A/N: Studying! Yay! (tbh I should probably be studying)

As the week dragged on, the two of them slowly got used to basically living together. Flynn was by far the earlier riser, being ready about an hour before Yuri even woke up. During any free time, he would be doing his school work, easily working through it.

When Yuri eventually woke up, rolling over with a customary groan and wide yawn, Flynn would get the First Aid kit. Yuri would sleepily sit where he was as Flynn changed his bandages, putting antisceptic on his injuries and carefully tending to them. As such, within a few days the cuts were already healing well, a few already healed.

There was an odd sort of relief to Yuri's expression as well as he wandered around. Flynn guessed it was probably to do with the fact that he wasn't being beaten every afternoon, and that his injuries were actually healing rather than trying to not reopen as he continued to be hurt.

Sodia also kept her promise, coming round after school each day with a load full of paperwork for Flynn. He thanked her each time, asking if she was alright, but she waved his concern off, saying she was fine.

About the third day in, Flynn sprung his surprise on Yuri.

"What?" Yuri choked on his tea, staring at Flynn.

"You heard me. I'm going to tutor you."

"Why? Don't you have enough to be getting on with?"

"As I said, I'm taking responsibility for my lack of actions. You've been falling behind, so I'm going to make you catch up."

Yuri hesitated. "Do I have to? I'm fine with how I'm doing..."

"We both know it's a miracle you've still been allowed to remain in the school so long. If we don't want you kicked out, you have to pull your grades up."

Yuri frowned. "Fine. But I can do it myself."

Flynn raised an eyebrow. "The mock tests for the term are coming up next week. If you can take all of them and pull your grades up, then I'll stop tutoring you. Until then, you'll have to put up with it."

Yuri gazed at him, then gave an irritated sigh. "Fine," he muttered, watching as Flynn produced some papers and set them out on the table infront of him.

The sessions took several hours. They took regular breaks, as well as time to eat, but Yuri still felt like his brain was overloading. Flynn tried to set a slower pace for Yuri, but he was more used to taking all the information in in one go than Yuri was.

On Saturday, Yuri woke up to find Flynn slipping on his coat.

"Where'ya going?" he asked in confusion, still half asleep.

"Out. I'll be back at about six. Don't go out unless you really need to," Flynn said sternly.

Yuri gave a nod, sighing. Flynn smiled.

"And I expect you to be revising all day."

Yuri groaned, burying his head into his pillow. Flynn chuckled before heading out.

"Don't forget to eat something!" Yuri called after him as he shut the door. He curled up under his quilt, glancing over at the table where the books lay in a pile menacingly.

Groaning again, he pulled the cover over his head and fell asleep again.

Flynn entered the bar, glancing around. The woman behind the counter looked up before smiling.

"Ah, Flynn! I wasn't sure if you would be coming today...I thought you were taking the week off?"

"Well, I still need money. Especially when I have a freeloader in the flat," Flynn replied pulling off his coat and hanging it up, joining her behind the counter.

"You're such a hard worker. I'm surprised you don't have a girlfriend yet."

Flynn laughed. "I'm not really looking for a relationship, Alice. Just dealing with all my work is enough. And now that I have Yuri to keep an eye on as well, having a girlfriend would just be more work."

Alice pursed her lips, giving a little smile as she started cleaning one of the glasses. "Why not a boyfriend then?"

Flynn looked at her in surprise. "Huh?"

"I'm sure you and that cute little Yuri you're always talking about would be a perfect pair," she hinted, smirking.

Flynn went red. "O-Our relationship isn't like that. I'm just looking after him, I'm not looking to make him my boyfriend or anything..."

"Pity. Well, you need to get a picture of him for me to see. I don't even know what this cutie looks like."

Flynn snorted. "If I ever get enough money for a phone, sure."

She sighed. "You should just accept a pay rise."

"It's unfair. Doing the same times but for higher pay than the others?"

"They'd understand. You have special circumstances after all."

Flynn shook his head. "It's not right."

"Well, whatever you say. But the offer still stands."

"I know. Thank you for your consideration."

When his job eventually finished at four, he headed out. Glancing around, he started down the street, towards a large building.

Entering the lobby, he walked over to the desk. The man behind it glanced up.

"Yes?"

"Good afternoon. I was wondering if I could speak to Schwann."

The man blinked in surprise, then stood up. "I'll see if he's in," he said, heading into a different room.

Flynn stood, waiting, until finally the man returned with an older man.

"Flynn! Good to see ya!" Raven said with a grin, slinging his arm around Flynn's neck.

"Should you really act like that when you're on duty?" Flynn asked, raising an eyebrow.

Raven chuckled, letting go. "So, Flynn, what did ya need?"

"I want to file a complaint."

"Oh? That's an odd request coming from you. What's it about?"

"I think it's probably been registered before. Against a boy called Tyler Macindaw, on behalf of someone called Yuri Lowell."

"Eh? Never heard it..."

"It was about a year ago sir. Mr Lowell said he was being badly beaten by Master Macindaw and a large group of his friends, but they said that it was Mr Lowell starting the fights. They pressed charges against Mr Lowell, and he was forced to withdraw his complaint," the man said.

Raven scowled. "So basically the big shot paid you lot to keep yer mouths shut and left this Lowell kid to his misery, huh?" he snapped. The man drew back slightly, looking ashamed.

"Very sorry sir. As a low-ranking officer, I couldn't go against the decisions of my superiors."

Raven rolled his eyes, then turned to Flynn. "So, what's made ya come to complain for Lowell?"

"He's been severely hurt over and over again. I've been looking after him for the last few days, but he's already covered in scars and half healing injuries. The last time they assaulted him, they pushed him off the edge of the school roof. He would have died if I hadn't been able to catch him."

"Oh yeah, Alexei said somethin' about that...Good thing you were there, kid. Anyway, I'll start an enquiry. I'll need to see this Lowell kid too though, y'know, for proof."

"That's fine. I'll tell him."

As Flynn turned to go, a hand touched his shoulder. He glanced back at Raven, who was smirking.

"You don' need ta worry, kid. I'm not like those idiots up top. I won't stop till I've sorted this out."

Flynn nodded. "I know. That's why I came to you," he replied, smiling.

Flynn entered the apartment, undoing his coat and throwing it onto a chair as he walked forward. He blinked as he saw Yuri sprawled over several textbooks, snoring. Flynn gently pulled one of them from under his arm, looking through it in surprise.

If anything, he'd done more work than he did when Flynn was with him. Quickly checking through them, he was impressed to discover that most of his answers were correct.

Flynn glanced down at Yuri, putting the book back down. "Good job," he murmured, taking a seat in one of the chairs and sitting back with a sigh, allowing his eyes to drift shut.

A/N: So, this is a pretty normal chapter actually. I just wanted to get past all this awkward study stuff, and we'll be moving onto actual plot soon.

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