Welcome back, last week on Inner Lessons, Bikky gained a new friend who conveniently fits inside his head, let's see how this shall unfold!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fake.
Chapter 3:
"Congrats Biks," Diana praised Bikky at the end of class. "You got the best grade in the class." She paused and gave him a lop-sided smile. "I guess hell really has frozen over."
"Hahaha, very funny." Bikky said morbidly. He really did no longer care about his grades, sure he never really did in the past, but now the urge to care was much, much weaker. The only reason he had tried to keep his grades up was to not disappoint Ryo. After tutoring he had actually started to think about his future, seeing as how he could now actually have one. But then of course it all went down hill on that day… and that stubborn voice has not failed to remind him.
"Maybe I should get professional help before this damn voice turns into a personality, I don't think being a multiple will get me into any good universities." Bikky thought to himself jokingly, ignoring the long praising paragraph Diana was giving him. But her voice seemed distant to him now as Inner Bikky spoke up.
"Well maybe if you actually come clean and got the hell outta the closet, you'd finally get rid of me."
"Right… how do I know if I actually do come outta this closet, which I aint in, you won't just take over?"
"Like it's that complicated. You're thinking into this far too much, you would've never done that when you were stupid. You should go thank Lai, which something both of you would enjoy."
Diana finished her speech and gave the marked test to Bikky, then the blonde walked out of the door without a word… to Diana that is.
"You know, for a voice you sure are perverted."
"You're the perverted one dumbass. All I meant was a kiss. Not to mention I'm a part of you, so it's still you who's the pervert."
"Shut the hell up, I aint gonna talk ta ya while I shoot hoops."
Bikky had already made it to the basketball court were his gang hung out and picked up a discarded basketball.
"His university aint that far away, ya know. Go and see him. You know ya want to."
"Shut the fuck up, will ya!" Bikky took a shot… but the ball bounced off the rim and landed to the right of the court. "That was all your fault."
Bikky had figured out two things about having an inner voice. One: they are extremely annoying. And two: you can blame damn near everything on them.
The blonde played into late evening. He had done this recently, it kept his mind off things and time passed quickly. But tonight it passed a little too quickly and Bikky found himself surrounded in darkness.
Dropping the ball he looked to his watch. 12:24, it read. "Great, Ryo's gonna kick my ass."
Leaving the court he looked around the darkness of the roads and decided that it would be better and faster to take a short cut through the alleyways he knew so well.
However, tonight there was a strange, unknown atmosphere surrounding his alleys. Bikky reached a four-way path, and heard voices coming from the left of him.
"Well now, if it aint the tough little half-breed."
Bikky didn't bother turning his head, he wasn't worth his time, and kept walking.
"Where ya goin?" another voice came from the right.
"You can't just leave ya without a 'hi'." The voice was from the front this time.
"Great, a gang of idiots."
Bikky stopped in his tracks to look up at the guy infront of him. He didn't look too strong, he could take him.
And of course, the moment he thought that, the guy raced forward with his fist ready.
Bikky countered and punched him hard in the gut making him fly backwards into a pile of garbage.
But the other guys were soon on him. Bikky defended himself quite well, but the guys kept getting right back up and the more Bikky fought, the more he felt that there were more people coming from the sidelines. Bikky saw almost every move and even though there were more (WAY more) of them, he still countered well enough to keep fending them off, but the bat wasn't something Bikky saw in time. A tall, heavier guy drove the hollow metal bat into the blonde's gut.
Bikky groaned and bent over, clutching his stomach.
"Heh." The bat rose again.
"Ugh!" Bikky collapsed to the ground slowly as the bat hit him for the second time only this time on the back of his neck.
"Had enough, mutt?" One of the biggest guys, who was obviously the leader of this sad gang, spit out as he towered over the blonde.
Bikky glared up, wiping the blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.
The big, ugly one glowered back then nodded to the chubby one with the bat.
The bat rose and Bikky braced for impact, since he couldn't move too far since he was surrounded on each side by even more ugly men.
"Yo!" Everyone turned their heads up to see a black haired boy falling, or rather have jumped off, one of the shorter surrounding buildings.
He kicked the bat out of fatty's hand as he landed softly, then started in on the other punks.
At first Bikky was confused, but as the dumbass's closed in he got up from the ground and fought back to back with Lai.
"They're over here!" Came a distant voice followed by footsteps.
"Shit! The pigs!" One shouted, causing the others to disperse down the opposite three paths.
"Hold up!" The left alleyway was blocked by cops.
"What the -" The guys to the right stopped short when this alley was blocked by cops too.
"Fuck! Where the hell do you come from!" The guys down the back alley hollered.
"Well…" One of the male cops started. "It's very simple really, all I need is for something to turn me on and-"
"Yo dude! Not here! I don't need to be emotionally scarred!" his partner screamed.
"Yo dirtbag!" The big ugly leader turned from the two boys to see a shitload of cops in the front alley with two men aiming guns at him from the front.
"Oh! Ha ha." Lai chuckled. "Did I forget to mention before I started kicking your asses that I called the cops?"
The leader gritted his teeth and glared.
"Good work Lai, you're gonna make a great cop." Ryo patted Lai's back as Dee and the others loaded the gang into the cars.
