If he didn't want someone, no one else could have them either.
That was why, in a fit of madness, he had announced to the entire school that he had a girlfriend, specifically naming Georgia Thorne, her department, and her year.
It was something he had done on impulse, yet he didn't regret it in the slightest, for reasons even he couldn't explain.
Later, he heard from his classmates that after he'd claimed she was his girlfriend, Georgia Thorne came to his department looking for him every day.
Back then, his classmates had teased him, asking if he felt happy having such a beautiful girlfriend.
Whether he was happy or not, he didn't know.
He just knew he loved that Georgia Thorne carried the title of his girlfriend.
But he understood that she was surely looking for him to clarify that there was nothing between them, so he made himself scarce.
