Once the students left the training grounds, Kurt was left with Rodrick, Evellyn, and Nikolai.
"Go ahead, guys. I'll meet you at the cafeteria, okay?"
They nodded and left, looking over their shoulders from time to time.
"Overprotective friends?" Rodrick asked, chuckling through his nose.
"Nah, we just didn't have any palpable reason to trust anyone in here until now." Kurt shrugged.
Rodrick smiled, but it was such a genuine smile, that it almost warmed Kurt's soul.
However, even though the man in front of him was Rodrick, he was still at the Boston Academy.
Which meant that no one could be trusted, until proven otherwise.
"Glad you mentioned it." Rodrick said. "How abut we go somewhere more private?"
"Erm... Didn't I mention that we don't trust anyone here easily, until proven otherwise?"
"I said earlier that you have good instincts, right?" Rodrick's lips curled upwards.
"Yeah, what about it?"