Amy's POV:
We came way too early...
And now I was sitting alone in my last class of the day. Both Nanon and Joy went outside to make their IG story or something.
I'm not interested in social media stuff. I usually click selfies or random pictures only for myself or to send them to my parents to show them that I'm very much alive.
I was still thinking about what happened earlier with senior V.
I'm sure he was still laughing at my folly. Damnit! I don't want to think about it anymore.
Suddenly the door opened and as soon as I saw his face I moved my eyes, trying to look somewhere else.
He came in, taking long steps towards.... me?
He doesn't look like his normal self at all.
He grabbed me by my arm tightly and pulled me up from my chair.
At first I was surprised to see him like that, then I tried to pull my arm away. But his grip tighten some more.
"Let go..." I said finally.
He glared at me then pull me closer to him. Ouch!
"Who do you think you are? Huh?" He growled deeply. I never heard this tone before.
He's eyes looked fierce for some reason. What happened?
He can't be this angry at the bottle scene, is he?
"Let me go.." I tried hard to remain calm as cool breeze.
"WHY!?" He roared. Woah my calmness makes him more angry.
"You are touching me. And I don't like it." I looked him in the eye just to show him that I'm not afraid of his anger and I don't want to fight him. Still it hurts..
Well I don't even have any idea what makes him flipped like this.
"Do you have any idea what you get yourself into!?" Of all the tones of speech in the world, he chose darker one.
Now I'm not that calm anymore.
"I. Said. Let. Me. Go." I tried to match his level of anger by pressing at each and every word.
He tilted his head and tighten up his grip some more, setting my arm on burning fire. I felt little stingy sensation on my skin beneath my sleeve.
At this rate he'll break my arm. I took a step away from him. But he pulled me back, this time more closer.
Okay that's enough I placed my free hand over his' to make him let go my arm. His hand felt warm against my colder one.
His eyes went down to looked at my hand over his'. Then he stare back at me. His eyes becomes darker.
Now I'm afraid of....him.
I tried to pull my arm while removing his hand. But he's too strong for me to handle. I started to feel my arm going numb.
"LET GO!" I shouted at him.
I looked at the door, waiting for someone to come and help me.
I don't really wanted to shout help help!! That would be pathetic.
"How dare you raise your voice at me..!" He leaned over me. "You have no idea what you've done, are you?" He said in low but deep voice. "I was saving you from..... and you freaking talk to him!!!!" He raised his voice.
"What are you talking about?"
"Playing dumb huh?" He sneered a little "Why? Don't you find him handsome and charming..! Or does he lure you with his sweet talk?" I removed my hand from his. I have no idea where is this going.
"What are you implying?" I don't like the way he talk! Who is he even talking about?
"Don't play dumb with me... I know girls of your kind.." He stare down at me, showing a face full of disgust.
SLAP!
My hand landed on his face hard. For a second he looked like he struck by a thunder.
Timing of my slap and door opening was the same.
Whoever came stopped in their tracks, looking at us, bewildered.
"What is going on?" Joy asked.
"Hey man what are you doing!?" Nanon came towards us running.
I kept looking at him, his face starts to turn red, showing my fingers marks.
Maybe I've hit him too hard. But he deserves to be slapped.. so no regrets.
Even after the slap he didn't let my arm go. Stubborn. He looked like a predator trying to intimidate his prey. But I'm sorry darling you've got the wrong person.
"Are you mad! Let her go!" Joy shouted at him while trying to move his hand away. Good luck with that!
"You can't do this.. it's harassment dude.." Nanon tried to reason with him.
My heart was beating like crazy because of anger, of offensiveness, of disgust,.... of hurt.
I lowered my gaze and stopped fighting back. fighting doesn't bring anything good.
"Amy what are you doing!? Pull your arm back. Nanon get this crazy guy away from her." Joy was shouting at all of us. "What are you doing are you planning to break her arm?" She slapped his hands to make me free, and only caused his grip even tighter.
Nanon was pulling him away, but he was too weak to do that.
"Amy say something to him damnit!" Nanon gave up pulling him, and came to me instead.
I was looking down thinking over what he said earlier. No matter how I comprehend his words they directly hit my heart.
I smiled a little at the pain he caused not by grabbing my arm but with his words..
Everything seems to stopped as I smiled to myself.
