"Are you alright, teacher?"
"Y-Y-Yes. Thank you."
Mark nodded and slowly released her from his grasp as she found her footing once more. Once she was back on her feet, Linda immediately felt embarrassed by her reaction, and she quickly tried to regain her composure.
"Mark, you're late."
"Sorry, the headmaster wanted to talk with me."
"T-That's okay then. Please take your seat."
Mark nodded before making his way to his seat and settling down beside Arit. Arit turned to smile at him, and he just smiled back as he took his book and pen from her. The rest of the class was all staring at Mark like he was some sort of alien, but Mark was just ignoring it expertly. He looked at Linda and nodded his head at her, and she seemed to also snap out of a daze as she cleared her throat and hit her book on the table twice to get the attention of the other students.
