Nigel

A guy who approached Ilya at the train station and offered to accompany her. Easy to tease and drag around (Ilya likes to bully him). Yet it doesn't seem like he's all sunshine and butterflies.

He is Ilya's childhood friend/rival and the reason why she feels guilty over her recent accomplishments. This is because he had saved her from imminent death and had been subjected to coma because of it.