"Amy...?" Joy's little voice came.
"He questioned my character." I said while looking at the faces of my friends who seems puzzled.
"..." , "..."
"He knows the kind of girls like me..." My voice break a little.
"What are you talking...." Nanon kept looking at me and him, back and forth.
"He think I'm a call girl..or something." I chuckled a little to hide my broken.... whatever.
"What!!" Both of them looked at me in shock.
"What!! you guys don't know that kind of girls he was referring?? He was talking about the girls who can be lure by looks or money or even sweet talk... They have many names too..." I speak in a little voice but louder enough to be heard clearly. "...call girl, rent girl, prostitute, courtesan.... whore!" I start counting on my fingers.
Strangely now I don't feel anything on my arm at all.
"I DIDN'T SAID THAT!!" He yelled too loud and make both Joy and Nanon stunned. Joy placed her hands on her heart. But I just raised my head.
"True... But I am not dumb. I know exactly what you meant. And deep down you know it too. Just so you know... whatever you were implying on me... I get it." I said too calmly and smiled at the end to assure him.
He was burning red with anger, I don't think he knows how to handle this kind of feeling. Should I help him? Or just tell him to sit down. Taking deep breaths helps too but I'm not in the mood to talk to him politely.
I'm gonna leave this place as soon as he let my arm go.
"Look guys I don't have any idea what is going on here. But let's just sit and talk. Okay! And you let go her damn arm.." Joy tried to talk some sense here. Nanon kept nodding at us.
"Let him be Joy. He too doesn't have any idea what he wanted to do.." I said in half defeat.
"But he's hurting you..." Joy's eyes widened.
"Does he?" I smiled at her pointedly, her jaw dropped down. Even the guy in front of him moved a little.
"Don't be so dramatic. You know me, I am not feeling anything. If treating me like this makes him feel good then ... let him be." I look into in his dark brown eyes. "Or should I help him a little..."
His brows furrowed a little. I raised my free right hand in the air. He raised an eyebrow anticipating a slap or maybe punch. But I don't want to hurt is charming face, again.
Instead I did something else making his eyes widened with shock, and my friends shouted in horror.
THUD!
I hit my wrist on the back of the chair hard enough to break a ... bone!
All eyes were on my wrist, a ugly blue mark appears at once. I felt little throbbing in muscles.
"Are you okay?" Joy half speak half shriek.
"Yup! Ask him is he feeling okay! Is he happy now! he was trying his best to hurt me for quite some time..." I smiled and looked at him challenging if he can still dare to hold onto me.
His eyes change a bit, does it work? "... maybe one more time..." I raised my hand again but this time it landed on something soft.
"!!" My hand landed on...
His hand!
He winced a little in pain.
I didn't realize it at all but when did he let my arm go?
"Are you crazy?" He shouted in his usual over exaggerated high pitched voice while holding my hand.
Haha he's back.
"Not as much as you!" I said and took a step back.
Shows over!
Joy was trying to make herself relax while Nanon sinks into a chair near him. I don't want to talk to anyone of them. I grabbed my bag to leave.
"Where do you think you are going?" Joy makes me sit on me chair. "Show me your arm." Without hearing my answer she unbuttoned my cuff and start folding my sleeve all the way up.
A dark red bruised appears on my skin. I can see five thick fingers marks there.
He bloody marked me!
I turn to give him an accusing glare but his gaze was fix on my arm his legs gave away he too sinks back into a chair.
He looked... afraid?
"We need to see the doctor!" Joy said.
"Naahh it's just a bruise it'll disappear on its own." I tried to unfold my sleeve.
"What about your other hand?" Joy asked again. All eyes went to my wrist, including mine.
"Umm this one looks ugly. I need to hide it for few days, otherwise people would think it was a result of domestic violence..." I tried to joke but no one laugh.
"I didn't....." I heard his voice "It just..." He was looking down while trying to say something.
"I never..." He was tapping his foot restlessly "I hurt you..." He finally looked at me..
"..." I was speechless to see his tear-stained face.
He was... crying.
"Joy Nanon give us a second.... Alone." I said without taking my eyes off him.
"Are you crazy? How can we leave you with..." Joy was saying but I interrupted her.
"Please..."
She waited a second to think but Nanon took her.
"Okay we're just outside if anything happened just shout." Joy said making me smile.
