Like a Fish Out of Water on the Shore
David felt exactly like a fish out of water - he had a feeling that in a moment he would run out of breath. And it wasn't just the fact that he had been hammered with an elegant suit, combining classic and modern, costing probably more than his parents' house, but... everything. It was about the clothes, about how he got them, but also about the place itself, which dripped with luxury and was filled with people who, if they wanted to, could buy themselves one such suit a day.
David asked himself dozens of times whether he should be here at all, but when he looked uncertainly at Gustav he immediately got an answer. Yes, he should be here, because the young Meiden felt as insecure here as he did, and he needed someone by his side to be his friend. That someone was precisely David.