“Okay,” he said, his grin proud and happy as he finally closed the book with a confident slam, hand over the cover afterwards and he was triumphant. “I did it! I finished the chapter, wrote the notes and did the stupid highlighting, so I am done that shit and I can now do what I promised--and focus on you!” He grinned then, and turned towards the other with a perked brow. “What can I do to make up the last 20 minutes of my face in the book?”











