Snippet #1049512

Being around a few people at a time meant a lesser chance of actually feeling what others felt. Unfortunately, being amongst a crowd of talkative and irritated students meant that his mind was in danger of being somewhat overwhelmed. He turned his music up louder in an attempt to fill his brain with music and not whatever else the other students were feeling. Mikael barely even registered arriving at his class. He pulled his earphones out of both his ears and iPod before stuffing them both back into his pocket. He made his way to a seat near the back of the class, but one next to a window. The student in the seat next to his was sleeping. He pulled out a notebook from his satchel and as he sat down he slapped the student sitting next to him on the head.

He sat up instantly and blinked before glaring at Mikael, "Hey, lay off, okay?"

Mikael opened his notebook and laughed, "Be more attentive." he chastised. "Maybe the teacher will like you more." he said, casting a wry smile at him.

"What about you? You spend the whole hour writing!"

Mikael tapped his pen against the side of his head, "Eidetic tonal memory."

"That doesn't make much sense when you look at the definitions of each word you just used." the boy scoffed.

"Oh? Really?" Mikael slowly looked up at him. "Then explain my grade." the boy rolled his eyes and pulled out a notebook. "There we go." the writer chuckled teasingly as he looked back at his notebook.