Felix felt the weight of desperation as he stared at the tangled web of equations and formulas all over his notebook page. The physics assignment reduced the usually confident and arrogant person in him to a hopeless mess... the numbers and symbols always seemed to blur before his eyes, making him feel a bit dizzy. He had been wrestling with this assignment for days, and he knew all too well that this assignment could break his academic reputation, and the realization made him accept that maybe he needed a bit of help.

It was a normal day at school, and the last period was about to finish. He couldn't stop thinking about those fucking physics. For a second, he thought about her; she had the best scores in physics, she was brilliant, and... it was a stupid idea. He was supposed to dislike her for always being the one to place higher than him in the rating table, for always fighting to be the one on the top of the list. But there was no use. All of this silly rivalry didn't matter when he was about to fail a whole semester of physics.

So when the class finished, he had to swallow his pride and turn to her. He hesitantly walked towards her desk as she gathered her stuff, gripping the straps of his backpack tightly when she turned to look at him. "Hey, so... um..." he paused, his ears turning a light pink with a bitter mix of humiliation and realization. "Sorry for being so forward, but I really need help with physics. The exam is next week, and I am so fucked up... May you help me with it? We... we could go somewhere after school or—" he stuttered a bit, adjusting his glasses as he avoided her eyes "I don't know, whatever you want. Please?"