I waited a bit longer and eventually, the guys showed up. As they walked in they saw me glaring at them from my seat and they approached me thinking of excuses to give,
"Hey, Sapphy, sorry we're a bit late we got caught up somewhere. You might have heard the ruckus cause he was coming from this direction" Jena said smiling
"What do you mean? Someone was causing trouble? Where? When? How? Coming from this direction? I'm confused" Sapphire said confused but for some reason, Jade kept coming to her mind
"Well, we kinda noticed you were confused. I mean you asked quite a number of questions before you clarified" Frank said with heavy sarcasm in his tone
"Now don't be mean to her Frank. The poor thing your gist radar is off so you didn't detect this one," Bayo said shaking his head
"You guys are so dramatic. Just tell her already, it's not that big of a deal" Jena said face-palming herself
"Okay fine I'll tell her. So remember that kid from yesterday? The cool one that blitzed everyone at coding... He beat up someone because the guy bumped into him and didn't apologize" Bayo said calmly
"What! But... He just... We just..." Sapphire said unable to piece a complete statement.
She was extremely worried and everyone was shocked by her reaction. They didn't think she'd be bothered this much.
"Woah! babe chill a bit. What's the problem? I didn't think you knew him or anything and I'm dead sure he's not your type, so what's the problem exactly?" Bayo said staring at her
"He just left here now. I met him here today and we got talking, he seemed like a pretty chill guy so the news is quite shocking," Jena answered lying so she didn't have to tell them about his condition
"Well guys let's leave now, we've got classes. You'll tell me about it on the way" Sapphire said trying to head to class quickly and see Jade
"But..." Bayo was about to say before sapphire interrupted him
"No, but next time you'll get here early. Let's leave now" She said pushing Jena and pulling him along
"Well our boss has spoken," Frank said bowing slightly and following them
After walking and talking for a few minutes they finally got to class. It was robotics class and the teacher was quite chill. After robotics, they were free the rest of the day.
"Well guys you all seem to know what you're doing and that's very good news. I'm going to be grouping you all into groups of two's and your assignment is simple. Design a device that solves air pollution in your way" Mr. Fred their robotics lecturer said smiling
"The fun thing about this project is there is a myriad of ways to solve this problem. So I'm going to be grading you on how efficient your device is and what angle you're approaching from. Have a good day" He said then packed his stuff and left.
Immediately he left students who had other lectures headed out to their next class and the rest stayed back gisting with their friends, brainstorming ideas, and just having a blast.
Bayo of course had come straight to Sapphire and so did Frank and Jena. Sapphire wasn't even paying attention to them, Bayo just kept going on and on, Frank was texting, Jena was the only person paying attention to him, but he didn't mind one bit and just kept going on and on.
'What's wrong with him? He probably needs someone now, but I can't go to him. What...' Sapphire was thinking before everyone's phone buzzed simultaneously
"Pairs for the project...Sapphire and Jade...I hope you have fun working with your partner" The message read
Sapphire was reading the list and when she saw who she was paired with her eyes lit up with excitement. She didn't understand her sudden love for Jade but she felt her heart was in the right place.
He wasn't the person everyone thought him to be and she knew it. She didn't need to or want to prove this to anyone but she didn't like the fact he was misunderstood this much.
When everyone had read the list they either headed to meet their partner or just kept talking with their friends. Jena and the rest weren't happy about her partner especially Bayo.
"Babe are you going to fine with him, if not you could ask for a partner change. That guy is bad news...I just know it, don't have any proof but my gut is almost always right" Bayo said staring at Sapphire worriedly
"Fam could your gut help me study for exams," Frank said laughing
"Bayo you're just being paranoid. The guy is extremely smart so instead of being worried for her, you should be worried about yourself. You got a complete retard as your partner" Jena said patting his shoulder
"I know right... Oh well, I still have to work with him," Bayo said sighing
"You do know I'm right here?" Frank said glaring at them
"My word you guys are so dramatic. I'm going to see my partner now, you guys can come if you want" Sapphire said and quickly headed towards Jade
He was sitting on his own with his head resting on the table, his hood over his head tapping the table with his fingers in a rhythmic pattern
"Hey Jade, what's up," Sapphire said as she stood in front of him
"F**k off" Jade muffled
"I said what's up Jade. Didn't you hear me" Sapphire said smiling not hearing what Jade had said and tapped his head
Immediately her hand touched him Jade got up and held her wrist firmly squeezing it really hard.
"I said f**k off... Oh no... I'm sorry" Jade said then let go of her arm. His voice tone had changed when he let go of her arm and Sapphire understood what was going on, but before she could reply the drama had begun
Bayo who was walking briskly toward her when he saw Jade didn't reply the first time had already gotten there and after seeing what he did, He punched Jade square on the face.
Jade's head flew back and he slammed his back on his seat. His nose started bleeding and one of his eyes was closed.
Suddenly his countenance changed once again and he got up quickly and lunged a punch at Bayo's face but Bayo caught his arm and threw an even heavier punch at his face again
The punch was so powerful coupled with the first one that Jade got slammed back into his seat, one of his teeth flew out of his mouth with his mouth, nose, and a cut on his face bleeding, and worst of all he passed out
Bayo didn't say anything and just picked Sapphire up and walked out of class with Jena and Frank following shocked like everyone else by what had just happened
Jade's lifeless body was left sitting in the chair until the other students rushed to help him after snapping out of their daze.