Olivia was writing something on her NB when someone roughly grabbed her arm. She gritted her teeth and stared at the hand, then looked up at its owner.
A girl having a tall, muscular build, box braided hair and a lip-piercing, stood in front of her.
"You! How dare you hit my boyfriend?" she pointed her finger.
Everyone turned their head towards them, curious about the reason for her shouting.
Olivia kept the pen aside. Then sighing heavily, she slowly got up and stood before her. Even though the other girl was shorter than Olivia, her bulkier figure made her look pretty scary especially with the angry look on her face. When the latter stood up, she stepped back a little but did not release her grip.
"Who are you?" Olivia asked as normally as possible trying to suppress the disgust rising within her.
'How many more people will randomly come up to touch me?'
She already lost her cool once and got into a fight inside the class. She did not want a repeat of history and go through the Administrator General's punishment a second time. The thought of tolerating forty strangers touching her for an hour itself made her determined to get through this incident peacefully.
"Bi*ch, how dare you be arrogant in front of me after hurting my darling!" the girl raised her fist to punch Olivia.
But before the punch could connect, the latter blocked it.
'You came to take revenge with this strength?' Olivia stared at the fist and wondered, narrowing her eyes.
"Woah! Look at that! She's so cool." Samrat was fanboying from his seat.
Anisha slapped his shoulder and said, "You moron. All you think about is fighting."
"But Ani, you can't deny that Olivia looked super cool when she blocked Labanya's punch," Srijan said.
"Guys come on. We need to see what's the matter. Maybe we can help?" Anisha said.
"What can you even help with those twig-like arms of yours?" Samrat said poking her arm.
"I agree with Anisha. Even if we are not good at fighting, Olivia is our friend. It's our responsibility to stand by her side when she's in trouble." Mainak said.
They got to know the reason for the commotion after coming near. That girl was the girlfriend of the guy whom Olivia had beaten up previously. She came to their class to avenge him.
Labanya was a little surprised to see her punch get blocked so easily but she did not mind. She was one of the best boxers in school and had won many championships. At first glance, she thought Olivia was just a wannabe fighter who picked on her boyfriend, so she had not used much force. But now it seemed like she had some training in martial arts. Still, Labanya believed she could take her down since anyone with decent experience in sparring could have stopped her.
"Who are you?" Olivia repeated the question, ignoring her insults.
"Are you playing dumb now?" Labanya sneered.
'No.' Olivia blinked in confusion.
"Do you not remember how badly you injured my baby?" Labanya's grip on Olivia's arm grew tighter.
"I don't know who your child is," Olivia replied after a moment of thought.
Everyone laughed.
"You damn fool! I was referring to my boyfriend not some goddamn child!" Labanya roared and reached out to grab Olivia's collar.
Now that her hand was free, Olivia easily evaded Labanya's attack. A little annoyed by now, she gave an impatient look to her.
"We shouldn't fight in the class."
"You have the cheek to say that? You beat up someone in class but when someone else does it to you, you act so righteous?" Labanya yelled.
Olivia just looked at her and thought, 'He deserved it. But it looks like he hasn't told her everything.'
"True. Should've taken him to the ring." She nodded.
"Hah! So you admit. Since you had the gall to raise hand on my boyfriend, now watch how it feels to get beaten black and blue." Labanya smirked.
'Wow, big dreams huh?' Olivia blinked with a blank face.
"No one is allowed to hurt my baby." Labanya gently pulled the boy who was hiding behind her.
"Oww. Baby it hurts." He whimpered in pain.
Labanya immediately tended to him and her expression made a 180⁰ turn, "I'm so sorry baby. Did I hurt you? I'm so sorry. Really. Come, let me blow on your wound. The pain will go away."
Olivia felt her skin crawl, watching the couple's drama. But she raised her eyebrows after getting a proper look at the boy, who was wrapped in bandages like a mummy.
'So, not only did you hide the whole truth but also put up this farce of getting beaten up to this extent when I didn't even hit you?'
Feeling her gaze, he immediately shivered and inched closer to his girlfriend.
"You dare threaten my boyfriend in front of me? I'll teach you a lesson." Labanya angrily walked up to Olivia.
"We have qualified teachers for that," the latter said.
This time Labanya threw a punch with all her might.
"Oowwww !" someone screamed.
The source of the sound was the mummy boy. Everyone was shocked. What just happened? They clearly saw Labanya throwing a punch at Olivia so how come it landed on her boyfriend? The culprit and victim were also shocked. Labanya gasped and looked back and forth at her fist and his face with a dumbfounded look.
The boy held his bleeding nose and said with tears streaming down his face, "Baby, how could you do this to me?"
He started crying from pain.
"Now beat yourself up. You hit him right?" Olivia sat back in her place.
"Hahaha! You're such a badass." Samrat roared in laughter.
Srijan, Anisha and Mainak were also laughing. Labanya said that no one was allowed to hit her boyfriend right? And she would beat anyone up who did. So now that she hit him herself, it was absolutely reasonable for her to beat herself up. The four friends gave Olivia a thumbs-up for her clever trick.
Although they were also confused about how the hit landed on the mummy, boy they were more focused on Olivia's victory. Having heard of Labanya's achievements in boxing, they were a little worried in the beginning but seeing how things turned out, they felt relieved and overjoyed.
Olivia went back to what she was doing now that the problem was solved. Labanya was busy taking her mummy boyfriend to the sick room and had no time to care for her. But the others were still discussing how such a thing happened.
Anisha approached her and asked the question that was bubbling in everyone's heart, "Olivia, are you a magician? The two of you were standing so close to each other. We were right behind you still we don't understand how you evaded the attack and caused boy to get hit with his Avenger's punch!"