming—if Akashi is going to ignore you, then you will do the same, right?—and you frown. "Goethe’s novel or the legend?" Your quick reply is meant to let your underclassman know that, despite preferring light novels, you are actually smarter than Akashi probably believes. Plus, you are taking a world literature class and had to read the actual novel.

If the question is a trap, though, you are caught instantly. Never show interest in anything Akashi says, you reprimand yourself and wish you could take back the answer and the confident smile that had followed.