Sunday 18th January 1998

Phoebe was having a dorm party, after all, it was her birthday. She had all of the girls from the dorm and, all of the boys. Rodolfito Barros, Vimal Bandyopadhyay, Piran Teague, Roger Alfson and Yorath Lloyd. It was an understatement to say that Toshiko like Piran. Toshiko told all of her dorm mates in December, just before they broke up for Christmas. Toshiko hadn't told the truth fully, though. She had secretly liked him since the beginning of the year in their first ever School Term. None of the boys knew about her liking Piran, but at some point, Toshiko was certain that Christina or Letitia would say something. It was in their nature to gossip, no matter if it involved a best friend, or their worst enemy.

Sure enough, later that night, Piran came over to her.

'Hi, Tosh.'

'Oh, hey. How are you?' She asked. As he sat down next to her, Tosh could feel her ears going red, it was what always happened when she was embarrassed.

'I'm good, but can I just say, I don't mind being friends, but I'm not good with all the kind of relationship stuff. I just wouldn't be able to do it, you know? And then I'd hurt you in someway or, you know what I mean.' Tosh nodded.

'Who told you?'

'Christina.' They both looked over to where Christina was, currently dancing on a table. They both laughed.

'Sorry, for… you know…'

'No worries. I won't tell any of my friends, so it can just be a silent thing between you and I.' With that, Piran walked away, leaving Tosh feeling worse than she had on any other occasion.

…...

Next Morning

'So, Tosh, how was last night?' Christina asked. Loud enough for people from the other houses to turn around and see what was going on, maybe even collect some news to share at the back of the class later in the day.

'Just shut up and I'll consider telling you later.' Tosh replied, reaching over for the toast.

Later, in their last lesson, Maths, Christina looked at Tosh.

'So, you never told us, is this late enough to be later?' Tosh sighed.

'Well, if you really want to know, he rejected me, but we're keeping it quiet, so you can break a habit of a lifetime and keep your mouth shut!' Even though she had probably hurt Christina's feelings a little, Tosh had to admit that had felt good.

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