"Harold... finally," Rumia whispered, her voice thick with emotion as she gazed down at me. "I've been waiting for this moment for so long."
"Rumia," I replied, unable to suppress a smile despite our rather undignified position on the classroom floor. "It has indeed been quite a while."
The entire lecture hall had fallen silent, every student craning their necks to witness this unexpected reunion. I could practically feel the weight of their collective curiosity pressing down on us, along with what I suspected were some rather intense emotions from the female portion of our audience who had been admiring me just moments before.
This was certainly not how I had envisioned my first day at Erestia Academy beginning.
I released a long breath. The hall had grown uncomfortably quiet around us, a lot of curious eyes tracking every movement, every word exchanged between Rumia and myself. This was exactly what I had hoped to avoid on my first day.
