>the sound of the shower is almost deafening in the silent apartment
>you and cynthia have come a long way from highschool
>what started out in a forced group work assignment you had in math class had blossomed into something much more
> when you first met (and smelled) her you understood why no one wanted to be her partner, she stunk like low tide at a mob body dumping ground and her attitude was roughly the same
>she was equally as happy to have to work with you on the assignment, much rather preferring to sit in the far back corner of class and shitpost on her phone.
>unfortunately for the both of you this assignment was worth a large part of your grade, a part that neither of you could afford to get a 0% on
>while rocky at first throughout the class period you slightly bonded over similar interests, anime and vidya mostly.
>at the end of the class period you surprised yourself by asking for phone number so that you two may continue to to shoot the shit and criticize other people for their inferior tastes
>overtime you talked more and more and spent more time in and out of class together. She basically forced you to hang out with her and her friend group of other dino students and they were all surprised to learn she had made a friend on her own, but were accepting of you nonetheless.
> flash forward to the end of the school year and you managed to get her to stop being so stinky, lightly threatening to stop hanging out and talking to her if she kept avoiding showers and working from there, helping her with her people skills and even managing to land her a job at a local grocery store as a shelf stocker
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