to take notes but my fingers float uselessly over my laptop keys as my eyes drift across the room. I notice short dark hair and I know whose it is. I know it's Tony. Which is weird se

o. I just forgot.... Again. The truth is I know what hunger is supposed to feel like. People talk about it as a gnawing and persistent thing. But it's not that for me. My body doesn't send signals the way it should. There are no hunger pangs, no cravings. Just an eventual crash when my system starts to protest the neglect. Like it's doing now. The professor changes slides and the sound of pen moving against paper fills the hall, serving as a reminder that I should be taking notes. However the thought of doing anything on my laptop sends another wave of dizziness rolling through me. I switch it off and close it, pressing it shut with more force than required. The sound earns a curious glance from Tony, which I avoid with all my might. I debate standing up and walking out but I don't want to risk toppling over. I close my eyes and try to even out my breaths, by focusing on the colorless tone of my professor's tutoring. This goes on for twenty five minutes till the class ends. The vertigo has reduced a bit , but my limbs still feel heavy, tingling with little tremors all over. •*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*• Students make their exit from the lecture hall with a quiet murmur. But not Tony. He makes his way towards me with a steady and unhurried pace as I sit in one of the middle rows of the tiered lecture hall, while my pulse picks up and I have no idea why. "Hey. it's Caleb right, Luke's roommate?" He flashes me a simple smile. Like his cheekbones aren't perfectly sculpted. Like he doesn't have the most beautifully blended green and hazel eyes. As if the close proximity between us is not making my already unstable system more unstable. It's hilarious. "Yeah I am and you're Tony." He nods, his tongue peeking out to wet his upper lip. "Yes. Um.. listen about yesterday..." he starts "Listen, Tony you don't have to apologize for your friends. They're all assholes an