"I got an offer yesterday," James said, making Kenneth look up at him. They were at the local café together and had just finished practicing for their graduation performance. "Oh," Kenneth replied, blinking before he looked on at games. "Where?" "In France," James said casually before picking up his cup of coffee and taking a sip. They had gotten bread cakes and muffins. The café smelled of fresh baked goods and coffee. The place was empty apart from them and a girl at the far end corner typing into her laptop with a noisy keyboard. "That's good news. France is great," Ken said. I'll be going there too. He wanted to say, but he kept it to himself. It wasn't like James would want to meet up or anything. They weren't that close. "Congrats." His voice was small and sounded strained and une

