Some part of Rio realizes that miracles are real.
She thought it was never possible, and was internally convinced that the day that she'd finally have to push aside her biases and finally pull Ryouga down from his roof with the intent of abiding by her duties as Student Disciplinary Officer and drag him into detention for skipping class would be soon; and it would have were it not for the miracle placed before her.
She wants to ask; Ryouga, why did you actually turn up to class today? But she doesn't want to push it; she's just so glad that he's actually turned up to class for once in the entire time she's been back in school that she's hesitant to call him out on the earphones hanging very visibly from his ears.
She tries, but it gets too much and with a hesitant pout she yanks the earphones from his ear. "Hey!" he hisses as the earphones collide with the desk, furious beat still echoing through the dormant device.
"Are you kidding me, Ryouga?" she replies, unable to comprehend the words that are sprouting from his mouth. "If you're just going to listen to music, then why did you even bother turning up to class?"
The only reply she receives is in a halfhearted shrug, and in the end, what else does she expect? Her resounding glare is enough for Ryouga to finally flick his phone out to remove the source of the music still blaring from his earphones, scowl set in bitter anger the entire time. The lecture is gone from both their minds when she notices the scowl slowly disappear from his mouth, anger and bitterness washing completely from his face, only to be replaced with a tiny coy smile that she hasn't seen in so long-
Is he seriously texting right in front of her?
A part of her knows that she should stop him; it's not like he's ever going to actually pay attention in class but it's her duty and well, yeah she may be a little bit over having to copy down notes and just having them taken from her as soon as she gets home, and what's even so good about that rooftop anyway? Curiosity as to what's even going on with her brother who never smiles but has this coy smirk playing on his lips and isn't even bothering to hide it has Rio peering over his shoulder; initially it begins with sly glances from her peripherals, escalating to visibly leaning over his shoulder to view the ever increasing messages, less to Ryouga's knowledge.
Hey, feeling any better yet?
No, can't stop coughing and shivering, feel terrible :( how's school? Did you actually turn up to class today?
Rio's eyebrow raises before she can stop it; she wasn't aware that Yuma had been sick, let alone for a period of time. She rattles her brain for any indication from Kotori that she'd heard anything about it, only to come up short; she then continues to try and find some sort of indication that Ryouga would know but Kotori won't, only to remember that last night, Ryouga disappeared from the house for a few hours…
Yeah, yeah I actually turned up. Nothing really to do on the rooftop when there's nothing to look at ;) so, no to the duel this afternoon? Little disappointed that I can't beat your ass again.
If Rio could raise her eyebrow any further, it was stretching it because really Ryouga, didn't you say you were going to take me to the mall this afternoon? And sure, if that was the worst of the issues that she'd have to deal with, it would be fine, she could just take Kotori, right?
Her eyes have darted away instinctively in the replacement of her pout along her cheeks, only to have to grip at the desk with every inch of her being to stop herself from tumbling from the chair, shock engraving onto every feature in her body.
Well, you know you still could beat some ass if you wanted
Get lost, I'm not getting sick
Well, you know hands don't use any bodily fluids ;)
She can't look anymore, even if she wanted to; her head falls into her hands on the desk, memory of the words scarred into her head and there are some things in life that she just does not need to know and on that list is definitely Ryouga's sex habits, let alone Ryouga's sex habits with Yuma.
Knowing that the lecture is so far, far gone and there's no hope of her returning, her head rests on the desk, unable to comprehend anything bar the fact that at some point in the next few hours he's going to ask to not take her to the shops to go take care of Yuma and she's going to have to pretend that none of what she read happened, and she's not sure if she can.
Later in the day, Ryouga slouches along the wall beside her, slipping out an easy Hey Yuma's sick and he needs me to babysit him and it takes every part of her to not squeak out a desperate it's okay I already organized something with Kotori! But she messes it up too much and disappears around the corner, curious eyes following her the entire time.