"Uh, thanks." The raven haired grinned.
Ryo smiled before turning is attention on the blonde who was leaning solemnly up against a wall.
"He's a good kid. You've got a great friend on your side for once."
"There's nothin' wrong with Carol and Kenny."
"No, well at least not Carol, but you two make quite a team. Maybe I can worry less about you now with Lai around." Ryo joked.
"Well he won't be around. We aint friends and we aint a good team either!"
Ryo just about questioned him but-
"Ryo! Get your ass over here! I wanna finish up quickly! Then maybe the chief'll give us some R&R… Dee style."
Ryo sighed and rolled his eyes as he made his way to his partner. "Head straight home!" he yelled back.
Bikky waved then started off in the direction of home.
"Bikky hold up!" Lai called after him.
He didn't even acknowledge Lai's words as he continued walking.
"Bikky come on, I wanna talk to you!" He grabbbed Bikky's arm to stop him but just as quickly Bikky pulled away.
"Yeah, thanks for helpin' me an'all but I gotta get goin'. Orders from Ryo ya know." The blonde muttered without turning to look at his saviour and then he was off again in the same direction at a faster pace.
"Damn it!" Lai slammed his fist into the brick wall only to pull back to nurse his now throbbing hand. "Ow, ow, ow!"
Three days later
"Bikky!" Carol's voice rang from the other side of the door through the whole house. "Let me in!"
"Gee Carol, with that attitude so early in the morning…" Bikky leaned on his side of the door with his arms crossed behind his head.
"I swear Bikky! Let me in this god damn minute! And it's 12 in the fucking afternoon!"
Bikky sighed. "What's got you so fuckin' mad anyway?" He asked as he opened the door cautiously.
Carol looked furious. "I was just talking to Lass."
"And?"
"And! She's heartbroken! She really liked Lai and he had just told her last night that he likes you!"
Bikky's eyes must have looked like they had just fallen out of their sockets.
"What! You're not gonna say anything!"
A shocked, stunned and silent Bikky was all she got.
The sound of her hand across his face echoed throughout the apartment.
"How could you let Lai fall for you! Why didn't you tell me he was gay! And why didn't you tell me that he kissed and hit on you!"
"None of that is my fault, damn it! Why the hell are you slappin' me over it!" Bikky nursed the now red spot on his cheek.
"Like any of that matters now! He told Lass that you weren't talking to him. Now get your ass over to his place and make-up!"
The blonde's eyes widened. "Make-up? Are you insane! I'm not gay! I don't want him or any other guy for that matter! Why the hell do you think he's not my friend anymore!"
"Please, you're gay and you know it! I don't care what you think. You can't hurt Lai like this!"
"Hurt Lai! Hurt Lai! Hello! I'm, like, emotionally scarred from what he's done to me!"
Carol sighed. "Oh like a kiss can really do much damage to a person."
"News flash! I'M NOT GAY!"
"I think if you believed that you would have only needed to say it once."
Bikky's eyes lit up with rage. "You're the one who don't believe it!"
"You know you like him. Don't deny it."
"Damn it Carol!" Just as quickly as his sentence came out, Bikky pulled Carol to him and kissed her passionately, maybe a bit too passionately.
When he broke the kiss Carol was speechless.
"Now what do you believe?"
She blinked.
"Carol! Bikky! Wait up!" Lass's voice called.
Carol took her hand from Bikky's and turned around. "Hey Lass!"
"Man, you two. I haven't been able to find you since you started going out."
"It was two days ago Lass." Bikky commented.
"So? You two have been practically joined at the hip since then."
"You're exaggerating Lass." Carol laughed as the three started walking again. "Oh, are you feelin' okay now?"
"Huh?" Lass looked confused, but when she saw Carol's face it clicked in. "Oh, ya. I'm fine. There was never any chance even if…" She trailed off after glancing up at Bikky.
The silver haired nodded then grasped Bikky's hand in hers. "So are you talking anymore?" She dragged Bikky with them as the girls turned down a street.
"Well, he's been busy with school, and other things..."
Bikky's head snapped up at the tone associated with 'other'.
"...but I don't see why we can't still be friends."
"I guess…" Carol muttered. She really wasn't too fond of Lai right now for two reasons. He had hurt Lass and he had kissed Bikky, sure that was before they were going out but Carol had always thought that she would end up with Bikky.
"Well this is where I turn off. I'll see you guys at school tomorrow."
"Bye Lass." Carol waved.
"See ya."
Carol smiled up at Bikky. "Wanna walk me home?"
"Don't I always?"
"Well, no, you don't always. But anyways you are now. Let's go."
Bikky groaned as Carol once again dragged him by his hand which was pretty much in her death grip.
"See you later Biks." Carol stood up on her tiptoes and kissed him on the mouth.
"Later." The blonde gave her a soft kiss on her cheek before heading down the steps and walking off in the direction of Ryo's apartment.
Across the street in the window of a small shop, a black haired boy stayed silent as he stared at the spot where the blonde and the silver haired had kissed. Jealousy and pain pulsed through his heart.
Tomorrow in Chapter 4: Why do gay people drown their closeted sorrows in the breasts of beautiful women?