Nicholas woke up in a hurry when he saw that the clock beside his bed hadn't rung.
"Damn!!! 08.35"
Nicholas quickly got up from bed and headed to the bathroom to wash his face. He doesn't think today is the right day for him to be able to clean his body because if he does, the time he has will be running out.
And the event will start soon.
After finishing washing his face and brushing his teeth, Nicholas immediately changed into his clothes, which he had prepared last night. HeHe doesn't know if this will work, but he will surely give his best for his first game.
Nicholas felt dizzy when he had just finished putting on his sports clothes. He just remembered something about his left arm; he felt an excruciating pain in his left arm. Nicholas quickly went straight to the bathroom and looked in the mirror.
"Damn it! What animal could do this? Damn it!" He cursed when he saw the wound deep in his left upper arm. And when he tried to swing his arms, the stinging sensation spread throughout his body.
"Damn, Can I do my match today!" He cursed again, as Nicholas felt he would miss his first match this time.
Without thinking, Nicholas immediately wrapped the wound with a bandage that he took from the first aid kit in his bathroom. I can say that his bathroom does have complete facilities; everything is there until the first aid kit is in his bathroom.
Nicholas ran back to his room to be able to get the bag he had prepared last night. And he immediately went to go to school.
The distance between his house and school is not that far; he needs to take a shortcut in the forest next to his house because the forest has the same road to get directly to the school parking lot.
As Nicholas walked through the forest, he kept cursing in his heart because such terrible things had been happening in his life over and over.
He cursed himself if he was now living with a not-so-lucky family. How come he lives with his mother at home? From a young age, he never knew who his birth father was because his mother said his father had left his mom when she gave birth.
That's an example of the rouge Dad he's ever known.
Since he was young, he's been living independently with his mother, so whatever he does is pretend to be an adult at 16.
Indeed, Nicholas's birthday will not be long because he only has to wait three months from February; he will be 17 years old.
Maybe for most people, 17 years is a very special age for them, but it doesn't feel like it to him.
Because all Nicholas has to think about is how he can work and earn so much money. Of course, to support his family, him and his mother.
Nicholas's mother works in a restaurant, the restaurant he means is a place where people usually spend their money to buy a Cup of Coffee with the words Starbu*k in it, usually one cup of coffee with a cup that says Starbu*k makes the price more expensive than the others.
And he feels in the wrong place to take the job because now Nicholas works in a flower shop. That's what makes him often bullied by his friends because he is still 16 years old, but he already has a job at a flower shop. And the place is usually. Most of those who take it are women, while Nicholas is a man alone in that place.
"Shit!!!" Nicholas always swore when he remembered the incident because he didn't want to work at that place, just because his Aunt asked him to work there, so he did what she wanted.
Since there was no way Nicholas could refuse an invitation from his Aunt, who had been so kind to his family, she often helped him and his mom to meet their daily needs.
So Nicholas had to do what Aunt Lauren said.
He looked around as he sensed something had been following him for five minutes. He can feel something that will be around him; he doesn't know why his instincts are stronger than before if Nicholas can feel that someone has been following him since a long time ago.
But Fuck that, he quickly ran towards the outside of the forest that he passed. Nicholas cursed while running so fast.
He walked past his school's parking lot, where they could wear free clothes if they went to school.
Nicholas had just arrived at the parking lot; suddenly, a car approached him. Nicholas quickly jumped to the side of the road to avoid the front bumper of the black car that almost grazed his leg.
The sound of the door opening.
"Come on, Reiss!!! If that road, use your eyes so as not to trouble the people around you!" It threw the man's voice so loudly from the car in front of him; Nicholas looked slightly confused because he had said those words.
"Remember, look at the road when you walk, don't look at the car!" Elliot said those words so sharply and scathingly to him right now. He's the guy who bullies Nicholas a lot in class, who's been bullying him and making fun of him since the first semester.
Nicholas just silently stared at him with his usual gaze without offering any resistance.
"Come on, leave him alone. Don't bother him!"
Nicholas immediately turned towards a familiar voice as the voice shouted from afar and came closer to him. He knew that the voice belonged to a young man with straight but short black hair, brown eyes with a piercing gaze, a nose not too sharp, a decent height, not too skinny either, but so annoying indeed.
Richard Rogan.
He always comes on time when Nicholas has a problem; one example is this situation.
With a look so unpleasant to look at, Richard Rogan gave that look to Elliot Hernandez, who had just closed his car with such force.
The look on his face, which was displeased with Richard's presence, could be seen on Elliot's face.
"Hey bro, are you all right!" Richard asked Nicholas by waving his hand, then walked in front of where Elliot was. And at the same time, Elliot stepped on his feet quickly and walked towards where Richard was.
Finally, their shoulders collided with each other when Elliot deliberately did that.
"Wow, someone's asking for a fight!"
Richard said so pretentiously when Elliot just hit his shoulder. But Nicholas knew this; he quickly rushed toward where Richard was.
"Never mind..." Nicholas told Richard not to continue because it would be a waste to deal with the school's most popular kid.
Richard stared intently in the direction where Elliot had left the two of them heading into the school building. And quickly, Nicholas turned Richard's body so he could look at him right now.
Surprisingly his expression immediately changed, he immediately smiled at Nicholas, and it was as if nothing had happened between the two of them just now.
"So, how was last night!"
"Awww..."
Nicholas groaned as Richard accidentally grabbed his left hand.
Richard's expression was immediately shocked when Nicholas groaned in pain as Richard grabbed his left hand; Richard's quickly released his grip on Nicholas's left hand and looked at him with a confused expression.
"Huh, what's wrong? Why? What's wrong with your hand?" Richard asked him so frantically when Nicholas had not had time to explain anything.
And slowly, Nicholas opened his jacket and showed Richard the wound he got last night.
His eyes widened as if they were about to pop out of his face when he noticed the wound on Nicholas's arm. Even though Nicholas wrapped the wound with a bandage, and Richard didn't know the actual wound, he exaggerated his expression so much that he felt so shocked when he saw Nicholas injured hand.
"Huh, seriously, what's that? Please explain to me!!!" He asked so enthusiastically as if he wanted to know all the events that Nicholas got last night.