26 - Vignette - Post Reaper's Game
Starving for Knowledge
She hated exams. She still had another week of them, after all. It was so unfair that Neku was done with his. Beat and Rhyme seemed to have finished theirs too. It was only hers where they were still ongoing.
Raising her grades had never been a big deal for her. She just wasn't that smart and though she was jealous of Eri for being naturally clever, she didn't make an effort to study more. After that fateful Game, though, she wanted to become a bit more knowledgeable.
Even though she had gotten more points compared to Neku, it really was him that solved all the missions. After dancing on the borderline of death that week, she didn't want to be too reliant upon either Neku or Eri's intelligence anymore.
So why was she out with Neku at a new ice cream parlour?
"Hm. Not bad," said Neku, after taking a taste of his chocolate ice cream.
She looked down and was met with the sight of her open notebook instead of her own scoop of ice cream. Shiki asked Neku to come out with her to get ice cream. He told her that he'd come and even offered to treat her to one - only after she studied her notes for at least an hour. He was surprisingly pushy about studies.
Shiki stared at his ice cream longingly. She wanted to eat one so bad.
Shaking her head, she tried to concentrate and read her notes.
Huh? Why was Neku getting up? He walked over to the counter and was back with another scoop of ice cream.
Damn, how long did she have left? Her eyes slid over to the clock hanging above the counter. Had it only been ten minutes?
She groaned in frustration and willed herself to study. She could do this. She could do this. She - oh it looked so good!
Neku noticed her stares and raised an eyebrow at her. She frowned at him, partly blaming him for ruining her concentration, even though she was the one who wanted to come here.
He sighed and took a spoonful of ice cream and holding it out in front of her. As if...as if he intended to feed her.
"Huh?!" Her exclamation gave him a chance to put the spoon in her mouth and she let the savoury sweetness invade it before she pulled away.
"You can have a bite every ten minutes," he said, in an oddly strict tone, "but I've got to see you studying."
With Neku watching her like a hawk, she scrambled back to work. Even though the ice cream had been very cool, her face was burning. She took a deep breath, attempting to compose herself and get back into her work.
Well, what was ten minutes of studying at a time if she got some ice cream out of it?
And...well...as embarrassing as it was, she kind of enjoyed being fed by Neku.
A/N: Tadaa! This was the result of me procrastinating about my own exams. I wanted to update SG but I was stuck on what to write about and my concious kept saying 'go and study'. The two thoughts obviously got mixed up and this happened. The ice cream bit just came to me xD Hope you enjoyed that~ Thanks for reading!
- Dina (4/6/2013)
