When Wally woke up, he had a shower, got changed, and had breakfast.
He was about to leave and meet Ben when Kuki walked in, in her nightdress.
"Morning." She smiled. "Where are you off to so early?"
"Hi. Oh, I was going to the boxing club. Apparently there's a talent scout lurking around, so…You know." He replied.
He glanced at the corner of her forehead, it had swelled a little and it had an abnormal colour of blue and purple.
"Mind if I come? Kurt's not meeting me until later and I don't want to be alone. Anyway, I haven't seen you boxing for years." Kuki asked sweetly.
"Sure, I'll wait for you." He smiled.
Kuki grinned and ran back to her room. In ten minutes, she reappeared; she was fully dressed and had obviously covered her bruise with makeup as it was no longer visible.
Wally smiled at her, she wasn't wearing her green hoodie, but the T-shirt which he'd got her yesterday. It looked good on her.
"Ready?" He asked.
"Oh!" She ran into the kitchen, pulled out a breakfast bar from the cupboard then came out as she munched on it. "Yep."
To Kuki, the boxing club wasn't anything special. When they walked in, the odour of sweat was wafted in the doorway and it wasn't much of a sight to see. The walls were an ugly brown colour it was a stuffy room with no windows, and most of the space was taken up by a large boxing ring in the centre of the room.
On the one wall, there was a cupboard full of headwear and boxing gloves, even spare shorts.
Next to that were sat some sort of work out apparatus.
On the opposite side of the room, three metal chairs sat rested against the wall.
In any spaces possible, there was equipment such as punch bags and dummies etc.
Sweaty guys wandered around the room, some wolf whistled at Kuki as she walked in. She edged closer to Wally feeling uncomfortable and venerable.
"Hey Beatles!" A boy called behind them. Wally turned around and smiled. They made some sort of strange handshake by linking thumbs with one another so that they were clasping each others fists.
"How's it going Ben?" Wally nodded. "This is Kuki, she wanted to come and hang around."
Ben nodded curtly to Kuki and politely shook hands with her.
He was an average size with an average build. His black hair was fairly short and he was dripping with sweat.
"Beatles! You're up next!" A huge bald man dressed in a red tracksuit called from the ring. "Chambers! You too!"
"Great, I forgot my gloves!" Wally groaned.
"Here you go dude, you can borrow mine, you don't want to wear any of those crappy ones from the cupboard." Ben said, taking them from around his neck and handing them to Wally.
"Thanks man! I'll be right back!" He said to Kuki, reassuringly tapping her arm and jogging over to the cupboard, where he took out a boxing hat (sorry, I have no idea what they call them.)
He then took off his hoodie and jeans to reveal the shorts which he was wearing. He then put on the hat and pulled a mouth guard from the pocket of his shorts and placed it in his mouth before putting on Ben's gloves and jumping into the ring.
"So, Kuki, I finally get to meet you!" Ben said with a smile. "Wally does not stop talking about you."
"Really? He talks about you a lot too. Are you two real close?" She asked.
"Yeah, we got partnered up about a year back." Ben told her as he walked towards the seats, Kuki followed.
"We were just supposed to fight. But during the practice, I saw this one guy steal my bag. We both ran after him, beat him to a pulp and stayed friends since then."
Kuki giggled at the story as they sat down.
She looked up at Wally, who was having a match with a taller boy. It worried her that he might get hurt.
"Don't worry." Ben told her, he must have noticed her concern. "Wally's most likely the best fighter in the ring that the club has."
Kuki looked over to him with a smile.
"I always wondered, why do they call it a 'ring'? It's square."
Ben laughed at her question.
"Before they were made like this, boxers would fight in a ring drawn on the floor and the crowd would be circled around them. I guess that's where the name comes from."
"Oh!" Kuki said, looking back up at Wally, discreetly scoping his body, then looking to her cell and reading the text that Kurt had just sent her.
I'll pick you up in 5 mins
Where are you?
X
Kuki looked at the time on the clock on the wall.
3:15pm
'wow, that went fast'
She sent back a reply to him and then continued watching Wally.
I'm in the boxing club,
Next to Cleveland pizza shop.
X
Kuki gasped as the boy went to hit Wally below the belt.
Wally blocked it easily but missed the boy's other fist and took a left hook across his jaw.
"Hey! He can't do that!" Ben snarled furiously. "No hitting below belt!"
Wally looked dazed, the other kid hit him once again across his head, and fell to the floor.
"Wally!" Kuki called. Both she and Ben rushed to their feet and jumped into the ring.
"You okay man?" Ben asked, crouched on his hands and knees and looking down at Wally.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Wally replied, still in shock, he was pale and a little shaky.
Kuki pulled off his helmet and rested his head on her lap. He looked up and her and gave a faint smile.
"Hey! What's she doing here?" The kid who had just knocked Wally projected, still stood in the ring.
"What the hell were you doing? You know it's against the rules to hit below waist level!" Ben snapped as he stood up.
"Whoa! I was just causing a distraction, I wasn't going to hit him there! No rules against that!" The kid replied.
Ben continued to argue with the boy as the coach tried to calm them down.
Wally once again looked up at Kuki, who smiled weakly at him.
"Are you hurt?" She asked.
"Na, I'll be okay." He replied calmly.
She smiled and he grinned back.
"Kuki!" They both turned to see Kurt standing looking through the ropes of the ring.
Kuki smiled at him and stood up slowly, allowing Wally to regain balance before she got up completely
"Hi." She smiled, as she jumped down and kissed him.
"Hey Kurt, how you doing?" Wally nodded as he came to the edge of the ring. Kurt smiled back and then turned back to Kuki.
"Ready to go?" He asked. She nodded and looked across the ring.
"Oh, tell Ben I said goodbye when he's done." She chuckled, as she noticed that the coach was now attempting to pry Ben from on top of the boy.
Wally looked over and laughed, then nodded.
"Bye." He said as Kuki and Kurt began to make their way out.
"Hey guys, look at this dude!" One of the boxing boys laughed at Kurt as they passed them. "He looks more like a dancer than a boxer."
The boys around them burst into laughter.
"Yeah, what you doing in a place like this buddy boy? Like the sight of topless sweaty boys?" Another one laughed.
"Hey! Knock it off!" Wally scolded them. All of the boys silenced and carried on with their businesses.
Kuki looked back at Wally, who had his arms folded on the top rope of the ring, his chin was rested on his arms and he was glaring at the two boys who made the comments.
He glanced back at her and smiled.
She mouthed 'thank you' to him before waving and walking out.
"How often do you go in there?" Kurt said with anger and disgust as they walked out. His arm was draped over her shoulder.
"This was the first time." She replied with a small chuckle.
"What vile boys, reminds me why I used to hate the kids in gym." He laughed.
"Yeah, Well, Wally and his friend were okay." Kuki said.
Kurt said nothing, he just sighed and then looked down at her. He stopped walking and then turned and pulled Kuki into an embrace. He began to kiss her all over her face.
She felt warm in his arms and wished that he'd never let go.
"Want some pizza before we go? Just while we're here? We've still got time to spare before the film." He asked.
Kuki sighed and nodded.
She wasn't really looking forward to the film. After seeing her choice yesterday night, she told Kurt that they could come back tonight as he was desperate to watch this horror film.
Not that she overly minded, she had Kurt there, she knew that he'd look after her.