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-Two Days Later-
It was the first day of the new school week.
Caius arrived at Lochxen even earlier than ever. There was about one hour before his classmates made their way to the Cafeteria for breakfast.
He arrived earlier than normal because he had an appointment to honor.
He walked across the grounds leaving the Carriage that ferried him to school far behind him as he entered one of the many halls that ran the length of the first year area of the Academy, walking neither briskly nor slowly until he was at the door to the Alchemy classroom.
He pulled it open and walked in, pulling it close behind himself as he raised his head toward the seats. He almost expected to have arrived first and have had to wait, but when his eyes fell on that impossibly beautiful face, he realized how silly that thought was.
Of course, Aylin Khione got here first.
"Morning," Caius said lightly as he walked up the aisle and took the partner seat beside her.
