"Ah…here we are, boys! Mid break…the time where we get to spend time going out to do whatever the hell we want and out of the dull school!" A boy's voice confidently declared his happiness towards his five friends during their walk through their neighborhood town closer to their school as one of the days of their 2-week mid-break vacation days. 2 weeks of no schools, no tiring homework from the annoying teachers, and focusing more of going out of their houses, away from their nagging parents for their studies for the final examinations, and get some girls as dates. Although, like their other schoolmates, there's only one girl suited for their tastes and not even her boyfriend will stop them from getting her as the girlfriend of one of them. But unlike four of his other friends who cheered their agreement of spending their time today outside and no studying, despite they are from the top class of their school, one did not join to look away from his friends with an apprehensive scowl.
'How would they react if they fail the finals?' The boy thought as he looks around from his friends and sees the birds flying in the sky and above their heads and the buildings. Unlike his white friends and schoolmates of Redwood Academy's Class A, Jay Cristian may have done his homework and studies on time to become Class B's hope by the teachers to pass the tests as well even as none of his friends would care that he may or may not follow everything they say whenever they slack off in the school and slave themselves for their coach, Mr. Rocky.
Ignoring his friends whistling and flirting at nearby beautiful girls either their age and possibly a year or a few years older walking past them only to get rejected with disgust, keeping his eyes off them to make sure he does not follow their motives, Jay pulled out his phone when he felt it vibrating from his pocket for a message and see one from my mother's What-App chat for him to take the time walking and texted her messages back, for her to respond seconds after he finished typing one.
"Jay-Jay, what time you think you'll be home for supper?"
"Hopefully before seven or early, depending on if I can ask to bounce."
"I'm more concerned of you hanging out with those lazy ass friends of yours, draggin' you out instead of studying. Will you be alright, baby?"
"… I will, Ma. I promise I'll try to find a way to go home early." Jay typed his assurance with a sad smile knowing that his parents secretly hate his so-called friends, just as the sudden roar of a motorbike almost make him drop his phone on the ground in fright for him and his friends to stop walking and witness a blur of black and yellow instantly zoom through the road and swiftly park itself at the empty spot between two cars, nearly hit the group of six teenage boys who initially stood closer to the pavement and road and back away in alarm from the surprising sight of an awesome-looking motorbike with two helmet-wearing figures sitting on it to be boys from their clothes.
As if he did not see the skeptical group staring at him and his bike in surprise, anger, and interest for the bike, the rider slowly climb off his vehicle and stood closer after Jay hastily put his phone back into his pocket before the rider slowly reach his hands towards his helmet and pull it off his head…revealing a familiar face with blonde hair, and blue, stern eyes they would see from him, to the group's flabbergasted reactions with almost all express anger and jealously directed to him as always while Jay was slowly impressed of his entrance while wondering about the other helmet-wearing boy the rider was with.
"Well, well. If it isn't the Water Princess's boyfriend! How does it feel like to have her under your thumb? Does that make you special than us, you bastard?" The boy who would tend to be the group's leader, Leo Orlan, was quick to taunt Terren Morgan with an incensed smirk to the other while his friends also sneer their anger at him for his luck this year, except for Jay who first stares at his friends with a displeased sneer for their rude behavior as always inside and outside of Redwood Academy, due to following Mr. Rocky's terrible lessons of treating others as filth and losers, before looking at Terren with a subtly saddened scowl only to react with astonishment when Terren glance at everyone with a calm frown on his face and respond to the awful question, helping his helmeted friend climb off his motorbike and stood beside his side. "I don't think of having Puteri under my thumb, but by my side like a normal person would. Speaking of which, she told me you harassed her to be your girlfriend again when I was sick last Friday."
Jay's friends initially flinch in the anxiety of seeing the delinquent glaring at them but mostly Leo with anger as he was speaking the truth of Leo indeed harassing Puteri like the others when the boys noticed Terren was absent and sick that day for them to start making a move that only proves fruitless for Puteri to reject every one of their attempts, making almost all boys furious at Terren, until one of the boys is also quick to mock the blonde with an angry smirk.
