HOW THE F**K DOES HE KNOW!?
She immediately pulled out her handkerchief in the manner of habit. She kept pondering how Indhra knew, but he had a 'So Obvious' face.
" Easy!" Indhra got a bit worried.
She turned to her right as soon as she completed cleaning the window.
" What...do you mean?" Kyra questioned him, her cheeks flushed red.
Indhra got confused for a second," Don't try to avoid my question!" He said with a slight smirk.
" Well..."
AHHHH! Should I...Sh-sh-should I tell him!? No! N-
" You see, I am the proud daddy here...Maybe I can help you achieve him!" He pointed at himself with his thumb.
" Fine! You win!" She turned to hide her face.
Aldred, oh boy Aldred. How should I introduce this kid? The most handsome person in the school, the most intelligent scholar, the mighty woman player, Aldred Avery. Let me mention something unique about him: his blonde hair, something only he had in LNS. Another mighty thing: His never-giving-up attitude, the only reason why Kyra fell for him.
Although both may be best friends, there is one friend who comes between their relationship. Amanda Roberts! FORMING A LOVE TRIANGLE!
" So you do have a crush on him!" Indhra didn't taunt her; instead, he was trying to help her. " Don't worry! Your secrets are safe with Shinsu and me!"
" Mom!? Why are you bringing her up!?"
Shinsu or Shinsetsu is Indhra's wife and Kyra's mother. She works individually, owning a small regional bank, 'Loan and Co.' She is one of the very reasons why I considered Indhra rich.
" Well..." Kyra tried to get Indhra's attention somewhere else," You were talking about freedom and stuff!?"
This sentence hit a nerve.
The look changed," Freedom! It is a simple yet difficult concept to achieve. It gets further away as you try to achieve it, and then there comes the reality!"
Huh?
" The reality...It is being that everyone is a slave to someone or something! Freedom is only a concept of fairy tales."
Anger. An expression to show someone or something that you are mad. What was Indhra mad towards? The very concept of 'Freedom'.
" But! I'll do it."
You may think that Indhra is contradicting himself. But that's far away from the very truth. Macro-freedom! The freedom of his loved ones, it was possible.
Kyra scoffed," Okay, stop."
" Wait, you don't believe in me!?" Indhra turned to his left to meet Kyra's eyes.
" Not that!" She turned away. " It's just not your character to speak such bold things in thin air." The border of the middle-class region appeared while scoffing.
She looked at the front mirror to see two huge black castles.
" You see! You have changed a lot..." Her gaze was keen at the black and gold castle," For a year or so, you have changed, I don't know what it is...But I am happy! Yeah, I miss the old you, but this is even better." Her voice cracked in joy.
" Don't you worry a bit...You are the best dad!"
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She tapped her feet continuously, non-stop; in fact, her table was trembling.
She was shy the whole time. The whole time sitting beside the love of her life, Aldred Avery.
Let me give you intel about his intellect. He always scores the top percentage in all the exams. While this may be true, there is a single subject he hates the most: Physics. At the same time, he is fond of History.
You may ask him about the kings of Luvinia and discover a nerd disguised as this handsome being.
He had recently discovered a book in his parents' closet, which he hadn't opened since the day of their murder. He found a book, an old one. The yellow pages, the rough texture. Everything suggested that it was a prehistoric Heirloom.
Imagine the balls on his body. He invited Kyra to read this book with her. Kyra, being Kyra, accepted the offer while being all flustered. Th-th-this could be a home d-da-date! Oh how innocent she was.
There was this one single reason why he was so damn curious!
No matter what happens, don't tell anyone about this book! And never open it.
Present on the front page, this was what the note said, with 'anyone' being misspelt.
It was weird for Aldred since his parents had never been this hurried to make a mistake while writing.
His parents never made mistakes in their lives, so much so that the gene transfer even made Aldred perfect.
" Kyra!" He called out the nervous lady sitting beside him. She turned to face him while blushing hard.
S-S-SO CUTE!!!
She turned back again to avoid his face.
Aldred got really confused. Is she avoiding me!? Oh, the classic question asked by the one in love.
His cheeks blushed while looking at her.
It doesn't matter if she loves me or hates me, cause I love her. He gave a calm smile.
There was a sound of a bell ringing, indicating that all of the students were to get ready for dispersal.
" Tomorrow we will have a test on Rotational motion!" The physics teacher, Mr Derrick, said to all the students with a charming smile on his face.
Aldred's face crumpled. That's the only way to describe his expression at that moment.
Mr Derrick grabbed the books and left. Aldred's whole world was blanked by the news; the words spoken by Derrick played on repeat while he drowned in despair.
Aldred took the books from the desk below him and threw them in his bag. He lifted it and wrapped it around his body; his eyes remained blank.
" K-K-Kyra...forget about the book, can you t-t-tutor me today?" Kyra was a bit surprised, but was ok with it. " Thank...You." A huge gap in his words, classically describing the amount of despair he was going through.
Kyra tried to avoid his eyes as much as possible, and that was when Kyra's supposedly long-lasting Demon arrived.
