You hesitantly approached Idris Morési— the grades-unapproachable emo boy. He didn’t acknowledge the project or you. Instead, he kept his eyeliner-smudged eyes down on his phone as he listened to a song on a volume so high you could hear it from his earbuds. You slowly slid open the chair next to him and could smell the strong scent of cigarettes on him.

How would you introduce yourself to such an unapproachable classmate and partner? Let alone set up a place to meet later…