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Musei had nearly fallen asleep in class--for the first time in his life--while the Public Speaking teacher droned on about the classes aims and goals.
You could probably compress it into 'In this class, you learn about talking in front of people'...I don't see...
He was awoken from his boredom by a poke to his shoulder.
"Well. Imagine that we have this class together,"
Musei's head darted up, looking at the person who poked him, and saw...
"Oh, Ayanami-san. Hey. I was afraid you were one of those mad fangirls."
"Again, don't flatter yourself," she rolled her eyes as she slipped smoothly into the seat next to his. "Maybe all this attention from those empty-headed fools has gotten to you, but you aren't that good-looking."
"I'll take that to mean I do have some degree of good looks?" he threw back with a grin. She didn't reply, but just smiled, turning back to the front as the teacher snapped:
"Hey, you two, class has started!"

After the thankfully quick class had ended, Musei was joined by Yuki as he walked out of the class.
"Hey, do you want to get something to eat?" she asked. "I didn't eat breakfast or lunch today."
"Huh?" Musei turned in surprise. "Uh...sure, okay. Let's go."
What's up with this, anyway? he wondered to himself. If it had been left to me to do all this socialising, I probably still wouldn't know anyone here. He smiled ruefully as they headed for the cafeteria and got some food.
"So, do you really write poetry?" Yuki asked him after they sat down. "Just a matter of curiosity."
"...yeah." Musei said after a bit of hesitation. "Poetry, short stories, that kind of thing."
"Interesting..." Yuki thought for a moment. "I've tried writing stuff myself. Can't say I had much success. How was it for you when you started?"
"Huh? Er...well, I never wrote to see if anyone thought it was good, to tell the truth," Musei replied. "As long as I felt it was any good, that was really all I cared about."
"Hmm, I see."
They sat in silence for a moment, before Yuki asked, "Hey, you're in Calculus, right? Are you good?"
"I suppose...why?"
"Could you explain this problem?" She slid a thick book to him, smiling sweetly. "Please?"
"Er, I guess..." Musei blushed a bit. "What's the problem?"
"Well, I marked that 0/0=0...but I got it wrong. So do you know what it's about?"
"Oh, well this is the limits of functions as X approaches a constant...so normally you'd be right, but in this context, the 0/0 form is the indeterminate form...meaning the answer's not been determined yet. You can use simplification or factoring to get around it..."
"Oh..." Yuki took the book back from him, looking over the page. She looked back at him and smiled. "Thanks."
"Er, it's nothing..." Musei felt himself blush again.