Taking a towel from his hanger at the corner of the room, he dried his body with it.
Today will be rough yet again, these muttonchops will become a hassle. It can't be helped, I will have to endure till closing time.
He said peeping through the window curtains as he applied lotion on his body.
Luca's days at school were anything but fun. He was often bullied and ridiculed, enduring loneliness with no companions. During parent-teacher meetings, no guardian ever stood up for him. In class, he loomed at the middle row all alone, where his seat was located. He listened to lectures, ate his lunch alone, and at closing time, he went straight home, keeping himself occupied with video games, with a touch of study whenever he felt like it. Despite the adversity, he refused to let it break him, it seemed he had an unbreakable spirit, he could be teased and bullied from morning till night but Luca wouldn't yield. Maintaining average grades in most subjects, he managed to advance through the grades.
"Silvia isn't out yet".
He muttered, still peeping through the window, his eyes darting around at the house beside his apartment, a two-story mansion with a white exterior.
Silvia Martins, the only daughter of the Martins family, was in the same grade as Luca, both attending the same school but wasn't friendly in any way, perhaps that was in Silvia's case because Luca seemed to have some feelings for her that dated a few years ago when they were still young, they seldom talked with each other even though their path crossed many times since they lived at the same street and attend the same school, Luca would peek at her every morning through the window even though he couldn't seem to catch a glimpse of her, as they lived beside each other, the Martins owned their own house while Luca's apartment was rented. As he peered through the window, he could see the whole area of the Martins' house. Mr Martins a middle-aged bald man with a good build in a silver suit glanced at his watch every now and then with an annoyed expression, his arm resting on his Silver SUV.
Luca's clock alarm blared making him turn around to check the time.
It was already 8:00 am.
"This is bad, I'm late already!!"
He exclaimed, as he hurriedly put on his shirt and trousers, he slipped on his smartwatch and black leather shoes, grabbing his schoolbag as he dashed towards the door. Striding across the; corridor, Luca made his way down the outdoor stairs connecting the upper-story apartments to the ground, his short black hair tousled, and his shirt untucked with shoe laces flapping untied with every step due to his hasty dressing. Climbing down the stairs to the front of his house, he saw Mr. Martins, Silvia's dad as he ushered her into the silver SUV, her neat white shirt and short skirt with brown and wine stripes were well ironed, her thigh-length black stockings and black shining black shoes made her more gorgeous, her raven-black long hair swaying as she entered the car, it was styled in a half up half down fashion with hair clip adorning the half up part, with a wave of goodbye from her mom up the stairs, the car zoomed off. Luca didn't know when he stopped at the stairs, he had been gawking at Silvia's beauty for quite a while,
Luca couldn't help but think that she looked more mature than the last time he saw her while he looked stupid with his damn muttonchops.
How was he going to let her look his side with this stupid look, the thought of staying home for another day to get it shaved off came to his mind but he couldn't risk it, he didn't go the previous day, the start of a new academic year, he shoved away the thought.
Let's move
He thought with his stoic mind.
My will won't be broken today either.
Come to think of it, for all these years, I don't know which work her dad does and he always seems to be in a hurry every time I see him.
Luca thought as he continued his walking.
And that look he always gives me when I greet him, it was as if he thought I didn't exist.
And that Silvia, even with her good grades and happy family, she always had this cold expression on her face, although she remained beautiful nonetheless.
Luca mused as he walked past the front of the Martins' house.
Something shimmers on the floor, along the trail of the SUV tires. Luca bent down and picked it up.
What is this, a bullet? And silver made?
The object appeared to be a silver bullet
But what is a silver bullet finding among Mr. Martins' car tires trails, is Silvia's dad some militant?
Luca wondered without any thought of the punishment he would receive for being late.
After a moment, Luca felt the silver bullet tingling hot sensation on his finger as he held it. He flinched and dropped it. It was as if the silver bullet was burning his fingers like he held an object that had just been removed from a fire.
"What the hell!!" He exclaimed.
He peered shockingly at the object, dusting off his hands, he remained unfazed by what just happened, that is just how he is, maybe it's supernatural or the object had some technology secret behind it, Luca couldn't care less, he just wanna remain an ordinary highschooler who doesn't wanna have anything to do with odd stuff, only attending school, playing games and maybe watch porn sometimes when his puberty urge took hold of him after all he is just an ordinary highschooler.
He made his way to school, even though his school was on the street adjacent to Crescent Moon, there was still much distance to be covered before reaching there, had it been he woke up an hour earlier like 7:00 am, get ready by 7: 40am, he would have arrived at Silver Claw Boulevard by 8:00 am after all the distance was only a twenty minutes trip. But he didn't, after waking up late, he took his time picking up a foreign object, which delayed him further.