"Oh yeah. Too bad for you that Puteri won't think about being with you of all people, even though she always follow you since the beginning of this year…now that we know that your adopted parents are none other than the school's Math teacher and janitor! Mr. Rocky told us and we would see you go home with Miss Mirabelle and her dirty husband often before walking home with Puteri! No surprise everyone at school also found out about your secret."
The sight of Terren shaken and almost throw a fist at either of them out of anger for the cruel taunt of revealing his family secret nearly startled Jay in surprise, but still horrified and angry of the group's heartless remarks as well as provoking the boy to make a degrading scene if not for the helmet-wearing boy with the woolen jacket stopping Terren from doing so by grabbing the back of his shirt with his hand and attracted him to look over his shoulder with a surprised scowl while Jay's friends reacted in anger when another boy demanded the helmet-worn boy in annoyance. "Hey, who the hell are you!? A friend to the punk?"
Instead of answering by words, everyone watches Terren's friend slowly reach his hands to the helmet and also pull it off his head…revealing a familiar beautiful face with pale blue hair cascading in flowing waves tied in a ponytail and glimmering brown eyes narrowing with anger and concern when the revealed rider answered towards the now flabbergasted group that taunted Terren. "I'm his girlfriend."
"P-Puteri!? W-Wha-What are you doing here, with the…did you say…girlfriend?" One of Jay's other friends enquired in shock that is shared by all except Jay and Terren especially when their reaction grew into dismay from Puteri referring to herself as 'girlfriend', the silent nod as her answer horrified the group while Jay was more than impressed for Terren after he calms down and points his free hand at the building at the teenagers' other side, bringing everyone to see a gym named 'Final Blood'
"Puteri and I are visiting her dad and twin brother at the gym. Because of our first meeting with the family, her dad's been wanting me to visit me…and whipped me into shape." The instant shift of reaction from a serene frown into a terrified glower when he answered immediately brought Jay to express shock and pity for the boy, also confirming that the school's rumors of Terren not being one of those muscle-brained fighters is true for Jay to feel relief, while his friends glared at him with a suspicious sneer still showing their anger that Terren and Puteri became an official couple just as everyone watches the door slowly open with a bell ringing in the air and attracted them to see a young man possibly their age with black and brown hair, pale blue eyes, and dressed in a simple sleeveless black shirt tucked in his green shorts that has a white waistband and black and white sneakers with white shoelaces crisscrossing.
As soon as everyone witnessed the arrival at this boy…everyone did not see Jay immediately stare at the newcomer's face in bewilderment and blushing cheeks, his heart immediately thump faster in his chest from the sudden feeling from his reaction. "W-Woah…"
"Hey! Puteri and Terren! Nice of ya two to join us for once. Dad's preparing with the equipment so hope you both are ready and try to beat the shit outta us. Even you, Ter." The boy who was revealed by Terren earlier to be Puteri's twin brother, noticing a sort of facial resemblance between the two, greeted with a composed smile and walk towards the couple before putting his hand on Terren's back just for his words sent him subtly shaking with a terrified smile.
First chuckling with a smile at his reaction, Puteri's brother then notice the group of boys staring mixed skepticism at them although his pale blue eyes furrow curiously at the dark-skinned boy with short, curly hair tied in a bandanna staring at him with baffled surprise like someone meeting an attractive person for the first time, bringing the Kemp son to ominously grin his pearly white teeth on view… "Are these guys the losers I think that keeps harassing the both of you at school because you guys are a couple now?"
