Xaiden Caelus slid his notebook into his bag and slung it over his shoulder. The other students had long since cleared out the class room at the sound of the bell, but Xaiden was engrossed in finishing the chapter he'd started writing during the monotonous droning from the hunk of metal in front of the class so he hadn't even realized class ended.
Xaiden preferred listening to the lessons through his imprint at home, and didn't see the point of sitting in a class room just to hear a robot talk, so he used his classroom hours to work on his novel, today he was working on a fight scene and got a bit lost in the world he was creating. Walking past empty desks as he made his way out of the room, he shot one last glare at the machine, already powered down at its charging station in a corner. "Useless," Xaiden muttered.
His friend, Jax was leaning against the wall in the hallway next to the door, completely distracted by whatever was playing in his imprint.
"You ready?" Xaiden asked, purposely bumping into Jax as he walked by. Glancing back as he asked, "Are the others already outside?"
"Am I ready?" Jax was incredulous, he poked Xaiden's shoulder accusingly, "Are you kidding me? I've been trying to get your attention for ages! Now you want to come waltzing out and ask if I'm ready?"
"Easy now," Xaiden sighed, "Sorry, I lost track of time." He tapped his imprint to check the time display. They'd already lost 30 minutes of daylight and he had an almost equal amount of notifications. Most of them were probably from Jax, who's imprint wouldn't allow him to step foot in Xaiden's classroom after Jax hacked into the class droid and made it play punk rock music to get Xaiden's attention under similar circumstances. "The least that thing could do is turn our imprint notifications back on once class ends." Xaiden complained.
"If you didn't notice everyone around you leaving, I doubt even your imprint could get your attention," Jax shook his head. "You're really intense sometimes, you know that?"
"Yes, but I bet you won't be complaining when you're done reading the chapter I just finished!" Xaiden deflected with a grin and tapped his left temple, ignoring his own imprint springing to life in the corner of his vision. "Write some more, Xaiden, what happens next Xaiden?" He mocked.
"Yeah, yeah," Jax nodded, "I'll read it when I get home." He was quiet for a moment, then said, "I'm just saying, you should pay more attention to your surroundings." He sighed defeatedly and continued, "The others already went ahead, so we need to hurry and catch up." Jax started walking towards the front of the school before he even finished his sentence and without a backwards glance.
If Jax was this upset, the others would be even more so, Xaiden worried as he tried to catch up to Jax who clearly was done waiting on him.