A/N: This has not been edited so expect the errors and choppy awkward sentences at times. I wanted to post this ASAP for you guys because its been a while ;3;

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[Daniel's POV]

Let me tell you a few things. I am not a bad person for one. Neither is Terry or Kevin. Bad things happen to good people that make them look like the bad guys. This, however, is NOT what I signed up for. Hell, there wasn't even a sheet to sign and rip up. I was forced into delivering the news to our ex-partner in crime and get out.

Here is what you probably don't know about the punks at our school. There is a reason why they aren't messed with. Let's start with little poor innocent face Tino. He has a gun licenses and his family own a highly regarded gun shop outside of town. Then there is the Yao, who is a master of Kung fu and other material arts. And last but not least. Punk face with bad attitude. He was involved with us for a long time before he left us cold and empty handed. He was one of us. In fact Kevin considered him his best friend. We helped him out when he needed money. Sure, the methods would have been seen as illegal but we did it.

He would probably have had a thousand problems without our help. Kevin made us swear never to tell him where we got the money or food. Kevin knew how Lukas would react. I remember this one time that we first got a detention together. We had messed around with a few cables in the drama class. During the yearly school production. Good times. But Lukas didnt like it at all.

They all ended very quickly though. It was the start of puberty and well we all know how kids can change from mischievous to violent. We were picking on a kid and Lukas came in. He instantly got mad and helped the kid out. It wasn't too bad we were just shoving him a bit nothing serious like we do now. But Lukas had always been strong headed about not picking on the weak.

"Don't ever do that. This is serious. What the fuck is wrong with you three?" He was outraged. At first, I think we all thought he was being dramatic and what not.

"Chill yea? It's just shoving." I remember Terry sheepishly saying. What I remember most out of that day was the only expressions I had ever seen Lukas pull. It was his disbelieving shocked expression that quickly turned into anger.

"I'm out of this. I refuse to be associated with the three of you." Those words never made sense at first. He was always using big words and phrases that were old like from books and stuff. I never understood half of them but I know a secret of his the the other two don't. After that day had happened and Kevin was hurt, I followed Lukas after school. It was strictly to see how he was doing since he only had Tino as a friend back then.

This is when I finally understood why he was so angered by us messing with some nerd. I followed him to the library. He didn't go though the front entrance. Instead he went to the back and picked the lock. I thought it was weird but then I saw him go in and just read. For hours. This was his secret. No one else knew about I could tell. That's why he must have been so against us messing with the nerds. He IS a nerd. It all made sense.

He was a punk though. It would be weird for him to hang out with the nerds. That's why he sat with Tino probably. It was a mask. And if I was to say a word of this. He would be in deep shit. At times I was very tempted to go ahead and tell, but, I always thought that there will be a time and a place for us to use that information against him. After all, he hurt us. He left us and we turned into who we were today. Terry and I didn't really want revenge. Kevin, on the other hand, wanted it more than anything.

"We have to start with picking at what will hurt him the most." He mumbled to us.

"Bro, honestly, it's not worth it. Wouldn't you want him to feel a little sting and then make it hurt more?" Terry almost gave good advice.

"Isn't there a kid that is always staring at him or what not?" I should have kept my mouth shut from saying that. I often don't mean to say things but they slip out. Kevin smirked evilly. I felt myself become slightly scared. I probably would have left too if I wasn't aware of what Kevin was turning into.

We weren't aware of who Mathias was at the time. Is that even his name? Whatever, that nerd was just a nerd with a massive crush on Lukas. We picked on him relentlessly for about a year. We then found out where he lived and back off a fair bit. We didn't need people with money against us. It would be a lot of trouble. That didn't seem to stop the nerd from looking at Lukas. Lukas didn't seem aware of it. Of course he wasn't aware of it. That's when our next target became Emil. Terry was very against it. He hated Lukas but he didn't want to get Emil involved.

"That's fucked up. Come on, why don't we pick on Lukas instead?" He whined. Kevin glared at him enough to shut him up. He grabbed Terry but the collar and growled.

"Because it will hurt Lukas more to see his brother get picked on than to experience it himself. He knows it would be his fault." He threw Terry at me. He had become a monster. Terry was very still for a bit. Like he was trying to believe that this was reality and not some nightmare.

"That's fine but you don't need to throw us around. We are your friends remember?" I let my anger get to me that day. Terry grabbed onto my arm and pulled me out of there. We heard Kevin throwing his tantrums and fits of anger. We were lucky it was the garage we normally hang out in. It took a while to fix all the broken furniture as well as our trust for him but it was mended.

