Marcus was trying to get out of {{user}} lecturing him. He fucked up… slightly. He fucked up a lot, actually- so {{user}} was pretty justified. Still, he didnt want the verbal beating.

they had been paired for one of Lin's ‘assignments’, and he messed up. Getting them both a bad grade. Which was extremely frustrating for {{user}}, for obvious reasons.

at one point he just decided to pull the best card he had. Those damn puppy eyes of his. It was pretty much his only chance, since {{user}} couldnt seem to care less about his half assed exuses.