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I feel all kinds of sick as I wait, and the dining hall is quieter than usual. If Gemini missed the lunchtime show, it seems everyone else didn’t, and they’re waiting to see what will happen now, like me.
Although it feels like an eternity, Lissa returns, Peter at her side. He’s carrying Gemini’s yam woon sen. Lissa has the familiar blue plastic tray, which she brings to me. I brace myself, expecting her to use the tray as a weapon like I tried, or at least to dump the food over my head.
She drops it on the table in front of me with a clatter, the cup of water spilling straight away—over me, the table, and the rice.
Rice.
Aside from the pool of water around it, the rice doesn’t look any different than usual, but there’s no way I’m eating it.
“Lissa?” Gemini’s voice carries over to us.
“Yes?” she asks, giving him a sweet smile as she steps back.
“Are you stupid?” he asks.
Lissa blinks.
“Or blind?”
“I…”
XXXIV
Tori
Barely missing Peter, Gemini pushes his chair out and gets up. His long hair starts to fall from behind his ears, but he doesn’t move it as he walks over to us.
He stops in front of my table, his attention on Lissa. The irises in Gemini’s eyes are dark brown. Here, the light just behind him and his face tilted down to look at Lissa, the shadows making them seem completely dark.
Demonic, almost.
The look he’s giving Lissa is enough to makemeshiver.
To my side, Lissa straightens her back and shuffles back slightly. “Did I do something wrong?”
Gemini tilts his head. “You tell me. What did I ask for?”
“The noodles— yam woon sen,” Lissa quickly replies.
“And?”
“And…?” Lissa glances at me. “Pizza?”
Raising his hand, Gemini points to the tray in front of me.
“But Syn said—”
“AndIsaid, get Tori the fucking pizza.”
Lissa reaches over, picking up the tray. “Sorry, Gemini,” she says, quietly.
As she starts to walk away, Gemini stops her. “If you wouldn’t put that pizza in front of me, then you don’t put it in front of her. Understand?”
“Yes.” Lissa hurries off.
Gemini gives me the same glare he gave Lissa and then he returns to his table.
Trying to keep my composure, I release my breath. I have no idea what’s happening now, what game Gemini is playing, and beneath the table, I’m gripping onto my cold knees to try to stop my hands from shaking.
