3. Monster

"The mouth is used to speak. However, there are some things that should not be said for the good of yourself and others."

- Vikram Andreyson

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"LAURA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS TIME?!"

Vikram looked at Laura angrily who looked at her as if nothing had happened. "Well, why did you come here?! In fact, I didn't tell Susan to call you."

"What do you mean?"

Laura walked over to Vikram. "I told her to look for you so that she doesn't come back here and doesn't see a scene like this. But, well, what can I do?"

Laura was about to get out of the toilet, but Vikram grabbed her hand. "Explain to me, what really happened?!"

Laura turned to Vikram, a grin growing on her face. "They... are too weak to hear the facts I mentioned. In front of them they praise and support each other. However, behind their back they insult and hate each other."

Laura released Vikram's grip. "I'm just helping to convey something they can't say in front of each other. Sweet talk in front and bitter talk behind. Garbage like them needs to be recycled. However, basically they are mentally weak when they themselves make someone mentally shaken. Right, isn't it, Susan?"

Susan's body was still shaking when she saw Nabila and Mawar who were still fine when they bullied her. Now, they are in a desperate condition. Their faces were covered in bruises, their bodies curled up and shaking. Susan wondered, was this all Laura's doing?

But Susan didn't see any bruises on the back of Laura's hand if it was Laura who hit them. So, what are the chances of Nabila and Mawar hitting each other? Then, what made them tremble with fear?

"Hah, she's acting up again, huh. It seems I haven't been paying attention to her lately." Vikram took a deep breath. If this is the case then Vikram will have to take care of the rest. Including...

"Susan, from now on you are Laura's best friend."

The incident happened again. Like it or not, Susan had to be involved in it as well as Vikram.

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In the past, when Vikram was still in elementary school, Vikram accidentally saw an incident that he couldn't forget. The incident that made him bound to Laura by invisible chains. Vikram sees everything from behind the wall which is behind the school. He saw how Laura hurt her classmates who hurt her. Her way of responding to attacks from her friends was even a way that a small child could not possibly think of.

"Poor, ugly, parasitic, and also adopted!" Laura said the abuse to her female friend who had pushed her to the ground and injured her arms and knees.

"Heh, leftovers! You don't have to berate Tina if you're nothing more than leftovers than your smart twin." Tina's friend defended her, her hands tugging at Laura's hair and her legs kicking her hard. Instead of feeling pain, Laura smiled.

Just then Vikram gets scared. No, Vikram wasn't afraid that Tina and Jessy would hurt Laura. That smile made Vikram's body tremble violently. Horrible.

"Jessy, huh?" Laura tilted her head, her smile growing wider. "I didn't say all those insults. You said it yourself in the cafeteria with your other friends."

"What do you mean, Laura?" Tina asked with a depressed face.

"Hm, Jessy said that insult behind your back when you were in class eating your lunch. Jessy laughed with her friends while talking bad things about you, Tina. I just said something that Jessy couldn't say in front of you in person."

Tina's face turned red and looked very depressed after Laura said the truth. Her hands clenched into fists, her eyes turned to Jessy who was shaking with fear.

"Is that true, Jess?"

"N-not like that, Na. I-I..." Jessy's face looked panicked and it proved that Laura's words were true.

"You bastard! I hate Jessy!!" Tina lunged at Jessy and then hit her blindly. At first Jessy looked overwhelmed, but she hit Tina back. Their fight was witnessed by Laura who interceded for their fight.

Laura got up and cleaned her dirty-looking skirt. Her eyes stared intently at the two people in front of her. "Hm, it's easy to play with their emotions with just a few swear words. It's great to be able to witness it live. Isn't that right, Vikram?"

Vikram flinched until he fell backwards. His body shook violently when he saw Laura smiling at him. critical. Vikram tries to get up and runs to report to the teacher about what he saw. However, his body could not be compromised.

"Vikram,... from now on you are my best friend."

***

"VIKRAM!"

Vikram snapped out of his daydream about what had happened earlier. His eyes blinked slowly, then his head turned to Laura who was sitting beside him. They are now in the canteen because the class was released due to what happened this morning.

"Why are you dumbfounded? Are you thinking about me? You finally like me." Laura smiled seductively, her hand pinched Vikram's cheek making Vikram chuckle. Laura's character on this one can make people who see them misunderstand their relationship. But, even that would make Laura happy and aggravate her behavior towards Vikram as if to make the misunderstanding even worse.

Laura is... a weird girl.

Vikram's years with Laura made Vikram know Laura's nature. Even her cunning and deceitful nature was so severe, Vikram knew it all.

"That's fine! I don't want to turn to another girl besides my soul mate."

"Oh, come on! You can have a relationship with me first before you meet your soul mate. After all, your soul mate can't possibly know you have a relationship with me, right?" Laura clasped Vikram's arm making Vikram widen his eyes. He tried to get rid of Laura's hand with eyes that looked uncomfortably at Susan who was sitting in front of him.

"Ra, don't make people misunderstand more, please!" Vikram stood up and moved to sit beside Susan which meant in front of Laura.

"Well, it's actually good that people misunderstand you and you will be kept away from your soul mate who is still vaguely in this world." Laura laughed sarcastically making Vikram chuckle in annoyance.

Vikram turned his attention to Susan, who had been silently watching their interaction. "Susan, you have to be careful with the crazy girl in front of you."

Kick!

Vikram covered his mouth which was almost screaming in pain as Laura kicked his shin hard. "Heh, calling me a crazy girl again, I'll kill you!"

"Forgive me, boss Laura."

"Okay, I'm a good person so I forgive you." Laura waved her hand making Vikram roll his eyes. What's good? What kind of kindness can traumatize others.

"Heh, they said there was a fight huh? Who is it?"

"That's it, Nabila and Mawar who often bully Susan."

"Why are they fighting?"

"I don't know, when they were asked why they were fighting instead of being answered, they just kept quiet with a frightened face."

"Wow, it seems so bad that they're both scared like that. But, it's weird, why are they so scared just because they're caught fighting when they've also been caught bullying Susan."

"I don't know. Why think about useless things like that. It's better to think about yourself."

They didn't know that someone was grinning widely over their conversation.

"Weak mental base!"