"W-What do you mean, losers!?" One of the boys demanded in anger for the question although Jay raised an arm in front of the former and stopped him from attacking Puteri's twin brother and Terren in public, not seeing the look of anger flashing on his face for the intervention while Jay continues staring at the athletically fit boy before them until Leotook a step forward and stood closer to the three, collecting their confusion of seeing the playboy expressing a confident smirk as if he has a plan…
"We want to spend a day in your awesomegym. We would normally follow our coach whenever we want to exercise at school, but since we're at the start of the middle break, we thought it's nice to get our first experience in a real gym, especially run by the famous Demon Killer and Puteri's dad."
'Oh hell no.' Jay and Terren thought of the same thing with a dissatisfied sneer for the weak attempt to prove themselves as strong and confident as they look just to impress them and Puteri, who remain staring blankly at them although she glances down and notices something in one of them before slowly moving her head to face her twin brother when he shrugs his shoulders with a bored scowl and proceed to walk back to the gym after gently wraps his muscled arms around Terren and Puteri's shoulders before walking back in. "Alright…try not to die, then."
"What are you thinking, man? If our parents find out that we lied to them of going to the library just to ditch our studies and go into the most dangerous gym of town…" One of the jocks whispered his worry of entering the Final Blood Gym, noticing the eerie obsessive look in Leo's eyes once he made his friends and Jay hurdle in a circle and rest his arms on two of his lackeys' shoulders. "Then we just say nothing and enjoy today, proving to ourselves and Coach that we can take down the punk and show Puteri's family how SHE deserves to be one of us! You don't want Coach to think that we became pussies and not fight Puteri's famously strong dad, do you?"
"H-Hell no! If we do that, we'll become famous to have Puteri to ourselves and Coach will be proud of us!" Another boy answered with a hesitant smirk and a fist bump in the air yet Jay does not share their sick enthusiasm to prove themselves better when he thought of the one thing he wishes to ask them but unable to when his attention is more focused than the sight of Puteri, Terren, and the former's male family members inside the gym. '…Won't that make Puteri mad, if you do that shit?'
"So…you boys want to prove yourselves worthy to get my attention and train in my gym, at the same day and time as I want to coach Terren? As much as I find it suspicious for your intentions, I suppose it won't hurt to watch if you can survive this gym since I tend to get…interested in someone who can fight even to death." Jay and his friends tensed themselves and try not to show fear when they stood in front of Puteri, her father Evan Kemp, and their twin brother and son while Terren stood beside Jay's free side for the seven boys to compose themselves in front of the 7-foot tall man who has Puteri's blue hair and Azren's eyes for the same color to sneer like the Devil looking down on them with such disgust to all but Terren and Jay, when Puteri's brother whispered something to his father with a confident smirk earlier. "Because I'm still interested to coach Terren while I need Puteri to check on the female members, I have my son monitor your progress."
'So much them working out their shit to impress Puteri.' Jay mentally smirks at his friends' misfortune in their reactions while no one notices him staring at no one but Puteri's brother who cracks the knots in his shoulder and neck as soon as everyone watches Puteri first giving a faint bow and walk away towards the small group of adult women working out with the gym equipment and punching bags, ignoring the disgusting glares from the playboys he was forced to be friends with before he turns his attention to Terren.
As much as he knows how awful people in the school still make rumors of him, Jay has been curious about Terren even before his surprising debut as Puteri's friend to boyfriend the week after Valentine's Day, also forced to endure the boys venting their anger at the poor guy. "Hey, Terren. Did you do something to get Puteri's dad's attention?" Jay quietly asked with Terren facing the boy with a soft frown on his face for the question.
"Oh…I may have tried to protect Puteri by accidentally punched Evan in the stomach, before realizing that he's her dad…his abs hurt like hell and he didn't even flinch. That's why he accepted me to be Puteri's boyfriend, wanting me to come into the gym and whip me into shape." Terren confessed with a nervous smile visibly twitching with fear for Jay to stare at the delinquent in flabbergasted confusion while the other boys reluctantly walk towards the other free equipment like the treadmills, dumbbells, and bicycle-like gym machines. "Bruh, how the fuck are you still alive if you tried to kill the man who killed the Dark Hell Market?" Jay inquired aloud.
