Chapter 25 - XXIV (1/2)

LAIA WAS DEFINITELY SURE THAT THE ASSHAT had somehow become possessed by a kindhearted spirit who took notice of her jeopardy.

Jeopardy, of course, being the asshat's attitude.

But of course, good things always come to an end. Sometimes, abruptly. For the asshat, abruptly means returning to his ugly personality the moment they arrived at Laia's house.

A sneer on his face, the asshat wrinkled his nose. ”Your place smells,”

Laia turned to him with a deadpanned stare. ”You do realize you're standing next to the garbage can, right?”

Okay, maybe Laia did forget that today was the garbage truck's schedule to get their garbage. But did the asshat really have to call her house smelly?

He hasn't even entered the front door yet! Mind him, Laia had amazing cleaning skills!

Not that the asshat probably cleans his condominium, Laia thinks. The asshat probably pays someone to do it or maybe his parents do it for him.

And not that the short-haired girl was interested because she was definitely not.

The asshat covered his nose with a handkerchief. ”Don't you throw your trash around here?”

Laia unlocks the gate with fast movements. ”We do,” She pushes it open and makes her way to the front door. ”Not that it's your concern,”

”It may as well be mine if I decide to pass through here again,”

His statement made the girl turn to him with perplexion on her face. Did the asshat imply that he would be coming back?

And does that mean he wouldn't stay for dinner--

”What the fuck,” Laia murmurs to herself, shaking her head in disgust at her thoughts.

Thankfully, the asshat was still quite far away from where the girl was and he didn't hear her words of disgust.

Opening the front door, Laia steals a glance at the asshat who was already on the verge of leaving.

Looks like he won't be biding her goodbye. Not that Laia minds, it's seriously the least of her concerns whether the asshat would have the basic decency to bid her farewell or not.

Laia closes the front door the moment she couldn't see the asshat's lingering shadow anymore.

The next day was... bizarre to say at least.

Unlike how Laia usually starts her school days with Brie welcoming her with open arms or even just with a smile, she saw no sign of the girl.

Well, more like a sign of everybody. Nobody was at their supposed line for the flag ceremony, which was weird because usually during this hour everybody would already be lining up.

Laia was even about to be late!

Scanning her surroundings, the girl tried to find any sign of any of her classmates but to no avail. Did they have a secret plot or something to be absent today?

She sighs heavily and started to lose her patience. She was about to just leave and make her way to the library to study (or just chill) when one of the vultures approached her with an excited grin.

”Heya!” Anna greets Laia with jazz hands.

Laia didn't even bother the frown on her lips which makes the other girl laugh at her reaction. ”You don't seem very pleased to see me, Miss Perfect,”

More like anyone in the matter. All Laia wants is a problem-free day, thank you very much, but with the appearance of this vulture, she already knew something disastrous was about to happen or is already happening.

And the girl was right. Horribly right.

Upon entering her classroom, she was greeted by Brie's hair being pulled by a livid Vivi. The anger was obvious on Vivi's usually composed features and it was even more obvious that she had no plans on letting go of Brie's long hair anytime soon.

Brie was screaming obscenities as well. She was thrashing around, attempting to grab Vivi's hair as well but Vivi wouldn't let her.

”Get her, Vivi! She spread all those rumors about you!” Laia heard Claudette cheer from the sidelines with Sandra beside her.

Laia didn't waste time and immediately tried to pull Vivi away from her friend, but Vivi was adamant about leaving Brie bald, thus pushing Laia away.

”Go away, Laia! Let the girls fight!”

”Laia, don't be a spoilsport!”

”Don't ruin the fight, Laia!”

Laia turned to her classmates with disappointment on her face. Why are they like this?

”It's not my fault Jake doesn't want you anymore!” Vivi's straightforwardness only made their classmates cheer even louder.

Despite being shorter than Brie, Vivi proved to be extremely good at fighting. She even landed some slaps on Brie's already marked face, and even landed a few kicks on her knees, making her lose her balance and then fall to the floor.

”Get her, Vivi!” Anna suddenly appeared on Laia's side and even grinned at her triumphantly.

As if they had planned this all along.

Brie was already on the floor but she still continued trying to pull on Vivi's uniform in an attempt to pull the other girl down as well.

But to no avail. Vivi was able to predict the other girl's movements and would occasionally step backward and land another kick on the girl's body.

Everything was obviously running out of control and Laia shouldn't just standstill. She knew she shouldn't, but there was a voice on her head saying that Brie did deserve it.

Vivi, who seemed to be on the upper hand, suddenly fell on the floor. Brie didn't waste time and immediately crawled on top of her foe, pulling her hair roughly and with a sinister gleam on her eyes.

”You fucking deserve it, you piece of--”

”Brielle Maybelline Mae Chua, let go of Vivienne this very instead!”