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Caius left Aylin behind in that corner. He greeted the wall of gal pals with a smile and they all stammered to respond even after he was already many steps away.
"You can't escape it, Caius!" Aylin suddenly yelled after him when she stepped out of the corner,
"It's going to be us in the end. It HAS to be."
Caius's lips twitched in a smile wondering if she knew how much like a threat her words sounded. It was also dawning on him that he had just encouraged her to continue her campaign to have him all to herself and he let out a sigh before trying to put that off his mind for now as he approached the Cafeteria.
The moment he was at the doorway, all eyes were on him. This was normal enough, except there was a look of concern in most of those eyes. And disappointment to see him return from certain others… Mostly Baler Khione.
"Caius!"
