LOG: Chocolate Milk and School

[protective_logic]

Who: Delta Ai (Native), Theta Ai (Native)
What: Omega asked Delta to talk to Theta about school. This is that talk
Where: Theta and Omega's bedroom
When: Sunday Afternoon, 10/18
Warnings:

Sundays, the day of the week that is starting to become consistently Delta's favorite. Granted he had just gotten home from the latest of his driving sessions with Beta and that put his nerves on the absolute edge, but Sundays tended to be Delta's actual day off. The day where he had some responsibilities, but those being almost exclusively the usual groceries, and 'make sure the twins don't color over the walls.' But with the terrible twosome downstairs watching cartoons, Delta doesn't find it hard to come up and knock on the door of Theta and Omega's bedroom. Purple team country.

Good thing he's coming with a bribe. The twins are downstairs with a plate of apple slices and glasses of milk and orders to shout for Delta if anything falls over or goes wrong, but he doubts it will happen. For all that they're young, they are bright for their age. Just like all Ais. And that brightness comes with good common sense. Like Theta. He's going to recognize Delta's tray of chocolate milks and a plate of the cookies Florida sent home this week as an indication of serious talk. Or so Delta hopes. That's the goal after all.

Comments

[trustandfireworks]

'Yeah, I remember,' he says, pouting a bit. That had been mean and though Gamma had said it was a joke, Theta didn't think it was very funny, especially since he was the one who got in trouble.

[protective_logic]

"I promise to help," Delta assures him. "And maybe this friend of yours is good at geography."

[trustandfireworks]

'I can ask him.' Probably not though, since he's not from this planet. Though he knew about humidity.

[protective_logic]

"He could teach you," Delta smiles, hugging Theta again. "What would that sound like?"

[trustandfireworks]

'That would be great!' He's already learned so much from Nida, he knows he's a good teacher.

[protective_logic]

Good, Theta is excited. Clearly Nida needs to go to this young man at the ice cream shop and talk to him about Theta.

"Good. I want you to take school seriously, but not too seriously. Enjoy what you experience."

[trustandfireworks]

'How seriously is too seriously?' he asks, wanting to be sure so he doesn't go too far or do too little.

[protective_logic]

"You're young and no matter what the teachers tell you, all you have to do right now is pass," Delta admits. "But I think we'd be happier with Cs over Ds, okay? Don't hurt yourself with things you don't like if it means taking less time for what you do. And We'll help. Family always helps."

[trustandfireworks]

'Thanks, D,' he says, wrapping his arms around him. He knows things will get harder through the years, and although he wants to do well now, it's nice knowing his life won't be ruined if he doesn't.

[protective_logic]

"But all the help you want, you've got," Delta promises him. "Short of doing your work for you."

[trustandfireworks]

'Thanks, Delta,' he says. 'Yeah, no. That would be cheating.'

[protective_logic]

See, his kid brother as a really good sense of right and wrong. "And what about letting people copy your homework?"

[trustandfireworks]

'Helping them cheat,' he says. 'They haven't done the work.'

[protective_logic]

"Quite right," Delta smiles.

"And how do you deal with the kids who make fun of you for your hearing aids?" he ask, his voice just as level and warm as when he was teaching Theta something normal, even though he's clearly trying to see if Theta is being bullied.

[trustandfireworks]

'Explain that I need them and I can hear them when they talk normally, so they don't need to shout,' he replies, oblivious to the hidden question. 'And that they won't get superpowered hearing if they wear them because it doesn't work like that.'

[protective_logic]

"And...?" Delta prompted. Because the important part was for Theta to tell adults if it kept happening from the same kids over and over. Because once or twice might mean someone didn't get it. More than that was a deliberate attempt to make Theta upset.

[trustandfireworks]

'And?' He can't think of anything else. Delta seems to expect something though, so he wracks his brains, trying to think. 'Um... Show them sign language?'

[protective_logic]

"And you talk to your teachers or other adults," Delta says, "if you have to tell someone more than a few times."

[trustandfireworks]

'Oh. Okay. I guess they'd explain it better than me.'

[protective_logic]

"No, Theta, it's not that," Delta sighs. "If they need told that many times, then they are being mean. That's what they mean. Which is why you tell teachers."

[trustandfireworks]

'Oh.' That sort of makes sense, but not as much as before. 'I thought they just didn't understand.'

[protective_logic]

"Tell the teachers," Delta asks him softly. "And definitely tell me. I want to help. To make it better."

[trustandfireworks]

'Okay. I trust you.' He cuddles up against Delta. It would be nice if they stopped asking. They really should understand by now.

[protective_logic]

"Well then, it will work right now," Delta smiles. "I promise to make it all better."

[trustandfireworks]

He smiles. 'You're the best,' he says, wrapping his arms around him.