Heads or Tails
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Chapter 3: LESSON
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Notes: The prompt for this chapter is "LESSON", and it's a class 3-Z AU! I really liked writing them as middle school students—maybe I'll do a longer fic in this universe one day? I actually already have one started…
Kagura's not stupid. She's just got a bad attention span and doesn't care about studying. Even though she consistently makes the lowest grades in class 3-Z, Sougo knows she's not actually dumb.
Not that that'll stop him from goading her about it.
It's a blessing and a curse that his desk is right next to hers. He's made a habit of spying on her grades and making fun of her when assignments get passed back. Thing is, she never really seems embarrassed about her terrible marks until he teases her about them.
"11%? Seriously?"
"Shut up." She snatches her test back from him and folds it over so the grade is hidden. But it doesn't matter. He's already seen it. The damage is done.
"How did you get 11% on a multiple choice exam?"
"I said, shut up!" she snaps, flustered.
He smirks at her. Or just smiles. He isn't really sure himself. Even if it is a smile, he knows she'll just think he's mocking her anyway. "You could have just marked the same thing for every answer. Then you could've gotten at least 25%."
"No one does that in real life, uh-huh."
"Oh, really?" Sougo waves his own graded test in front of her face, the answer key filled in with a perfectly straight row of filled-in bubbles. 'B', all the way down. At the top of the sheet, in red pen, is the figure '29%'. The marking is accompanied by an frowny-face doodle. "I got 3 times what you got."
"Don't be proud of that," says Ginpachi-sensei, as he smacks both of them upside the head. "You're the only ones in the class who failed. You're both getting supplementary lessons.
"Jeez, and I thought I made this test really easy," the teacher adds under his breath.
That afternoon, Sougo whistles the whole way home.
Notes: I'm really enjoying the interaction I'm getting on this fic! Lots of inspiration. Keep it up!
Next time, Chapter 4: RESURFACE