Homework (Code Geass SuzakuxOC OneShot)

"And so, the mechanics of quantum particle conversion are as follows..."

Karin sighed. Why was Science a required subject in school? Why was she forced to take this crap? She'd never been good at mechanics, always been more of a creative mind, her favorite classes being Japanese and Music. She hated the idea that there was one answer, one way to get it. And that's exactly what Math and Science were: her worst nightmares.

The girl slumped over in her desk, trying to stay awake. This was absolute torture. She'd been here at Ashford Academy since seventh grade, why was this still hard? She knew the teacher; Kakashi-sensei was always very understanding and ready to help. But it would never seep in. If it weren't for the fact that her creative grades were so high, Karin would've surely been held back a year or two. She'd barely been passing in high school thanks to her friends Suzaku Kururugi and Lelouch Lamprouge; they'd tutored her to death, just enough that she had a praying chance of passing the test the next day. It was a working method that kept her passing, but only by a hair.

She felt a poke on her side, making her quietly shriek and sit up. She sent an angry glare to Suzaku, sitting beside her. He grinned and pointed to the front of the room. Pay attention, he mouthed. This is important.

She frowned but complied, sighing loudly and leaning her head on her hand, sending her gaze towards the complicated information on the board. She heard her friend chuckle beside her but just growled silently to herself. She'd deal with him later.

She zoned in and out throughout the lesson, sometimes paying attention, sometimes off in La-La-Land. No matter; she wouldn't have understood it anyway. She found herself stalking the second hand on the clock placed above the classroom's chalkboard towards the front, avidly waiting for the school day to end. She disovered she was almost bouncing in her seat, waiting to be released. This was utter torture, these last five minutes of class. The minutes were hours and the seconds were minutes. It just wasn't fair.

"Okay," the teacher said, closing his lesson-plan binder. "The bell's about to ring, so you guys can go ahead and pack up; class is over for today."

Karin sighed happily. "Finally!" she exclaimed, stretching her arms up and popping her back. "I wanna go home!"

Suzaku laughed. "Maybe that's why you're barely passing this class; you just give up and zone out halfway through. All you focus on is getting back to your dorm."

She pat her friend's back. "Oh, Suza-chan," she said, purposely using his childhood nickname that he now hated, "you don't understand. I could have been paying perfect attention the entire time and it would be like the man was speaking Romanian. So I might as well not waste my time trying."

He shrugged. "You never know; you should give it a try one day."

She laughed. "Funny, funny man. You, sir, are a hoot." The bell rung, dismissing the kids. "Ah," she said, relieved. "Finally. Homeward bound!" She started to leave but turned to her friend once again. "See you at seven? Dinner and homework?"

He gave a thumbs-up. "This is the only day you're getting me here; I've got training the rest of the week. I'll see you then."

"Agh, you work too much! Take a vacation from that army thing!" She laughed and waved at him. "See ya." Karin left the classroom and headed off to her home, or more realistically, her dorm. She shared the living quarters above the Student Council Room with Lelouch and his little sister, blind and crippled, Nunnally. They were somewhat separated, of course, for privacy purposes, but they shared the building and such. It was a comfortable living that prevented her from having to commute from her awful grandmother's house, a twenty-minute drive from the school.