( open ) it's 19c in london right now and i'm jealous

[apolly]

A. REDBRIGHT INSTITUTE: CLASSROOM

It's after hours for Apollo and he couldn't be happier, even though the feeling of exhaustion he could do without. While it's a job he loved he could definitely do with a vacation anyway.

He's currently struggling to erase the top of his chalkboard where a taller student wrote out the answers. Smart kid, but liked to quietly pick on Apollo for his size anyway, and he's close to stomping into the nearest library and grabbing a stepladder.

B. ON THE TUBE.

Apollo has a better idea of where to go for this and that, thanks to it being a few months since his move. He's currently sitting in one of the trains, coming back from Harrow, though there's one problem.

He fell asleep, earphones in, cheek pressed into the silver rail and leaving an opening for anything to be taken. Genius.

C. MISC tell me whatever and we'll do it. brackets are awesome

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[apolly]

"It's not idealistic if you make it happen, which I've done. I've won all my cases and I'll just keep that record up," Apollo shrugs, swinging the bag over his shoulder.

"I'd say it's more... ambition. If that's an American trait."

[eyeforaneye]

"You say it like it's so simple." Apollo's movements prompt his own memory and he reaches back for his own bag, digging around for a thin file.

"Here, this was in with your other papers at work. It's all student information so I figured it was lost in the shuffle; I reorganized."

[apolly]

He blinks, taking the file from Sasuke and flipping it open to read down the names.

"... Oh!" Recognition shows on his face before he opens the drawer behind him to slide the file in. "It's all summer students. Were you planning to take classes over summer, too?"

[eyeforaneye]

"More or less.

Even if I don't sign up for any officially there's plenty I can learn by lingering around places like this. I'll take the opportunity to harass the professors on their topics of interest." And he's totally unashamed of that fact.

[apolly]

"... You are not stalking teachers on campus grounds."

[eyeforaneye]

"I said 'harass', not 'stalk'."

[apolly]

"...Is there supposed to be a real difference?"

[eyeforaneye]

"Of course, and as a solicitor it's important that you know it. If I were stalking them it'd be to the detriment of my other work and would be a serious invasion of privacy. Harassing them just means that I plan to talk to them repeatedly during their free periods to glean information that they voluntarily give up."

[apolly]

... Impossible.

Sasuke Uchiha was seriously impossible. And it shows on Apollo's face.

"I." Okay. "This is why you don't have friends, just in case you ever wondered."

[eyeforaneye]

Wow.

"You think it'll annoy them? I figured they'd be interested in talking."

[apolly]

"I was definitely not interested in talking to you at first. It's called, I don't know. Appointments? Meetings? An arranged conversation? Try to go about it rationally."

It was no use trying to teach Sasuke anything about this, though. Apollo knew from experience.

[eyeforaneye]

Fair enough, he can't really lure them in with his personality. Back to square one.

"I suppose it's better if I just study on my own after all. I've been asking for the book lists for the different classes so I could read on my own time."

[apolly]

"... You're nervous around people, aren't you."

It wasn't really a question, it was just more and more obvious as the days went by. "You're socially anxious."

[eyeforaneye]

... he's not even sure how to respond initially, unable to deny it outright but unwilling to accept such a weakness either.

"I don't communicate the way most of them do." That's an understatement. "I'm aware of that, so I try to minimize my trouble."

[apolly]

"So that's..."

[apolly]

Wait a minute.

[apolly]

"Did... did you just say yes?"

[eyeforaneye]

............

[eyeforaneye]

"I'm conscious of the fact that talking to people doesn't usually go as I intend."

[apolly]

Apollo... stares.

This kid needed some serious help.

"Do you care about your ego this much?"

[eyeforaneye]

"You're trying to corner me into admitting that I'm somehow scared of people and I'm the one on trial for it?"