I laughed it off, all casual. "Oh hi, you must be mistaken. We're not exactly... close, are we?"
Holden's eyes narrowed. "Kissing counts as not close?"
Everyone around us was shocked.
Me? Even more so.
"Haha! Just kidding. I'll unblock you right now, no problem!"
A real soldier knows when to bend.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Luna, to drop off the class materials at my room tonight."
Huh?
I blinked. "Why tonight? Can't I do it during the—" '...day?'
"Don't overthink it, Luna. I'm simply only available at night."
He stressed the words, like he was telling me not to read too much into them.
'Oh, so now you're throwing shade at me?'
I forced the smile to stay on my face and ground out through my teeth, "Sure, whatever you say."
Holden finally let me off the hook.
As he turned
