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Chapter 4 - The New Girl is Weird

"That new girl is weird" Rexy thought, as he kept staring at Lea, he's not even paying attention to the teacher, Lea was more interesting than history. Rexy is not the kind of person to have any interest in any girls but Lea is different. Rexy looked as he saw Lea stop paying attention to the class and looked at the window instead, staring at the boring view of the school's field.

Rexy watched as Lea was just lost in her thoughts, as Rexy kept on looking at Lea he started to pay attention to some little details, like how her green emerald eyes looked like a pair of real emeralds under the sunlight, or how Lea's brown hair turns a little of a red-ish color under the sunshine, just like the color of fall.

Rexy frowned his eyes, he couldn't help but find something different in Lea that was just weirdly interesting to him. The more Rexy stared, the more he felt something different, it was like the atmosphere was getting warmer and happier, Rexy felt different but in a good kind of way. Rexy is lost in his thought, and without him knowing, 1 hour and 20 minutes of History class are over and lunchtime has come.

Rexy gives a last glance at Lea before standing up and grabbing his bat that he leans beside his desk, he puts it over his shoulder once again before going to his locker. Rexy is still lost in his thoughts, and he suddenly bumps into a first-year who then accidentally drops their books. Rexy was about to mumble a sorry until he finally returned to reality, "Wait- did I just about to say sorry?" Rexy thoughts. The first-year immediately grabs their fallen book as fast as their hand can grab them before they bow down at Rexy and say sorry before immediately running away when it's obvious that Rexy is the one who bumped into them.

Rexy just stands there and looks at the place where the first-year disappeared with an expressionless look on his face, Rexy knows that everyone hates him but he never really thought that it's that bad. Rexy sighed and went to his locker, he looked at the mirror on his locker door and realized a cut on his cheek, it was probably from the incident that morning. Rexy carefully put down his bat inside his locker and grabbed a box from his locker that was as big as his phone but it was not a new phone, the box was covered with colorful doodles that looked like it was drawn by kids.

Rexy leaned at the locker beside his locker and took a moment to observe the funny drawings surrounding the box before opening it. It's just a box filled with medical stuff, some pills, bandages or band-aids, and some other things. Rexy is not the kind of person to go to the school nurse, he doesn't like the school nurse so he will normally cover his wounds until school ends and will start taking care of them after school.

Rexy took a band-aid and carefully plastered it on the cut on his cheek, Rexy looked at the mirror again, the cut was not as bad as all the wounds he had before so it'd probably heal in just a few days. When Rexy is letting his guard down, suddenly someone startled him from behind and hugged him.

"Haha, you should've seen your face! Why are you here?" the person who startled Rexy, asked.

"Kai! Let me go!" Rexy said to the person named Kai, Kai just chuckled as he let Rexy go.

Kai has been Rexy's friend since elementary school, Kai is Rexy's best friend and is the only one who's not scared of Rexy. Unlike Rexy who's feared by everyone, Kai is a very extroverted person so he has many friends but Kai's only best friend is Rexy, even tho Rexy is one year older than him. Kai knows that deep inside, Rexy is not a bad person, and Rexy is very open up to Kai in resulting Kai knowing everything about Rexy that no one knows, but Kai is kind enough to keep it a secret.

"you don't wanna go to the cafeteria?" Kai asked, "Inx is waiting, and he said there's someone he wants to introduce to us" Kai added.

Rexy just nodded and followed Kai to the Cafeteria, when they arrived at the Cafeteria, the whole Cafeteria was filled with students. Rexy and Kai then went to their usual seat beside the big window with their lunches, where Inx was already waiting for them. When Inx saw the two, he immediately waved at them.

Inx is the first year that Kai introduced to Rexy, a few months ago. Kai knows that Rexy doesn't like making friends, but Kai has a feeling that Inx and Rexy might get along with each other, and turns out his feelings are right!

Rexy can see another person sitting on the chair beside Inx that's usually empty. Rexy and Kai sit down in front of the two of them, and when the unknown person sees Rexy he immediately looks concerned.

"Okay, so guys, this is Kyle! He's a new kid in my class, he's just like Kai, very extroverted, and now he's my friend" Inx introduced Kyle to Rexy and Kai.

Kai who befriended everyone of course already knows Kyle and Kyle also know Kai.

"Hi there Kyle, we met again!" Kai greets him in a friendly way.

"Hi, Kai! Uhhh what's Rexy doing here?" Kyle then asks carefully.

"Oh, wow. I don't know I'm that famous" Rexy commented.

"I mean, my sister did say that you're a bad person" Kyle explained.

"who's your sister?" Rexy asks as he takes a sip of his juice box.

"oh! Your is Lea, right? Rexy, I heard you had an incident with her this morning" Kai remembered. When Rexy hears that Kyle's sister is Lea, he almost chokes on his juice, he looks at Kyle in disbelief.

"your sister is Lea?" Rexy asked Kyle for confirmation which Kyle answered with a nod.

"Okay," Rexy just continues drinking his juice.

"You're fine with it?" Kyle asks and Rexy just shrugs.

"Look, I don't have a problem with you or your sister so... why would I not be fine with it?" Rexy answered, which made Kyle relaxed, and not so guarded anymore around Rexy.

Inx then nudges Kyle as if saying "See, I told you he's not that mean" which makes Kyle smile a little. Rexy stopped drinking his juice and smirked a little.

"Ouh~ what's this? Are you guys dating or something?" Rexy teases them and Kai also helps him by mouthing an "Ouh~" and covering his mouth with his hand.

"What?! No! We're just friends!!" Inx answered with a little blush, and Kyle just laughed a little in the background.

"Just be honest, Inx. We're your friends!" Kai said before he chuckles.

"Rexy, this is all your fault!" Inx said, annoyed and Rexy just laughed a little.

"Sorry, I'm just teasing you" Rexy then said.

"yeah Inx, we're just friends anyway," Kyle said as he calmed down Inx before Inx sighed and sat back in his chair.

Rexy and Kai glanced at each other and a little smirk was plastered on both of their faces, It looked like they were thinking the same thing but they didn't want to tease Inx more further so they just continued chatting while eating their lunch.