"I don't know…" Terren muttered with a sad pout and quivering his lips in fear and dramatic sadness that managed to attract Jay's disbelief although he cannot help but chortle his amusement to smile and pat Terren's head with a hand just as the two hear Evan Kemp's voice calling out the blonde to show the two boys a menacing smirk on the giant's handsome face, bringing the two to shake their fears of both Puteri's father…and sympathize the person who wishes to marry Puteri and have Evan as a father-in-law in the future, even though that he is here. "Come, Terren. You said you want to be stronger for Puteri, yes?"
"Good luck, lover boy. I'll cheer for ya, and Puteri will do the same too." Jay teased his assurance with another pat on the head after hearing more muffled whimpers from Terren, who shakily nod his response and quietly say what Jay heard as 'Thanks. Good luck to you and your friends too…' before Jay watches Terren quickly walk towards Evan also watching his daughter's boyfriend trying not to show his fear at the devilishly smirking Demon Killer just as Jay felt someone grabbing him by the arm and wrist before he was forcefully turn around to be Leo sneering at him with displeasure while his other friends were asked by Puteri's brother to fight a mock practice four-on-one. "What the hell you think you're doing, Jay? Why are you being nice to that punk?"
"What's wrong with a good conversation with someone you're not being friends with? Besides, he wished us good luck without knowing what you're planning to HIS girlfriend by lying to her family." Jay admitted with a stern glower for the boy's plan and was not unfazed of the Class A's playboy threatening him for revealing the plan with a glare, catching glimpses of Terren throwing swift punches at Evan Kemp's bare palms without punching mitts while the monster does not showing any pain from each strike to smirk his approval and command Terren with praises to keep going, infuriating the playboy to grimace his disdain for the punk's luckiness with the popular girl of school this year. "Don't you dare call the Water Princess HIS girlfriend! She's just hasn't seen what we can do and picked him cause they're in the same class! I'll show her that I'm the…"
"Dick!" One of the Class A boys gasped his pain and anger as Jay and Leo turn around and see what shocked the two with their mouths gawking ajar in horror while ignoring Terren 'fighting' Evan Kemp. All four of Jay's other friends are sprawled on the training mat-filled floor by Puteri's brother who glowers his discontentment of the victims groaning their pain and lying on the floor with little turns than getting up and continue with what energy they still have in their slowly aching bodies before he looks up and sees Jay and Leo staring at him instead of working out with the gym's equipment, with the former noticing Puteri's brother is staring at him with a faintly firm scowl and raised his right arm to point a thumb over his shoulder and directed Jay's attention at the barbell stand.
"Hey, cute guy. Can I see your work on your arm muscles?" Puteri's brother confidently called.
Shaken by the offer and being called cute by the handsome boy to feel his face burning with shock and other flattering emotions at the same time, ignoring Leo staring at him with a disgusted sneer, Jay silently walks away from the other and join his coach's side to lie on the bench while watching the slightly muscled boy leisurely insert the small barbell plates at each side of the bar before sitting on the stool behind Jay's head right as he managed to lift the barbell off the stand and slowly lifting it up and down, initially struggling with his arms shaking by the slightly strong weight of the equipment threatening to drop it on him but he quickly gain some motivation to perform well…thanks to the fact he is seeing a coach his age sitting in front of him and watching him with a calm smile while he lied on the bench for his progress.
Hopefully, he would go back to school with some muscles people will bound to notice.
"Hey, what's your name?" Puteri's brother asked with a curious smile after he pulled out another plate and stop Jay from continuing to insert the plates in both ends before letting him resume, first seeing his arms shaking a lot by the additional weight before he grew impressed of Jay continuously lift the barbell, as Jay first blink his eyes in disbelief for a bit before he introduced himself after trying to compose himself. Yet, he can tell by the flirtatious grin on the other's face that he is having trouble keeping calm and nearly drop the barbell on his neck. "J-Jay…Jayden Cristian."
