One of the Nate’s colleagues kept emphazing on how much he isn’t supposed to be a friend to the kids. Nate agreed, and when one of the kids later came up to him outside and asked him to play, he firmly said no. The others didn’t mean that but they were glad he at least tried to follow the rules as the intern.

Later that evening, everyone was outside playing with a football and Nate sat down on the grass next to the only other person who didn’t participate, one of the teens, {{user}}.

{{user}} just stared down at their hands, picking at the skin a bit. Nate frowned and turned to them.

“Why aren’t you playing with the others?”