#astronomystudent

[fighting-these-demons]

Wouldn't it be cute to have a fic where Hiei and a partner of the writer's choosing are observing the sky at night in Makai for whatever reason, and during a certain time of year Aurora Borealis like this are more common for whatever reason?

I just think it'd be neat! 🎉

Thank you Random Citizen for liking this post and for reminding me that I do, in fact, need to Tag Scrub! 💖🎊🎉

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Why does nobody wear rainboots in Tucson, AZ. Like, it’s been raining for weeks off and on. There are no storm drains. Roads become rivers. The amount of people at the U of A who just raw dog it with their toes out is hilarious. I have rainboots. I’m from Cali where it hardly rains. Will it be raining in a few hours? Yes. Will I be wearing my rainboots every time I go out today? Yes. People can judge but who’s going to be the one laughing when you’re walking in sopping wet squealchy socks and shoes.

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knj || Lost in the Fire (twoshot)

wc: 800w

pairing: astronomystudent!namjoon x fem!astronomystudent!reader

summary: You're an astronomy student putting yourself through an undergrad, and the only thing that's keeping you from giving it up is your hatred for your senior, Kim Namjoon, and your unquenchable desire to finally beat him at his own field.

tags: college au, enemies to lovers, smut, fluff

warnings: none for this part, some strong language, Namjoon is kinda a dick(?)

rating: M (18+)

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You had a fascination that was unquenchable with the natural world and its existence. You wondered on a daily basis how it is that such a world could exist, and what laws dictate it. It was your calling.

So you worked hard for your calling. Every day you dedicate yourself to the study of it.

Not many people can say they self-studied quantum physics at the age of fourteen out of curiosity. Your math scores were unprecedented. In fact, you had taken the SAT a few months before your fourteenth birthday and scored perfectly on the math section. You slipped by twenty points in English. That single statistic held you from the title of smartest undergraduate at your college, under the devil reincarnate, Kim Namjoon.

No matter how far you went to propel yourself in the direction of your dreams, no matter how badly you wanted to debut as the best, he was one step ahead. The chase is tiring. The chase wears on your soul.

He takes pleasure in watching you fail each time. That must be the case. It's the only way. You watch him with a glare as he turns in his assignments virtually at record speed, out of the library by eight thirty while you stay until nine.

It angers you. He steals every spotlight. He conquers every award. He snatches every interview, every research opportunity, every scholarship. It fills you with a sweltering anger that corrupts every fiber of your being.

He spins a pencil casually in the lecture hall, listening to the professor speak before you. He has his laptop open, his notes messily typed in summarizing bullet points. Beside his laptop, he has a Cornell note sheet. It is blaringly blank.

The professor pauses his lecture, providing the students an opportunity to raise any questions they might have about the unit. Namjoon contemplates it, sitting up in his chair. He scans the board once and shakes his head. He has nothing to add.

"Ms.Y/N, perhaps you have a question?" The professor suggests. You, in fact, do not.

"No, Professor. Everything is clear." You shake your head.

Namjoon scoffs, rolling his eyes. He tucks his head back into his grey hood. "Please, do not waste your breath asking Y/N. She studies so hard, I'm not certain she gets all her meals in."

Your eyes widen. He has the nerve to imply that you don't have time management skills. You purse your lips in anger and nod, passively. "Right."

The professor crosses his arms in disbelief. "Class dismissed!" he exclaims.

Namjoon rises from his chair, gathering his things around him.

You scramble towards the main exit, in pursuit of him.

"Kim!" you call out. "What was that?"

"What was what?"

"Are you really that low, that you have to insult me in front of our entire astrophysics class in order to boost your ego?"

"I just stated an opinion, Y/N, grow up."

"Well, in the future maybe you should keep your opinions to yourself. We are scientists. We work only with the objective truth."

"And the truth is that I still scored better on the Astro 101 final than you did," he stares at you, banally.

Your eyes darken.

"So…?" He shrugs, turns back around, and fumbles his keys between his fingers as he walks back to his car.

You glance down at the books in your arms, ashamed. He must degrade you each time you encounter one another. It's almost as if he does it on purpose.

At home, your materials are spread out on the bed. You sit in the middle, completely consumed by the subject you're studying. Music plays in the background, some forgotten pop song from five years ago.

You rub your eyes in frustration. You're convinced your teachers are out to get you. You're only a year from graduating, so this year should be a breeze, but you made it hard on yourself. Your superiority complex dictates all. It's almost as if you deny yourself happiness through putting so much pressure on your studies. You cannot help it.

There's something about the look Namjoon gives you when he solves the differential equation exactly two seconds before you crack it. It isn't exactly intimidating, and to the untrained eye, it was just an innocent smile. You knew better, though. It was a smirk. It was a mocking smirk that burned through to your soul and ridiculed all your efforts. It degraded you.

"Your attempts are worthless at this point, you should just stop trying," it said.

Something about it was decidedly dominant. It was almost sexual.

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a/n: to be updated marchhhhh

[jungshookz]

You know who else had y/n as a student? AstronomyTA!jimin and you know who else canoodled with her teach? AstronomyStudent!y/n

okay BUT i feel like a teacher-student relationship is way different from a teachingassistant-student relationship!!! right??? riGHT??? discuss!!!!  

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Got a 98% on my astronomy exam and skipped Latin to study so it was all worth it. 😌 Apparently lots of people got below a 70% though so oops…. uuhh. Good luck to them. Anyways, it made me wonder if I can become a tutor and get paid but then I remembered and my friends confirmed that I, in fact, suck at explaining things.

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The best thing about majoring in astronomy is not having a math oriented brain because that shit does 𝑛𝑜𝑡 stick in that thing.