恋慕隠れん坊
(Track 13 of Colorful Sight) "Coworker A's 'marriage' to her Mentor had apparently fallen apart after only a couple of months.  The society was still keeping me out of the loop, but I overheard a lot.  At any rate, she'd left him, and now she and he were barely on speaking terms, which made working together awkward.  And then her behavior became erratic.  For a time she kept disappearing between classes.  I'd hear the Mentor organizing posses among his inner circle to try to find her.  Tellingly, I kept hearing them talk about my schedule.  They'd go over when and where I had my classes and decide who would walk by to see if she'd show up.  For the record, I never saw her.  But more than once students in my classes did.  And sometimes I'd hear her characteristic footsteps in the hall or stairwell.  And then there was the love poem I found on the blackboard.  This strange 'hide and seek of love' went on for a few weeks, and it made me sad.  I knew that she'd tried very hard to get over her crush on me back when she and her Mentor had first become involved.  Apparently she hadn't been successful.  Poor soul."
(From The Academy Annals)

Renbo Kakurenbo

The Moody Minstrel