-Raya-
Before I could respond, Alec slowed his pace and nodded toward another hallway. “I’ve got English next.”
“Oh, right,” I said, even though I already knew that. I adjusted the strap of my backpack on instinct, though it wasn’t slipping.
He looked at me again, and there was something unusually gentle in his eyes—something I wasn’t used to seeing from him, let alone directed at me. “See you at lunch?”
I nodded quickly. “Yeah. Definitely.”
With that, he turned and walked away, his steps calm and unbothered, like nothing about that moment had rattled him at all.
Me, on the other hand? I let out a soft breath through my nose, only then realizing I'd been holding it. My shoulders slumped an inch lower, but not in a bad way. More like I’d just stepped off a cloud and remembered gravity
