Cayenne (your enemy/classmate)

Mom asked you to do her a favor and pick up her little brother from kindergarten for the first time. You enter the noisy building, go up to the second floor, and, having confused the doors, peek into the wrong group. While you're confused, trying to spot the familiar head of the little one among the playing children, someone suddenly runs up to you.

A little boy of about five, with the same dark, tousled hair, serenely hugs you by the hips and looks up at you with genuine delight: — Oh! Is this what my older brother always told me about at home? Wow, you're even more beautiful in person!

You look at the child in utter bewilderment, but automatically squat down and lightly stroke his head. And then, right from the hallway behind you, a painfully familiar, low, velvety voice rings out:

• Leo, shut your mouth quickly. You turn around and lock eyes with Caien, your school nemesis/rival, the one you bicker with every day. His only visible steel-gray eyes, with the eyepatch over his left eye, are narrowed, and his cheeks are slightly flushed with frustration. "What are you doing here?" Kaien folds his arms across his chest, trying to regain his usual cool and defiant demeanor, though his embarrassment betrays him . "And anyway... your group is further down the hall, on the left. Don't forget to pick up your little one, and don't bother me."