"Azren. Azren Faris Kemp. Just curious, why are you friends with guys being all bark and no bite, obsessed with my little sister, and harassed Ter like everyone who only sees him as a delinquent?" Puteri's brother, Azren, first introduced himself with the same smile to shut Jay's mouth into a shaky smile and feel his entire face red by looking at his body from his position, noticing Azren's legs are faintly spread apart to hang his arms down and hold his A-Phone with his hands, before the question and the sudden frown on his face alarmed Jay to gasp his surprise and watch Azren look away to see Leo's friends now interrogating one of the newcomers who just arrived in the Final Blood Gym while his strangely young girlfriend is with Puteri, first noticing that the man has a painfully scared face, before back to Jay who quickly composes himself from getting distracted with his training and answer with a tired glower for the context.
"…It wasn't my idea at first. I thought that they were cool as being part of the elite class until I noticed that they don't think of studying but slacking off and try to win Puteri by force because of your family's success. At least she must've seen the good side of Terren cause I don't share everyone's thoughts that he's bad, since he protects her from that annoying girl that hurts Puteri so much by dragging around the school."
"Yeah. I would be focusing on helping Puteri and Terren blossoming their relationship, while waiting for my chance of having someone to be with. Hanging out with Terren for six months, I can see that he's sorta misunderstood by the damned people." Azren explained his agreement after gently hold the barbell off Jay's hands and place it back in its original handles, allowing Jay to rise and sat on the bench with his face softening to bear surprise of his thoughts about Puteri and Terren's relationship, only for everyone inside the gym including Evan Kemp and Terren to stop whatever they're doing by the sudden voice of a man shouting in anger and see what caught almost everyone's dismay. "The fuck you say, you little shit!?"
"What the hell are you guys doing?" Leo hissed in agitation once he left Jay to join Puteri's gay twin brother and watch his friends sluggishly climb back on their feet, their aching bodies tempted them to fall back on the matt but they managed to stand for one of them to complain of the severe pain and Leo's luck of not getting attacked by the not-so Water, no Dark Prince as a joke due to Puteri's family having nicknames relating with their appearances and achievements in the past, who can handle fighting four boys his age at once. "Almost got killed by a strong-ass boy, what do you think?! How do you feel like it if you got into our shoes? At least it's not as severe as Coach's punishments."
Leo said nothing but gritted his teeth with a peeved sneer when he looks away from his friends and watch Terren now swinging both his arms and legs in speedily swift punches, swings, and kicks at Evan who also swings his arms and blocks each attack directed at him, while Puteri is now coaching another beautiful girl that could also be their age but with dyed purple hair that nearly frames her face with a few of her bangs, amethyst-colored eyes, and dressed in a purple woolen jacket draping on her elbows with her sleeves, a sleeveless green shirt, black thigh-high shorts, and dark grey sneakers. If what Leo recalled, he saw that purple-haired beauty came in the gym with a man conceivably a few years older than her…
Speak of the devil. Leo spotted the man walking away from his girlfriend, and Leo's, with chin-length brown hair with spiky-like fringes swaying to the left side, matching brown eyes looking yellow, handsome to get chicks demanding for his attention even though he has such severe-looking flogged scars on his skin, including his face with one across his left eye and an X-shaped scar on his right cheek, and dressed in a simple dark sea blue T-shirt underneath his beige jacket resting on his shoulders and back to not wear the sleeves through his scarred arms, grey pants, and brown boots.
'Perfect.' Leo smiled his anger at the obliviously bored man walking to the dumbbells at the other side for another plan he pondered to get Puteri's attention. 'Getting this guy to fight and beat him will get Puteri to fall in love with me.'
"Hey, you!" Leo called out the scarred man with him and his friends looking at the former with confusion and annoyance to the older man which Leo ignored when he pointed a finger at the newcomer's face while his voice alerted some of the other gym members to stop and watch with mixed expressions. "I want to beat you in a one-on-one! You look like a tough guy, so give me your best shot!" Leo demanded with his arms and hands ready to throw punches even though the man furrowed his eyes in dissatisfaction.
