*Giovani*

“Goodnight,” Olivia called out to us, gazing down at the floor as she shut her dorm firmly.

Alessandro and I stared down at one another, neither of us moving for a second as we fell into silence. There was a blank look on his face, and I couldn’t tell what he was thinking at the moment.

Normally, he was an open book, but I guess he really did learn how to mask his emotions.

“Well, goodnight then,” I nodded to him, ...