"Appearance isn't everything, Taiho." Which was true. Previously out of sight on the bed was the manual and a stack of reference books apparently filched from the campus library, all with a truly impressive number of bookmarks. Either he'd been working earlier that morning, or he just hadn't moved them off the bed to sleep. "You just have to look at your king to see that."

An added bonus of all the books being scattered over the mattress was the bedside table being entirely clear.