doing that positive role model thing

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

[He's sitting in the library, in that little corner that he's set up as a kind of classroom. There are a number of books stacked on the table, some simple math problems on the chalkboard, and he's sitting and grading a workbook with a red pen. Maybe he should take a break eventually, but right now, he's dealing with multiplication.]

I really need to get those times tables...



[OOC: Feel free to interrupt! I forget whoall Ri promised to teach (besides his Little Brother).]

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[sorabug.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head.]

S'okay.

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

*blinks*

But your ten minutes are up, 'bug. You don't have to sit here anymore.

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

I know.

[but he still isn't moving, and still staring at the same spot he'd been staring at earlier.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

*sighs and turns the chair around so you're facing the table properly*

Well, if you're gonna sit there, that's fine. Once I finish up with this work, then we can go have a snack okay?

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

Okay.

[he'll just snatch up one of those books sitting on the table, and stare at it critically.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

*it's a beginning reader's book! and Ri doesn't notice because he's busy writing simple sentences on the chalkboard to be copied down*

... quick... brown... fox... jumped... over the... lazy dog...

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

[snatches up the red pen Ri was using to grade and a sheet of paper -- luckily it's not one of the older kids' tests or anything! he tilts his head to the side to see what Ri's writing, and tries to copy it down.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

*he writes enough sentences so that every letter in the alphabet is used at least once, checking his lesson book to make sure they're all right*

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

[and Sora's hunched over his paper, agonizing over writing the letter f. he's able to write his own name with ease, at least! he wrote it several times at the top of the paper.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

*when he turns around, he blinks when he sees you, wondering what you're doing -- he even looks at you and to the chalkboard and back*

... 'bug?

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

Huh?

[hang on, he's signing his name at the bottom! two or three times.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

*he looks down at the paper, then grins*

Look at that! You write your name very well, 'bug!

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

Uh huh! That's my name!

[points at one of his scrawlings, and scribbles a circle with six legs at the end of one, for Sorabug.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

*ruffles your hair, very proud*

Ah, do you wanna learn to spell 'Sorabug' all with letters?

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Okay! I gotta write .. I gotta write Sora ..

[writes his name one more time.]

An' then I gotta write a .. a B!

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

That's good! Sorabug. S-O-R-A-B... now what's next?

*takes a seat next to you, very encouraging*

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

Uh .. A ..

U! An' then a .. a um ... G!

[G is another letter Sora really struggles to write down.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

Like this, 'bug.

*he gets a pencil and another piece of paper, then slowly writes a 'g' so you can see and copy*

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

[looks back and forth between Ri's paper and his own, trying to copy it down just right. it comes out big and a little lopsided though, and Sora looks frustrated.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

*he ruffles your hair anyway*

Good job, 'bug. It'll get better the more you practice.

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

It's my name! I did it!

[holds the paper over his head triumphantly!]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

You did do it! I think we need to hang this up in our room, so your Daddy Sora can see it, too.

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, okay! An' I'll write more stuff for you guys too!

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

Can you write my name?

[sorabug.livejournal.com]

Uh huh! What's your name start with?