"Amazing", Val commented, his eyes wide. "You just picked it up with your bare hands?".

"Yeah, well, the snake was even half-asleep, it wasn't trouble at all", Adrien giggled. "Then at the end of the day, Barbara from the next class comes next to me and tells me that she was so glad that I took care of it, she was about to do something herself... We went out to lunch and in time we became friends, then -- we started dating. All because of that snake", Adrien laughed, one hand against his mouth.

"That is the sort of thing that often happens in the strangest of ways", Val smiled. "So, are you still together?".

Adrien's eyes went wide, and his face a bit red. "Ah -- no, no -- we're still good friends, though. That was many boyfriends and girlfriends ago", he added with a chuckle.

"Oh -- I apologize", Val hurried to say.

"No, it's alright", Adrien smiled. "Luckily, there's nobody waiting for me back home".

"Luckily?", Val asked, puzzled.

"I mean... I wouldn't want anyone to be -- all alone, because of me... I wouldn't want anyone to be waiting for me for so long", Adrien explained.