they met at terushima's place on tuesday evening. daishou examined his room. it wasn't organised, but it wasn't a mess either. terushima had posters decorating his walls and what looked like a cactus on a table.
"is that a cactus?"
"it's an onion." daishou peered closer and terushima laughed. "it's clearly a cactus."
"hm."
terushima gestured towards the table.
"are you ready to start?"
"let's get this over with."
they sat down. terushima brought out a notebook, his pen poised over the paper.
"so how much do you already know?"
"about what?"
"astronomy, duh." terushima rolled his eyes. "you chose this topic, so you better have some knowledge." he leaned back on his chair and stretched his arms above his head so his shirt lifted slightly, allowing daishou to glimpse at a well defined v-line. terushima snickered.
"like what you see?"
"shut up," daishou snapped. "and i know some things. let's start."
they began to plan their presentation, both contributing ideas which terushima wrote down. by the time they had finished, it was dark outside. daishou glanced out of the window and furrowed his brow.
"it's already late."
"if you're expecting me to let you stay the night-"
"what? no? i was trying to make conversation."
"and it worked! we conversed."
"that's not a word."
"yes it is."
"no it's not."
"yes it is."
"prove it."
terushima tapped at his phone screen and turned it towards daishou's face, showing him a google search.
"see! i was right!"
"hm." daishou nodded in defeat. "how did you know that?"
"i used to study etymology."
daishou raised an eyebrow.
"you? etymology? why?"
"for fun! why else would i study anything?"
it occurred to daishou that he had greatly misjudged terushima. at first, he had taken him to be a typical delinquent, who did the bare minimum in classes and caused trouble for others. but after meeting him, terushima had turned out to be rather dependable; the sort of person that daishou liked.
"oi, daishou. what are you thinking about?"
daishou blinked out of his trance and wrinkled his nose.
"just school stuff. i'm going now."
"aye. see you thursday then."