They left but didn't close the door completely.
We both remain silent. I tried to think everything over in my head.
After a minute or two I made up my mind. He looked calm but panicked at the same time. He didn't raise his head but he was sobbing. I think he was trembling too.
I pulled my chair a little closer to him and sat down.
"So are you gonna talk about... about why were you so angry at me?"
"..."
"Tankhun?" I called him by his name.
He looked up at that.
"Whatever happened earlier.... Explain yourself!"
"...you talked to Him."
"Who?"
"One of the guys I want to hide you from."
"..." I was speechless for a minute. All the threatening texts that I got in last two days came to my mind.
"I don't want you to get.... hurt!" He whispered.
"Clearly.." I didn't know if to laugh or cry at that.
"I... I want to say sorry but sorry doesn't heal the wounds." His voice breaks.
"..."
"You can hit me back if that helps." He added making me half smile.
"You were talking about something about girls and their kinds...."
"NO! I didn't meant that not even a percent. I didn't question your character. I didn't know any kinds of... I.... I didn't even know any girls."
"Oh...kay.." I don't know what to do with that piece of information. But why in the hell I felt like.... Happy?
We both went silent again.
"You are different!" He said out of the blue looking sad "...and interesting." He kept looking at me as if trying to find something.
"Thank you?" I felt awkward by his gaze.
"Different makes you Special. Interesting makes you Target." He murmured mostly to himself. I felt a chilled run through my veins giving goosebumps. Whatever ge was implying?
Soon the door opened and students started to come in. They looked at us sitting close and smiled thinking something inappropriate I'm sure.
I stood up and put my chair back to its place and sat down.
My cellphone shows a new text message..
I glance at him, he wiped away his tears with his sleeves.
After reading the text message I kept staring at the screen for a while.
What exactly did I bring myself into!?
'I had Warned you!'
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Tankhun's POV:
I did something I can't undone. I won't be surprised if she didn't talk to me ever again.
I kept arranging sentences in my mind to explain myself to her.
I think I should tell her about everything not just about Vegas, but my family, and business and everything black. She's smart so she can make a decision for herself on her own.
I didn't like the feeling I felt today. It was like something in my head kept pushing my limits.
I had a bad temper, I know. It runs in our family. But I never loose my cool in anger. I never got angry like my brothers Kinn or Kim.
Now I know why they use their fists and gun in anger. I too wanted to break something to calm myself down.
And only thing I took a hold of was her arm.
I saw the mark of my hand left on her. My face still sting a bit because of her slap.
Vegas was right about her... She's bold. She didn't cry like girls but she fought back. She looked me in the eye, and keep challenging me without giving up.
She didn't shouted for help. I kinda wish she would. So that my bodyguards could heard the noise and came in to help her... and me.
At least she would not be hurt then. I looked at my hand which hurt her arm, and then I looked at the other hand which stopped her to getting herself hurt.
Why does she do that? She could have broke her freaking bone!!
My heart almost jump out when she hit her own wrist on the damn chair.
What I feared the most was her.... smile.
I shouted at her, she shouted back. I talked to her rudely and she slapped me fair and square. I was hella angry and manage to make her angry too. But she was the first one to calm herself down like nothing happened.
She even managed to smile between everything, When she chuckled I swear I felt a chill run down my spin. She's scary in a beautiful way. My crazy self can't help but admire.
That was the moment I realized... She didn't need me to protect her.
Psycho Vegas came first in line.... now I can't hide her anymore.
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Vegas's POV:
"Pete?"
"Yeah."
"I think I have made crazy cousin angry!"
"What do you mean!" As soon as I mentioned crazy cousin he turn all of his attention to me.
"He looked at me like he wanted to punch me..."
"Sounds normal to me.." He smiled.
"Pete I'm serious!"
"Okay! Tell me what did you do." He sat in front of me.
I think over everything and... Oh damn!
"Pete I think I've messed it up!" I said finally.
"What!?" He looked at me confused.
Then I told him the whole thing that happened in college.
He heard every thing silently and then gave me an accusing glare.
"I didn't meant everything to turn out like this." I tried to explain myself.
"I need to go to Main mansion!" Pete left the room before I could even react.
Crazy cousin was damn right when he said that if anything happens to him Pete would run to him at the speed of lightening.
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