After that Terry and I were never against his word. It was all fine until now. Kevin was in the hospital and it was Lukas' fault. He was more violent and angry. Terry was probably more scared than before to go against Kevin. I didn't want to think what he would do if we left too.

"Let him know that I'm going to make him hurt like he has hurt us. And that his little girlfriend and sister can expect some pain too. I will be out next week." His face was patched up with bruises and his nose looked like it had gotten out of a nose surgery. It was bad. Lukas had his injuries too. But he was smart about them. They were fading quicker and we knew that Kevin wasn't going to like it at all.

"How do we know that he will be here?" Terry asked me as we walked up the stairs into the arcade on the second level of the shopping centre.

"He works in the supermarket here doesn't he? I have seen him around here. I don't know." I lightly brushed off the question. It seemed like it was insignificant at the time. I didn't know that the nerd was going to be with him. Or that he was going to anger Terry. Or that the nerd was going to try to stop Terry from beating up Lukas. But that all happened so quick.

I currently was holding Lukas back from knocking Terry out. Terry was raging, maybe more scared that Kevin would cut his ass up if he didn't beat up the nerd for interrupting our message. I was surprised by Mathias though. He kept defending and stopping Lukas from getting into a mess like this. Maybe he really liked Lukas a lot more than what I originally thought. It reminded me of what would happen to him though. If he got closer, Kevin would hurt him more.

I could stop disaster from snowballing or I could stay safe.

Terry punched the nerd on the face. I expected that. The sound of the impact seemed like it hurt a fair bit. Lukas was kicking my shins and elbowing me to let him go. I noticed that the nerd's glasses went flying off elsewhere. They were probably broken or something now.

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO FUCKING MESS WITH US." Terry was shouting. People stopped and started to gather around. I looked around and saw a few people informing the desk at the arcade that there was a fight happening. There wasn't. The nerd wouldn't stand up right? Why go through the pain?

That's when the nerd got up and punched Terry. And then they both fell on the floor and started trying to rip each other into shreds. My grip on Lukas loosened. Lukas stopped for solid 30 seconds. The shock made everything go into slow motion. The nerd had punched Terry. In the gut. The nerd punched the bully in the gut. Something about that just made me drop everything inside. I don't know if it was a happiness to see that an old friend had someone legitimately good looking out for them or intense fear and cold sweat. Maybe it was a mixture.

Lukas of course took this opportunity to elbow me in the ribs and run to Mathias and pulling him away from Terry. I didn't know what to do. Everything was going slow and then it sped up. People were filming and acting like they haven't seen a fight. Well, I haven't seen a nerd beat Terry's ass before. I turned and saw the security guys practically running to us.

"Terry! Let's get out of here now. Don't be a cunt." I pulled Terry away from an angry Mathias also being pulled away from an raging Terry.

"I'm gonna kill this motherfucker!" Being tall helped here. I just picked him up and ran out of there. Fuck it, I wasn't going to let us get caught. We have done too many crimes to be caught right now.

Once we were far away enough from the place, I turned to Terry. He had been the only person I could trust from the beginning. I knew he trusted me so I decided to try and wake him up from this fear Kevin caused to have.

"We need to back off from those two." I said panting with my hand on his shoulders. He was panting too. It wasn't rare for us to run from cops, teachers, security guards. We just haven't done it in a while.

"What do you mean? What about Kevin? Do you know what he is gonna do to that nerd now?" Terry whispered loudly to me. Sometimes I feel like he is still just a scared small child.

"Did you see how Mathias snapped? Get Lukas and him pissed off and Kevin might have a trouble dealing his way out of death!" I whispered back. I didn't know why we were whispering. It's just something we do when we talk about Kevin. We are paranoid of him overhearing us probably.

Terry pulled my arm and dragged me to our normal hide out. It was the garage that Kevin once torn up. It wasn't too far from the centre. "Daniel, are you insane? Are you planning to go against Kevin? Or worse, leave him?"

"What the fuck do you think? It's getting more dangerous and to be fair, it's not the good type of dangerous. He is a monster now!" I was beginning to raise my voice now.

"Fuck no. If you're going to disappear you might have to do that false death shit on TV. I ain't the smart. I don't like books. Fuck them, but even I can tell that Kevin will find out and try to kill us probably." Terry was panicking. When I say he was panicking its that shaky paranoid type. He is scared of Kevin. He doesn't want to be on his wrong side and I think that he might even regret ever being friends with him. I know I did.

"Terry, calm yo ass. I swear, listen to me. We don't have to fake deaths or shit like that. We just let Kevin realise how pointless we are. Seriously, what other way is there around this?" I sat down on the old creaky couch we had there. We found it on the streets so god knows if someone died on this. We washed it and patched it up though.

