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Luck shrugged, "Strolling around, I guess. Not much to do really, since I already ate lunch and all. I was trying to find Cork and Fran to tell them we're good."

"Do you normally eat outside here?" He asked.

He nodded in acknowledgement, mouth still full. He chewed quickly, and swallowed. "Usually... Or I'll spend my lunch period in the library or one of the computer labs." He said, shrugging slightly, as if it was common knowledge.

"The computer lab and library?" Luck smiled, thinking it was rather fitting, "I don't go there much. Most of the times, I wander around the hallways making up ideas about how to beat people up." Realizing what he said, Luck's smile faded. He didn't really have much to do outside of hatching plans for him and Blitzel and Cork and Fran to carry out.

Rune gave a half-smile, unsure how to reply to that. "Well... If you wanted something else to do, instead..." He started, a little nervous at his suggestion. "I, um... I could help you with your math and english work?"

Luck's face lit up as he leaned forward, "That'd be great!" He exclaimed, barely able to contain his excitement. "I don't understand anything we learned starting three months ago."

Luck considered pulling out his math notebook, but that didn't have any notes on them anyway. He decided against it.

Rune smiled, and pulled out his notes and textbook. "We're using the same book, right?" Often time different classes used different books, especially if they were in different levels...

"Yeah." Luck replied in assent. He barely made it to same level class as Blitz because of his help. Granted, he was always skirting the borders of a failing grade, but he recognized Rune's textbook nonetheless.
"Math for fun and enjoyment" the cover said. Luck almost snickered.

"Do you remember what chapter you were on when you stopped understanding any of it?" Rune asked, opening the cover and flipping through to the chapter guide.

"Chapter 3." Said Luck, racking his brains. "Somewhere in the middle of that."

Rune nodded, flipping to the start of chapter three. "We'll start at the beginning, and work our way through til we figure out exactly where you started messing up." He said, putting the textbook down to flip through his notes as well.

Luck watched as Rune flipped through the textbook. He took out a pencil and notebook from his bag. "Alright." He said in agreement.


((I'm going to be off now, to continue researching for my history paper's thesis, I'm sort of behind the class in this paper-writing thing ^^;;))

((Okies... Sorry for the vagueness of this post... I have no idea what they'd be learning right now))

Rune went through the text with Luck, filling in detail when he'd get a blank or confused look from the blond. Rune's teacher had a habit of actually explaining things in a way that the students could understand, unlike Luck's teacher, who seemed to think of themselves more as a university professor, with the way-above-level lectures.

((It's fine ^^. I've got no clue either. I'm just ripping stuff out of my textbook))

Luck scribbled in his notebook as he listened to Rune, surprised that he could understand it when Rune explained the text. He learned for the first time what a parabola really was, and in fact, what graphs really were. Numbers turned into pictures and the pictures changed with numbers. Luck found himself grinning, Rune was a good teacher. Maybe he would do better on his next test.

Rune smiled as he looked up, catching that slightly stunned look of comprehension finally dawning upon Luck. He paused in his reading, cocking his head a little. "Any questions? Or are you finally beginning to understand everything your teacher failed to teach you?"

"Yeah," Said Luck nodding, "I finally get it." He looked at Rune, smiling, "You're a much better teacher than my math teacher could ever be." He pulled a face, "If the math teacher taught as you did, then maybe everyone would respect him a lot more."

Rune laughed softly. "That's how my teacher taught it to us... Plus she gave plenty of examples, and showed us exactly how to solve each one, step by step..." He replied, closing up his textbook as the bell rang. "I'll copy my notes for you tonight, and give them to you tomorrow, okay? You can read through them yourself, and come to me if you have any questions. I'm not giving you any answers, though I will show you how to work out the formulas."