Kestrel's POV
Diego c****d his head, waiting for my answer, and I could feel the entire classroom holding their breath. The anticipation was suffocating, but in the best possible way. This was the moment I'd dreamed about for three years.
The classroom exploded. Girls were squealing, guys were cheering, and phones were recording from every angle. This was going to be all over social media within minutes.
But I couldn't focus on any of that. All I could see was Diego's hopeful face, all I could hear was the question I'd been waiting years for him to ask.
"I..." I started, my voice barely a whisper.
From the corner of my eye, I saw Zephyrius's hands clench into fists on his desk. The air around him seemed to vibrate with barely contained violence, and for a moment I wondered if he was g