"Why would I want to beat a brat? Go fight your friends if you're fucking pissed for something." The man responded with a crude scoff as Leo flinched in anger for both the decline and being called a brat in a gym but he held his tongue when he believed he heard one of his friends gasped his dismay and stamp his hand on the other's shoulders to quietly point something out about the man in dread, confusing Leo at first until he listens to the explanation about the man still sneering at them in boredom for the demand. "Wait a minute, I seen and heard about him, my dude! He's one of those pimps from the Dark Hell Market…known as the Sadist Eyes!"
That introduction prompt Leo and his other friends to react with horror of meeting, and Leo interrogating, someone from the Dark Hell Market with the group staring back at him yet the 'Sadist Eyes' simply brushes off his introduction with a tired sigh, closing his eyes to not see the boys glaring at both him and his girlfriend now happily chatting with Puteri when they are done using the treadmills. "Ex-pimp of the Dark Hell Market. I was one of those assholes that were arrested, by Evan Kemp, eighteen years ago but I decided to turn over a new leaf."
"O…Oh yeah?" One of the boys whispered aloud with a nervous scowl and trying not to wet his pants when meeting a former member of the terroristic black market out in the open and inside the same gym running by the one who took almost everything of the said market down with a little number of members slowly going extinct, yet Leo grimaces his annoyance of seeing his friends being afraid which contradicts Coach's mottos of 'No Pain, No Gain' and 'Fear's For Losers, Aggression's For Winners'.
Cracking the gears of his mind for another plan now shifted to prove himself of beating someone even associated with the Dark Hell Market until he watch the two beautiful and odd-colored haired girls spectating Terren and Evan Kemp's now intense mock battle by the former dodging a swing of Evan's muscled arm before he suddenly grab the same arm and leap himself off the floor to stand on Evan Kemp's arm, surprising the boys and even the giant who managed to grab Terren's foot intending to strike him in the face with one hand while the boy easily stands on the arm with his other foot.
Evan Kemp then grabs Terren off his arm by the foot, forcing a gasp of shock from Terren when his body dangles on the air and upside down by the Demon Killer's hand easily holding him like a doll before the latter slowly lower the child to lie on the floor mat, the brief glimpse of surprise on Evan Kemp's face instantly shifted into amazement and managed to attract almost everyone remain in the gym by clapping his awe of Terren's stunt that would have killed him, with Puteri holding her hands against her mouth in dismay while the purple-haired girl clapped at Terren's stunt as well with an impressed smile.
"Good…Good! That is very impressive, Terren!" Evan Kemp commented with a hand raised for Terren to grab it and hold him back on his feet as the sight of Terren rubbing the back of his head with a sheepish smile infuriates Leo further to the point he did not stop and think of what to say other than an angry taunt for what he wanted to say to the ex-member of Dark Hell Market, staring at not the delinquent, but the purple-haired girl also clapping her wonder of his stunt. "…What did you do, fuck your girlfriend after you got out of prison?!"
Realizing what he criticized after hearing his friends gasping their horror, Leo shuddered in apprehension when the 'Sadist Eyes' opened his eyes in disbelief shifting into rage by the harsh complaint for Leo to choke his horror of the ex-terrorist and pimp now gripping him by the shirt and effortlessly hold him on the air with his left hand, readying his right hand curled into a fist to punch the now screaming boy dangling his legs on the air while he ignores everyone inside the Final Blood Gym now frozen in mixed shock of what is happening when the man yelled his demand at Leo before he could punch at him in the face. "The fuck you say, you little shit!?"
