Friends

*DINGGGGGG*

It was finally the end of classes and people were going home, Michael stood up from his seat as he prepared to go home but he soon stopped as his path was blocked by Joseph and Arianna. They both had a fiery expression on their face as they looked at Michael, seeing their eyes Michael asked

"What's up?"

"Choose between me and her/him" Arianna and Joseph shouted, hearing their words, a sigh escaped Michael's mouths as he looked a blank look on his face as he said

"Choose between both of you? That's funny cuz I won't choose any of you after all, you're both useless. What you gonna add to my life?"

Hearing Michael's words, both their jaws dropped in utter surprise as they wondered 'does this guy have a conscience?' And it seemed he didn't as he walked past them. A sigh escaped their mouth as they followed behind.

As they walked towards the school gate, they began discussing though Michael wasn't too involved as he was playing one of his many games, seeing this Joseph could only sigh as he kept quiet. Noticing this, Arianna grew curios as wondered why the talkative Joseph stopped talking upon noticing Michael gaming, thus unable to hold herself back she asked Joseph "hey, why did you stop talking?" Joseph who was staring at the sky, glanced at her before sighing as he decided to answer

"Ah well you wouldn't know since you've not been with this for a full day so let me tell you once Michael begins playing games just stop talking" this answer confused Arianna greatly as she asked "huh, why's that?"

"Simply because he doesn't hear anyone and also he can get quite aggressive if he gets interrupted" hearing Joseph's words, Arianna came to an understanding as she balled her right hand into a fist and hit her left pal "oh I get it"

"The only ones who can remove him from this state are his family members" Joseph added, to this Arianna nodded. Seeing Arianna listening so intently, questions began popping up Joseph's head 'why's she clinging to us so much? What happened when they first met? Is she Michael's girlfriend, seeing as he isn't driving her away?' He had many questions that he wished to ask so after a lot of deliberating, he decided that there was no need to ask himself such questions when the person was just here so he decided to ask her directly

"Why are you trying to get close to Michael?"

This question baffled Arianna as she stared at Joseph, her eyes opened wide before avoiding his gaze, musing on whether to answer him or not but she soon stopped upon hearing Joseph's next words "you don't need to answer me if you don't want to"

"O-oh that's not it" Arianna said swiftly, it's not like she didn't want to answer but she was just slightly embarrassed to say her reasons after all it was rare for someone her age to not have friends especially considering her status. After much deliberation she decided to come out with it "well it's simply because I'll like to be friends with him" hearing this words, an astonished look appeared on Joseph's face as he asked with some uncertainty

"Seriously?" To this Arianna nodded, upon seeing this Joseph's confusion grew even more as he asked "but you're super rich, won't everyone want to be your friend?"

"Yes that's surely the case but well not everyone can approach me so casually" Arianna answered with slight embarrassment before she continued "after all, my dad is quite protective"

"Pfffttt… Hahahahaha" Joseph immediately burst out into a fit of laughter, seeing him laugh so hard, Arianna immediately grew pissed as she said with a red face "don't laugh"

"Haha… sorry about that but pfft…someone your age, not having friends cuz of your dad… Hahaha, its fucking hilarious ahaha" Arianna face flushed red in embarrassment as she avoided his gaze but Joseph soon stopped laughing as he wiped the lingering tear drop from his eye before smiling at Arianna as he stretched out his hand to her, seeing his strange gesture Arianna asked confused "what?" With a smile Joseph answered

"You wanted a friend right? Well I'm willing to be your friend too" hearing his words, shock was written all over Arianna's face before it turned to confusion as she said "friend too? I don't have any" Hearing this, Joseph smiled brightly before saying

"Ah I'm sure you haven't noticed it, but Michael already considers you as a friend" hearing his words, Arianna felt various emotions well up within her; surprise, happiness, anger. It was just too much for her to take as she thought out loud "how?"

"Well Michael is quite a quiet and reserved kind of guy, I know him quite so for him to allow someone walk with him and even engage in a conversation says a lot, so I'm pretty sure he already accepted you as a friend" Joseph said with utmost certainty as he looked at Arianna with a smile though he was still wondering why he accepted her as a friend 'is he in-love?' But that thought was soon thrown out of the window, after all they were talking about Michael. Joseph was pretty sure the guy will remain single for life.

