Chapter 203. To Help with Breakfast

Rico came back about twenty minutes ago. His face was tired, his shoulders dropped, and under his eyes were darker than the previous night. He was already in the bathroom.

Calla ended the call and dropped the phone onto the bed. She had just gotten off the phone with Eli. It was daytime over there, and he had only just returned from school.

He talked to her about so many things—a new science teacher and a renewed science lab. A group project and him being the group leader. His friends. And a new exchange student—whom he has a crush on.

The bathroom door opened, and her head turned toward the sound. Rico stepped out with a towel loosely tied around his waist, water still clinging to his skin. The heat from the shower seemed to follow him into the room, mixing with the quiet air between them.

Calla blinked for a second, then looked a