"Kick my ass? Pfft! Hahaha…" Apart from a devilish faint chuckle from Zenith, Kylian's bold words caused an unanticipated baffled silence among the crowd of students around them who were whispering among themselves until now. Even Stephan rolled his eyes with deep fear embedded in them as he gazed up above at Kylian's tall stature, wondering why this unknown boy was almost jumping into the hellfire right now for his sake!
But before Stephan could say a thing, Aiden who was only a bystander among the gang of bullies until now came rushing close to them and grabbed Zenith's right arm from behind as if he wanted to stop him from advancing towards Kylian.
After that, Aiden rolled an anxious glower toward Kylian before commanding in a hoarse voice, "Hey newbie, you better understand your position here. I saw what you did to Garry, and just a reminder, you have only arrived today. So you better not cause any trouble and go inside when we are still willing to let you be…"
"And did I ask for your advice, tattoo guy?" Noticing the big colored tattoos of roses and thorns starting from the right side of his neck and descending towards the chest-line of the grey t-shirt Aiden was wearing, Kylian scorned him without a flinch while glaring at Zenith's smug face, "I want to deal with this asshole on my own, so you better not try to butt in between us."
"Hey, but—"
"Isn't he kinda cute, Aiden?" Before Aiden could interrupt Kylian again, this time Zenith tossed his diabolical sneer at Kylian when he snagged his arm away from his hold.
After that, averting an icy-cold glare towards Aiden's anxious face, he muttered, "I can see you are deliberately trying to protect this newbie from me, but his bold declamations are kinda cute. It's been a long time since I have faced a guy like him head-on, so just let us be, okay?"
"Cute, my ass!" Gritting his jaws, Kylian sneered at Zenith while clenching his fist hard, "Once you get a beating from me, maybe you'll fuckin' stop looking down on others like this…"
"H-Hey, stop it! Don't do that, please!!" This time Stephan grabbed Kylian's arm from behind as if Aiden's intervention in between them gave him the signal to pull Kylian away before he created a bigger trouble.
His bruised blue hands were still shivering when he tightened his hold around him, "Master Aiden is right, y-you don't realize what you are doing, you just came here today! Y-You don't have to disrespect M-Master Zenith like this anymore, just beg for his mercy, and let's go inside—"
"Beg for this punk's mercy?" But with a rash movement, Kylian yanked his hand from his hold and glowered at Stephan, while his ocean eyes looked furious, "Just because of morons like you…assholes like this one possess the authority to look down on weak people! If you don't have the guts to fight back, then just stay behind and let me do my task!"
"So, you are going to hit me?" Quite amused by Kylian's loud vent, Zenith marched another step forward while rolling his dark gaze at him, "You are really something, you know? I am amazed by your adamant confidence because this is the first time I have been challenged by a rookie like you…and I am quite excited by it!"
"Zenith…don't, this guy doesn't know what he's doing…don't get involved with him…" Aiden anxiously whispered to him as if he was concerned about the aftermath already. When he tried to speak something again, Zenith chuckled, "But he's the one who started it first…and I am not going to lose face either."
With that, he fixated his gaze back on Kylian while addressing his loud grunt, "Hey newbie, if you manage to land just one hit on me, you'll win. But…"
Zenith marched closer until there was a bare minimum gap between their muscular chests before he glared, "If I hit you first, that means I have won…and after that, I am going to crush every bone of your face so that you can never run that mouth before me again… Are the rules clear?"
~ "What's this guy doing? Does he have a death wish? He's messing with Zenith directly…does he not fear his life?"
Amidst the intense whispers from the other students around him, Kylian didn't flinch from Zenith's threat and kept gawking at him fiercely. Stephan tried to stop him again but without bothering about anything anymore, he shrugged, "I accept your challenge. So, shall we begin?"
"Of course!" Holding his devilish smug on his radiant face, Zenith brushed up his silver bangs from his forehead before he started folding his sleeves up. He even signaled his gang to move back, including Aiden who was still hesitant to let him continue.
But watching Kylian not showing any effort to warm up himself and only standing tall before him like a fierce lone warrior, Zenith chuckled, "You can even use weapons against me if you want. I don't mind, rookie!"
"No need, my fists are enough for you." Leaving his bag and suitcase with Stephan who was sitting just a few steps behind him, he tossed a confident smug at Zenith this time. His words startled everyone watching them, but Zenith appeared more amused by him.
"Alright, then come at me first. I have already explained the rules so don't complain or whine later on…" With that loud howl, Zenith commanded him as a big sneer curved his red lips. Not only he was amazed by his bravery, but he couldn't figure out how a nobody like him was so bold enough to not get affected by any of his dark threats.
Just when he summoned, Kylian rushed towards him aiming his right punch towards Zenith's face. But facing his direct attack, Zenith thought with an arrogant smug, 'I thought he would try to apply a different move on me, but he's just attempting for a plain direct hit? Does he think his measly punch would even touch me?'
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