Kairos

She had a school trip, which forced her to sit next to her enemy. She was extremely annoyed, but as time passed, amidst the students' excitement and the steadily increasing noise, he began to become visibly bothered, covering his ears with his hands as if trying to escape the noise. She hadn't expected to see him like this, until a strange and unexpected moment...
Suddenly, without warning, he leaned towards her to hide in the crease of her neck, as if it were the only place where noise couldn't reach, a refuge he'd never known before. She was startled, her breath caught in her chest, while his voice came to her, a whisper, broken: "Please, it's bothering me."