Not as it seems

IN CRANE STATE, GLAMOUR SCHOOL.

Jack walked through the hallway as other students stared at him, whispering among themselves. He stood near his locker waiting for the four to come in.

Tommy walked through the hallway and saw jack leaning his back on the locker, lost in thoughts.

Tommy waved his hands at Jack but didn't have a response. He walked hastily to jack and hit him lightly on the shoulder.

Hey Jackie, what are you thinking about and hows the bruise on your arm.

Jake took a deep sigh, "bandaged as you see'.

"What's with your expression" , tommy worriedly asked.

Jack looked at tommy and rolled his eyes,He opened his school bag and brought out a white packed shirt.

Tommy looked and furrowed his eyebrows, "what's that? ".

Jack looked at him, "as you see, it's our school shirt"pointing, his hands to the shirt.

"You know I didn't come from a rich family, so i spent my savings buying this, but it's good quality", jacj said, smiling to himself.

Tommy was dumbfounded, then he finally spoke, "for Aiden?" .

"Of course" , jack answered.

Tommy scowled as he drags the packed shirt from Jack's hand," You will need this later jack" .

"Tommy what are you doing?",jack asked.

"The only place where this is ending is the trash",tom angrily said.

Jack frowned," Am avoiding trouble,tom".

Pete,a class mate of Alaric laughed and sent the conversation to him.

Alaric and the three was about to enter the school building when he received the clip.

Alaric chuckled," well well,Son you need to see this" .

"What's that" ,Aiden sleepily said as he walked closer from the back to Alaric.

Aiden smirked,"trash you say?".

Brian threw his arm on Aidens shoulder,"you wanna give him a surprise" .

"You know it bro",Aiden cuts in.

Brian looked at Aiden,"that's some attitude he got there" .

"C'mon anyone would think that,isn't that what you would do",brion said plainly.

Aiden glared at him,"is better if you keep your thoughts to yourself,or should I find a way for you to be doing that".

Brion went silent.

Brian glared at brion,"I really don't know what I'll do about you,twerp". I really wish we didn't go to the same school,darn it,it's annoying".

Brion pretended not to care.

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Jack shifted his attention to the four walking through the hallway.

Aiden tied his hair and left stands of hair by the sides,uniform well ironed , walking with his hands sunk in his pocket. Brian, brion and Alaric walked with their perfect hairstyle.

Jack walked to Aiden and stretched his hands with the packed shirt.

"It's for you, sorry about yesterday" , he said as he looked down.

Alaric and brian laughed slightly.

Alaric tapped Brian slightly on his shoulders and showed a sign language that he's about to do something.

Alaric puts his hand on his mouth,"Wowwwwww, oh my! Oh my! Oh my!, What a kind heart!Wow wow wow".

Other students laughed.

Aiden looked straight faced.

Brion didn't laughed but looked confused.

Aiden hands were still stuffed in his pocket, looking at the shirt and then stared at jack for a while.

Jack was hoping he would take it,instead of making him a living joke.

He looked back on the shirt and collected it.

People looked surprised when he collected it.

"So...I should say thank you,right jack?"

He was startled and looked at him,"You know my name?".

Aiden curved a smile,"it's on your name card twerp,oh..I mean student...or ..no.. friend.My friend Jack just".

Jack looked happy,"my friends call me J.J,you can call me that if you want".

Aiden still kept the straight faced, trying so hard to hold his laughter.

"So J.J ,you have friends?",Aiden asked.

He smiled,"yes,I have some at home and tommy is the only one I have in schools".

Aiden waved his hands to tommy,"Hi tommy" .

Alaric still laughing,walked to Aiden,"son are you making a new friend" .

"Yes papa,still trying not to laugh".

Alaric looked at Jack,"so..J J hmm" .

"Yes J.J,"he answered.

"I heard you're a scholarship student,true?".

"Yes ,I may not be rich but I got the brains" ,he smiled.

Then Alaric stepped back to whisper to Brian,"is he stupid or what" ,he laughed.

Aiden hits Alaric on his shoulder and laughed slightly,"I can't hear you from here pa" .

"Then aiden turned to jack and brought his head closed to him,so we are friends right?",and chuckled. Meet me at the rooftop during lunch okay.

"Mmmm sure" ,he replied.

Brion just watched the drama in front of him and just kept silent.

The four walked to the music room and brian closed the door behind them and burst into laughter.

"What was that,what_,still laughing,woahhh,Aiden you got a new BFF.I almost lost it out there, especially when Alaric whispered to me",brian said laughing in between words.

Alaric and brian burst into laugher.

"I don't find anything funny" ,brion said as he glared at them.

The laughter seized.

"Talk about good mood ruined" ,brian mumbled.

Aiden tilted his head,scoffed,he looked down as he drew a semicircle with his feet with his hands in his trouser pockets, sighed,smiled and looked at brian.He walked to brion,removed his hands from his pocket and adjusted brion's blazer.

Brion grabbed his hand to stop him,"hands off Aiden,You forget am older than you,am to be respected as you respect the others".

Aiden laughs,"respected as i respect the others",He scoffs,"you know am trying to control myself,right?",he said as he grabbed brion's collar,"if you don't like something brion,keep it to yourself,it's like everything you say annoys me,like literally every damn thing that comes out from that hole".

" Brian",aiden called, as he turned to him, "control your brother" ,he said in a low but daring voice that sounded like a warning.

Then he removed his hands from brion as his eyes still fixed on brion and left the music room,followed by Alaric.

Brian looked at brion,"dear brother you don't want to experience something physical again,right?",he smiled and left.

Brion stood there frozen recalling all the things that they have done to him, especially Aiden who was always the ringleader.Among the many things he recalled,it includes when Aiden put him inside of coffin when he was 12 because he said he was sacred of the dark and even when he was hugged upside down because he didn't do what Aiden told him to do and other stuffs.

He was trying to hold back his tears,"even my blood brother didn't help me but watched like it was a movie".

A drop of tear fell as he clenched his fist.