Chapter 1
It was the middle of August, Shade was attending a tour of the XXX high school, the school he would be attending in less than a month.
Some girls going out of a classroom and bumped into Shade, the girls blushed at the tall, handsome Shade, apologized and walked away whispering and giggling. Shade smiled at bit, his hard work paid off after all.
The tour continued smoothly until they arrived at a long corridor with two big shelves holding shimmering golden trophies and medals. Shade looked around, he winced when he saw a certain trophy, it was bigger than all the other ones, it was put at the center where it got the most attention. The trophy wrote:
OVERALL CHAMPION
Presented to Fine of XXX high school
for winning the Most Excelling Student of The XXX
…
Shade looked down, gritted his teeth and gripped his fist. He suddenly remembered why he ever started working so hard on changing. He changed to much, but… he still couldn't beat her…
Shade left immediately after the tour ended and went home, he changed into some fresh clothing and rode the bus to the home of a friend.
Tio was an easygoing person and always had knew exactly what to do when you're depressed, unfortunately sometimes they may not be the best thing to do.
Shade was usually a careful person and would think for a long time before doing things ,but he didn't care about anything at that moment and just wanted to let it all out.
The two young men dressed up and arrived to a bar that might've been legal or illegal, they sat down at the bar table. Tio stood up and said 'I'm close with the bartender over, I'm gonna see if he'll give us some discounts and maybe even the secret recipe if he's in a good mood.'
Tio quickly got back with two glasses of neon green coloured drinks. He smirked and said 'He's in a good mood,' then chucked it all down at once. Shade hesitantly took a sip from the glass. It tasted like honey, fresh apples and chocolate, and maybe carrot, it was sweet but fresh, refreshing and cool.
Shade finished the first cup in less than a minute, then drank 20 more of it in an hour. Tio drank even more. They were both very drunk and Tio was starting to feel nauseous, it was alcohol after all.
Tio went to the bathroom for a little timeout and told Shade to stay there and wait for him.
Shade ordered another two cups of the secret recipe and took a sip. A short plump man that was sitting two seats went closer to Shade and started a conversation, 'hey kid.'
'Hi… Do I know you?' Shade asked suspiciously.
'No, just saw you a minute ago.'
Shade nodded, he was starting to feel a bit nauseous too.
They talked a bit and not too long after, Shade started to talk about himself.
'So you have a crush on that Fine girl?'
'Nah.' Shade said, then after thinking for a long time he realized something 'wait, do I?' he frowned.
'Course you do.' He smirked then said, 'hey Shade, wanna bet?'
'sure.'