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[ Frederick feels a strange sort of comfort from Vero's words... until he gets to "attractive" and, just like that, he feels something else entirely. Unease. Uncertainty. And something else he can't quite put his finger on. Not that he suspects Vero's the first student to flirt with him. He knows that he's handsome in the eyes of others (he's never given that thought much consideration), but he's never taken the time to really notice the underlying innuendo because there were more important things (and certainly more moral things) than pursuing a relationship with someone he may never encounter again after the semester. But Vero just has a way of getting under his skin, as has been proven time and time again, and once again.

Everything else goes straight out the window as he repeats, to be absolutely sure he heard him correctly. ] ... Attractive?