2spooky: Riku edition

[eosphorus]

[ She's here again.

He thinks, for a second or two, that he won't look.

Why is it always when I--

He almost succeeds.

Why...!

But Riku does look up in the end, his eyes flicking up when they are supposed to be locked on his test sheet. The class has been hard at work for twenty minutes, filling in blanks and answers with more or less dedicated efficiency. This is, after all, one of the toughest high schools in the district; everyone is here not just to work, but to succeed. They have limited time, a hundred questions, and so much as cheating or idling is not tolerated.

But.

She's here again, standing right in front of his desk, watching him, and he can't help but look back, a trickle of sweat trailing down the back of his neck.

He can't say it, but he certainly thinks it: Go away. Just please go away this time. ]