Calm

Chapter 10

Lunchtime.

I walked with Lourence to the rooftop to have some fresh air. I brought my guitar with me, so that I have something to play with.

Lourence is still reading his book, too absorbed to pay attention to his surroundings. After we reached our destination, I sat the corner and started to play the guitar part of the song 'I See Fire'. While my friend is busy reading his book on the opposite direction to me. I played the guitar, while I savored the feeling that the breeze brought. 'It's happy to breath.', I thought.

"What happened to your right hand?", Lourence suddenly asked while he looked at my right hand.

"Oh, It's nothing.", I replied, trying to hide it.

As we were busy doing our own thing, then suddenly, the door opened. The people who appeared are Kevin and Fernandez. I looked at them with surprised, while my friend seated opposite to me only looked at them for a second and went back to reading.

"Sup?", Kevin asked, waving at us with a wide smile on his face. Followed by a person that has a prideful face.

"Oh, do you need something?", I asked with curiosity.

"Oh, no, no, I brought some snacks for us to eat together.", he replied, with a slight laughter.

"That's great! Your timing is perfect.", I replied kinda excited about it. I'm a bit hungry, honestly.

"You're such a glutton as ever.", the other person finally talked.

"Waddya say?", I sprang from where I was, then I was distrupted by Kevin.

"Now, now, everyone. I see, you're as close as ever.", he stated, while laughing.

"Like hell we are!", both of us replied at the same time. Then we looked at each other with a prideful face, "Hmp~".

"Hahaha, I'm just joking.", Kevin talked, making the tension between us disappear, "Anyway, let's start shall we.", he added, putting a small mat on the floor. Then he put a large box there, when he opened it, my eyes sparkled with excitement. We then invited Lourence to eat, after a few moments he then joined.

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We got a little busy today, due to some assistance requested by the other clubs. After we finished practicing in the 'Music Club', we finally started to go home.

"I'm so tired today.", I told my friend, "How about you?", I added.

He gazed at me for a second and continued to read his book, not even answering my question. I admit that I was kinda hurt but I know that, that is his attitude. I looked at what's in front of me that are starting to get dark as the last light about to disappear.

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My name is Jeevan, I'm an shut-in kind of guy, I only go out when it is school days. I always keep myself low profiled, 'cause I have some trauma when I was in middle school. I was usually bullied by my classmates due to my timidness, but there is always one person that is always with me, and I'm very indebted to him. I didn't get to go to the same high school as him, 'cause of my family's choice. When that happened, the bullying that is gradually disappearing, came back.

The one who had been leading the bullying is a girl named Ruby. She is a daughter of a rich American family. Using her status, she can easily manipulate other people. I usually got beaten up when I'm on my way home. Starting then, I started to become low profiled and doesn't go out, always remaining at home, except school days. Then one day, I began to have courage to go to the mall to buy some stuff that I liked.

As I was walking through the stores in the mall. My attention went to the noises from a familiar voice that is coming from the arcade, then I went there to see who it is. In front of the arcade, I peeked from there. When I saw the person I got really surprised, and was about to call him when,

"Adrian, did you forget our purpose for coming here?", the person next to him asked.

"Oh, I forgot.", Adrian replied, with laughter.

I stopped for what I was about to do, and I thought,

'Good for him, he finally found someone who is not a burden to him like me.'

Then I bought the last item that I want, and finally went to the train station. I entered the train, took out my earphones, connected it to my phone, listened to music. When the train arrived its destination, and as I was about to go out, there was someone approaching me, it was Adrian. I got really surprised to see him and I planned to go to him but at the corner of my eye, I saw someone looking at me with sharp gaze. He is one of the bullies who bullied me. So I got kinda scared, and when the people started to come out, I hid through the crowd.

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(Adrian's Perspective)

Few days later.

"What happened to your hand?", Lourence asked.

"Oh, It's nothing", I replied, trying to hide my cloth covered right hand.

As I played my guitar, I started to remember something of what happened yesterday. I met with the remaining members of the gang whom I was a member with, before. There are two of them, our leader, Clinton, who is the strongest. And the other one is the right hand of our leader, Brix. We're the strongest members of the gang before, but due to meeting Lyan, I left. I was invited by them, this is like our reunion, but only the two of them remained, so in other words, I joined again. Clinton is very delighted about my return.

"By the way", Brix started talking "who is the person who is usually with you?", he asked with curiousity.

