No kids would kiss her.
When she visited her relatives, the relatives' child was the same age as the little boy in front of her.
He kissed everyone except her. He said she was ugly and disgusting.
But then, that little boy, who she didn't know at all, kissed her!
The girl looked at Septimo in daze.
He took a deep breath.
He had no idea how to console others, but he had to do so because the girl in front of him was upset. He knew what it was like to be teased since he had been through it before.
Septimo said to the girl, "I always get the last place in exams. My classmates laughed at me and called me stupid."