somewhere downtown, Lily got off Lucas bike as they both walked into a barely standing building through the front entrance.
"Tell me you really did put that idiot to sleep for years?" Lucas smiled lazily swinging her hand
"he'll be asleep for a week at least" she replied trying to stop his movement
"what are you kids doing here at this time?" a bald bad looking man asked walking out of the shadows
"and how is that your business?" Lucas retorted dragging Lily forward
" he's so ugly!" he chuckled whispering to Lily and she laughed out loud
"I heard that and guess what?.... you two just got your names written on my naughty list" the bald man smiled walking up to them with a group of men trailing behind him
"wait.. hold on"
they all stood blankly staring at Lily cos her confidence is something really weird for a girl her age who is going to get raped in the next minute
"is this some sort of Ugly Men Club or something??" she asked staring at all the drunk and probably drugged men around them
"it's definitely an Ugly Men Club" Lucas replied trying hard not to laugh
*pffttt!!! he couldn't hold it in any longer and neither could the men
they all marched with long strides towards them.
one grabbed Lucas by the neck, He pushed a button on the pinky ring Lily gifted him and stabbed one of his eyes.
groaning in pain, Lucas gave him a flying kick that pushed him several meters away from them.
turning to his best friend he saw the remaining 3 men holding her down and anger swelled inside him.
Marching up to them, one of them raised a gun to her head
and he immediately raised his hand to his head.
"don't hurt her, just tell.me what you want I'll give it to you" he said trying to clear the air
"we want her" one of them replied
"who??" he asked confused
"your girlfriend!! do you think we're jokers ??" the bald man snapped at him
"my gri__il??... what???!"
"do you think I'll date her??" he bursted into laughter
they both bursted out laughing, which confused the hoodlums and made them lower their guards.
Lucas gave a front kick to the person nearest to him while Lily successfully pierced two tiny needles each to the three of them.
*sigh*
"we make a pretty good team don't you think??" Lucas asked checking her arms and legs for scratches or anything
"don't flatter yourself" she smirked looking at him
"why are we here for anyway?" she asked looking around
"remember you needed that contraband chemical for the bullet you're working on??"
"someone wants to sell it to me here??" she asked with so much joy in her eyes
"I never said someone has it to sell to you, I just know someone who can try to get it that's all" he shrugged walking forward
"so, you brought me all the way here to meet someone who has a low possiblity of getting me the chemical and you made me fight those guys just because you want us to talk to some guy??!" she flicked his forehead looking furious which only made him smile more
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"hey man" Lucas and a weird looking guy shook hands and he just stared at Lily giving her a slight nod which she acknowledged and nodded back
"catch" the skinny guy threw a box to Lucas who passed it to Lily
"happy birthday baddie" he said throwing it to her, that action alone made her eyes water
she has only ever cried in front of her mom and Lucas, nobody else thinks she can feel emostions.
they all think because she has this strong farcade around her she's invincible
they don't realise she's hurting but can't do anything about it. She's trying to be strong for herself cos she found out the hard way that being all soft and sweet will only kill you!
She cries by herself in her bathtub, sometimes hugging herself to sleep, trying to get things off her head but they keep clawing their way back. the only way she feels a little relief is when she draws blood from her body. She cuts herself in her inner thigh to mask the pain and show she's strong.
but deep inside she really needs someone to rely on me Lucas has been there despite having zero knowledge about her past! she just wants to rest and let the people she loves love her back.
Even her own sister and Dad forgot about her birthday!* she thought bitterly with tears freely flowing down her cheek
When she realised herself, she found out she's in Lucas's embrace and the skinny guy is nowhere to be found.
pushing him away she said embarrassedly "the packaged hit my eyes that's why they were watering" she gave him a Stern look telling him not to joke around with her eyes
Seeing that she was pretending everything was fine, he didn't expose her either he just blurted something stupid.
"I slipped and fell and you caught me and hugged me" Lucas said and turned back sharply to face her
"OMG! are you in love with me??!!" he took a sharp breath and said in a high pitched voice like some white lotus lady in a romantic movie
"quit that stupid acting of yours, you'll get an Oscar for the most stupid actress" she rolled her eyes at him
"are you mocking me??" he flinged her over his shoulders marching out on heavy steps
"I'll so make you puke in front of children, you'll see" he said taking her out and holding on to the package on one hand.
speeding through the star less night Lily surprisingly found herself in front of her own house.
"how did we get here? she asked in dazed trying to get the helmet off her head
"were you dozing off behind me?? Lucas replied with a question
"I was probably thinking about some stuffs, thanks by the way" she said turning to walk into the house she then felt someone hold one of her hands and Drew her back
"you know I'm always here right?, as long as you need me I'll be here" he said gently drawing circles behind her Palm with his thumb
Lily nodded and turned vibrant again
"hey, let's not mention this sort of emostional things anymore I'm not a weak girl, I'm stronger than you can imagine" she raised her both arms and flexed her muscles showing it to him
"I know that" he replied smiling "and go in now Baddie, it's almost 12am" Lucas told her putting on his helmet
"drive safe and don't die I'm warning you!! or else I'll hunt your ghost" Lily said sternly and turned skipping into the building through the front door
shaking his head and smiling to himself Lucas turned on his bike, stepped on the pedals and disappeared into the night.
TBC
we'll be looking at Lucas's family from an angle next
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