Chapter 32: A Gift
With a silent nod from her, Luna and I walked to the first-year dormitory together. It was quite a walk from the main school building.
While we were walking I noticed her uniform, she was wearing the blue school jacket with a gray bowtie. She wore the black skirt that the rest of the girls wore, except she had black leggings underneath. Her white hair was adorned with purple ribbons.
We walked side by side, with her holding her head down as she walked, clearly trying to avoid eye contact. I got the feeling she was angry with me, but that wasn’t what I wanted to talk about now.
"What happened on the last day of the entrance exam?" That’s the question I really wanted to ask her. "When I got back, the whole island was a wreck."
"They were fighting," she answered, her voice so low it could count as a whisper. "The faction leaders, all of them. Even Yuan; he was somehow fighting on equal footing with them."
The last time I saw Yuan on the island was right before we ambushed Cassian and the others. Something must have happened for him to receive such a significant power-up.
"I waited for you," she said in a low voice. "I thought something must’ve happened to you."
"Would you have rather it if something had happened to me?"
"No!" she raised her voice so high that I couldn’t even imagine that the sound coming from her. "I was worried about you! Then when I saw you in class, you just ignored me. Like... like you didn’t even care!"
So, her feelings were hurt. Even so, not a lot of people can just come right out and say it.
"I’m sorry; I should’ve been more mindful of the situation." I said.