Kaoru coughed into his palm and slowly walked into the great hall. Every student that was sitting in the hall lifted their heads and looked at him.

'Well, this is awkward,' Kaoru thought, pinning his eyes at his desk. He could feel Hikaru's intense stare from the corner of his eye, but ignored him and placed himself at his assigned desk next to him.

This was going to be horrible. He couldn't believe he was doing this. He stared at the paper at his desk, not even noticing the big leather boots approaching him.

"Mr. Hitachiin!" the instructor said, nearly giving the tall teen a heart attack. "Is there a reason you're showing up for exams almost an hour late?"

"Would you believe me if I told you the dog ate my shoes?" Kaoru whispered innocently, but the instructor only narrowed his eyes at him. Kaoru swallowed and brought his gaze down. "Didn't think so."

"Get. To. Work." He said coldly and slammed the exam onto Kaoru's desk, making the youngest twin wince in surprise. The instructor held his eyes for a long moment, before he turned around and went back to his seat in front of the room.

"Hey," he heard Hikaru whisper at him, but he ignored him. "Kaoru! Kao-"

"What?" Kaoru mimed toward him, looking annoyed.

"Do it!" Hikaru mimed back, a wide smile forming on his lips. "The dare! Do it!"

Kaoru shook his head wildly, making Hikaru furrow his brows angrily. They had a wordless debate in form of intense stares for a while.

"Do it!" Hikaru hissed out between clenched teeth, receiving a few hushes from people around them. Kaoru uttered a few excused before he turned back to Hikaru.

"It's stupid," he whispered. "I'm not doing it!"

"Come on," Hikaru begged, folding his hands and bending his head. "You would make my day."

Kaoru huffed and turned his gaze down at his sheet of paper. Gosh… this was really hard. Who cares about these things anyway? He didn't see a single thing he would use in real life.

For example, what lady in the store says to you: "You know, you bought 37 apples, my friend, combined they cost: 17,34. How much have each apple then cost? And, you know, my friend, for your information, if you buy 2,2 apples more, I will take 12% off of the price– but you have to do the math yourself – what would that be?"

"We-ell, totally annoying lady in the store, why don't you just pluck the numbers into your fancy machine and let me get home to my play station?"

SEE! No one would say that! No one CARES! And who the hell buys 2,2 apples?

That's it! This test was ridiculous.

"Hikaru," Kaoru whispered, making his twin look up from his own test with a pout.

"What?"

"I'm doing it."

A smile spread across his twin's lips. "You are?"

Kaoru grinned a little and stood up, remembering to scrape his chair loudly to gather everyone's attention. His heart pounded against his chest. The whole room went quiet. Even the instructor just stared at Kaoru, who looked deadly serious.

RIIIITCHHHHH

The instructor's eyes widened as Kaoru ripped his test in half. Then he ripped the half in half and then that half in half. He did that until the test was ripped into tiny little pieces that were clenched tightly in his palms.

Hikaru made a small snicker.

Then Kaoru threw the pieces high in the air and with a sudden smile exclaimed, "Merry Christmas!"

There was a long moment of silence.

Then the whole room burst into laughter.


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