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((This is mostly so I can mark the 600th post as mine but also to start off this wonderful... active stare ... role play. Ahem)))

Brooklyn stared at the teacher rambling at the front of the classroom with his eyes half-lidded, trying to convince himself not to fall asleep. It was definitely one of those days that he had to force himself to pay attention to what was going on around him. Normally he had no trouble with being able to listen to the teacher and studying and all that went along with it but lately.. well lately he'd just been feeling off.

"Brooklyn?" The teacher asked, gesturing to the board.

The ginger haired boy scrutinised the board for a second before rattling off an answer. Just because he was feeling off didn't mean that he still wasn't good at what he did. Namely schoolwork. He sighed as the teacher turned back to the bored and continued doing her teacher thing. Being good at schoolwork didn't mean very much when everyone hated you for it. He looked down at his book and frowned in confusion as a hand appeared from nowhere and wrote in the corner of his book.

'Are you ok?'

Maybe not everyone hated him. A small smile graced Brooklyn's face as he looked up at his best friend's concerned face. He nodded and grinned. At least one person liked him. That was good wasn't it? Especially if that one person was Kai Hiwatari. The guy who most people would rather be hit by a bus than start a glaring contest with.

Kai studied Brooklyn's face before sighing and turning his attention back to vaguely listening to what the teacher was rambling about. He'd ask Brooklyn about it later.

((Yes, I've taken on Kai as another of my characters. ^^))

((*claps* ooh this is riveting stuff. sorry had to say that. dont hurt me panda, please biggrin i will be on my way now, have an obsession with tala at the moment *runs off to find pictures*))

((hey, i never thought of that. i want to be tala whee i'll come back when you come online))

((OOH OOH! Can I be Maxy!?))

((Of course you can be Maxie ^^ I love that little kid.))

Brooklyn turned around to glare at the redhead behind him. As much as he was having an off day- Brooklyn still couldn't help but feel a slight twinge of irritation at how much Tala was acting like he felt.

He would kill to be able to act like the menace of the class. He envied every movement and every breath that Tala took. Not for it's own sake, of course, but because of what they represented.

Tala was himself and not afraid to admit it.

At an early age Brooklyn had managed to ostracize himself from everyone by being smart and acting like it. He wasn't sure how he had managed to do it but from the third grade when everyone had wanted to be friends with the 'new-kid' the block of friendly people had thinned to one.

And that one was sitting beside him, staring at the teachers back, intently.

Kai watched Brooklyn from the corner of his eye as he pretended to pay rapt attention to whatever complicated equation the teacher was complicating further by trying to explain to the task.

He could tell something was bothering Brooklyn but he knew that if he asked the orange-haired teen about it it would be laughed off or Brooklyn would find some way to change the subject away from what Kai had asked.

The bluenette could always tell when this happened but something about the way that Brooklyn's eyes turned a slightly different shade and lost the life and serene acceptance of the world that they normally contained was enough to stop him from pursuing the subject.

It was in this way that Brooklyn managed to keep Kai as a friend. No matter how much the bluenette knew about him he always knew there was something more to know.

((Speaking of your lovely shmovely fanfic Lainy-poo please update?? *puppy dog eyes*))

Max was the little hyper, bunny of the class. He always found a way to cheer a mood right up. And when in class, he was always daydreaming in his own little world. Although the teacher usually threw a piece of chalk at his forehead, Max didn't really care, and continued to be in his own little world.

For once, Max actually broke out of his daydream.

'Oh no, I better pay attention before the teach throws another piece of chalk at my forehead.'

Trying to be updated on what was going on in class, Max tapped the shoulder of the bluenette sitting right in front of him.

"Hey Kai, what's the teach blabbing about?" whispered Max quietly.