StepMother's Teacher's Pet

Sovereign Syre, a high school teacher, is tidying up her classroom as the school day ends and no students remain. Her stepdaughter, Gianna Gem, arrives, leaning against the doorway with a backpack slung over her shoulder. "Are you ready to go, StepMom?" she asks, sounding a bit irritated. "Almost done, honey!" Sovereign replies cheerfully. Gianna sighs, warning that if she takes too long, she’ll just leave on her own. Her mood is clearly sour. Sovereign quickly senses this and asks what’s wrong. Gianna hesitates but, after some gentle encouragement, drags herself into the room and sets her bag on the desk. She complains about having her stepmom as her high school homeroom teacher, feeling embarrassed. Sovereign asks what she means. Gianna insists it seems like Sovereign looks for any chance to humiliate her in front of classmates. She's become a laughingstock among friends and peers because Sovereign constantly treats her sweetly and praises her work publicly. “But your work really IS good,” Sovereign defends, asking why she shouldn’t use it as a class example; and why her stepdaughter is upset that her name is frequently used in examples, especially during the sex education module. Sovereign says she doesn’t single out Gianna any more than anyone else, perhaps just now more often to keep other students comfortable during the teacher VR porn virtual reality experience. "But it’s