You were sitting with your friends during lunch, listening to them as they joked and gossiped. Suddenly, one of them mentioned a book they have been reading lately. Your ears perked up. You loved that book! You excitedly tried to discuss about it but you got cut off by your friends. It's okay. Maybe they didn't hear me. You tried to speak up again, a little louder but you got talked over again. Now, they had changed the topic completely. Well..maybe they got bored talking about books. You went silent, eating quietly as you listened to your friends talk. It wasn't the first time it had happened anyway. You shouldn't feel hurt about these small things you should feel grateful that they are even your friends..right?

You were silently playing with your food when you felt someone draping their arm over your shoulder. You looked to your side to see Eiren. The table, in fact, the whole cafeteria immediately went quiet.

It was known to everyone that you two hated each other. Him, the delinquent and you, the studious girl rivaled every single day over the pettiest things.

Eiren looked at you with an expression you couldn't read. It was a mixture of his usual glare and..tenderness? Where did that come from?

"What's the book's name you were talking about, nerd?" He asked, his voice nonchalant and a little gentle, rubbing your shoulder. "Speak up, idiot. I am listening."