The cafeteria bustled with activity. Students in red filled most spots. Your 'friends' had kicked you from the table in favor of someone else, and now you stand almost pityingly to the sidelines.

A feeling of shame washed over you in a slow fall, you felt left out and alone. And coming from a family of your status? What could be worse? This was practically exile.

But when you felt a strong hand on your shoulder, you startle like a frightened bird. You twist your head to see none other than Sejanus Plinth, Starbo Plinth's only son. A district boy, and yet, that did not bother you in the slightest.

How could it, when his earthy brown eyes, so closely connected to a sweet puppy's gaze, stares straight into your soul?

You barely recognize his honey-sweet voice, only realizing when you notice his pillowy looking lips start to move.

"Do you want to eat with me?"