Upon hearing Joseph's words, a look of shock surfaced on Arianna's face as she glanced at him before turning to look at Michael who continued gaming as he walked forwards. A beautiful smile flashed on her face as she turned towards Joseph and said "okay let's be friends too!" Before outstretching her hand

Seeing Arianna's beautiful smile, Joseph was frozen in place for a few seconds unable to think of anything but that dazzling smile but he soon regained his composure as he shook her hand with a smile while thinking 'what was that about?' He was still trying to figure out why he froze upon seeing her smile. Arianna was completely oblivious to what had happened to Joseph as she was just too happy upon hearing Joseph's words.

All this had happened in a matter of minutes and before they knew it, they had arrived the school gate, Michael was about to head home but he was soon stopped as he heard Arianna's voice

"I'll like to treat you guys to dinner to celebrate our friendship" upon hearing this, Michael was slightly confused as he wondered 'friendship? Did they become friends? Well doesn't matter, I'm not one to refuse free food' and with his usually stoic face he said "sure let's go"

Hearing his words, Arianna was surprised but Joseph seemed unfazed as he said with an exasperated sigh "can't you refuse a free meal?" Michael hearing this, looked at Joseph sternly before saying

"Huh are you crazy? Me refuse a free meal? Why should I? Is it raining money?" Hearing his words, Joseph could only sigh helplessly as he stared at Arianna who was still confused so he decided to explain it to her

"I'm sure you don't know this but one of the things Michael can't refuse a free meal so I hope you have enough money in your account" hearing this words, an ominous feeling descended upon Arianna as she asked "why's that?" With a smirk, Joseph answered

"Cuz you're about to spend a lot"

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Moments later, the group of three could be seen seated on a table but there was something about their table and that was, there were quite a lot of plates around them. Looking at the three, one would be sure Arianna and Joseph were innocent as they watched the show, one with a smile and the other with a horrified look on their face so this leads to one conclusion, the one responsible for this carnage is undoubtedly Michael and this was fact was affirmed as he took one last bite from the plate that was once filled with pasta.

"Haaa…" A sigh escaped Michael's mouth as he leaned on the chair; he was quite satisfied with the meal. It had completely filled him though it couldn't compare to his mom's own it wasn't so bad. A thoughtful look appeared on his face as he thought out loud

"Should I order something else?"

"NOOOOOOOO" Arianna cried. Hearing this, Michael clicked his tongue "tsk, so stingy"

'Stingy??' Arianna was beyond shocked, she bought him all this but he still considered her cheap. Even after all this, he was playing hard to get? 'This shameless bastard' Arianna thought, furious, she had just spent her weekly salary in one day, about a 1000$ in 1 day!? What the actual fuck? And the bastard responsible still had the courage to call her stingy? Now Arianna was sure Michael was evil. Joseph watching from the side, could only sigh helplessly after all he warned her but it seems he was too late as she had already decided to treat them and now look at the result, A crying Arianna could be seen seated while Michael wore a stoic face. He could only smile now that he knew he wasn't the only victim.

"You mother fucker, how did you do to that!? And why are you the same after eating all that, you didn't get fat in anyway?" Arianna shouted, her tears were real but her anger was more real. A confused look appeared on Michael's face as he asked "what do you mean? Isn't it normal for me to remain the same, my body has already digested everything"

Seeing Michael's confused look even Joseph's unprecedentedly composure broke as he stared at Michael wide eyed. Arianna's face looked quite dangerous right now, it was a mixture of horror and rage as he muttered "monster, monster, monster…"

Michael seeing this couldn't quite understand the situation as he sighed before turning to face Arianna "thank you for the free meal" his words were filled with utmost sincerity causing Arianna's previous mad expression to turn to one of surprise as she stared at Michael before she stuttered "o-oh don't… sweat the small stuff. We're friends" hearing this words a look of surprise appeared on Michael's face as he thought 'huh she meant me becoming her friend too? I didn't see that coming, well there's nothing to lose from having her as friend that's as long as her dad doesn't come hunting me' with a smile which rarely appeared on Michael's face he said

"Let's get along from now on" as he outstretched his hand, with a smile Arianna grabbed hold of his hand too as she said "okay!" With that they left the store and began heading home while on the way home, Arianna got Michael's number before she left for home leaving Michael with Joseph but the two soon went their separate ways as their houses weren't on the same street.