Fight Again

"Argh! S-stop it, my arm..." The other man said with tears in both eyes, but Kinrue's eyes is full of rage as she stomp on his arm. "Argh! It hurts!"

It's been almost ten minutes since they start a fight, she got hurt a few times because of their ganging attack behind her back. But she's still has an upper hand of the situation.

One of them got knock out after giving him a hard punch in the stomach and an uppercut. The man in front of him now got a dislocated arms and lots of bruised in his body because of the nonstop kicking. His face has a bruised and mouth is bleeding too.

In the middle of focusing on him, Kinrue didn't foresee the upcoming attack of the other man, named Peter. He attack her from behind, hitting her back with a scrap wood. She flinches as she take a step forward to maintain her balance. Before she can look behind, he hit her again that made his one knee kneel on the ground.

The man laugh maniacally upon seeing her pitiful state, coughing a blood.

"You're not a cute woman at all, you almost broke my nose. I don't even know if your body is made of iron or what, your attack f*cking hurts."

A chuckle escape Kinrue's mouth before she spit some blood again. Even if wobbling, she tried to stand and give him a death glare.

"Take back all your words, bastard!"

"Why would I? Everything I said is nothing but the truth. The man you're trying to believe on killed his own friend and take everything away from him because of his selfishness."

"I-It's not true, you're the one who don't know anything... You... All of you are nothing, but a coward and always got intimidated and envy him. A pathetic loser who can't even climb up on the ladder without a connection. Same pathetic human being who has no skills at everything. You... All of you don't have a rights to judge people, a pathetic loser like you is not needed in this society."

Peter gritted his teeth because of the words she said, with a trembling hands, he hold the scrap wood tight and is about to hit her again, but he falls down before the wood touch her. She look behind the man and saw Shenyue with wide open hands. Both her hands shudder on shock as the steel pipe slip out of her hands. A faint smile form into Kinrue's mouth before she kneeled down, coughing some blood.

Shenyue notice it and run towards her direction before she falls down. Her breath gets heavy as her eyes about to close. After all of that troubles, her body just realize the pain they inflicted on her body.

"H-hey, we need to go to the hospital. The three of you..."

"What's with the worry face? I'm fine,"

"Fine? Are you serious? Do you even see the state you're in now?"

"I don't want anyone to see this side of me, not the sh*thead, he'll blame himself if he knows it. Call Nianan over and take the two in the hospital."

"B-but,"

"Do it." They stared at each other, but Shenyue surrender and call Nianan instead as per her instruction.

It took around twenty minutes before Nianan came in the place where they waiting. He has a shock face while looking around, but as soon as he spot Raven he run towards him to check his condition.

"What's going on here, Shenyue? How did you end up like this?" Nianan asked.

"Those man tries to get revenge on Raven. Renkai and I followed him, but we're not a fighter like them so we failed and the two got knocked down. Kinrue's the one who save us from them."

"Tsk. I called an ambulance, you better wait for them outside the alleyway."

"O-okay," Shenyue said before walking away, leaving the two in an awkward atmosphere.

No one talks between them, only the sound of Kinrue's heavy breathe and slight grunts of pain. Even though she want to stand up to not show her condition, she can't move anymore.

"What the hell are you doing? You're in a bad condition." Nianan broke the silence.

"I tried hard not to get my face any bruised, luckily only my body suffers in pain."

"Hey, in just a one glimpse to those man you injured, it looks pretty serious. Do you know what you're doing? What if you're brother notice it? Can you take responsibility?"

"R-Responsibility? It's such a burdensome words to utter in this situation. But you have a point, I hated this side of me. I always got in a serious trouble whenever I lose my temper and Maru didn't like it. Until recently, I manage to suppress that madness, but I lost my control today. Those pathetic loser talk sh*ts about your cousin, blaming him the things he never done and the things he's born to have." She chuckles as she tried to sit down. "Argh!"

"Hey,"

"If the sh*thead or Renren wakes up, don't tell them everything I did. I don't want them to worry." 

"The paramedics will come here, where are you going?"

"What kind of question is that Nianan? I'm taking full responsibility of this chaos, if ever the news reach my brother, I shouldn't let any of you involved with it. One person is enough to receive such harsh punishment. Don't worry, I'll be fine. Take care of the rest." She smile to him and force herself to stand.

