𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘴 || 𝘛𝘞𝘚𝘛 𝘹 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘋𝘌𝘙 𝘖𝘕𝘌-𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘛𝘚

Return The Favor - Ruggie Bucchi x Reader

The bells have rung and you were on your way alone to the library. You felt exhausted, but you were used to pushing yourself past your limits by now. After a bit of walking you finally reached the library's entrance, and pushed the massive, and quite heavy doors aside. Like expected, all was quiet but for some whispers here and there. Hardly taking a few steps in, you saw the source of the whispers with many other NRC students filling the institution. Seeing so many people at the front made you antsy, good thing was that you needed to go to the back anyway, huh? 

Quietly walking past everyone else, you found yourself in the back where the Animal Linguistics section was. Thing was, you were failing Professor Trein's class. Rightfully so, though! How could anyone expect someone who came from a world that didn't learn anything repetitively close to Animal Linguistics to pass? The other thing was that despite this, Trein wasn't a man to put up with 'excuses.' So, here you were, in NRC's library desperately trying to find something, anything, to help you. 

Man, lady luck must really hate you because it seems as if everyone else had already checked out all the books that might've helped you! Feeling frustrated and like you were about to keel over any second, you plopped down at the nearest table, crossed your arms over your face and laid your head down on the desk. Too tired to be aware of your surroundings, you jumped at the sudden touch of someone's hand on your shoulder. 

"Huh!?-"

"Woah-ho-ho-ho! Calm down, Prefect! It's just me." 

"Wha-" Feeling frantic, you whipped your head around to see the boy who startled you so. Eye's widening in realization, you opened your mouth,

"R...Ruggie?"

"Shyehehehe!~ But who else? Sorry for scaring ya, Prefect. I don't mean to laugh at you, but the reaction was priceless!" The hyena laughed some more, his hand covering his mouth a bit to muffle the sound. Your face flushed from embarrassment. 

"Sorry, Ruggie. I'm just on edge a bit..." You trailed off.

"Hm? What's got you all worked up?"

"It's sorta embarrassing to say, but I guess I don't have much to lose, right? Just being blunt; I'm failing Professor Trein's class, Animal Linguistics..."

"Trein's class, eh? Yeah, guess that check's out. Most people would stress over a class like his. I don't get it though, why're you stressin' over a class you weren't even meant to be in? No offense by the way..."

"Heh... that's, um... that's the other thing..." You grinned awkwardly while trying to find a way to explain to your upperclassmen. 

"Well, I'm all ears," Ruggie nonchalantly said, pulling up the seat next to you. After taking a deep breath and sighing, you decided you'd just admit what was eating at you. 

"No offense taken. It's just that, ahem, failing class isn't really an option, you know? Putting it short; Crowley basically threatened that failing students negatively impacts his school. And 'cause of that, he said that if I fall behind in grades he'll cut my budget," You explained. 

"'Budget???'" 

"Yeah, since I'm clearly not from around here, I don't have any money. Crowley's the one paying for my stay. Clothes, food, and so on. So, if I fail Trein's class, Crowley's gonna limit how much I can spend."

"Aaah, gotcha. Damn, that's rough man. Has he ever actually done something like that before?"

"No, but I don't think I'd put anything past that man at this point..." You cringed. Rolling your eyes in frustration, you laid your head down again. 

"Yeah, I'd definitely be in a bad mood too if that was me," Ruggie remarked, propping his elbow on the desk and leaned his head into his palm, staring at you curiously.