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Once he had finished his meal, Aoi stood up, digging into his pocket to grab the few bills he had and setting them on the table. It wasn't really enough to pay for the meal, but it was the amount the shop keep had told him to pay, so he did.

Taking his leave, Aoi wondered the streets as he watched the rising sun begin to shine in the sky. His gaze was clouded and thoughts hidden as he wandered about. It wasn't until the sound of other youths his age began to fill the streets that Aoi finally began his journey to class.

The other youths ignored the gloomy male, all chatting in a happy manor about whatever topics they had brought up. No one paid any mind as Aoi made his way into the campus, all to focused on their own conversations or work.

Aoi took his regular seat, his gaze moving to look out the window as he waited for the day to begin.

College was different then high school, though they frowned upon students not attending regularly, the teachers never really commented on it. Instead, as long as you turned in the work, and didn't flunk out of the class, it was mostly ignored. So when his teacher finally arrived, Aoi just shifted his gaze down to his desk, his hands reaching to grab the papers he'd stuffed into the bag at his side.

When the teacher asked the work to be turned in, he did as the rest and handed over the papers, not even minding the subtle look the teacher gave him before moving along.

The class drew on, and Aoi found himself dazed and unable to focus on what the teacher spoke about. This went on for the majority of the classes he attended, it wasn't until the last lecture that his attention was once again drawn to the teacher.

His gaze no longer held the bored expression, instead he focused on the professor as the lecture went on. Many different things about codes and other computer related works shown on the presentation. The class went on, while Aoi even took a few notes, his mood improving from the gloomy expression from before.

After the days lectures were over, Aoi gathered his notes and handouts before starting to head out, his mood lowering again as he once more blinded into the background, heading back to his safe haven.

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The first thing Aoi did when he got home was finish his handouts along with any of the projects that were awaiting completion. After his school work was finished, he moved to his computer once more, bundling himself up once more and logging into a secure site were he began to complete the tasks assigned to him.

The tasks were simple and all were issues with coding that were uploaded to be 'corrected'. He only answered the issues that were within his scope, which tended to be the majority of the issues. Though he was still learning himself, he'd far surpassed most of the self taught coding 'geniuses'.

It was only after he had earned enough to count for today's expenses that he finally closed the site and began to load his game.