"W-Woah, Woah, Woah! Wait a minute!" Despite he was defeated by Evan but happy that he did something he always wanted to do... even though it was dangerous, Terren hastily run away from Puteri, Evan, and the former's new friend he heard her name is Jules who join Terren to sprint towards the latter's boyfriend and wrapped their arms around him with Terren's arms around his torso while Jules leaps and hang herself by grabbing her boyfriend's arm intending to punch at Leo's face, stopping the man from doing so when he stares at both Terren and Jules in shock and confusion that brush his rage off his face the moment he hears his girlfriend begging him in concern. "Griffin, wait! You promised you can behave and don't fight in public!"
"B-But…he was talking shit about you, Jewels." Jules's boyfriend Griffin admitted in astonishment after subtly shaking his arm to playfully shake Jules off, to no avail, with a quick move of his head to see Terren trying to pull him away from Leo still struggling to release himself from Griffin's grip as everyone circle the scene in uneasiness yet Evan watches the scene unfold with a discontented sneer, since he knew all along that these boys are not serious to train their bodies and focusing of harassing Puteri and Terren, although he was glad that one of the boys seems motivated to train instead of complaining, and also catching Zen's interest to assume a possible thought Evan wish to know and confirm later.
Right now, what should be the dumb show for Evan and his children today, even if he understands that his daughter does not share his and her brother's amusement of senseless violence, is the sight of those proud brats getting their comeuppance.
"H-hey, Griffin! I know we just met, but I understand how upset you are when someone talks shit about the person you care about. Earlier, they were mocking me about my adopted parents and they're some of the boys of my school obsessed with my girlfriend and tried so many times to take her by force! But if you continue to do this, people will see you as someone you used to be and promised you don't want to go back! Believe me, I always get people seeing me as a nuisance even though I'm trying to be good in people's eyes and never think of fighting back unless it's bad guys!" Terren explained with trepidation while budging back to stop Griffin from throwing a punch, not seeing Griffin staring at his face with bewilderment with mixed shock and pity for the blonde, unfazed of both him and the brunette's girlfriend holding onto him, until he realized what he noted from Terren's story to glare at Leo in dismay and fury.
"Wait…why do you and your fucking friends want the kid's girlfriend so much!? Aren't there like other chicks in your school or…in overseas?! Can't you ask them out instead of forcing the guy's sweetheart!?"
"I too would like to know why." Evan agreed with a deadly hiss from his face scrunching in such wrath that send almost everyone shaking in fear after he threatening pull out his bokuto katana off his jacket and hold it for the tip to hover inches in front of Leo's face, increasing his fear to release nothing but muffled whimpers while his friends have their voices silenced by the terrifying father and Demon Killer wooden sword that could still kill anyone with his strength and livid sneer.
"Normally, I would do this by myself. But I wish I should've brought my wife here and watch her threaten you all for our irritation of hearing dirty-minded fools demanding our children's bodies for their disgusting pleasures. I'm terribly sorry but I would advise you and your friends to leave this place. And would you and everyone in your school please stop harassing my daughter and her boyfriend when you get back after the break?"
Everyone watch Leo fidgeting his attempts to release himself off Griffin's hand for the brunette man to drop Leo to fall and land back on the flooring to stand closer to his terrified friends, staring at Evan Kemp and Griffin sneering their anger at the brat's personality only to sour even the others' annoyance after Leo first grit his teeth at Terren who silently glare at the agitated boy with a stern glower before the group of five boys, except Jay who did not join them and stand beside Azren, proceed to storm out of the Final Blood Gym with Leon showing nothing but contempt foiling his handsome face when he complained aloud to regain his pride. "Tch! This is boring! Let's get outta here, and burn something to kill the time!"
As soon as the real delinquents exited the gym even without realizing that one of them stayed behind when the last boy purposely slam the Perspex glass door to unfortunately not break and shatter upon contact, also revealing their true colors to everyone instead of the one they presumed Terren is, Evan, his children, Terren, Jules, and Griffin watch Jay who remains walk towards the former and apologize with a serene scowl and a sympathetic tone of sadness.
