Three months passed by since Mike won the school talent show, and while he didn't want any celebrity-type fame, his name grew larger day-in and day-out at school to the point that most of the girls were fangirls, be it wanting to get close to him to become his girlfriends, getting a selfie. During lunch break Angelica, Chuckie, Harold and Susie stuck close to him to keep him from anyone wanting to stuck it up on him. However, in classes, Angelica's been staring at the dude.
'Man, he's so mature and handsome,' she thought to herself. 'If only I could get close to him.' Chuckie noticed her staring at Purnomo,, and he snapped his fingers to get her attention.
"Oh, sorry, Finster," she whispered.
"You're in love with him, aren't you?" he asked her, becoming suspicious.
"No. I uh... can't consentrate.. that's all," she fibbed in defense.
A week passed by and Chuckie's been suspicious of Angelica. It turns out she does have a crush on Mike, much to the Finster boy's fury and dismay.
'He may be a normal popular dude," Chuck thought in anger. 'Never seeking fame at all... but that doesn't mean he gets to steal my girl!'
His blood boiled, wanting to teach Purnomo a lesson. 'You're gonna be sorry for trying to steal Angelica from me, Mike! I don't care if you're new and famous or not!' he thought.
Later as the school was dismissed, Chuckie approached Mike. "Hey, Purnomo. Mind if you give me company for a bit?"
Mike was confused. "Why? Don't you have Angelica, or Tommy or whoever?"
"Yeah, uhm... they're kinda busy."
Mike thought about it a sec. "Okay." he said.
"Thanks, man."
"That's why we're mates, uh?"
Chuckie and Mike later strolled down a street which was quite a distance from their neighborhood. Mike was starting to question Chuck, suspicious.
"There's something I wanna say," Chuck told him.
"Okay, what?"
It was at this point Finster did this: He started attacking Mike in pure anger, trying to use him as punching bag, but luckily for Mike he's good at self defense, so he was blocking his attacks without harming him.
"Finster, what the fuck are you doing!?" Mike asked, continuing to block the incoming attacks.
"This is for trying to steal Angelica from me!" he yelled, continuing to use brute force.
"I'd never take Angelica from you! I already got Brianna!"
"I find that hard to believe!" He kept throwing his fists at Mike. "Why won't you fucking go down!?"
Mike did his best to hold his ground from Chuck's furious attacks for the last 5 minutes, but Chuckie eventually overpowered him and began landing multiple hits on the dude's stomach and chest, until he fell to the ground, blood coughed out of his mouth.
Chuckie kneeled down at him. "And don't ever get anywhere near Angelica again."
Mike groanded in brutal pain, too weak to get up. 'Please...' he softly spoke. 'Help me...'
Chuckie just turned the other direction and left him there.
Ten minutes later he arrived at the Java Lava for his shift, only to find the rest of the group already there.
'Okay, Chuck... it's cool. No one knew you beat Mike so brutally. Just stay calm...' he tried to remain calm and cool to avoid the gang's suspicion of him.
"Hey, anyone seen Mike around?" Lil asked them.
"No," Tommy said.
"Haven't seen him," Phil added.
"Beats me," Dil continued.
"Same here," Kimi finished.
Then Lil turned to Chuckie. "You, Chuckie?"
He replied calmly. "Haven't seen him either."
It was then that they noticed an ambulance speed by.
"Wonder who's in it?" Kimi wondered.
Dil then had the initiative to go out and ask a random stranger, who was in the vicinity of Mike's beating. "Excuse me sir, but if I may ask, who was that in the ambulance?"
"Some high schooler I found passed out, a brutal amount of beatings on his stomach and chest. So I called an ambulance here."
"Do you know his name?"
"Yeah, uh... his name on his backpack was labled Mike Purnomo."
Dil gasped in shock at that. "Uh, thanks for your time."
"No prob," he smiled and continued his walk.
Dil made it back to the Lava in a shocked state. "I know who's in the ambulance."
"So what?" Angelica said.
"It's Mike!" he exclaimed, shocking the others.
"Who would've done this?" Kimi asked, worried. "He's pretty good to take Mike down."
"I'll beat that bastard down where he stands," Angelica declared.
They were all talking abut Mike while being worried for a few seconds. Chuckie on the other hand was breaking cold sweat, feeling bad for the guy. At last he had the corage to speak.
"Okay, I did it! I'm the one who brutally beat Mike down!" he yelled, shocking the others as they knew he was a good boxer, but he always keep his fights inside the ring or in desprate measures.
"I can't believe you't actually do that to him!" Tommy yelled at his best friend.
"Cut me some slack, Tommy! If it weren't for him stealing Angelica from me, he wouldn't have been in a hospital bed!"
Angelica sighed. "I'm sorry, Finster. I shouldn't have been a crazy fangirl. I should've known it would hurt your feelings."
"Then let's all head there to see his condition," Lil suggested.
They all agreed, paid Betty for their drinks, and got in Tommy's minivan to take off for the hospital.
Fifteen minutes later the group arrived at the hospital and made their way toward the waiting area outside Mike's room.
"What have I done?" Chuckie sighed in regret after he looked through the window.
"I don't even know what to say, Chuck," Lil told him.
Brianna rushed in moments later after hearing what had happened. The doctor exited the room, sighing.
"How is he, Doc?" she asked.
"He has multiple injuries around four of his rib bones, all of which, luckily are minors."
"May I go in?"
"Not at this time; he needs plenty of rest." And he left.
Brianna peeked through the window to see her boyfriend's condition. "Who did this to him?"
Chuckie spoke up. "It was my fault..."
"And partly mine too," Angelica added, feeling she deserves the blame as well. "We're deeply sorry..."
"You think I'm gonna forgive you now you said you're sorry!?" Brianna scorned, then broke down sobbing. Lil and Kimi just comforted her now, also understanding her feelings. After twenty minutes, Brianna was able to speak.
"I hope... he... makes it," she said in between sobs.
"He will," Lil said.
By then it was aready 7pm.
"We should all go home and come back tomorrow," Tommy said. They all agreed, even Brianna, who has to accept it.
"Don't worry. We'll come back here as a group," Kimi said, hugging her, then let go.
And by then they all went back to their respictive homes while thinking about Mike's survival.
