Closed Post the First - 'Homework'

[fateunknown]

It was either dumb luck, some weird form of coincidence, or just seats being full elsewhere that found Terra and Riku having two or three of the same classes that term. Sure, they were all the basics that nearly every degree required, but Terra knew for a fact that they offered them at different times and with different teachers for the sake of convenience. How had this happened?

There was, thankfully, something positive about sharing classes with someone you already knew - it made things less awkward when suggesting to study together. Not much less, but Terra saw it as a win/win. Riku actually enjoyed math, and Terra tended to surprise people when he admitted to liking ancient history. The work would get done faster (probably), and they'd be less bored while doing it.

Well. Mostly. That part might have been true if the library had been open.

Which was how the two found themselves in Riku's living room, using the coffee table as shared desk space and with Terra trying to stay focused on the task at hand. Easier said than done, when you could feel the disdain directed at you from across the house.

Somehow, Terra was getting the distinct notion that Riku's mother wasn't overly fond of him...

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[fateunknown]

"No kidding," Terra muttered, trying to ignore the daggers he knew were being glared at him. "I've never been judged for being a guy before."

While he was no stranger to having disdain and irritation sent his way, the fact that this was over being friends with his 'soulmate' was ridiculous. Terra would almost rather take his father trying to get him and Riku together over this - at least that had good intentions behind it, however embarrassing it could potentially get.

He sighs and rubs the side of his head, feeling a headache coming from more than just the numbers in front of him. "Being more needs chemistry, anyway. Soulmates or not, there's no guarantee that we'll have that." He's heard enough stories about pairings that never work out because of just that.

Back the numbers. Possibly. He squints a bit at the work he's done before he makes a small, frustrated noise and putting his pencil down. "I can't concentrate - I think I've done this page three times by now."

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"Come on, don't give up yet," Riku frowned, inching a little closer to him, their elbows bumping together. "Look--you already did #12, and #27 is kind of like it. You do the same order of operations, it's just that you've got a negative, so you invert it at first... does that make sense?"

He was trying his damnest not to give his mother any satisfaction of diverting their attention, but it hard even as he tried.

"You're right--we'd probably just work better as friends, anyway," Riku admitted, his voice a little quieter.