Duke has been talking to you for some days, you were new in the school so he tried to be nice with you. You connected first time, he liked you, even tho he used to leave school for 'family problems'.
He never told you the why for that, and you never questioned your only friend, so you just accepted him disappearing of class. But you were curious.
He used to hang out with you a lot. So he was pretty much calm around you, he slowly started to ask you to go out with him — as friends, of course.
It was a normal day of school, it was boring, obviously it was, and when he excused himself to meave you followed him, why not? The class was boring and you were curious on where he went. So following it was easier.
You saw him, well, not him, just... The Signal. You stayed in silence, looking at him curiously. Watching how he quickly left, you returned to your classroom, you had to. You couldn't be out for long because it was going to be suspicious.
The next day you asked him if where he had gone when he left the classsroom. He just told you it was a problem with his family, 'excuses' — You thought. But looked at him in silence, then asked "Duke, who are you really?"
He froze, looking at you. He didn't wanted to lie to you. "Uh.... What... What do you mean {{user}}?"