To The Other Side》SaTzu

Chapter 1: Sowing The Seeds Of Love

[It's a new start for a known road, but this time Tzuyu is in the most delicate position, while Sana has to face new challenges with her wife on the other side of motherhood]

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"As you can see, this is not just a simple matter of right or wrong. This goes way beyond any ethics dilemma one can have..." said Tzuyu leaned on her large desk, facing all of her students. "To do what is best for person A can result in a disaster for person B, but at the same time save the person C. What would you choose?"

An eager student raised her hand. Tzuyu gestured for the student to speak.

"If I'm saving one instead of two, this is the best choice."

Tzuyu tilted her head to side, keeping her eyes focused on the student. "What if person B is your best friend, while person A and C are strangers?"

The same student raised her hand again. "I should apply the Categorical Imperative."

"And how would you do that, Yiren?" asked Tzuyu in a challenging tone.

"Well... first I would make sure to use the reason and go in the right direction-"

"What right direction?" said Tzuyu cutting her off.

"The one according to the reason."

"Based on...?"

The student got confused for some seconds while the rest of the few students in the big classroom were loudly sighing.

"The time is up for today" said Tzuyu shifting forward. "Don't forget the reading for tomorrow."

In a matter of seconds, the 20 students were packing their things up and leaving the room except for Yiren, who walked to Tzuyu's desk.

"Mrs. Minatozaki, can I have a minute of your time?"

"I'm sorry Yiren, but I don't have the time now," said Tzuyu not making eye contact with the student. "You can come by my office on any Wednesday around 2 in the afternoon. "

"Alright, Mrs. Minatozaki" said the student in a frustrated tone.

Tzuyu gave her a last look with a nod and left the place.

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Tzuyu was pacing around the hallway, arms crossed, rigid posture. She looked up to a clock on the wall then pull out her cellphone. Nothing new on the screen. The fear crawling up slowly her skin started to turn into pure panic. Time was against her and time was something very important at that moment. She wished she could control it, or at least control all the rest of the equation of what was about to happen, but it was useless. The only thing she could do, she did: be there on time. All the rest was not up to her and that very notion was a sort of frustration she could not deal with as well as she wanted to. She tried to apply all of her knowledge to that very simple and at the same time complex matter. But all the years of studying seemed to fade out from her mind like she imagined it happened with most of her students who stuttered in class after a simple question of something so basic as the alphabet.

Years of studying and having to face her mother again after all of the ungrateful years to ask for an opportunity. Of all the Universities in California, the only one close enough to her family was exactly the one she didn't want to set foot ever again. It was the same place she went to get her undergraduate degree. And the one she got her master's, starting right after her Ph.D. process. Of course, she could not spend hours in traffic or even move to another city after setting roots deeply in Silas. It would not be fair to any of them, to suffer from her absence because she could not swallow her pride. That was the things she did for her family. Things that made her more mature and tolerant. It was hard, but it was possible. It was something she could control and understand. Unlike that very moment.