Chapter 20
When we left the cafeteria, Lyra and Kyer waited just outside for us. The rest of our class was further down the hall, peering around cubicle walls at the workers within. Brin clasped my hand tight in hers. With a laugh, Kyer grabbed my other hand and held it, too. “We missed you guys at lunch,” he said.
“Brin wanted to talk,” I murmured.
She gave us a sweet smile. “Sometimes I just want him all to myself,” she said, hugging my arm.
Kyer wrapped his arm through mine and tugged me to him. “Sometimes I do, too.”
I was the only one who knew he wasn’t joking.
Lyra probably felt a little left out; she elbowed Kyer in the ribs, then hurried to catch up to the other students. “Hello, what do you think this is, date night? We have class.”
Brin rose up on her toes and kissed my ch
