Jia did not need to go to the bathroom actually. She just could not endure another minute sitting there with the taunts of her bestfriend. She was almost exploding. A mixture of feelings was combusting inside; guilt, awkwardness and suppressed excitement. She, instantly, hated herself. Why was she so weak? Did she not tell herself a thousand times that whatever was there between him and Anthon was just a delusion? And delusions are powerful.
In psychiatry, there is even a type of delusional disorder called erotomania, where a person believes that a certain famous or powerful person is in love with him or her.
Could she be erotomanic? How about Anthon? Could he also be one? And that they were destined to meet as both erotomanic?