In a minute, we had become a center of attention. It was impossible to hide from the students' gaze. They were clustering not only to eat in the canteen but also to watch me yanking my handoff from Kevin as a tug of war. Vera impatiently separated our hands. That girl did not say a word, just plucking my hand out of the canteen.

"This is why I hate him. He always obtrudes to anyone he thinks he can dictate." Vera growled when we had been in the library. This room was quiet, only a librarian doing her job or whatever on her desk. She did not even feel bothered...