"When somebody decides that you're trying to get with a guy so you can drink his blood, you never forget."

She snorts. "What?"

"I was clearly joking and she took it and told the whole school!"

She bursts out into giggles.

"Somehow, when I told a guy I was raised by bats the week after that, it didn't get spread around!"

"Well, it's much less salacious."

"Guess it's also a little less plausible. I mean, if a guy wanted me to drink his blood I wouldn't say no."

"Whereas I don't think bats can raise people."

"I'd love to raise a bat, though."

"I don't know how well they domesticate but it could probably be looked into."

He takes a moment to imagine a little bat flying around his dorm room, hanging from some netting attached to the ceiling, eating out of his hand...

It's adorable.

Edie beams and hugs him.

Aww. He hugs back.

"Was it that cute?"

She kisses him on the cheek and sends wordless affirmative feelings.

Disgustingly cute hugs in the middle of the cafeteria, then?

For sure.

Finishing breakfast does not take very long, despite the number of bagels that Z ended up taking from the line.

That's not really surprising, given his mutation!

"Ugh, I have to get to class," she sighs, checking the time.

Aww. He waves.

"Have fun learning stuff."

Cheek kiss!

She accepts the cheek kiss with grace and kisses him on the lips before leaving.

Wow he loves her.

He just watches her go for a moment, grinning.

"Young love," Emily trills, giggling.

He puts his chin in his hand.

"Yeah, guilty."

"See you later. Try not to melt into a pile of syrupy goop from Edie's awesomeness in the meanwhile."

"No promises."

He spends a little while daydreaming before he gets up to head to class.