New chapter is up finally. I want to thank Leona2016 for beta'ing this chapter and helping me out.

Hux made his way home and stomped up into his room. His irritation had grown exponentially during his trip back.

You're too pale to be getting this angry, Kylo said after Hux had gotten into his room. You're as red as a firetruck.

"Shut up," Hux snapped and sat on his bed. He glared over to where the supercomputer floated in the air, cross-legged, just looking at him. Hux rolled his eyes, 'How did you know Dopheld would get hit at the rink?'

Kylo rotated itself until it was upside down with a small smirk on its face. That look made Hux clench his jaw.

I didn't know he would get hit, it said. But I am a supercomputer; remember, I simply calculated the numerous possibilities and guided you down the best path.

Hux raised an eyebrow at this new bit of information.

'Did you also calculated Dameron?'

No. Kylo sat next to Hux on the bed. But now I know he's a factor so I can recalculate and make adjustments.

Hux's brow furrowed.

Kylo rolled its eyes. Don't worry. This is barely a bump in the road. We're still on track, and we'll end up getting what we want in the end.

'And what do you want?'

I want what you want, obviously.

'...Obviously...'

Buck up Armie, go eat and get some rest. We've got work to do.

Hux grumbled, but he did stand up and headed downstairs. Dinner had been laid out for him by one of the servants, but there was no one at the table waiting for him. He figured that his father was either busy with work or this week's whore. Hux couldn't really find it in himself to care.

You live a very sad and lonely life.

'Shut. Up.' Hux breathed out angrily and ate his dinner.

xXx

The next day at school seemed to pass by rather quickly, Hux wasn't paying much attention. Not that he needed to, Kylo seemed to be more in control than usual. Hux wasn't sure how he felt about that. Giving the computer more control over his body sounded like a bad idea. Still, at the moment, he couldn't find too many reasons to complain. If things got too complicated, he was sure that he could simply get rid of the computer.

Though...now that he thought about it he didn't know how to turn the computer off. There hadn't been any instructions with his SQUIP outside of what the seller had told him. But he was sure that he could figure something out. It was only a supercomputer inside of his brain, after all.

Hux let out a deep sigh.

Before he knew it, lunch rolled around, and Kylo dragged Hux over toward Dopheld.

"You look like you're doing better," Hux said. Kylo gave him a thumbs-up, and Hux had to stop himself from rolling his eyes.

Dopheld smiled at him. "Yeah, it wasn't a bad hit anyways. Were you lonely without me?"

"Terribly," Hux said under Kylo's guidance.

Dopheld smiled at that and ducked his head. Hux groaned inwardly, and Kylo shocked him.

Stop whining. He can't hear you, but I can.

"Oh, hey!"

The pair sitting at the table could see Rey waving at them from across the cafeteria, Finn followed her example. Rose didn't wave, she simply followed behind Rey and Finn. The trio walked over to them and sat around the table.

"You vanished on us yesterday," Rey said and pointed in Hux's direction. "What happened?"

"Oh...uh..."

"Yeah," Finn said. "I wondered where my skating teacher ran off to."

Hux let out a nervous chuckle. "Oh...I suddenly remembered that I had...important personal business that I had been late for. With my father."

"Pretty rude to not to say so much as 'goodbye' though," Rose said flatly.

Hux narrowed his eyes at her. Rose ignored him.

What did you do to her?

'Nothing as far as I know.'

"Plus," Rey jumped back in, "if you had stayed, you could have seen Finn and Poe falling all over each other."

"Poe can't skate?" Dopheld asked.

"Can barely stand up." Finn chuckled softly and rested his chin in his hand. He smiled over at Hux. "You could have helped us both out."

"Oh, I don't know how helpful I'd be to two people."

"You were very good on the ice," Dopheld said. "I'm sure you could manage if needed."

'Why aren't you doing anything?'

You're doing so well!

Hux wondered if he could figure out a way to strangle a computer. The conversation shifted to something more mundane, and Hux checked out for a moment. He supposed this was a good development. He was closer to Finn than he had been before, but he struggled to see how all of this would lead him to actually accomplishing his goal. He knew that he just had to trust in his computer partner.

"Rey, Finn, I'm glad I caught you two!"

Hux was pulled from his thoughts when...someone-

That's Bohdi.

Bohdi looked a bit frazzled like he had been running around the whole school.

"What's up?"

"The teacher wanted us to schedule times where we can take your measurement for your costumes. I've been running all over the place trying to find people during my break."

Kylo made Hux raise his hand.

'Excuse me?'

Offer to help.

Hux pressed his lips together, suppressing a frown. "Do...do you need help with that?"

Bohdi's eyes lit up. "I would love help."

"Wait, we've settled on a set and stuff," Rey asked.

Bohdi rubbed his forehead. "No, No, we haven't. But if I can get this part done, it'll make the costume part much, much simpler." He turned back toward Hux. "And, if you can help that would be great."

He sat down the notebook he had been carrying. "I've gotten some measurements, but most people just gave me a time when they'd be free, so I can measure them." Bohdi handed Finn a pen. "You can Rey can just write down a time you'll be free, and you'll be able to find Hux or me in art room C-5."

"This whole production really seems like a mess," Hux blurted his thought out loud.

Dopheld laughed a bit and bumped his shoulder against Hux. "But that makes it more fun."

Hux would have argued, but Kylo gave him a look that told him he shouldn't. Rey and Finn wrote in Bohdi's little book, and he thanked them. Bohdi said that he would give Hux more details after school, and then he was off again.

Rose sighed, "I wish we could get a setting already so we can actually paint backgrounds and everything."

"Should have just done the play straight," Hux countered sourly.

"Looks like we can finally agree on something."