HOW THE F**K DOES HE KNOW!?
She immediately pulled out her handkerchief in the manner of habit. She kept pondering how Indhra knew, but he had a 'So Obvious' face.
" Easy!" Indhra got a bit worried.
She turned to her right as soon as she completed cleaning the window.
" What...do you mean?" Kyra questioned him, her cheeks flushed red.
Indhra got confused for a second," Don't try to avoid my question!" He said with a slight smirk.
" Well..."
AHHHH! Should I...Sh-sh-should I tell him!? No! N-
" You see, I am the proud daddy here...Maybe I can help you achieve him!" He pointed at himself with his thumb.
" Fine! You win!" She turned to hide her face.
Aldred, oh boy Aldred. How should I introduce this kid? The most handsome person in the school, the most intelligent scholar, the mighty woman player, Aldred Avery. Let me mention something unique about him: his blonde hair, something only he had in LNS. Another mighty thing: His never-giving-up attitude, the only reason why Kyra fell for him.
Although both may be best friends, there is one friend who comes between their relationship. Amanda Roberts! FORMING A LOVE TRIANGLE!
" So you do have a crush on him!" Indhra didn't taunt her; instead, he was trying to help her. " Don't worry! Your secrets are safe with Shinsu and me!"
" Mom!? Why are you bringing her up!?"
Shinsu or Shinsetsu is Indhra's wife and Kyra's mother. She works individually, owning a small regional bank, 'Loan and Co.' She is one of the very reasons why I considered Indhra rich.
" Well..." Kyra tried to get Indhra's attention somewhere else," You were talking about freedom and stuff!?"
This sentence hit a nerve.
The look changed," Freedom! It is a simple yet difficult concept to achieve. It gets further away as you try to achieve it, and then there comes the reality!
Huh?
" The reality...It is being that everyone is a slave to someone or something! Freedom is only a concept of fairy tales."
Anger. An expression to show someone or something that you are mad. What was Indhra mad towards? The very concept of 'Freedom'.
" But! I'll do it."
You may think that Indhra is contradicting himself. But that's far away from the very truth. Macro-freedom! The freedom of his loved ones, it was possible.
Kyra scoffed," Okay, stop."
" Wait, you don't believe in me!?" Indhra turned to his left to meet Kyra's eyes.
" Not that!" She turned away. " It's just not your character to speak such bold things in thin air." The border of the middle-class region appeared while scoffing.
She looked at the front mirror to see two huge black castles.
" You see! You have changed a lot..." Her gaze was keen at the black and gold castle," For a year or so, you have changed, I don't know what it is...But I am happy! Yeah, I miss the old you, but this is even better." Her voice cracked in joy.
" Don't you worry a bit...You are the best dad!"
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She tapped her feet continuously, non-stop; in fact, her table was trembling.
She was shy the whole time. The whole time sitting beside the love of her life, Aldred Avery.
Let me give you intel about his intellect. He always scores the top percentage in all the exams. While this may be true, there is a single subject he hates the most: Physics. At the same time, he is fond of History.
You may ask him about the kings of Luvinia and discover a nerd disguised as this handsome being.
He had recently discovered a book in his parents' closet, which he hadn't opened since the day of their murder. He found a book, an old one. The yellow pages, the rough texture. Everything suggested that it was a prehistoric Heirloom.
Imagine the balls on his body. He invited Kyra to read this book with her. Kyra, being Kyra, accepted the offer while being all flustered. Th-th-this could be a home d-da-date! Oh, how innocent she was.
There was this one single reason why he was so damn curious!
No matter what happens, don't tell anyone about this book! And never open it.
Present on the front page, this was what the note said, with 'anyone' being misspelt.
It was weird for Aldred since his parents had never been this hurried to make a mistake while writing.
His parents never made mistakes in their lives, so much so that the gene transfer even made Aldred perfect.
" Kyra!" He called out the nervous lady sitting beside him. She turned to face him while blushing hard.
S-S-SO CUTE!!!
She turned back again to avoid his face.
Aldred got really confused. Is she avoiding me!? Oh, the classic question asked by the one in love.
His cheeks blushed while looking at her.
It doesn't matter if she loves me or hates me, cause I love her. He gave a calm smile.
There was a sound of a bell ringing, indicating that all of the students were to get ready for dispersal.
" Tomorrow we will have a test on Rotational motion!" The physics teacher, Mr Derrick, said to all the students with a charming smile on his face.
Aldred's face crumpled. That's the only way to describe his expression at that moment.
Mr Derrick grabbed the books and left. Aldred's whole world was blanked by the news; the words spoken by Derrick played on repeat while he drowned in despair.
Aldred took the books from the desk below him and threw them in his bag. He lifted it and wrapped it around his body; his eyes remained blank.
" K-K-Kyra...forget about the book, can you t-t-tutor me today?" Kyra was a bit surprised, but was ok with it. " Thank...You." A huge gap in his words, classically describing the amount of despair he was going through.