"I'm sorry for what my so-called friends have done. Because of following an abusive coach in our school, they think it's alright to push other students down and call them worthless names without their parents knowing. I hope you can forgive them."
"…No…You should never apologize for something YOU didn't do, instead of them cause that will increase their revolting pride. It would be better if you be with other, more…sophisticated friends." Evan Kemp reassured with a soft frown and shook his head for Jay's apology for his friends, with the gratefully patient boy staring at the giant man and father with a startled frown to look around and see Azren, Terren, and Jules smiling their reassurances at him while Puteri and Griffin only frowns a soft line with their mouths, also attracting Jay to notice both Puteri and Azren are holding their A-Phones this whole time and recorded everything that happened, which Jay does not care since they can use the clips as evidence for a future cause, before Terren walk towards Jay and question the other with a faintly hopeful smile. "If you like…you can be our friend and hang out with me and Puteri at school, if you like."
"Really?" Jay asked with surprise at first yet a happy smile grew on his face for the invitation of being friends as Puteri stood closer to Terren and nod her agreement with one of her shy smiles that would attract boys to fall head over heels for her beauty…which, fortunately, managed to not get Jay to feel anything other than cheerfulness at the thought of being friends with those who are thoughtful and prefers to study. "Of course. Even though we have the finals to worry about, but I hope we can have some fun during this year. We even made friends with the others of Class D.5 and other classes that are nice to us, the same goes for those outside the school…"
"Can we also be your friends?" The three students face the owner of the voice to be Jules when she and Griffin, who has completely calmed down from losing his temper to express a soft frown that looks like a faint smile, turn around and join the conversation while leaving the limited members of the gym to slowly walk back to the equipment or dressing rooms and Evan and Azren walk away from the five to stand near the dumbbells and barbells section of the room. "I appreciate what you both said about accepting Griffin, even though he used to be in the Dark Hell Market. We can give you our numbers in case of giving us a ring to talk sometimes, or if you guys need outside help and invite us."
"Zen. Before I would like to mention that it's a relief Princess and Terren's angel friends did not join us today and stayed with Dij in the house…I'm curious to assume one thing from what you said earlier. About their new friend." Evan whispered to his son with a curious tone in his voice as Azren first glance at his sister and boyfriend, and their new friends including Jay before back to his father when he finished asking the question he knew he had in mind. "Do you have the same ability as your mother and sister to see the Red Thread of Fate, to be fascinated with the boy?"
"… I'm not surprised if I do or don't have the supernatural sight, so I'll just ask Puteri if I do have Jay's Red Thread. Even if it's not true, is it okay that you and Mum don't mind if I do be with Jay, right Dad?" Azren responded with a shrug of his shoulders and a confident smile for the thought of being committed to Jay for finding himself intrigued about that guy who is not like his loser ex-friends. The suggestion of being in a relationship with a boy prompts Evan to softly close his eyes with a chortle from his smile before he immediately alarmed Azren by swiftly holding him closer with one arm around the boy's throat and playfully grind the knuckles of his other hand against his son's temple to send him shaken and laugh his response in amusement.
"Knowing your mother, of course, you can. As long as you don't get interrogated by disgusting people deeming your relationship as repulsive… and please don't make me the only one in the family that does not have your mother and sister's amazing powers, if you do have them!"
References/ Trivia:
. The Final Blood Gym is a sort of reference with the Final Fantasy series, most notably Final Fantasy XIV due to Evan's almost heavily resemblance with a fan-favorite character and the original name was supposed to be Storm Blood, after the FFXIV's expansion the said character debuted Stormblood.
. Azren's clothes is a reference to the character Little Mac from the video game Punch-Out and also appear in the Super Smash Bros series.
- His revealed middle name Faris as well as appearance is actually based on one of the author's schoolmates, who's also named Faris.
. Griffin's threat to Leo is almost EXACTLY the same line the Youtuber Ninja once said during one of his Fortnite gameplays and became a meme... The author never plays Fortnite so she might be boring to those who DO play...