Since I lost the sleepy feeling because of Keto, I got back for the next class and found Ace and Ian discussing about something serious. "Did I miss something earlier?…"
"Lyde! I thought you'll stay asleep at the clinic until the end of classes." Ace said.
"Nah, I'm good. So what were you guys talking about? You looked really serious."
"Well... should we tell him?" Ian whispered to Ace, and they both seem to talk with their eyes as if they don't want me to know about it. Though they eventually looked like agreed to something and nodded their head before facing me. "Lyde, we don't know what we should do but—"
"Nay wanted to talk to you!" Ian was too impatient and cut off what Ace was going to say.
"...Nay?" I almost asked who that was, but since I'm pretending to be Lyde, I had to pretend that I know this Nay person as well. Who's that again? I really can't remember.
"Yeah! Do you think he'll come back to hang out with us again? Is he ready to reconcile?" He asked.
"Uhm... I don't know, I'm not sure." I really am! Shit, I gotta message Lyde about this later.
"Whatever you guys will talk about, just be careful, alright? We're not sure if he'll try to attack you again." Ace patted my back, and it occured to me that I'll have to deal with someone violent again. Also, this person attacked Lyde last time? How can you call a person who hurts other people their friends?! He even stopped hanging out with them.
Do they still want to be friends with such person?
"So did he tell you guys when we'll talk?"
"Ah yeah. He said after classes, beside the school gym." Geez, I'm getting a bad feeling out of this. This Nay guy could be dangerous, but I can't think that just yet, I gotta find out who exactly this guy is.
Lyde was the only reliable source of information I had so I can know more about Nay, but that damned idiot of a twin brother won't pick up his phone! He didn't even bother texting back. How am I supposed to deal with a complete stranger!?
Then time passed so quickly... shit!
"We'll be heading off first!"
"Tell us what you guys talked about later, okay?" The two had to go home without me, so I had to deal with this Nay guy alone. Fuck, I'm nervous when unprepared. "Argh! Just who the hell is this Nay guy!?" I yelled.
And as I head out of the classroom, each step I take makes me feel even more nervous. Hopefully, that guy must want to reconcile like what Ian thought... but there's still a slight possibility that he intends to fight me or something.
Beside the school gym, I found a guy who looks like he's waiting and that must be him. "Nay..." I called him as I stood infront of him.
A guy that seems to be as tall as Ash, short dark hair and sharp eyes... he sure looks intimidating like Ren. Was Lyde really friends with such person before? He looks so out of place in Lyde's circle of friends. He actually looks more like a delinquent too.
"Lyde."
"So what is it that you want to say?" I gotta seem like I actually know him, or else things may get fucked up.
"I've told you not to mess with Jeiro, and look at yourself now! You're even in his gang now! What the hell is wrong with you?! Are you really joining the Wild Beasts?! And then becoming Keto's right hand?! Keto was the one who had the fucking idea to bully Ian, and you're following the asshole like you're his dog!?" Woah, didn't expect him to talk that much. But this is news to me, I didn't know Keto was behind Ian's bullying.
"Keto won't lay a hand on my friends now that I'm a part of the gang, so it's no big deal!" He's got a lot of nerve to say such things when he didn't even bother helping his own friend. "So there won't be any problems anymore, if that's all your worried about then I'll be on my way."
"You!..." he suddenly pulled me back and even made a scary expression. "...when did you become so stubborn?! I told you many times before, you shouldn't have messed with Keto, with the Wild Beasts!"
"If I never did mess with the gang, then what would happen to Ian? Are you saying that I should let him be?! That I should ignore my friend's suffering?!"
"No! That's not it, Lyde!! Why won't you understand? Messing with the Wild Beasts is dangerous, that gang have brought down a lot of people and made their lives miserable!! So how can you let yourself be with them!?" What a damn nosy bastard.
"That's none of your business, am I right?"
"As your friend I'm just worried!" Oh really now?
"You think you still got the right to call me a friend? Weren't you the one who began to stop hanging out with us?! Didn't you cut us out of your life?! So why even bother to worry about me?!! We're not friends!" After telling him off, he seemed to understand that I don't want anything to do with him ever again.
However, things have gone so unexpectedly. "Of course... how can I ever call you my friend when you're not even the real Lyde Pearson."