I STARED at Nica who still couldn't stop laughing.
"Nica! Why did you even let him come, earlier?!" I complained. We are now in the waiting shed, waiting for Nica’s driver to pick us up, and I'm being asked to go home with her again.
"I'm sorry, Andy. You two are really match-made in heaven! I will really you two’s cupid!" she was still teasing me.
"No thanks, if it’s him! I don't want a pervert like him!" I said while my forehead is frowning.
"Who's this pervert?" Nica and I looked at each other when someone suddenly answered from our back. We turned around to see who is it, and I almost fainted again when I saw the person who caused nothing but trouble for me today.
"You! Can you stop interacting with me?! Shoo, get out of my sight!" I turned him away, but he and his friends just laughed at me.
"Nica!" I complained to Nica with my arms crossed.
"Clein, don't tease her too much, she might kick you. She’s a black belter," Nica defended me.
The four of them approached our space and sat in front of us, I scoff and folded my arms below my chest. I caught Clein looking at me so I glared at him. I’m having the urge to punch his face right now!
"Why all of you are here, anyways?!" I am annoyed with them. I mean, I’m sure they have their own cars, so why bother to hang out here?
"I didn’t know that it’s forbidden to hang out here in the waiting shed of MY school?" the treacherous man answer me with more emphasis on ‘my’.
Annoyed, I turned to him, "I'm not talking to you! Khalil, you're the one who’s going to answer me since you're the only one who’s kind of decent in your group!"
"Ahm... We're just waiting for someone," he seemed uncomfortable to me. He’s answering me without looking at me properly.
"Hmm, your girlfriends?" I couldn't help but ask. Why did I ask? It’s not my business.
"Ahm... N-" Khalil would have answered when Clein cut him off.
"It's none of your f*cking business, panty girl," Clein answered with an irritated tone. Wow, this man has bad mood swings! I would have answered him back when Nica's driver arrived and she pulled me with her towards their car.
"Bye, everyone! See you again, tomorrow!" Nica got on first and when I was about to get on, Clein called me.
"Andy! I’m waiting for your answer! I still want to see the remaining Tuesday-Sunday panties you have!" he said with a playful smirk on its slips that made my blood boil and urging me to riff that smirk off his lips. His friends laugh so hard that made me embarrassed even more.
"Ahh! You, panty stealer!" I shouted at him, irritated. I immediately got into Nica's car. He is getting into my nerve! Curse him!
"BYE, Andy! See you tomorrow, I’ll get you here tomorrow! Byeeee," Nica said and their car started to drive away with me unable to answer her back. Geez, that girl.
I entered our house while shaking my head. What a great day! Yeah, so great! When I got inside the house, I immediately change my clothes. I’m going to the city’s plaza where Mother’s selling our food business. It’s a long way to go by walking, so I fasten my action cause I don't want to spend the night on the road. Drunkards are widespread in our area.
After I got dressed, I picked up my phone and left.
I CAME to the plaza with me catching my breath, walking will get me till the night before I can get here, so I ran. I immediately went to my mother's place next to the other shopkeepers/salesmen.
"Hi, mom," I said when I got by her side.
"Oh, you shouldn't have come here. You look tired," my mother commented. I just hugged her from behind.
"What are you talking about, Mom? You're talking like that as if you’re not here all day! Oh, what can I help you with, mom?" I asked and insisted on helping her.
"By the way, Andy, can you go to Perli’s house? Tell her, I need the money she owed to me. You know where their house is, don't you?" Mom asked me and I immediately nodded.
"Oh, just don't take too long in there, it's going dark soon! There are many alleys there, you might get lost," Mom reminded me.
"Yes, mom!" I replied and kissed her forehead.
And I started walking towards Perli’s house, which has many more detours due to the small alleys of their street. But I already memorized the roads, so I guess it's okay.
Moments later, I was in an alley when I heard footsteps coming from a corner and I suddenly remembered Clein because of that time where I met him the first time.
"What the heck, Andy, don't even think about that--!" my eyes widened when someone suddenly pulled me on a corner and covered my mouth. When I was about to step on his foot, he suddenly spoke.
"Don't you dare stomp your foot at me, panty girl!" P-PANTY GIRL?! What in the… Don’t tell me...
"That Clein is something else, he vanished again!"
"We let him escaped again!"
"Bullshit! Next time, move your damn asses faster!"
And when we heard the footsteps getting farther, he released me and I was right.
"YOU AGAIN?!" I yell at the pervert who pulled me.
"Don't be delusional. And what are you doing here in this kind of place?" he asked with a serious tone. Rumors have it that there many addicts here. But it’s not his business so I stared at him with one brow raised.
"And what about it?! You’re also here," I answered.
"It's a different story, I'm a boy and you're a girl. And you're wearing a short that may attract the rapists here. You should go back. That is my order, don't you dare oppose it, " and he walked in the dark part of an alley until he disappeared from my sight.
The hell? Who is he for me to follow ?! But... why are my feet walking by themselves?! And moments passed, I just realized that I was going back to where I was before, to the plaza.