"Oh, him? He is Lourence, my buddy.", I replied, while smiling.

"You shouldn't spend too much time with him, your skills will not improve.", Brix said, in laughing way.

"You shouldn't underestimate people, even if he looks like that, he can rival our boss.", I replied with prideful face, although I only made that one up, 'I'm so sorry bro.'I thought.

"Interesting.", our leader finally talked, excitement could be seen from his face.

We talked for an hour, and when it's finally done. I immediately went home, but as I rode my bicycle home. I saw a familiar person, who is surrounded by people shouting at him, pushing him, etc.

'Wait! Isn't this Jeevan?', I realized. The I quickly got off my bike and ran through the crowd. Then I went back at the back of the crowd and started stretching my body, getting ready.

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Jeevan was walking home, when suddenly he saw familiar people in front of him. He had no time to go back, because the people will only suspect him when he go back now. So he raised hood of his hoodie jacket to cover his face. And he continued walking, when accidently, he bumped one of them. The person gazed at him, and when he recognized the person,

"Well, well, if it isn't Bean Boy. How dare you bumped me?", he then kicked Jeevan down.

"I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose.", Jeevan explained, frightened.

"Oh you're right. He really is Bean Boy, how lucky.", Ruby told him, with a prideful face, with a wide grin. She then added, "Now lick my shoes if you want to apologize.", after she said that, the people with her bursted in laughter

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After hearing their insults, Jeevan finally had enough. He sprang from feet, and slapped Ruby so hard, making her dazed for a minute. Her people helped her. Then the person who Jeevan accidently bumped with, "You! You deserve to die!", he shouted and sprang from his feet to Jeevan.

But before he could hit the blow on Jeevan, a foot suddenly hit his face from the side made him stumbled through the trash bin. Seeing that, the people watching became startled as to what happened, including Jeevan.

"Hoo~ My feet hurts.", Adrian muttered, stretched again.

"What are you waiting for? Kill him!", Ruby ordered, when she recovered from the slap. She then looked at Jeevan, "After we kill him, you're next!", she pointed.

All her people surrounded Adrian, but he still had a calm expression. And altogether, the sprang to Adrian, but they didn't expect what Adrian is about to do. He remained on the spot and threw kicks with 100 % accuracy hitting his opponents' balls. As you may know, that's his signature move, 'Descendants Ender'. After being hit, most of them groaned in pain, others fainted, but one person remained standing.

"You're so annoying. Can't you just go down?", Adrian complained, a bit annoyed.

"I-I-I will not lose to someone like you. You leave me no choice, I will my ultimate skill.", he threatened Adrian, staggering. He then stared to make martial arts forms, getting ready to attack.

"I will show you who I really am.", he told him, "When I use this, you're gonna regret being bor--", before he could finish, Adrian saw a thick wooden stick next to him and hit it to the person.

"Hoo~ Finally done. Now then, let me take care of the last one.", he muttered, getting nearer to Ruby.

"What are you gonna do? Do you know who I am? If you do something to m~~", she was slapped by Adrian.

Adrian then tidied his hands. He then told her, with a prideful face, "Don't take it personal, I support gender equality.", then he got near her and whispered, "But if someone close to me gets hurt because of you, I WILL NOT HESITATE TO KILL YOU.", he added, with an innocent smile on his face. Hearing it, Ruby nodded rapidly, extremely frightened.

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"Okay then, since that's done, let's go Jeevan.", Adrian told him.

"Until now, I'm still a burden to you.", Jeevan replied.

"Oh, it's nothing, you're my buddy, so it's just natural to help. By the way, when the school ends, transfer to my school.", he soothed him.

"Sure! How can I turn down that request.", he replied, joy finally can be seen on his face.

"Oh, I just noticed", Adrian stood for a moment, "my right hand is bleeding.", he noticed.

"Ohh, let me cover it for you.", Jeevan offered, he then added, "I'm so sorry about this."

"Like I said, it's just normal.", Adrian replied, sighing.

"I noticed someone threw something at you when you were fighting but I didn't know what it was. I think, the person who threw it is at the very back.", Jeevan stated.

"I didn't know I have a lot of enemies.", Adrian wondered.

"You just noticed?", Jeevan asked, sighing.

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At the same time, Lourence is currently in a heated battle scene in anime, watching, while he is surrounded by potato chips and also Cola.