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kitsunerei88Fandom: Ouran High School Host Club
Title: The Witch of Maria Agnesi
Author: kitsunerei88
Pairing(s): None
Rating: K
Genre: Humour
Warning(s): None
Summary: [Drabble] For once, Haruhi doesn’t know the answer to a question on a math test . . .
Author’s Notes: Math, I love you. You make me laugh, and frustrate me and drive me crazy, but never, ever let me down. Admittedly, this fic is funnier and makes more sense if you’re a math geek. xDDDD I love math geeks.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club.
The Witch of Maria Agnesi
Haruhi stared down at her math test. It was the bonus question at the very end, and she didn’t understand what it was asking her.
Draw the Witch of Maria Agnesi.
Admittedly, it wasn’t as if she really needed to write the bonus, she reflected worriedly. It wasn’t as if she didn’t understand and do each and every single previous problem on this test perfectly. In fact, she realized, she probably wouldn’t get the bonus marks even if she did do it right; she never did. They were there just in case; if you got perfect and wrote the bonus, you got nothing. If you didn’t get perfect and wrote the bonus, you got however many points the bonus was worth added to your mark. But she always got perfect.
But what if she didn’t this time? She might need that extra mark or two. And she knew what the consequences were if she didn’t top the class. She stared worriedly back at the test paper.
Draw the Witch of Maria Agnesi.
Haruhi found herself spiralling further into confusion.
What was this Witch of Maria Agnesi anyway? The only thing she could even remotely guess that it could be would be something like a painting. Or a sculpture. She wasn’t really familiar with famous pieces of work, so it was entirely possible that was what this mysterious Witch of Maria Agnesi was. But what would that be doing on her math test?
So in the end, she left it blank and left the room in a decidedly frustrated mood. The twins trailed after her, talking animatedly.
“So what did you think of the test, Haruhi?” Hikaru asked, slinging his arm around her. “I got everything, but I think I might have made a small mistake on question fourteen, and I didn’t get the bonus.”
“It was okay,” Haruhi replied, sighing. “I didn’t get the bonus either, but otherwise same as usual.”
“That’s okay. I got stuck on question thirteen, fourteen, and sixteen,” Kaoru butted in from behind. “I wrote something down for them, though, so I should get some part marks anyway, right?” His voice betrayed a small amount of anxiety. He wasn’t a natural at math like Hikaru was, and usually had some difficulty with the tests.
“Yeah, you should be fine,” Hikaru reassured him. “You always say that and you always come out with a top mark anyway.”
And in this manner, the three first-years reached and entered the Third Music Room.
“Haru-chan, Haru-chan!” Honey-sempai bounced over energetically. He was there early. “How did your math test go?” He had watched her study for it for the past week.
“It was alright, Honey-sempai,” she smiled at the short senior. “I didn’t get the bonus question though; it was something about drawing the Witch of Maria Agnesi, but I’m not really familiar with famous artwork, so I left it blank.”
Honey-sempai stared at her and then burst out laughing. He went and fetched his advanced calculus textbook and paged through the Appendix. “Haru-chan, the Witch of Maria Agnesi is a curve!” He found what he was looking for and showed her. A circle, with some lines drawn through it, several labelled points and a curve. “This is the Witch of Maria Agnesi,” he said, pointing to the curve.
“Oh,” Haruhi said, the question finally making sense in her head. Rarely did she ever feel so stupid.
Fin
I don't really like the ending, but I'll live with it. Dedicated to math geeks everywhere because you all rock.
Title: The Witch of Maria Agnesi
Author: kitsunerei88
Pairing(s): None
Rating: K
Genre: Humour
Warning(s): None
Summary: [Drabble] For once, Haruhi doesn’t know the answer to a question on a math test . . .
Author’s Notes: Math, I love you. You make me laugh, and frustrate me and drive me crazy, but never, ever let me down. Admittedly, this fic is funnier and makes more sense if you’re a math geek. xDDDD I love math geeks.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club.
The Witch of Maria Agnesi
Haruhi stared down at her math test. It was the bonus question at the very end, and she didn’t understand what it was asking her.
Draw the Witch of Maria Agnesi.
Admittedly, it wasn’t as if she really needed to write the bonus, she reflected worriedly. It wasn’t as if she didn’t understand and do each and every single previous problem on this test perfectly. In fact, she realized, she probably wouldn’t get the bonus marks even if she did do it right; she never did. They were there just in case; if you got perfect and wrote the bonus, you got nothing. If you didn’t get perfect and wrote the bonus, you got however many points the bonus was worth added to your mark. But she always got perfect.
But what if she didn’t this time? She might need that extra mark or two. And she knew what the consequences were if she didn’t top the class. She stared worriedly back at the test paper.
Draw the Witch of Maria Agnesi.
Haruhi found herself spiralling further into confusion.
What was this Witch of Maria Agnesi anyway? The only thing she could even remotely guess that it could be would be something like a painting. Or a sculpture. She wasn’t really familiar with famous pieces of work, so it was entirely possible that was what this mysterious Witch of Maria Agnesi was. But what would that be doing on her math test?
So in the end, she left it blank and left the room in a decidedly frustrated mood. The twins trailed after her, talking animatedly.
“So what did you think of the test, Haruhi?” Hikaru asked, slinging his arm around her. “I got everything, but I think I might have made a small mistake on question fourteen, and I didn’t get the bonus.”
“It was okay,” Haruhi replied, sighing. “I didn’t get the bonus either, but otherwise same as usual.”
“That’s okay. I got stuck on question thirteen, fourteen, and sixteen,” Kaoru butted in from behind. “I wrote something down for them, though, so I should get some part marks anyway, right?” His voice betrayed a small amount of anxiety. He wasn’t a natural at math like Hikaru was, and usually had some difficulty with the tests.
“Yeah, you should be fine,” Hikaru reassured him. “You always say that and you always come out with a top mark anyway.”
And in this manner, the three first-years reached and entered the Third Music Room.
“Haru-chan, Haru-chan!” Honey-sempai bounced over energetically. He was there early. “How did your math test go?” He had watched her study for it for the past week.
“It was alright, Honey-sempai,” she smiled at the short senior. “I didn’t get the bonus question though; it was something about drawing the Witch of Maria Agnesi, but I’m not really familiar with famous artwork, so I left it blank.”
Honey-sempai stared at her and then burst out laughing. He went and fetched his advanced calculus textbook and paged through the Appendix. “Haru-chan, the Witch of Maria Agnesi is a curve!” He found what he was looking for and showed her. A circle, with some lines drawn through it, several labelled points and a curve. “This is the Witch of Maria Agnesi,” he said, pointing to the curve.
“Oh,” Haruhi said, the question finally making sense in her head. Rarely did she ever feel so stupid.
Fin
I don't really like the ending, but I'll live with it. Dedicated to math geeks everywhere because you all rock.