I BID goodbye to Mom when I heard the horn of a car outside our house. I went out immediately afterward. Nica's car window was down as she peeked at me, "Come on in, Andy," Nica said to me so I turned to the other side to get on.But my smile immediately faded when I saw who was with Nica in the back. But I just ignored him and had no choice but to take a seat beside him."Wait! It’s too crowded here in the back! I'll just sit there next to you," Nica suddenly said to their driver. I immediately frowned at what I heard."Nica!" I said with my eyes glaring at her, I was the only one who overreacted, and Clein on the other hand has his face with no expression."Oh, she's being defensive!" Nica said, teasing me. And I couldn’t stop her from getting out of the car to move to the front."Let's go, Felipe," Nica innocently said to their driver as if she didn't do anything to annoy me. And as the car started moving, Nica was j
"ARE you okay?" I slipped from leaning against the tree when someone suddenly spoke next to me."What are you doing here?!" I ask with a hint of irritation on my voice, and yeah, it's Clein."Just asking!" he looks like he’s bored. But I don’t care, if it weren't for him, it wouldn't have happened to me!"Alright, but could you please not stick close to me?! Someone might see us and your fans club will hit me up again!" I said while glaring at him. But instead of leaving, he approached me and touched my arm, where Sophie's nail mark is visibly seen."F*ck! I knew it, you're not okay!" I looked at him, frowning. Cause it was as if he was annoyed with himself. What kind of drama is with this man?"Then what about it?" I hissed. What is his problem? We are not close for him, to interfere."Just shut up, okay?! Stay still, I have a band-aid here," and I watch him taking something out of his pocket. Band-aid?B
CLEIN'S POV“WHAT?! You’re kidding, right ?!" I stood up violently when I heard what Zach said from the other line."We were about to leave when suddenly a car pulled up and pulled Andy over!" F*ck, f*ck! This is what I'm saying! Why did I even do that?!Flashback"I will be signing off as the master of the most powerful of all Gangster Clans. And this means that I will be searching for one brave and mighty one who will take my place."We are now in the Battle Underground, a private underground place where various Gangster Clans fight against each other. And now, the master of the Shizuki Clan is about to step down. And that means that a lot of gangsters will do everything to have that position."Place for place and life for life. In one Clan, there will be a QUEEN that you must protec
CLEIN’s POVI LOOKED at Zach and the others, and like me, their eyes are full of questions and I knew that we had the same thing going on in our minds right now. 'SHOULD WE TELL HER?'I, can't either know what to do. She’s special to us. Ever since that event happened, everything turned upside down. We went back to our senses when we heard as if someone had fallen."Andy!" the four of us shouted. I was the first to approach her, so I immediately picked her up in my arms."You three, take care of that bastard there. You'd better kill him!" I gave orders to them and I immediately got out of the headquarters.And as I walked away, all I heard was X's agonizing shout from the hideout. That serves him right. I immediately got in my car and drove to the hospital nearby, owned by my Mother. As I drive, I couldn’t help but look at Andy’s face. She i
CLEIN’s POV"WHAT are you going to do now, Clein?" Caleb asked me, worried. He knows my situation — I mean, we do."I'll take care of it. Just don't tell her that we're one of the people she hates. I don't want to lose her again," I told them."It's been seven years. We still had fun then, with her. But just because of what happened, she was traumatized and lost herself including her memory," said Khalil."I hope she still remembers us deep within her," Zach said."But when she finds out that we're a gangster. I don't know what to do." I hope she doesn't get to the point where she hates me for all her life.I took my phone when it suddenly vibrated. I immediately got excited when I saw who was calling me."Ahm, Andy?" I refrain my voice to sound cheerful.'H-hello, Clein, sorry to disturb you. I just wanted to thank you; I know you paid our hospital bills. And as a thank yo
ANDY’s POV "AHH, I miss you, Andy! I'm really sorry, I suddenly disappeared and here I found out that you had an accident! Clein would really be dead meat to me for not watching over you!" Nica just came home from Paris. And here we are now, in front of the school and as we are about to enter, I saw Clein’s group who’s as if they are looking for someone. I suddenly became nervous. He must not see me! I still remember my embarrassment yesterday. Damn this mouth with no red traffic light! I quickly pulled Nica to the side where we go along with many students who were coming in so that he couldn’t see me. Nica was surprised at what I was doing but was not curious enough to ask me. I heaved a sigh of relief when I thought we were far away from them when I suddenly felt someone holding my shoulder from behind. "And where do you think you're going?" he asked me with a serious tone. And I don’t have to look back to know who he is, because I already k
ANDY’s POV I WOKE up feeling something caressing my face. I opened my eyes and saw Clein's worried face looking at me, so I woke up immediately. "What happened? Are you in pain?" Clein asked immediately, worried. Zach and Nica also approached me. "Earlier, my head suddenly hurt, then I saw images flashing on my brain. Four boys, people with different weapons, blood flowing... Then I... I'm the one to blame... I,” I couldn't help but cry as the images finally shone on me and I remembered that it was as if a water had submerged due to the rain and its stopping at the same time as the sunrise which illuminated the water again through its rays. "Do you remember... Do you remember us, Ady?" Ady... The four men... Don’t tell me... "Zacky, Lebby, Khally, and Mr. Clein?!" Instead of being happy because I already remember them, their faces frowned because of what I called them. "Okay, we're happy that you remember us as your childhood friends.
ANDY’s POV I NO longer know what is true. Did he just f*cking played me?! Clein turned his back on me, while Sophie turns around and when she saw me looking at them, she smiled at me—A triumphant smile. I could not accept what was happening so I did not realize that I am already walking towards their place. And suddenly, the tension here in the cafeteria increased. I stopped walking at his side. But he didn’t even bother to look at me, instead, he just holds Sophie’s hand as if it’s a sign for me that I’m not dreaming. "C-clein... What is this? You’re just making me annoyed, right? Tell me!" I said, trembling. He didn’t answer me, as if he didn’t feel or see my presence. I held him by the shoulder, but... I think that was a wrong move. Because right out of his lips, there came words I never thought he could say to me. "Don't f*cking touch me. We're done, Andy, just leave. I don't want to see your face again. From the