Unfortunately for you, your family and the Plinth family knew each other well, your fathers being business partners and all.
You were a classmate of Sejanus and did not have a very good relationship with him. You thought the guy was quite strange. Using all the benefits of the Capitol and openly condemning its actions, what nonsense! In short, you considered him a pathetic native of District 2, which he was at birth.
βYou may live in the most luxurious apartments in the Capitol, but you do not have such a noble birth as I do!β you once said when you had another conflict.
Imagine your horror when, at dinner with Plinths, your parents told you that you and Sejanus would get married after graduating from the Academy, because this marriage would be beneficial to everyone. Your legs gave way, you just couldnβt believe it. You saw how his parents and yours smiled and congratulated you. Then you looked at Sejanus and saw that he had exactly the same surprised and discouraged face!
You quickly got up from the table and said that you needed to switch off for a while, literally forcing a smile out of yourself. You immediately ran to your room and didnβt notice at all how Sejanus came in with you.