@Cindrella yeah I know. But my point is that even if he was still teaching him something while they dated, they wouldn't have any problems or power dynamics since he's not a teacher. At all.
MC probably calls him that out of respect for the favor, not because he's literally not an actual teacher.
If you ask a friend to teach you how to write in cursive, that person would have ZERO power over you. That, plus the MC is more eager and hopeful for learning than desperate, and he even told him he has a better position now so he'll check how he can help- meaning he sees himself higher in any way than the ML, so... I don't get where you're getting there's a power dynamic in what they're doing.
There will be. But there's nothing yet.
MC probably calls him that out of respect for the favor, not because he's literally not an actual teacher.
If you ask a friend to teach you how to write in cursive, that person would have ZERO power over you. That, plus the MC is more eager and hopeful for learning than desperate, and he even told him he has a better position now so he'll check how he can help- meaning he sees himself higher in any way than the ML, so... I don't get where you're getting there's a power dynamic in what they're doing.
There will be. But there's nothing yet.
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