The force of the hit was powerful, and it struck right into the guy's nose, causing it to bleed. He had no time to react to the hit and was left in shock at the sudden pain.
Jimmy wastes no time and immediately attacks again, throwing another jab that connects solidly with the guy's chest.
The guy starts coughing from the impact of the hit, trying to gasp for air. He quickly steps back, grabbing onto the part of his chest that was hit as he continues to cough.
Jimmy steps forward and raises his fist as he prepares to deliver another blow. Before he was able to do it, the sound of some other guys yelling suddenly comes from the distance.
___Guy 2: "Hey! Get that white muthafucka off of that guy!"
____Guy 3: "Yeah! Get offa' him, fool!"
Jimmy glances over and sees that there were 4 or 5 other people getting closer. Seems like the guy had some friends to back him up.
As the guys get closer to intervene, Jimmy's friends also start walking closer to back him up, preparing to fight if they had to.
__DJ: "Looks like things are gettin' a bit serious over here…"
__Cheddar Bob: "Yeah, we better not let these guys jump in and back up that jackass from getting his ass beat…"
Upon hearing the yelling, Jimmy's friends quickly start moving up, seeing the small group of guys getting closer. DJ calls out to him.
___DJ: "Hey Jimmy!"
Jimmy turns his head to look at his friends.
__DJ: "We're coming to help, man!"
The rest of the friends nod and all get ready to go help Jimmy confront that group. Future chuckles.
__Future: "Yeah man, we got your back, bro!"
__Cheruma: Heee!!!! it's okay. I don't want you to be in trouble just because of me. She said not wanting the fight to turn into something more serious
Jimmy glances back at Cheruma.
__Jimmy: "It's alright…I need to deal with this. Besides, I can't just let some guys pick on you like that…"
__Cheruma: "Yes but you already hurt him so don't get yourself into trouble please."
Jimmy's expression softens, and he lets out a sigh.
__Jimmy: "Yeah, I understand…but that doesn't mean it's okay for people to mess with you like that…"
The friends arrive beside Jimmy, looking at the bleeding guy and his group.
__DJ: "So what's the plan here, man? Ready to beat those faggot ass?"
Cheruma shake her head as no to Jimmy, asking him not to fight into a fight. Jimmy looks back at Cheruma and sees her shaking her head, clearly not wanting him to get into trouble for her.
He could tell that she was worried, and didn't want him to get into any trouble, yet he still couldn't stand to see her get harassed or picked on, and wanted to make sure no one hurt her.
DJ taps him on the shoulder, getting his attention.
__DJ: "Hey, Jimmy. We're all behind ya no matter what, man. We'll do whatever you plan on doin'."
Jimmy takes a deep breath, and looks over at the group and the still-bleeding guy, trying to come up with a plan in his head. He then glances back at Cheruma, noticing her expression. He could tell she was nervous and concerned.
Jimmy looks back towards the group again, keeping an eye on the bleeding guy and his friends, then looks back at his friends.
__Jimmy: "Well…if I try to confront them head-on with you all, this might end up turning into a full-blown fight…"
__Future: "Hmph…and why's that, man? We can take those fools easy…" He lets out a scoff.
__Jimmy: "I wish it were that simple, man…but one of these guys might have a gun or sum. We can't risk that…"
__DJ: So? You never back off because of that before.
__Sol: "Hmph…of course. Can't even deal with a few assholes without something like that happening…"
__Jimmy: I know but they don't worth it. He knows not to mess up with Cheruma anymore.
The friends listen to him, and upon hearing the plan, they all look quite shocked and gasped since Jimmy was one to jump at the chance to get violent and throw hands, but here he was now seemingly trying to avoid a fight. It was quite a bit jarring to see him like this when Jimmy could be quick to get violent or aggressive when someone pissed him off, so he was shocked at his new suggested plan.
__DJ: "Hold up, man…you're not gonna fight 'em?"
__Jimmy: Yes I don't want things to get handful while Cheruma is here.
The friends quickly understood why Jimmy was suddenly against a fight. It made sense why he suddenly didn't want to go fighting considering Cheruma was involved.