Kyra tried to avoid his eyes as much as possible, and that was when Kyra's supposedly long-lasting Demon arrived.
As Aldred walked to the exit, two soft hands wrapped around him. Warmth covered his whole body, at first he was happy thinking it was Kyra...then the expression turned, realising who it actually was.
" ALDRED!!!" The girl shouted in the voice of a fangirl.
Amanda! Kyra scoffed in her mind. All the blushing disappeared. Hate was the only thing left.
Aldred's face went blank.
" You look so good today!" Aldred was still blank.
Amanda got down and waited for an answer. Aldred turned back blank.
" OK!"
Amanda's eyes went blank after getting the answer. Kyra smirked in joy, the inner personality jumping on a trampoline of delight.
" Kyra! Let's go!" He blushed, and so did Kyra.
She slowly turned back with a smug face. So annoying! That was the only thing coming up on Amanda's mind.
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" Kyra!" He removed his bag and proceeded to give it to her," Imma quickly go to the washroom and come!"
After some time, the trio gathered up to go back to the house together. Even though Kyra didn't like Amanda, vice versa. Both had an immense respect for each other. They considered themselves best friends.
Kyra took the bag in the corridor to the exit. She lay back on the wall of the corridor. Plain and simple, without any innovation.
Everyone had left the school except the three and a few others.
" Well... he is taking his time." Kyra scoffed at Amanda. She sure was trying to build a conversation there.
" What is it that he likes so much in you?" Ahh...the jealousy-filled eyes.
" Maybe, my beauty! You sure got a shity personality though!" Ahh...the overconfidence and down-looking personality.
" Amanda." A calm voice could be heard. So calm that it felt disturbing, especially to Amanda.
" Hilol?" She turned to face him.
"Ms Kyra, can you please move aside!" He twitched his eyes," This is between us!" Kyra didn't move a bit, but Hilol ignored that.
Kyra pretty much knew who Hilol was, Amanda's ex-boyfriend, who had some serious connections with rebel groups.
He slammed his hands around her, pushing her against the corridor.
" What...Wha..." Her voice cracked.
" Why did you break it? How would it feel if I broke you right here?" Rage covered the wall behind her.
" You sure got some serious issues..." Kyra slammed her words against him.
" I am sure that I said that this doesn't concern you."
" You sure? She is my friend, hurting her means involving me!"
Hilol chuckled," Hey guys, would it be fun to beat her to crap?" His friends forced a smile.
Amanda decided to speak," I can't let you hurt people."
" Huh? Lemoyne exists to bring freedom, not to hurt people!"
Lemoyne? Kyra questioned.
" Your people arrived here to hurt someone...I am sure about that!" Amanda continued.
Hilol pulled his fist back. I am sorry that it had to come to this!
Someone blocked the move before anything could even happen.
Hilol Roy, after some time, glared at the person with a serious face.
" Ms Kyra! I said this doesn't concern you!"
She stood in front of Amanda, arms crossed to protect her.
Accidentally, Kyra bit her lips. She felt the anger boiling within her.
By pulling her arm back, she charged at him.
He held the fist with his left hand and pulled her down. She lifted her left hand to punch, but he effortlessly kicked her stomach.
She backed off a bit and held her stomach for support. The pain was sure intense.
Kyra didn't give up. She charged forward again, this time much slower. She pulled her arm back again, this time much slower.
She didn't feel any pain, only the sound of a punch.
She was on the floor, huffing, already tired.
Her head felt dizzy, her ears ringing in agony.
After the punch, he slowly walked up to Amanda.
Amanda was shedding tears. Kyra was beaten up in front of her, but she couldn't do anything; how pathetic.
He pushed her against the wall with an immense force, breaking her backbone. She released a breath of pain after she got slammed against the wall.
" I will be sure to make it painless."
Kyra from the ground rubbed her lower jaw with her upper. Of course! You're useless! All the negative thoughts slowly piled up. A headache was evident.
The f**k am I supposed to do? A drop of tear dripped.
This was when she thought of Aldred.
Never give up!
Aldred's voice commanded her to move.
Hilol Roy felt a hand on his legs. He turned back to see Kyra with her eyes full of tears to protect Amanda.
He got annoyed and kicked her to the wall.
His other friends came to handle Kyra while two of them stayed behind in true horror of the moment. Hilol turned his sight back on Amanda, who had started to shiver due to fear.
He lifted his right hand to punch her. A hand stopped him.
Kyra? No...
" Hey...Mr bully!" A calm yet terrifying voice said.
A calm yet terrifying hand grabbed his collar and pushed him behind.
" Finally!" Kyra said with a low sound, so low that even Aldred couldn't hear it.
Kyra, below was bleeding from her nose, mouth, and forehead while Aldred stood in front of Amanda as a protector.
" Hey...who do you think you are bullying?" Aldred said calmly, eyes burning red.
" Why?" He said with a slight rage as he walked in front to stand just in front of Hilol," Why did you hurt my friends!?"