Title:Arithmophobia
Pairing: KokoxSumire
Genre: Humor/Romance
Word Count : 1094
Arithmophobia
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Fridays are supposed to be fun, Koko mused to himself as he glanced dejectedly at the books spread across the table. How had he gotten himself into this? It's not as if he didn't pay attention in Math, he did. In fact he listened so intently that it scared the wits out of him. But still, he failed in Maths every single bloody time.
It was probably because of all those numbers. Koko loathed numbers. They sucked to the core. That's why he was practically flunking Physics too now (because once you reach highschool, even Science is full of numbers) Hence he was currently sitting at a deserted corner in Taki's restaurant, which surprisingly was empty for a Friday night. He would've just stayed at his own dorm, but Kitsuneme was being a total jack-ass.
So why was he doing Math homework (Trigonometry to be exact) on a Friday night at a restaurant?
Well the answer was this : Jinno.
Yes, that stupid excuse of a teacher had threatened Koko.
"What's this Koko?"Jinno had all but yelled as he flung down Koko's test paper onto the desk. This had caused everyone to stop their chit-chat and to look at whom Jinno was addressing. It was not only Mikan who get yelled by him.
Koko had grinned at him sheepishly, "My test paper, sir?"
Jinno had frowned, "If I see this ridiculous number once more, I swear I'll kick you out of the equation!"
That of course made no sense whatsoever to Koko. How the hell would Jinno kick him out of the equation? That was utter bollocks. Koko wasn't a number to just kick out of the problem.
"I have...Arithmophobia sir." Was the first thing that came into Koko's mind. (Koko is quite good at English you see, he merely sucks in Maths and Physics)
Jinno merely blinked, "I want you to solve all those 40 questions in the R.D Smith Textbook."
Koko had widened his eyes, "But sir!" he gasped out, "That will take me hours!"
"Well let's just hope you can do all-nighters," was what Jinno had said, "I want to see it on my desk tomorrow."
"Tomorrow is Saturday, sir."
Jinno had smirked. "I know."
So this is why Koko was currently sitting with a bunch of textbooks, (just one actually) and his maths notebook. He bit his lip as he looked at the problem.
Sec 60 + Tan 30 =...?
Koko groaned, man he hated this so damn much! It's one thing to know your multiplication tables but it's totally another to know about the different values of Theta. Was he ever going to become like Pythagoras? Hell no! So why in the world did he even have to know about all this?
He frowned as he leant back onto the seat. Maybe he was scared of numbers. That would explain the whole thing, he used to fail in Math in second grade too. That's got to mean something.
"May I take your order?"
Koko looked up to see a girl, probably about his age holding an order pad. She had the Taki's uniform on which clearly stated that she worked here. But Koko had never seen her before and he was pretty much a regular customer (except on those days when he had remedial Math classes- urgh yes, maths for the failures.) Her hair was green which although would've looked completely horrid on someone else, worked perfectly with the girl.
He sighed lightly. Like he'd ever get a chance to actually talk with her. He had to escape the wrath of Math first. Trust Math to get in the way.
"One cup of cappuccino, please."
The girl scribbled the order down, "Anything else?"
'You' was what he wanted to say but obviously he refrained from saying so. Instead he merely gave her a 'no thanks. That's it,' and started doing Math. The waiteress flashed him a smile before heading back to the kitchen to give the order.
She came back after a couple of minutes to see Koko clutching his hair and groaning.
"Are you all right?" she asked placing the cup of cappuccino down on the table, "I've got your order."
"Oh good," Koko muttered grabbing the cup. He finished the whole thing in one go.
She widened her eyes, "You must've been thirsty."
Koko placed the cup back onto the table and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, "Yeah," he said, "I was."
"So, what are you working on?" she asked him peering over his shoulder to look at the problems he had written down.
"Trig," he muttered gloomily.
She laughed, the sound was like the murmur of a wind chime. "That's so easy!"
"Easy? My arse."
"Well it is! You just must be stupid."
Koko frowned. Great. Now the girl whom he remotely liked (what? She had good hair and a nice laugh) called him stupid.
Screw you Math!
"Well then why don't you do it for me?" he asked slyly.
She paused, "Do it for you? I'm working right now."
Koko shrugged, "Come on. Since you said it was so easy..."
She thought for a while, "Okay," she finally said, "I've got nothing to loose."
With that she grabbed the chair in front of him and sat down. Koko watched as the girl quickly read each question and wrote down the solution swiftly. She was actually quite good at it. She then looked up and gave him a small smirk.
"Here," she handed him the notebook, "Twenty questions down."
"Thanks," Koko said awestruck by the fact that she had managed to finish all those twenty questions in just 15 minutes.
She gave him one last smile before she got up and walked towards the kitchen.
Koko looked at the notebook.
There in the corner of the page she had written :
704-864-7279
Sumire.
Koko smiled.
He was starting to like numbers all right.
Arithmophobia-Fear of numbers
Sadly I can't say the same thing. My Maths Mock Exam is in 5 days and I haven't started studying yet (Most of my friends are on their second round of revision sdajfhbdfbdhfb.) Okay I think I should go start. (dies)
So don't forget to review! :)
Carolle Royale