As Aldred walked to the exit, two soft hands wrapped around him. Warmth covered his whole body, at first he was happy thinking it was Kyra...then the expression turned, realising who it actually was.
" ALDRED!!!" The girl shouted in the voice of a fangirl.
Amanda! Kyra scoffed in her mind. All the blushing disappeared. Hate was the only thing left.
Aldred's face went blank.
" You look so good today!" Aldred was still blank.
Amanda got down and waited for an answer. Aldred turned back blank.
" OK!"
Amanda's eyes went blank after getting the answer. Kyra smirked in joy, the inner personality jumping on a trampoline of delight.
" Kyra! Let's go!" He blushed, and so did Kyra.
She slowly turned back with a smug face. So annoying! That was the only thing coming up on Amanda's mind.
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" Kyra!" He removed his bag and proceeded to give it to her," Imma quickly go to the washroom and come!"
After some time, the trio gathered up to go back to the house together. Even though Kyra didn't like Amanda, vice versa. Both had an immense respect for each other. They considered themselves best friends.
Kyra took the bag in the corridor to the exit. She lay back on the wall of the corridor, which was plain and simple without any innovation.
Everyone had left the school except Kyra, Aldred, Amanda and a few others.
" Well... he is taking his time." Kyra scoffed at Amanda, who was still annoyed at her.
" What is so much in you he likes?" She questioned while trying to taunt Kyra, while Kyra was smiling.
" Maybe, my beauty! Or my 'good' personality!" She put more effort into saying 'good'. The annoyance increased on Amanda's face.
" A**hole!" Someone shouted at them. Amanda recognised that sound, which made her terrified. She slowly looked to the side to reveal Hilol. He was a classic bully who thought that the world revolved around him. For some reason, he hates Amanda.
"Ms Kyra, can you please move aside!" He twitched his eyes," This is between us!" Kyra didn't move a bit, but Hilol ignored that.
He placed his hands on the wall surrounding Amanda with an annoyed expression.
" What...Wha..." Hilol laughed at her as she stuttered to say any word.
" You scared, little girl?" He mocked her.
" Guys!" He shouted at his other friends behind him," Would it be fun to r**e her?" He said that with a disturbing smile.
His other friends, a few disgusted, but many of them laughed at it. The people who were actually disgusted by him smiled too to save their skin.
Amanda's eyes started to shed tears as she heard that.
He used his right hand to hold her left breast with a creepy smile on his face," Now now, there is a nee..." He felt a hand moving his hand aside. The person pushed him back.
Hilol Roy, after some time, glared at the person with a serious face.
" Ms Kyra! I said this doesn't concern you!" He said to Kyra, who had pushed him earlier. She stood in front of Amanda with a face of disgust on her face.
She bit her lips in rage and charged at him with her fist to punch him.
He held the fist with his left hand and pulled her down. She kept her posture and lifted her left hand to punch him. He quickly, effortlessly, kicked her stomach, which caused her to back off and hold her tummy because of pain.
Kyra looked up and started to walk towards Hilol, who was also walking towards her. Kyra pulled her right arm back to punch him. She suddenly felt a fist on her cheeks, and without any pain, she fell on the floor. The pain did hit a bit later.
She rolled on the floor helplessly due to pain. She had gotten a concussion due to the punch to her head.
After the punch, he slowly walked up to Amanda with an evil smile. Amanda shed tears after witnessing this harassment.
He pushed her against the wall with an immense force, breaking her backbone. She released a breath of pain after she got slammed against the wall.
He pressed her hips to embarrass her.
Kyra from the ground rubbed her lower jaw with her upper. Of course! You're useless! These thoughts rushed into her mind. All the negative thoughts slowly piled up in her mind, slowly giving her a headache.
The f**k am I supposed to do? A drop of tear dropped from her left eye. And that was when she thought of Aldred. Never give up! Aldred's voice commanded her to move.
Hilol Roy felt a hand on his legs. He turned left to see Kyra with her eyes full of determination to protect Amanda. He got annoyed and kicked her to the wall, where she fell sideways.
His other friends came to handle Kyra while two of them stayed behind in true horror of the moment. Hilol turned his sight back on Amanda, who had started to shiver due to fear.
He smiled and lifted his right hand to rub it against her head. First the forehead, then the nose, and then the lips, which were shivering. As he went to her chest, a hand stopped him. He thought of who it could be.
" You b***h!" A calm yet terrifying voice said as the hand grabbed his collar and pushed him behind. He controlled himself and saw a worthy opponent.
" Finally!" Kyra said with a low sound, so low that even Aldred couldn't hear it. The other villains looked to their right to see Aldred.
Kyra below was bleeding from her nose, mouth, and forehead. Aldred stood in front of Amanda as a protector.
He had a serious look with rage burning within his eyes as he looked at the situation of both Amanda and Kyra. He looked back at Hilol.
" Why?" He said with a slight rage as he walked in front to stand just in front of Hilol," Why did you hurt my friends?" Rage could be heard in the words he spoke.
Both their eyes met one last time until one of them lost. The battle between the fire and water had begun!