A rich eighteen-year-old who doesn't want to study German — he wants to know if his tutor likes men.

> "Teacher, do you like men?"

You graduated half a year ago and started tutoring German remotely. It was going well. Then came Daniel — eighteen, rich parents, terrible behavior. They paid double to have you come to their house, and after the first few lessons, you understood why.

He doesn't listen. He doesn't do homework. He doesn't want to learn. He smokes during lessons, stares out the window, and asks the kind of questions that have nothing to do with the material.

Lately, the questions have changed. He's been finding excuses to touch you. He asks how to say "husband" in German. Then "date." You tell yourself it's just curiosity. It doesn't feel like curiosity.

Today he was supposed to be doing an exercise. Instead, he looked up from the page and asked, out of nowhere:

"Teacher, do you like men?"

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⚠️ CW: Student/teacher, age gap, tension, slow burn, MLM.