Put it to the test?

Atlas stopped walking for a moment so Zoren could catch up. However, he didn't need to, because Zoren reached him almost immediately. 

"First Brother?" Zoren tilted his head, his eyeglasses sliding down his nose. "Is everything alright?"

Atlas glanced up at him coldly. "Does Penny know you're here?"

"No."

"Is that why you were in that corner?"

"No." Zoren smiled innocently. "It's twelve years ago right now, and I didn't want to approach Penny."

"Huh?"

"I can't be in love with a thirteen-year-old girl. I'm not like Ray."

"..." Atlas blinked repeatedly, wondering if he was the only person in this gymnasium who thought this reunion was absurd. Everyone was playing along, even acting like some of them hadn't made up.