7 The Meaning of the Nickname (1/2)

Nolen School C, Class 1-A

”How long do you want to sleep?” Misae grew rather frustrated when she saw that Kanae was still sleeping on the class.

”Is it time for lunch break?” Kanae yawned and asked.

Misae nodded her head. ”If you don't hurry, they will run out of the free food for the students.”

”I'll go, wait a moment.”

The three of them went to the canteen. Alice intentionally bought more food so she could share with Kanae. Looking at her seemingly always hungry friend, she wondered just how big her stomach was.

”I guess you're looking like a boy more like this,” Misae teased.

The boys usually ate more food compared with the girls. Although there were some exceptions, that was the most common for them.

”Stop comparing me with boys,” Kanae rolled her eyes.

Misae and Alice giggled when they received Kanae's response. Before they could talk about anything else, they heard a commotion coming from outside. Screams and yelling followed soon after the loud commotion began.

”What's that?” Misae turned her head to the door.

”It's better if we stay here. I don't think any of us want to get involved in them.”

From the sounds, it was pretty obvious that there were people fighting. Although they didn't know who was fighting, neither one of them wanted to get involved. With such a loud commotion, the teacher would surely come to separate them. There was no need for them to personally walk and got involved.

Misae nodded her head in agreement. ”This kind of commotion happens once a month at the very least. There's no need for us to get involved.”

”I don't think we can do anything too,” Alice added timidly.

”Yeah, this is why I have to work harder to become stronger in the martial art class,” Misae said resolutely.

Kanae looked towards her best friend and grinned. ”Let's see if you still can hold up that promise tomorrow.”

Inside every school in this city, there would be martial art class. This class was important to teach students who didn't have a wealthy background the way to defend themselves. Although some students may have their own experience on the street, they still attended the class for further enhancing their knowledge.

However, the backside would be the students turned slightly arrogant. Some of them would choose to trade fist with each other just for some slight argument. Although many of them tried to not get into conflict, some of them were unable to restrain themselves.

Friday was the day for martial arts training in this school. The first year got the lesson on the very first in the morning.

Misae grinned. ”Well, maybe tomorrow I will forget about this.”

”…”

Knowing that Misae was indeed unable to train too much, Kanae didn't pursue the matter further. She looked to the side; the commotion has started to die down.

”Sometimes it's quite scary to think that the people around us might be the member of a gang, clan, or the others,” Misae remarked.

Alice looked back. ”I think it's quite normal?

”Yeah,” Misae scratched the back of her head. She knew that the possibility of having friends from those parts of the city was there. Still, it didn't make her feel any better.

”If you think logically, only a portion of students belong to them. You'll need extraordinary luck if you want to be friends with them.”

Most of the gangs' members were already adults. Trying to find those who were still young were definitely difficult. Not to mention that living two lives were definitely hard.