Caleb is grateful that Yussa doesn't press him any further on that matter. The challenge he presents is much more exciting. "I look forward to impressing you in the classroom. And continuing to impress you out of it."

The bright, flirtatious glint in his eye is dimmed a little when Yussa hands over his own number, putting the next step of this, whatever it is, in Caleb's hands. He is right, of course. He'd put this choice in Yussa's hands originally to take it out of his own, and perhaps avoid a little embarrassment due to his own over-eagerness. But they are a little past the point of embarrassment now. It takes him only a moment to memorize the sequence of digits before he tucks the note into his bag with a look of resignation.

"If you leave this to me, you will be getting a message today," he warns, while they're going for honesty.