Shady stayed in the gym until 6:00. He didn't want to face his friends right now, especially since he just got his ass beat by some dork known as Lemon. Plus he didn't wanna die so...
"I'm so fucked." Shady muttered, looking at the clock.
Soon the gym doors opened and Luke came in.
"Shady!" He yelled. "Are you in here?"
Shady felt triggered and got up from his spot behind the bleachers.
"I'm right here Luke." He sighed, walking over to the boy with his hands in his pockets.
"Oh! We've been looking for you!" Luke replied, running over to Shady. "Where were you?!"
"I was here, kinda lost track of time."
"That's ok! Lime and Chen were walking around trying to find you too."
Shady suddenly felt sick.
"Um..can we not go out tonight?" He asked, looking away.
"Huh? Why?" Luke asked, frowning. "It was your idea."
"I-I know, but I'm not feeling to good right now."
Luke gasped and put his hand on Shady's forehead.
"You feel warm! Let's get you back to the room! I can call Chen and Lime and tell them to come back and we can hang out-"
"No! I wouldn't wanna ruin your fun! You guys can still go out! It can be you, Aku, Lime and Chen!" Shady cheered, smiling nervously.
"But-"
"No buts! Go out and have fun!"
Luke raised an eyebrow and sighed.
"Ok if you insist..." Luke muttered, clearly disappointed that Shady won't be joining them.
"Good." Shady replied.
"By the way...have you...seen Aku?" He asked, looking worried.
Shady looked at Luke and shrugged.
"No not at all." He replied. "You know how Aku is, he's always out on his own."
"I don't know...Lime said he didn't come back to their room last night..."
"Maybe he's out visiting his family or his room got changed along with his schedule."
Luke frowned.
"I don't think so Shady." Luke sighed. "He would've told us."
Shady shrugged again and sighed.
"I don't know then." He started walking to the gym doors.
Luke pouted and followed him.
"Maybe you should be more concerned about your friends-"
"Maybe you should mind your own business once in a while." Shady snapped, looking at Luke. "But maybe you don't know how to do that."
Luke's eyes widened and backed away from Shady.
"I-I just want to help-"
"Well you're not helping by getting into other peoples business."
Luke's eyes filled with tears as he watched Shady grab his bag and walk out of the gym.
"Shady..." Luke whispered, tears falling down his face.
The boy bit his lip and fell to his knees.
Shady walked down the hallway quickly, trying to find that bastard named Aku.
"Where the hell is he?!" Shady growled. "That twat..."
Shady wasn't watching where he was going because he slammed right into someone, making the person fall on their ass.
"Ow!" The person whined. "Watch where you're going!"
Shady shook his head and saw that he had bumped into a girl with long, pink hair with blue eyes and pale skin. She was wearing a black, long sleeved dress with pink heels and white stockings.
"You jerk!" She cried, looking up at Shady. "Don't you have any manners?!"
Shady frowned and held out his hand to help the girl up...he maybe an asshole but he still has manners. The girl took his hand and he helped her up.
"Thank you." She sighed and dusted off her dress. "Now...where are my manners? I'm Makimana."
"Names Shady."
Makimana smiled and held out her hand. Shady looked at it, and then looked at her.
"Um.." She pulled her hand away and coughed. "Anyway, I'll just get out of your..."
She looked at Shady's clothes and laughed awkwardly.
"Yeah...see you around I guess." Shady rolled his eyes and walked away from the girl.
Makimana watched him walk away and sighed in relief.
"Nice to meet you!" She yelled, waving.
"Yeah yeah." Shady yelled back.
Chen sat in the cafe with Lime, they both stopped looking for Shady about 2 hours ago because they knew Luke would find him.
"Hey Chen, can I ask you something?" Lime asked, looking at Chen.
"Yeah sure, what is it?" Chen asked, looking at Lime.
"What's your family like?" He asked.
Chen froze.
"Chen? You good bro?" Lime asked, waving a hand in front of Chen.
Chen shook his head and scowled.
"Don't ask about my family again." He snapped, turning away from Lime.
Lime was shocked-hah no he wasn't. He put a hand on Chen's shoulder and smiled.
"Hey, if I told you about my family, will you tell me about yours?" He asked.
"No..now let's change the subject." Chen ordered.
"Ok geez..."
Lime took his hand off of Chen's shoulder and rolled his eyes.
"Do you think Luke found Shady?" Chen asked, changing the subject.
"Yeah." Lime replied.
"Um...Aku hasn't been around lately."
"I know."
"Aren't you worried?"
Lime didn't reply. 'OF COURSE I'M FUCKING WORRIED-just I can't do anything because well the way I see it is, Aku wants to explore. He's probably exploring right now...somewheres.' He thought.
"Nah I'm sure he's fine." Lime lied, looking away.
"Ok?" Chen sighed and looked at the table. "I'm a little worried.."
"He's fine." Lime replied.
"I hope you're right."
'I can't go back...I can't go back...he'll just use me again!'