Kaizen laughed awkwardly and told Leo, who had his hand firmly planted on his shoulder with that signature goofy smile that could probably cure depression, "Yeah sure, sounds great."
Leo bounced on his feet like a caffeinated squirrel who had just discovered espresso existed and decided to consume the entire pot.
As Kaizen climbed towards the raised steps to the middle of the classroom, he felt every single pair of eyes in the room tracking his movement like security cameras in a jewelry store.
Especially Klaus's red eyes, which were boring into the back of his skull for some mysterious reason that Kaizen absolutely did not want to investigate.
But he had genuinely accepted the fact that he desperately needed these people to survive in this death trap of an academy.