She continue to walk back on the main road and even bump towards Shenyue who happened to bring the medics along. They look at each other, but she just made a quick smile before walking again, ignoring everyone.

***

The next morning, the last day of celebrating their school anniversary week, all students in Lunaris High School seems busy. There's some last activity left to do, like an outdoor activities competition for each year level, Mr. and Ms. Lunarian, mini-band concert and last is the closing ceremony.

Although there's still some upcoming fun activities to get involved, Kinrue's luck isn't working in this day. She came to the school as early as possible and help the others to prepare for other competition in line, but unluckily, because of the fever she end up almost collapsing in the middle of it.

An hour passed, but she's still inside the infirmary resting like Mrs. Rodriguez instructed. She felt a bit of dizziness and her body feels heavy. The peaceful silence inside the infirmary room help her to calm and get a lots of rest. Even though it's better than before, the school doctor didn't let her to go out yet, rather insist to rest for another hour.

She heaves a sigh while looking at the white plain ceiling as the stern face of Mrs. Rodriguez came inside her mind.

After the thing happened last night, she went to the private clinic to treat her wounds and to have a proper check-up in case there's a problem. But luckily, no serious injuries. The wounds and bruises she receives might trigger the fever, but everything is fine.

Amidst of the silence and her wondering thoughts, she heard a footsteps coming on her direction. She turn to the side as the curtain opens. It's Raven Auclair with his natural stern face. He stares at her for almost a minute without saying anything before he sighs.

"It seems like you're making the infirmary your temporary house." He said before sitting beside her. "How are you feeling now?"

"Better than before, I think I can go out but Mrs. Rodriguez wants me to rest for another hour. It's frustrating to wait here while the others having fun outside."

Raven didn't talk after he heard her response rather she hold Kinrue's hand out of nowhere. He plays with her slim fingers and even with the ring she's wearing. He's taking it out then wear it again. It made Kinrue looks at him with confusion. She's about to say something, but saw his troubled face so rather than talk, she turn her gaze away.

"Did you come on that place yesterday? All my memories from last night wasn't clear to me, but I saw you there before I passed out. Did you get hurt because of me?" She flinches because of his words. "Kinrue, am I right?"

"It doesn't matter if I'm present last night or not. The most important thing is you're fine, Renren and Shenyue's fine. A simple bruises and wounds won't kill me so don't exaggerate everything." She pulled her hand from his grip and glare to him.

"You're always like this, why do you want to get hurt so much? I'd rather take their beatings than see you in this state because of me. Besides, it's my business to take care of and not yours." He said, raising his voice a little.

"Your business? Yeah, it's your f*cking d*mn business, but what do you want me to do on that situation? Watch you and your friends got beaten up by some pathetic losers? Until now, I can still remember how they kicked and punched you like you're some disgusting animal, I can still hear their voices blaming you of killing someone and talking d*mned sh*ts. Do you want me to watch them cursed you? I hate it. I f*cking hate them, they don't know you. They don't know you, but they keep..." She choked up as her tears falls down from her eyes.

Kinrue didn't finish her words anymore and cover herself with the blanket while crying out loud. She didn't know how they end up in this kind of situation, the reason of her tears and the reason it frustrates her when Raven told her it's not her business. She feels nothing but frustration and madness.

"You should let them speak ill about me or beat me to death. I deserved all their hate. Stop jumping on a dangerous situation, you also don't know me."

Upon hearing his last words, Kinrue couldn't maintain her composure anymore. She hastily sit up and slap his face without hesitation.

A moment of silence resounds the four corner of white room. You can only hear the sound of rapid breathing of Kinrue and the lingering noise from outside. Her eyes quivers while biting her lower lips as she stare at him with disbelief look. She grab the collar of his uniform tight and about to speak, but she didn't continue her attempt and push him away instead.

"Leave. Leave me alone, I don't want to talk to you." She said, lying back down on the bed, facing her back to him.

She heard him hiss before kicking something and mumbles some words. He leave the infirmary, slamming the door hard, but Kinrue didn't turn back and cry in silent.