A/N: Only a bit of fluff in this one. I hope you enjoy nonetheless.

Prompt: Well, watching a podcast about puppies and kittens, actually, but…umm…let's just get to the story, huh?

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"How…how…how in the world did this happen?"

Finny is sitting at his desk, which is a feat in itself, and staring at a piece of paper clenched tightly in his fists.

"What?" Gene says from his bed.

"This…this…"

"This what?"

"This thing, this thing right here, how? How?"

"This what?" Gene says, frustration creeping into his voice.

"I just…I just…" Finny babbles, staring incredulously at the paper in his hands.

"For the love of God, Finny, WHAT?" Gene stands up and begins walking towards the desk.

"How did I do it? How did I manage it?" Finny doesn't even notice Gene's approach until said boy is right behind him.

Gene grabs the paper from Finny's hands and reads it. Finny looks up at him with the same incredulous stare.

"…So?" Gene finally says. "It's a report card. What's so special about this?"

Finny flinches as if the words physically hurt him. "I got…I got…I don't know how, but…I got a B in math."

Gene starts, then settles into a calm, but forced smile, and places the paper down on Finny's desk. He smoothes it out, pats it gently, and just when Finny thinks he may be receiving a congratulations parade or something of the sort, Gene smacks him upside the head.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"You're annoying," Gene says, but his eyes are grinning.