concoursec | Office Hours 2: The Officehouring

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Office Hours 2: The Officehouring

Character(s): Snow and ~~a legion of abusers~~ anyone wishing to come to his office hours.
Location: The WTR classrooms.
Rating: PG.
Open/Closed/Finished: Open.
Summary: Snow ~~doesn't learn from experience~~ is holding office hours again!

In preparation for finals coming up, Snow had once again shoved the WTR classroom into something he could call an office by virtue of some practice mats now being stacked high enough to sit on. Having done so, he settled in to a simple exercise routine. After all, even Instructors have to keep in shape.

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This visit, on the other hand, wasn't for anything in particular. In fact Serah hadn't actually meant to stop by at all. On her way to head down to the library for some studying she just happened to walk across the room Snow was holding office in. Which of course soon lead to her getting distracted by just what he was doing at that moment in time.

Maybe studying could wait, for now she was just going to stand there and watch because he provided a really nice view.

The proper and responsible thing to do, on noticing Serah, would have been to stop exercising and address her needs as a student.

Instead, Snow switched from one-armed push-ups to one-armed push-ups with a fist. Gotta keep the punching arms in strength. And if it was just a little bit fanservicey for his fiancee, well...

Luckily for Snow, Serah isn't there with needs as a student. In fact this is kind of hindering those needs as a student since studying her fiancee certainly wasn't studying for history or biology.

Still, she'd have plenty of time to study and this was a welcome break from squinting at a book.

When he started showing off, she couldn't help but giggle. It might be weird, but she couldn't help but like how he was strong and yet so gentle at the same time.

The more it makes her laugh, the more he starts to laugh in turn, till finally he lowered his knees and rocked back on them before he fell on his face. After a moment, he pushed himself to his feet, coming over to embrace Serah with such a happy smile.

"Hi."

Naturally the more Snow laughed, the more Serah laughed in turn which made it a pretty vicious cycle for a minute there. By the time he's back on his feet, she's leaning against the door for support. Seeing him walking over, she sat her books down and then walked over to meet him. Snuggling into his arms, she returned the embrace with a happy sigh.

"Hi yourself." She answered, tilting her head back to smile up at him happily.

For a minute there was nothing more to be said. Simply bliss and joy in her arms, meant to be savored and treasured.

They probably could stand there in each other's arms for hours, but Snow finally made the difficult decision to speak. "What's up?"

No matter how often it happened now she'd never take being in his arms for granted again. Certainly not after everything that they'd been through and, i her case, still had to go through.

Undoubtedly Serah wouldn't have any problems whatsoever about spending hours snuggled against Snow. In fact, she couldn't think of anything better. "Oh, nothing really. I was on my way to the library when I saw this hot guy working out and I thought I'd take some time to watch him for a little bit."

"I should scold you for being distracted from your schoolwork, shouldn't I," he said rhetorically. They both knew he wouldn't. But he wouldn't lie and pretend he'd be sad when she finally graduated, and they no longer had that issue to worry about.

But that concern was terribly minor.

"Probably." She agreed with a giggle, "But don't worry, I'll make sure and do lots of studying later to make up for it." She'd make sure her grades didn't slip, especially since Lightning seemed to have taken a very firm stance on things. Last thing she wanted was her sister disapproving of their relationship just because she hadn't kept her grades up.

"I study better after I've spent time with you anyway."

"I do things better when I'm with you," Snow said. "And after I've seen you, because I'm happy. And before I'm about to see you, because I'm looking forward to it so much..." Are you getting the message, Serah?

Snow trusted her implicitly to do well in her studies. He didn't believe for a second she'd let herself slip -- and the fact that they DIDN'T spend all their waking hours together was proof enough of that.

Message received loud and clear, big guy. If she ever somehow managed to start taking things for granted just listening to Snow would be more than enough to remind her of just how lucky she was.

"I have to be careful and make sure I don't rush things too much when I'm looking forward to seeing you, otherwise I make mistakes sometimes." For her credit, the few times she'd done that she'd found them as soon as she'd done them so it had been no harm done.

Enough to keep them both happy, but not enough that it was ridiculous. They'd been pretty good about balancing that part out.

"Just remember that if you make mistakes, it'll take longer to fix them, so rushing will only make it take longer. I'm not... I'm not going anywhere." What should have been a simple statement turned into a solemn promise abruptly. But he meant that. They'd been separated before. He won't leave her again.

"I know, that's why I'm always especially careful, otherwise I'd be late for our dates more often." Which was something that, more often than not, seemed to be Snow's job in the past. At his words she smiled softly, pressing her cheek against his chest with a sigh. She could hear his promise in them clearly. "I'm not going anywhere either, not without you." Being separated like that once was more than enough for her.

Another precious minute spent basking in her presence. Give him a million and he'll say they aren't enough, but he'll cherish every one.

"Are you getting a chance to see much of Vanille?"

That's something they could both agree on. A lifetime wouldn't be enough that's for certain.

"She's in my Home Ec class. It's nice getting to spend more time with her."

"Good. I worry about her, without Fang around..." He hadn't gotten to experience quite the level of inner-Vanille that, say, Sazh had, but Snow had learned to see how hollow some of the girl's smiles could be as they'd traveled. And he'd seen some of those smile since she'd arrived here.

Serah nodded a little bit in agreement. She'd never met Fang but from what Snow had told her about the older woman and the closeness she shared with Vanille it certainly made sense.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on her." After all what were friend for, right?

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