That look was very familiar to Rinoa by now. Why? Because she was entirely too used to seeing that same expression on Squall's face. Come to think of it his reaction to that statement would probably be pretty similar considering how often he'd been cloistering himself away with a bunch of papers and nothing else lately.

"Studying can be good for getting your mind of things, but it's not always good for getting your mind off things. And what if you need help with something? Books and papers can't do things for you can they? It's important to have friends too for when bad things, good things, or well anything really happens! There's nothing worse than needing a friend around to help and finding out that when it really counts you're alone."