Elara's POV
I saw him before he saw me.
He walked into the lecture hall during second period with his bag over one shoulder and that settled energy he carried everywhere, and my heart did something completely involuntary before my brain had a chance to weigh in on the matter.
Three days of an empty seat and unanswered messages and I had been telling myself I was handling it fine, and then he walked through that door and I realised I had not been handling it fine at all, I had just been very busy pretending.
I looked back down at my notes immediately and told myself to be normal about this, which lasted approximately four seconds before I looked up again.
He had found his seat and he was already looking at me.
I held his gaze for one moment and felt something loosen in my chest that