__Jimmy: "So let's go."
He turns back for a moment and glances at Cheruma, taking her hand in his and gently squeezes it.
His friends were still slightly shocked to see Jimmy suddenly being protective of someone. They had never seen him act this way with someone before.
With Cheruma's hand in his, Jimmy began to lead her away from the gathering. His friends followed behind him as they parted a way through the people.
As they began to walk off while holding hands, some of the people watching them gave a shocked expression at seeing Jimmy and Cheruma getting so close. It was unheard of for someone like Jimmy and Cheruma to be seen together like this.
Despite the shocked faces, Jimmy just continues to gently hold onto Cheruma's hand and leads them away from the large gathering. The rest of the friends follow closely, silently surprised at what they're witnessing.
A few moments later, the group has walked far away from the large gathering into an empty area, away from any of the trailers. He remains holding onto Cheruma's hand.The friends let out a collective sigh of relief, with Future letting out a small laugh.
__Future: "Phew…I think that's the first time I ever seen you not wanna get physical, man…"
Everyone else let out a laugh of agreement as well, with DJ giving a chuckle.
__DJ: "Yeah man, I was almost thinkin' you've died and some other guy was takin' your place…"
Sol gives a scoff.
__Sol: "Hmph…for real. It's weird seeing you tryin' to avoid a fight like that, man…you're usually the first one to punch someone…"
Jimmy gives an amused chuckle.
__Jimmy: "Hah, you guys don't think I've gone soft, have I?"
Cheddar gives another laugh.
Cheddar: "Hah, na man. You'll never be soft, bro. But hell, it's just weird seein' you not be so eager to throw a punch, man…"
The friends continue to chat jokingly while Jimmy glances down at Cheruma, gently still holding onto her hand. He gently rubs his thumb over her knuckles, his expression softening.
Sol glances over at Jimmy and Cheruma holding hands. He then looks to the other friends, and gives a knowing smirk.
___Sol: "…Hey, I think we oughta leave those two here alone together for a moment, guys…"
The friends look over and instantly realize what Sol was implying. They also form smirks on their faces as they agree with him.
__DJ: "Yeah, sounds good to me, man. I think he'll probably want some alone time with the lady…"
The rest of the friends agree, and begin to slowly step away, chuckling to themselves with smirks on their faces.
Jimmy and Cheruma wave to the friends as they go, and soon enough it's just the two of them now. Jimmy chuckles a bit as he takes notice that they're alone, and looks over at Cheruma.
He then looks at their hands, which were still interlinked together, and glances back at Cheruma. He gives a warm smile.
"Thank you for taking my side." She said feeling grateful and also happy that he considered her
Jimmy nods in an understanding way.
__Jimmy: "Of course. I wasn't gonna let a bunch of dorks just harass you like that, Cher…"
"Cher?" She was surprised with the nickname
Jimmy quickly realized what he said, noticing some embarrassment starting to kick in.
__Jimmy: "Oh, I…"
He paused for a moment, before realizing it was too late to backtrack now. He looked at Cheruma, and after a moment sheepishly smiled.
__Jimmy: "Uh…yeah…yeah, I called you 'Cher'…that alright by you?"
__Cheruma: "Yeah it is. Nobody actually never called me like that ."
Jimmy gives an amused look.
__Jimmy: "Really? It's a bit of a surprise that no one's even made a nickname for you like that until now. Seems like a waste to not have such a beautiful name like yours also have a nice nickname that flows with it. I mean, it just fits, y'know?"
She laughed
__Jimmy: "Aren't you the one saying my name's weird?"
Jimmy chuckled at her comment.
__Jimmy: "Well, yeah, your name's still weird. But that doesn't mean I can't make a nickname for you that's just as weird. It just seems right, ya' hear?"
__Cheruma: "You've got an interesting sense of logic man, do you know that?" She lets out another laugh and rolls her eyes in an amused way.
Jimmy laughs along with Cheruma and shrugs it off.
__Jimmy: "Hey, don't blame me man, I thought me sayin' your name in a silly way fit. Just be glad I don't come up with something even weirder, y'know?"