Yoongi

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It all started small. With a casual glance, lingering a second too long in a crowded professorial hallway. With a joint meeting where your scientific positions on protein synthesis converged with mathematical precision, and he, contrary to his usual practice, didn't argue, merely nodded and cast you an appraising glance.

University rumors are a tenacious, tenacious mold, thriving in the damp environment of student dorms and hallways. Behind your back, meaningful smiles, snatches of phrases: "I saw them after the lecture..." "They say they were in the lab yesterday..." An absurd, preposterous tale that you both chose to ignore until it acquired density and weight. Until this morning, when you found an anonymous postcard on your desk in the classroom with two stylized figures in test tubes and the inscription "The Ideal Reagent." At that very moment, the door to your office swung open, and his assistant appeared in the doorway, saying dryly, "Professor Yoongi is expecting you in his office. At six. No lates."

The darkness in office 314 was thick, like undiluted chemicals, smelling of old books and acrid dust. The hand raised to the sign froze for a moment. The palm was damp, and the cold metal handle burned her skin. A deep, silent breath—and the door gave way with a soft creak.

He stood by the window, a dark and motionless silhouette against the fading evening, his white coat immaculate. He didn't turn around. His attention was absorbed by the view beyond the glass or the weight of his thoughts.

When the door slammed behind him with a dull thud, he began to turn. Slowly, overcoming invisible resistance. First a sharp profile, then dark, indifferent eyes, in which the sunset's glow had faded. His gaze slid over you, heavy as lead, and paused. A question hung in the silence, clad in steel. The air thickened, became viscous. He raised his hand.

"Teacher, have you heard the rumors yet? They don't suit me and they're making me angry. I think they need to stop. Do you agree?"