Request: Neuro/Griffin
Requested by: Anonymous
Warnings: Yaoi
Note: High school AU
Neuro pushed the doors open, his amber eyes scanning the library for Griffin. They both had a spare period before lunch, and had decided to use the time for studying. Neuro didn't think he himself particularly needed it, but he knew for a fact that Griffin did. He was an athlete, after all; track meets and other such events often pulled him away from doing any kind of schoolwork. Of course, considering who he was, it wasn't like Griffin would even do schoolwork of his own free will.
He walked into the room, continuing to peer around every corner. He huffed. Griffin said he would be waiting in the library for him at one of the tables, but it seemed as though he wasn't even there at all. It was just like him. Though he was an incredible athlete, possibly the fastest in the entire school, he was late to everything, including sports practices.
He was about to give up and go elsewhere to look for him, when he felt a pair of hands grip his shoulders before a voice practically shouted in his ear, "How's it going, Nerdo?!"
The librarian glared at them, lifting one finger to her lips and hissing "Shhh!" before looking back at the computer on her desk. Neuro bowed his head in apology, and turned to face Griffin with a stern look in his eye.
"Again, I am not satisfied with that nickname. You told me you would be here before I was, Griffin," he whispered. "You're late."
"Okay, one: we have about forty minutes before this period ends," he retorted. "And two: I keep telling you not to call me that! Remember what we agreed on?"
Neuro rolled his eyes. "How could I forget?" he said sarcastically. "I apologize...Turner." He still felt it was strange that he would want to be called by his last name, but he supposed it was best to just not ask. "Now, what was it you said you wanted help with?"
"Just a couple of questions for Biology," he replied, leading the way to an empty table, placing his books on the surface and setting his bag on the floor. "What about you? Aren't you studying for anything coming up?"
"No. There's a review period in both Functions and Chemistry, so I'll have time for studying there, as long as no one bothers me." He took the seat next to Griffin, looking over the notes and assigned questions in the brunet's notebook. "You're lucky I had both Biology and English last semester, otherwise you would have been on your own for this one."
Griffin chuckled, reaching up to ruffle Neuro's white and black hair, much to the latter's displeasure. "Yeah, I am pretty lucky to have you, aren't I?" He flipped the pages of his notebook until he came upon the page with the title "Evolution - Structural Changes" scrawled messily at the top. He pointed at a question written lower down. "It's this one I'm having trouble with."
Neuro looked to where he was pointing and read the words out loud. "'Describe and give an example of an analogous structure'. Well, from what I can remember, analogous structures are structures in two different species that have the same function or appearance, but have evolved separately. Therefore, the two species do not have a common ancestor."
He noticed Griffin's blank stare, and he sighed. "For example...the wing of a butterfly and the wing of a bird have the same function, which is flight, but the butterfly and the bird are not closely related, which makes the wings an analogous structure."
The brunet grinned, picking up a pencil to his side and hurriedly writing down the answer. "Thanks! I've been stuck on it since last night! Okay, so what about this one?" He flipped to another page and pointed at another question. "I have an idea for it, but I'm just not sure if I'm right..."
"'Give an example of co-evolution'," Neuro read. He appeared thoughtful for a moment, then looked up. "Well, co-evolution is when one species evolves in response to the change in another species, for starters. And from what I can remember, there are three ways of doing this."
"Well, I only need one," Griffin pointed out. "Don't go all nerd-talk on this one though, I only have so much time until I have to go for track practice."
Neuro chuckled at that comment and explained, "One example is the offence-defence system. Let's say there is a plant-eating insect and a plant. In order to defend itself from the insect, the plant produces a chemical repellent that kills the insect. In turn, the insect develops an immunity to the repellent. These levels of defence and counter defence will escalate, but neither side technically 'wins'."
He gave Griffin time to process what he had just said, before he nodded and wrote down the answer. "That's what I was thinking, but at least you put it into words." When he was done, he shut his notebook and stuffed it back into his bag.
"Is that all you needed help with?" Neuro asked. He thought Griffin would require more help with studying for Biology, considering it was considered to be his worst subject.
"Yep, the Evolution unit is easy, or at least easier than anything else," he replied. He took Neuro's hand and pulled him out of the chair, giving him time to gather his supplies. "Alright, let's go!"
Neuro raised an eyebrow. "Where are we going? The bell hasn't even rung yet. We have at least twenty minutes until lunch."
"I have track, remember? We can buy lunch early at the sandwich shop across the street, bring it back to practice, and then we can eat after!"
"'We'? This is your practice, not mine."
Griffin smirked and tapped him on the nose teasingly. "Ah, but you said you'd come to my practices, remember? You can't get out of this!" Before Neuro could protest, Griffin had already taken him by the arm and began to drag him out of the library and down the hall.
Neuro sighed and shook his head. I don't understand why I let him literally drag me into these things, he thought. But as long as he's happy, I suppose I'll have to deal with it. He took one look at the grin on Griffin's face before giving a small smile of his own.
Because who doesn't love the good ol' High School AU, am I right?
Thank you to Anonymous (you know who you are) for requesting this pairing! Stay tuned!