"Uh, we can not do that and fucking live. Fuck it. Why are you even considering that? Don't tell me you are suicidal. You know that shit is serious to me." Terry was walking around. Sometimes he reminded me of those small wind up toys that go really fast at first and then chill. That's him when he is angry or worked up about something.

"I am not suicidal, you fuck face. I wanna live that why we need out. Out of this place. Out of this sick friendship and out of this motherfucking mess." He finally sighed and sat down next to me.

"And how the hell are we gonna do that when Kevin wants to practically kill lil Emil and now Lukas is probably gonna get shot or something. Fuck." His voice broke. When Lukas was still friends with us. Emil used to hang out with Terry. Emil didn't think much of it but Terry never had any sibling. Emil kinda filled that out for him, I guess. I think that's why he was against bullying him, unless Kevin is around. Terry's mum always took care of him after his dad killed himself. His mum never remarried so he never had siblings. We are the closest he has to brothers and so he treats us like such.

"I know. That's why we have to leave. We can warn them about it but we need to get away from Kevin. He honestly needs help." I pat his back a bit.

"And what then? Daniel, he is our friend. He is like a brother to me. I'm scared of him but also what might happen to him." Terry snapped at me a bit. You could hear the tension in his voice. It's all built up stress cracking through to the exterior world. Kinda like how Lukas is actually.

"Terry, I know that but there is also a point that we can go to and we are far from that."

"What point? I don't get these book analogy shitty crap. Is that even the right word? Fuck it. I don't get them. You know I don't read. And screw numbers too."

"Yea you sayin that now but when you need money you know all the maths right?"

"That's fucking different. I need to take care of my mum. I can't go against Kevin." I stood up biting both my lips together. Terry stayed sitting and watched as I paced back and forth in front of the couch.

"What are you think?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

"I'm going to give Mathias the information we get from Kevin." He stood up now.

"Now you're insane?" I hush him.

"Don't be stupid. I'm not going to let them know who is giving them information." Realisation must have hit him a little delayed as he had a delayed reaction to what I had said.

"So, they won't know it's you? And neither will Kevin?" He asked trying to understand things.

"Yea, it will be anonymous." He seemed to calm down and think about things too. I grinned a bit. "We act as we normally do but we get down and tell them what Kevin is plotting... For the good of Kevin and them."

[normal POV]
The breeze outside was cold and harsh. Mathias and Lukas had dealt with the security guards from the mall and explained what had happened. They were now in the bathroom for kids. They had microwave, play set and couches. It's supposed to be a bathroom for parents to change nappies and breastfeed their kids but there weren't any parents this late at night. So Lukas just dragged Mathias in there.

"Owww" Mathias whined as Lukas put some ointment for the bruises to die down quicker. The smell was super strong, like foot cream or something of the sort.

"It's your fault you're in this mess. I told you not get involved and now look at you." Lukas tried to sound angry but instead his voice sounded more concerned and anxious. Mathias grinned at this.

"Well it was all worth it. It's a shame I lost my glasses." Mathias rubbed his eyes and winced a bit when he touched his bruised cheek bone.

"Now Kevin is going to go after you. Is that really worth the trouble?"

"Well yes. I kinda made up my mind when you threatened them-" Mathias blushed and looked away. He hadn't meant for that to slip. Lukas watched the expressions change in Mathias' face. He sighed a bit and grabbed a wipe from the large dispenser in the bathroom.

"What I say shouldn't influence what you do. Besides those three are more capable of damage than you think." Mathias watched with his blurred vision as Lukas spoke. Lukas began to wipe the blood of Mathias' face from the cut on his lip.

"I know that. I have been through my share of their trouble." Mathias averted his gaze. The harassment from the past still haunted him. He didn't know why they picked on him. It looked like a random attack on a random nerd passing by back then. But now it made sense why he was targeted.

"What do you- don't tell me they used to beat you up." Lukas seemed to catch on quick but beating up wasn't the only thing they did. Life was hell three years ago. Those three made it hell for a full year and then suddenly stopped. It wasn't physical abuse that hurt but the paranoia that they would start again. His silence reassured Lukas that he was right.

"What did they do?" Lukas' tone changed from concerned to angered in seconds. He hadn't felt it until now but the punk really did change his tone a lot when he was mentioned. Although Lukas didn't show much emotion through his facial expressions, his voice seemed less deadpan the more the Mathias seemed to be near him.

