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Rex managed to close his phone and snickered at Black Knight’s denial of a ‘bonding moment’. This week was rather still with the whole fusion activity slowing down means something. Yet, he managed to pass the time to do his homework or play games with his high-tech gadgets.
Oh, right He almost forgot. It’s almost Valentines Day, either. Maybe that’s why everyone is taking a break from the Fusion war. He feels out of the loop.
Grabbing his homework, he made his way to the said location Black Knight told him. The boy remembered his joke through chat and laughed nervously, waving his hands in surrender.
“You know about the joke I made back in instant messaging? About the whole emotional bonding moment? I was just kidding. But, hey. Here’s the homework I promised Doc.” Rex handed Black Knight his homework. He stared at her expectantly.
“What do you think? Does it need improvement? Any constructive criticisms?”
If Black Knight knows it's Valentine's Day, she hasn't been showing it, as calm and cold as usual — though she's been spending a little more time around the lab, if the coat she's wearing is anything to go by. She's sitting at a table already waiting for him, giving a small nod when he arrives.
"Rex. I know what a joke is. Especially the ones you make." She doesn't look upset, just taking the small stack of paper and a red pen, going through it slowly and methodically.
It's... nostalgic, in a strange way, and for the first time since she joined Providence some of the tension seems leave her body. Black remembers doing this, before, going through Rex's work when his parents and brother were too busy with the nanite project. Remembers spending a little time with him where she wasn’t just the Consortium contact for the project. ... But he probably doesn’t.
"No problem in maths, as always." Her voice seems a little gentler, a little warmer. "I'm not qualified to help with your Spanish, you'll have to ask for help with that later, but we can go over this essay in more detail. Grab a chair."

















