Remember

Sometimes the truth is in front of your eyes but we keep unseeing it. It might not be our fault, as we only try to see the good things in others. 

Sometimes that truth is only learned when we hear it from someone else. 

And then...

Our world breaks down.

The Lady had left Rain in the washroom after Rain kept insisting she stop touching her wounds. She didn't know where to go now. She couldn't go back home. She didn't want to. Reid was nowhere to be seen. 

*And what if he saw it and ignored her?*

She didn't even want to think about it.

She went inside and sat down on one of the stalls, locking it from inside. She wanted to cry, sob hard. But if she let those feelings in, she knew she would circle back to her old self. 

She hadn't realized when the time had passed. Only when someone tried to open the door, it dawned on her. 

"It might be locked, they do it when it isn't clean" she recognized the voice. It was Rachel. 

She was inside, most probably with her minions. 

"I am happy, that dirtbag got what she deserved," One of them said. Rain still wasn't sure whom they were talking about. 

"No clue what Reid sees in her" the other one said, and she was sure they were talking about her.

"Isn't it obvious?" The first one said again

"Reid likes to hang with her coz she is DUMB. And guys like pretty and dumb girls coz they don't know their worth and can be used easily." She shrugged while putting on gloss.

The other turned to her in surprise, the comb almost dropping from her hand, "she is not pretty" 

The first one looked up, thinking for a while, and answered, "then maybe she is just easy. You know what I mean" 

Rain covered her mouth tightly. She couldn't believe what she just heard. 

A drop of tear fell on her hand. She was trying too hard not to sob. They shouldn't know she was there. It would be embarrassing. Too embarrassing.

*Was it true? Was it the reason, Reid talked to her?* 

*Coz she was stupid?* 

"I talked to him on our date" Rachel spoke for the first time. 

"I told him to let her down easy" 

*Did she tell him that? Why would she do it?* 

A part of Rain wanted to burst the door open and ask her. But the other part, asked why? 

"I thought it was the way she dresses, she puts out a lot," the second one says again

Rain looked down at her dress, she was in a loose hoodie and jeans. How was it wrong? 

She heard the footsteps fading away. 

As soon they were out, she opened the door and rushed out of the school. 

*Was it ever going to stop?* 

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The class had started whispering when the Lady in charge of the class took Rain out. Some of them already knew her, some were whispering about why the class bully made her the target. 

"Feel like a big boy yet?" His voice couldn't go unnoticed anywhere, even though it might not be too loud, even when the class was not quite at all, his voice held such power, that it made every single of them turn towards him. 

Along with Ethan. The tall guy who had pushed Rain down. His gaze wanted to burn the guy who just uttered these words, but he wasn't aware of who it was.

You can't burn the man who was made of fire. 

Ace sat on the top of the table, like he was sunbathing, oblivious to the gazes at him right now. Dressed in a leather jacket, black t-shirt, and jeans, his legs dangled from the table as he looked at Ethan. 

He could have missed the class, but apparently, he had heard the commotion and witnessed what had happened. 

"Get lost, Bitch" Ethan spitted the words out trying to act cool, even when he could feel the strong aura that Ace had around him.

He had never seen a person who seemed so calm on the above, but his eyes, craved blood.

"I know your type, Wait.. let's correct our language first" Ace jumped on his feet and raised a finger pointing at Ethan. 

He doesn't even have to say anything, as the crowd moved a step back when he pranced forward.

"Never use a female word for insult" He didn't blink as he looked at Ethan. There was an animalistic growl in his words. 

Ethan had subconsciously stepped back.

"So where was I, yes, I know your type" the calm composure was back again, but it was even scarier then the madness, Ethan had seen in his eyes, colder, sending shivers down the spine.

"Rich Family, Captain of a sports team, always surrounded by girls?" Ace smirked as if all of it was a joke to him.

"Still he bullies?" He pouted walking around Ethan now, who was standing frozen to the spot. 

"Was it because he was failing most of the classes?" 

There were few chuckles, but no one dared to continue as Ethan looked their way.

"Ah, no that can't be it. He never cared about grades" Ace kept his hand on Ethan's shoulder, looking in his eyes

"Or the fact that unless he hurt a little girl, he won't feel manly?" 

Most of the class had gone silent mostly due to the fear that someone was gonna get hurt.

Ace removed his hand and started moving around Ethan again. Imitating to think while a devious smile played on his lips.

"Or maybe the truth has finally dawned on him" He chuckled while coming to face Ethan.

"That just like his brain, his dick is tiny" 

The students gasped and then erupted in a fit of laughter.

Ethan suddenly took a swing, but Ace was already prepared. He tilted to the side, making Ethan stumble due to the large force he was carrying in his fist and making him fall on his face. 

The breaking of the teeth was heard, even over the loud chatter.

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02:00 hours the previous day

"I have to go home, is there anything else you need to tell me?" Reid asked the man standing in front of him.

"Just be around her" he paused as he looked at Reid.

"She is the smartest girl alive, she had just forgotten about it. You have to make her remember"