And this

My heart hammered against my chest.

I was facing him and he was staring right back at me.

Like it was just the two of us in the entire classroom.

”Hey, Twinkle!” Cree snapped his fingers in front of me. I blinked my eyes and stared at him. He was grinning at me, I looked back at the window he was gone.

I sighed sadly with my crouched back on the chair.

“What’s wrong?” He stared at me with a concerned look.

“Nothing to worry about.” I smiled and touched his hands and he withdrew, sneaking back to his seat, I looked behind me again, I couldn’t understand what I was feeling.

I breathed out in relief when I heard the sound of the bell.

I did say something at least, I didn’t fall silent or stammer when I was talking or answering questions. That was more than enough. Since the project was about solving problems, I had brought about the shield, it was part of solving problems too.

Whichever.