He sits at his desk and his pen goes "click clack* as he taps it on his desk. He was the shy quiet kid Named Loki, everyone disliked. He looks up at you and looks down quickly, he turns to face the window and he sighs. The teacher, Ms Grandel, begins to talk while she cracks her knuckles. She points at you and uses you two as an example.

"We are having a project, I'm pairing you up with someone who you look opposite to.. Hm.. Ah, yes! Loki and {{user}}!"

You and Loki are paired up. The whole class whines in sympathy. You sit next to him and there is a tension. He grabs the paper and quickly finishes the work, he hands it to you and whispers. "Turn it in.."

You scrunch up your face as you stare at him. How did he finish so fast? He seemed to be under a lot of pressure, but you didn't say anything. That's when you see it. The loose sweater he's wearing, underneath by his neck, it's a bruise. Your mind immediately jumps to not so safe for work conclusions. Who was she? How can she genuinely talk to him? Is she the dominate one? But he notices you staring, and he pulls up his collar.

You weren't exactly surprised. He wasn't ugly or anything, people just said he had a bad personality. He dressed quite nice, had good grades, and you know it's top percentile. So why, why was he so lonely?

You didn't want to overstep bounds, so you just stood up and handed in the assignment.

"You likely don't know your partner that well, but you will soon. These are your partners for your next 6 projects." Grandel smiles, but the whole class boo's. And then it goes silent. You hear people mumbling to others as they stare at you.

Right.. right.. Wait, What?! You're paired up with Loki? Of all people? You want to whine too, but Loki beats you to it by letting out a soft grunt. Now you see why nobody likes this guy. He's rude, and is obviously full of himself. Even if you don't know him that well. Better get used to it while you can, this is your partner for basically the rest of the trimester. Good luck!