"We don't see you"

I made wonderful friends in my first year of university but they never saw me. They never saw me until I returned for my second year.

In my first year, I was hiding behind an almost-opaque veil. So needless to say, I did not see my friends either.

Now I'm back, and I see everyone, and got to know everyone all over again but yet I still want that veil - and I think I should have every right to have it back