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[orangehoodie]

[He'll take the seat, dropping his bag and pulling out textbooks and notebooks with the enthusiasm of an Arisato told to skip dinner.]

Um. My grades in pretty much everything is average... so I think my dad just wants you to watch me do my homework and point out anything I'm doing wrong.

[pheromonecoffee]

[He peers at Ken's textbook for a hint of what they're learning.] Shouldn't be too hard. Not a big math fan?

[orangehoodie]

[He has everything. Literally all his subjects. But he pulls out his math book and rubs at his shoulder now that the weight is off of it, shrugging.]

Not really. I don't hate it, but... here. [He opens his book to the assigned pages, showing Matt the questions he has to solve.]

I'm sorry, by the way. My dad just kind of sprung this up out of nowhere...

[pheromonecoffee]

I used to do it at my old school. It's not a problem. [It keeps him busy, and that's how he likes it.

Though he does know most kids don't like it, so he watches with mild interest.] If you get it right, is there anything you want to do after?

[orangehoodie]

After?

[Like, aside from nodding to being told he got it right and packing up his things and parting with this new tutor and going home to play some games and surfing that network again?]

What do you mean?

[pheromonecoffee]

[He shrugs.] There was a kid I tutored who wouldn't do anything unless I promised him coffee after.

I guess it's bribery, but he went from a D to a B+.

[orangehoodie]

... I'm.

[He would like to do something. Coffee just makes him think of hot sauce, but is there something he'd want? There are... but from a stranger?]

You don't have do go that far.

[pheromonecoffee]

[Not a stranger once you've met them.]

I know. But I like to stretch after tutoring, myself.

[orangehoodie]

I don't want to waste your time...

...

... Do you like games?

[pheromonecoffee]

Most games. Not dating sims. [Matt shut the fuck up you're p much from a dating sim. not to mention does ken even know what that is???]

[orangehoodie]

Well-- of course not. I don't play those either.

I have some games... that you have to have more than one player to unlock some things in.

[pheromonecoffee]

Want a hand? [It's totally not bribery.]

[orangehoodie]

... I don't want to be bribed.

But I do want help.

[pheromonecoffee]

Don't think of it as bribery. Think of it as something to look forward to. Or these things can drag on forever.

[orangehoodie]

[He pauses, and looks up at Matt, and opens his notebook up and copies down the first question.]

I don't actually hate school. I won't make you correct everything.

[pheromonecoffee]

Oh, good. It would make it hard if you did that on purpose.

[orangehoodie]

[He shakes his head.]

... Should I just start these first questions, then?

[pheromonecoffee]

Wherever you're comfortable starting. Remember to show your work, even on a separate piece of paper. Taking it one step at a time is the best way to do this kind of thing.

[orangehoodie]

R-right.

[He flashes Matthias a look, frowning a little in the way kids do when they feel bad about something, and he'll pull his book closer to himself and start working on the first question. He works at a consistent pace, and although he pauses once or twice to calculate something, he... really doesn't look like he has any trouble working out the problem at all.]

[pheromonecoffee]

[He watches across the table, chin in hand, ready to correct anything he sees wrong.

And he is very pleasantly surprised that he doesn't have to. He considers this situation momentarily, and thinks he knows what's going on.]

How do you find the volume of a cylinder, Ken?

[The basic kind of stuff you learn in eighth grade math.]

[orangehoodie]

[He raises his head to Matt at the question, paused in the middle of writing down the answer to the current problem.]

The radius squared multiplied by pi, multiplied by the height.

[pheromonecoffee]

The area of a parallelogram? [He's impressed. That was fast.]

[orangehoodie]

[Formulas are easy.]

Base multiplied by vertical height.

[pheromonecoffee]

What were the original thirteen states?

[orangehoodie]

[He blinks. And he can name like ten or eleven of them! He has to think for the other two.]