Chapter 43 Gym Class (1/2)
When Laz finally awoke, he felt stiff all over, as though he had slept for days, He was finally able to move again though so with a bit of difficulty, he started to stand up. His joints let out loud and long popping sounds as though they had been coated with stone that was breaking with his movements. He finally stood up fully and stretched his back, legs arms and neck, one at a time. The popping continued to echo through the small park area as he fully stretched his body. When he was all done, his body was bursting with energy and his muscles felt like they were on fire. It almost didn't feel like his own body. He walked a few steps back towards his apartment before turning around and looking at the strange flower and glowing blue pond.
In the morning light, they produced almost no effect, but with Laz's sense, he was able to see that both strange entities were still bursting with energy. If he were to look at them using only his eyes however, they just seemed to be a weird plant and a cloudy pool. They appeared to be completely normal bits in the overgrown surroundings. The only somewhat strange part would be that the area around them and the stone bench in the middle were free of overgrown grass.
Laz felt like he encountered something that he shouldn't have and did something that he shouldn't have done, but at the same time, he felt far stronger than he had been before. He wouldn't so the same thing over again though as he had nearly died.
He also had another sort of feeling. Something inside of him told him that he was too full, like he had overeaten. Due to this, if he tried to 'eat' again, he wouldn't be able to keep it down. If it were just food, he would probably throw up. But since this was anything but food, he didn't want to suck down too much energy and run the risk of exploding.
He had no idea how he had managed to start digesting the energy, but now wasn't really the time to ponder that. He didn't know what time it was, but since the sun had just started coming up, he knew it was still early and he wasn't late for school
Making his way back to the apartment, Laz set down his keys and put his phone on the charger. It wouldn't have enough time to charge before school as he found out it was always 6:30 am and he had to be sitting in class in an hour, but he had enough time for a shower so he figured he would charge it as much as he could before he left.
In the past, he would have just left the phone in his apartment since it would have no purpose for him, but now it seems like he would have someone occasionally texting him and he couldn't help but smile with a bit of happiness about this. Even if some people were ok walking on a lonely road, humans, by instinct, were social creatures. Although he didn't know what he could consider Kennedy as, he knew she wasn't an enemy and that was good enough for him.
He stripped and took a quick shower before getting changed into some clean clothes. He felt thankful again for his grandpa as it seemed like he had taken his clothes out and washed them all a few days ago. He would do that sometimes when he was in the right mind set just to help Laz along. The washing machines were located on the first floor and were available to use for all residents of the building, but they cost quarters. Although no one really lived there at the moment and Laz and his grandpa were probably the only ones who used the machines, he didn't like just leaving his clothes there and walking away.
As Laz grabbed his phone to see the 30% battery he had gained, he turned it on before grabbing a sports drink out of his fridge and putting his bag over his shoulder. He didn't have time to eat so it would just be better to wait until he went over to Grandpa Chu's place after school and eat before he started working. There was always something there ready to eat and Laz liked it all, minus when Uncle Chu decided to experiment with one thing or the other.
Walking along the road towards school, Laz's pocket dinged with the notification of a new message. Unlocking his phone, he noticed it was a message from Kennedy sent the other day before it had died. Thinking back for a quick minute, Laz remembered that he had been joking with her about her chest before he went to sleep so he was wondering if this was her last response to him about that.
He took a sip of his drink before clicking on the thread and watching a picture load up. In the picture, he could see a finger holding down the collar of a shirt and the deep valley that it had originally been covering up. It took him only a moment before he realized that that Kennedy had sent him a picture of her cleavage along with a message that simply said, ”wouldn't you like to know little boy.”
Laz couldn't help but spit out his drink in shock. The few other students who had been walking around him turned to look at him with a bit of disgust in their eyes. Laz was coughing a bit and couldn't help be thankful that no one was in front of him at the moment.
Wiping his mouth with his sleeve, Laz commented under his breath, 'that little fox,' before switching his phone off and sprinting towards school.
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