"Oh... Uh well the usual. Picking on the defenceless nerd, breaking my glasses, throwing my books into the school fountain, shoving me and beat me up." Mathias made it sound like it was the most normal thing in the world but it was the very opposite. Lukas stared at him with his eyes widened at the list of wrongs.

"It's alright though. They stopped after a while so it's fine." Lukas could tell it was an attempt to brush off the seriousness of the situation. He accidentally pressed the wipe on the cut directly. "OUCH!"

"Sorry. You shouldn't say it's alright. It isn't okay to be harassed." Mathias sat up straighter on the bench. He was a little shorter than Lukas who was standing in front of him. This was probably the closest they have stood next to each other. The thought was making Mathias space out. Even if he couldn't see the best he could just make out the details of Lukas' face. The closer they were the better he could see. He already knew Lukas was attractive but being close made it more obvious. It made his lips feel dry and lost for words.

Lukas didn't notice at first but the sudden silence caught his attention. He slowly glanced at Mathias as he was wiping the rest of the blood off his cheek. He realised he was practically caressing his cheek. The second he realised that his fingers began to register the warmth radiating from below the wipe. His mind also took a second remind him how close Mathias' face was and how different he looked without glasses. Glasses made Mathias look dorky and cute. Lukas liked cute things despite his great love for heavy metal and being able to break someone's nose. The absence of glasses just was different.

There was a silence were Mathias and Lukas just stared at each other. Their minds making their bodies inch closer but Lukas broke the eye contact rather quickly once he sensed himself leaning in. Mathias cleared his throat a bit. Lukas put the bloody wipes in the bin.

'What was that?' Lukas was asking himself. He knew Mathias liked him and he had tried to keep him away from him because attachment and false hope could happen. However, it was his heart beating quickly now. He could feel the pulse on his throat. He couldn't like this dork that way right? These feelings couldn't have developed this quick. It's just attraction and hormones. Probably. Hopefully…

Mathias' face heat up like a traffic light. He couldn't believe what has almost happened and he was probably going to have a grin from ear to ear knowing that he was that close to heaven. He didn't care if it hurt slightly or a lot to kiss with an injured lip. He was close. He wasn't about to deny that he liked Lukas but he supposed that if he asked he couldn't just say that he thought of them as friends.

"Lukas?" Mathias suddenly spoke up breaking their now slightly awkward silence. Lukas flinched a bit and turned to look at him. Mathias could just make out the lines of his face.

"Yea?" Lukas asked after waiting for a few seconds.

"I'm going to need a lift home, I can't see anything." Lukas sighed a bit but could tel the other was more than pleased with how tonight's events had turned out.

"Dork."

OKAY so that was actually a really long unexpected hiatus that i just appeared out of. I have basically been going through some personal stuff and a tsunami wave of stress. I came out to my parents about a month ago and things are a bit tensed so yea. Its been interesting. Time to go change bio because this was the last one (out of the millions) that i have to update. I normally would have written it in already but i usually wait until things are official with my family to change things so it takes time.

Enough about me and now Review time~

briana. schmidt1 : Shit did hit the fan and I hope you liked this chapter. I wanted to write it in completely Mathias' or Lukas' point of view but I changed my mind last minute and made it from Daniel's since I hadn't really gotten him involved with the story. Also MASSSIVE thank you for always being one of the first people to read and review I really enjoy seeing you enjoy the story and reviewing :3

CopperTeaLeaves: 1000/10 Review XDDD. It made me laugh too oh my god. I'm pretty sure at least Daniel will try to stay on the good side. I hope this chapter doesnt make you change your mind. I'm actually curious if it changed people's mind about the bullies. But Kevin will definitely get his payback that's for sure.

Guest: I am glad you love it and continue to do so~

Diaflower: I know the feeling. I get hooked instantly but I also find it embarrassing. Like I feel the surprise for the character and react. But yea it's totally cool and Im glad you like the story! I'm just all over the place and haven't updated in a while. My bad ;3;

Kirin Vlinder: Can I just say that I had at least three different types of versions to this chapter and I tried to mix and match and it just happened to turn out the way that you asked... in all three version. Seriously I have chapter 12, 12.1 and 12(might be the one). I kinda want you guys to see the extra material but it would change the plot and stuff UGH the struggles. Lukas, Emil and Mathias will struggle a fair bit and a lot will happen but believe me they will be alright.. for the most part.. at the end..;3 Anyways, I'm glad that you enjoyed it and you favourite the story. Sometimes I don't know if I'm doing things write and reviews always help me get out of that train of thought. So many Thanks~~

Massive thank you to everyone continuing to follow and favourite the story. It lets me know that I have to write and it really does get me out of a bad mood to write for you guys.

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