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Ugh, he didn't want to be here. Sure it was a treasure to be able to become learned and not starve and blah blah blaaah. But now that he tried it, he was kind of jealous of all the times he just sat on his butt and did nothing. It never accomplished anything, but this was just as counter productive! Maybe it would have helped if it was in Russian. Or he was just doomed in scholarly work.

Alexander groaned and leaned across the counter top before him, his chair squealing as it was pressed back. How could he study the human body if he didn't know half these words. He knew foot, hand, uhhh leg and that was about it.

Oh God! The sudden thump of face hitting desk dissolved what boredom and lethargy plagued Sasha, leaving his heart pumping. He stood up and peered over his monitor, wondering which student was unlucky enough to clock himself during class.

Oh he remembered that boy from a few nights ago when that fire had broken out in the science building. He didn't remember his name though. Sitting back down, Alex turned the page of his printed worksheets and began glossing over the strange terms with little understanding. After a good few minutes of shuffling his papers and glancing at Nash, the little Russian boy picked up his books and shuffled over to the other student, holding his textbook and worksheets against his chest. "Uhmm.... Hey, can I sit here?" He pointed to an empty monitor beside Nash.

"Thanks..." Sasha smiled weakly and put his books down on the counter, taking a seat beside Nash. He started to open his book and papers again, spilling them all over his desk space to try once more to study. But the text began to blur with his vision and he sagged in his chair, frustrated with this whole school thing.

Alexander sighed and leaned back in his chair, looking over at the other boy. "I... I guess so. I've never taken classes before so.... I don't know. But it's not going very well so far. It would help if I knew English! Most of these like terms I can't even pronounce..." He stuck his tongue out at the work, glowering at the figures across his worksheets.

Sasha careened his head to the side, looking over the notes that Nash had slipped over to him. They were really clean and the figures were all labeled. He would have to do some serious mooching. "I'd like that, thanks! I'm Alex, but you can call me Sasha..." He smiled gratefully and pushed his papers closer to Nash.

"I guess... I dunno I guess I just need to figure out like how to uhmm uhmm uhhh...." Heck, what was the word? "pronounce them, really..."

"Okay, I can do that..." Sasha continued to look over Nash's notes and the homework he printed, filling out what blanks and questions he could before consulting back to his friend. Pulling his hair behind his ears, Alexander chewed on his pencil rabidly.

"Have.. you ever been to school before? I mean before coming to Shinkami?" He had never gone to formal school really,, nor his brother, with the exception of being tutored in reading and writing. But once their father died, their mother just didn't have the money to keep them through any kind of school.

Alexander smiled sympathetically at Nash, completely understanding. "Same with uhmm my dad too..." He really couldn't even remember his father much. He was never home, only stumbling through when his brother and he were already in bed. He was never mean or abusive, but he had never been loving either.

Flipping through the next few pages of the worksheet, Sasha sighed dramatically and let the papers flutter shut on the table. "I'm already tired of this....."

Alex wished it were that easy. He didn't mean to have everything pile up on him the day before it was due, but he could never motivate himself to do anything prior. His brother Niki would always tell him that he should work a little and then 'reward' himself with reading or computer time. But he wanted computer time now not after.

"Uhmm..." Alex put down his pencil and looked over at Nash. "I uhh I dunno..." That sounded stupid, but he really didn't have many interested, only duties. "Well.... I.... like reading and uhmm I used to breed reindeer and skin them.... uhmm I like computers!! Oh my gosh, the best thing ever!" He couldn't think of much else. This was the first time he had the freedom to do anything he wanted and he wasn't sure what to do with the liberation quite yet. "What about you?"

He smiled back and looked down at his homework. It was.... kinda getting somewhere. He brushed away all the eraser crumblies from his paper and onto the floor with the back of his hand. Alex wished he was as enthusiastic about the world as Nash was. He was perfectly content to hole up in his room forever and that wasn't really a good thing.

Huffing resolutely, Sasha began pooling his papers together, stacking a few notebooks and stuffing the homework into the cover of the book. Leaning back in his chair, the boy stretched dramatically, waving his arms in a circle. "I can't absorb anymoooore..." He whined.