From her left came the hushed whisper, "...Otsuka-san..." though it fell on deaf ears. Her eyes had completely closed now without her noticing, and she calmly fell asleep. Though it only lasted for a second. "Otsuka-san!"

Yuka jolted awake, her chair groaning as she did so. "What?" she cried in alarm. She saw Ryagazaki looking at her cautiously. I fell asleep? she registered as her eyes swept across the classroom. She hadn't even noticed that she had closed her eyes let alone drifted off. She blamed math class, since it was always boring.

"Everything alright, Otsuka-san?" Oh, great. Now my teacher knows I wasn't paying attention again, thought the rational side of Yuka's brain, while the irrational and still sleepy side of her brain controlled her speech.

"What?" she repeated. "Oh... yeah! I just... noticed the time!" She fumbled with a laugh. Her teacher sighed stiffly then carried on as If she had said nothing. Or at least he knows now that I wasn't paying attention. Yuka sighed herself, slumping back into her seat to calm herself down after having jumped awake. She compared the two notebooks on her desk and noticed that her own was almost empty, except for the day's date and the first two math questions, whilst the other notebook had almost two full pages of writing. "Crap," she grumbled. She suddenly felt relieved and guilty at the same time when Ryagazaki-kun pushed his notebook even closer to her with a smile.

"Catch up, quick," he whispered. "I'll need to turn the page soon." Yuka returned the smile gratefully and quickly copied the workings-out from Rei's notebook. She didn't make a habit of cheating or copying others' work. Or... well, she did. But she didn't mean to. It was only in math and it was only from Rei, and Rei didn't seem to mind. In fact he blushed slightly when Yuka smiled at him and subconsciously shuffled closer to copy his work. Rei fiddled with his glasses, pushing them up his nose to try and distract himself and his warming cheeks. He would have cleared his throat also had he not been in a quietened classroom. Instead he focused on the teacher's handwriting and the upcoming questions. Though he couldn't help glancing down at Yuka by his side and thinking, Yuka's handwriting is really beautiful. Thinking about her didn't help the blush any, though.

"Thank you so much, Ryagazaki-kun!" Yuka sighed as the class finished and they packed away their books. "I honestly don't mean to be a lazy student. It's just this class!" She groaned the last part, then paused. "Wait, I don't mean this class, I just mean the subject. I don't think there's anything more boring in life than numbers." She paused again, then said, "Not that people who like numbers are boring..." Rei was smiling at her. She was just too cute. One moment she was being brutally honest and then the next she seemed to be apologising in case she was offending him. Which is probably why he blurted, "Call me Rei-kun." He sort of hesitated before the suffix, mentally hearing Nagisa cheer "Rei-chan!" as he said so. Though if Yuka noticed, she didn't let on.

"Really? Okay then," she smiled, and again Rei thought it beautiful, "Call me Yuka-chan then." And then there was a weird moment when neither of them used the names they were now allowed to use, and they instead continued packing away their things. Though that moment passed and Rei nodded. The air was a little static as Yuka still anticipated Rei trying out her name until she was ready to leave. "Uh, cool. I'll see you later then, Rei-kun," she said, being brave and addressing him first. She swung her backpack over her blazer-clad shoulder and gave a small wave.

Rei watched as Yuka scribbled in her notebook. She was frowning and yet her lips jutted out as if they were pouting. It was odd yet a little fascinating for Rei to see Yuka pull a completely new expression. She sighed when she was finished scribbling then turned to face Rei. Her expression was simply forlorn. "I can't do this!" she said pushing her work away and leaning her face on the desk.

"That's because you always fall asleep when the questions are being explained." Rei smiled as she poked her tongue at him from her place on the desk. "I'll help you figure out the methods if you want?" he offered.

"I'm a lost cause."

"What do you normally do for lunch?" he hinted.

She felt like replying, eat lunch but reigned in the smartass (ha! rei-gned in... *snort*) and humoured him since he was offering to help her. So she said, "I eat lunch with a few friends on the grass field by the library. Why?"

"Would you like to have lunch together and go over these questions?" he asked her, comparing himself to a situational guy asking a girl on a date. The comparison left him a little nervous. It's not like I'm asking her on an actual date. If I was I would never use math as an activity. Maybe we'd go swimming... Rei's mind set about picturing Yuka in a swimsuit that matched her eyes, and he got more than a little nervous. He pushed his glasses up further.

Yuka usually found lunch to be pretty boring. Not because her friends were boring, but rather that the same things happened every day. They'd meet up in the same spot on the field, eat lunch, chat a little, then Yue and Shin would become all lovey-dovey and Yuka would put in her headphones for the remaining duration. A change would be quite welcome. She was sure Yue and Shin could cope by themselves well enough for a day anyway. She doubted they'd miss her brilliant commentary much.

"That sounds good," Yuka grinned. "Well, except for the math part..." She hesitated, thinking that sounded a little suggestive, which she didn't mean. All he was asking was to help her with math and she said that it sounded better without the math? It sounds like I'm flirting! Oh God. She actually wasn't flirting. She liked Rei but... she wasn't sure she liked him like that. She only knew him as the guy she worked with in math class. She didn't really know who he was, when she thought about it. "I mean...! I need to improve my grade but it's so boring. I'm expecting you to make it fun if I'm ever going to learn." Yep, brilliant commentary.

Yuka tried to ignore that her final statement might've come across as flirting again, thinking that she would only make it sound worse if she tried correcting herself. Her eyes flicked to Rei's open notebook to see neat writing. No scribbles. Damn. I bet he can't paint, though... she thought to cheer herself up.

"I eat lunch on the roof. We can meet there if you'd like?" Replied Rei, to his credit not commenting on her flustered response. She smiled and thought it best to settle with nodding for now.