Chapter 31 Devious Plans (1/2)

The rumours spread like wildfire. It told of a secret couple that had been hidden so well before, was finally coming out in the open. The events that occurred on that day became more and more exaggerated each time it was retold. By the next day, the story that was going around was that Kyle and Xing Han had a forbidden love story that had blossomed when they were young, which finally came to light that fateful day when they couldn't hold back their feelings for each other anymore.

The rumours had been circulating and gaining momentum, and though it generally died down after about two months or so, it didn't go away. At that moment, the so-called affected 'couple' were having breakfast in the cafeteria with the Elite Five minus for Ali and plus Sarah. Ali lived closeby, so he didn't need to stay at the dorms.

”How are things?” Kay asked her brother as she cut some bacon before putting it delicately into her mouth.

Sarah was sitting beside Kay, on her left. She was eating her bowl of cereal quietly, not daring to look up. Sarah had always been the 'odd-one-out' in her previous school, so hanging out with such a popular group took some getting used to. However, even though she was being more comfortable around them, she couldn't quite keep calm when it involved Kyle. Sarah put it down to her being completely affected by his devastatingly good looks.

Kyle shrugged as he bit into his burger, ignoring the sauce dripping down his chin. Kay sighed, took a napkin and wiped is chin clean.

”Same-o, same-o,” Kyle answered in between bites, ”Only now, I have guys hitting on me.”

Sarah couldn't help but choke a bit on that, and she started coughing. Kay patted her back to help, ”Sounds troublesome.”

”Nah,” Kyle assured her, taking a gulp of milk, ”They're okay. They're just being ... more suggestive, testing the waters. Trying to see how deep are my feelings for Xing Han here. It's the girls that are becoming more annoying though. They feel the need to want to 'fix' me, so to speak.”

”How come no girl is coming to try and 'fix' me?” complained Xing Han, who was stabbing his scrambled eggs with a vengeance.

Sam laughed, and replied, ”Probably because they think it's okay if it's you, but not if it's Kyle. I mean, come on. Look at him. Waste those superior genes?”

[Seriously, Kyle, are you okay with all of this?]

Kyle popped the last piece of burger into his mouth, and picked up the second one. He found that his appetite was more than before, what with the additional physical activities that he goes through now. He was now an official member in the Basketball team, the Football team and (long distance) running. He had passed all the preliminaries with ease, and had to attend training everyday. Master Shifu didn't lessen his training at night either, saying that the additional exercise was beneficial since he was having his growth spurt.

But darn, did his body hurt. Having those muscles tear again and again so as to develop the muscles was no joke. Boys may have it ”easier” to shape their bodies through exercise, but it sure was not easy and dang painful. Girls were kinda stuck with their body shape, and any form of exercise would only make them fitter and slim, but would not create bigger boobs or longer legs. For guys, all that was needed was a solid body and a six-pack to get the girls drooling. Okay, and a handsome face didn't hurt but the body sealed the deal.

Darn hard work though.

He bit into his second burger, and replied, [Can't do anything about it, Kay. Let them be. They'll think what they want to think and I'm not going to treat Xing Han any differently]

[But will it cause trouble? You know Principal Dobbins is keeping a tighter watch on you.]

Kyle wanted to snort, but that would make the burger he was chewing go up his nose so he refrained himself. [I'm not doing anything illegal or wrong. I won't do anything to her but it doesn't mean I won't retaliate if she's unreasonable]

[Okay Kyle. The report on her is almost complete, by the way. I also found a few things about her that you can use if you need to]

[Thanks Kay. You're the best]

[I know]

This time, Kyle did snort and yes, he started choking. His eyes watering, he quickly tried to cough it out, and blew his nose repeatedly. A small piece of chewed up burger flew out his nose and landed right next to Kay's bacon.

”Euw Kyle! That's so disgusting!” Kay exclaimed, pushing the offending meat away from her precious bacon.

A few tables away, Janice and her group of friends were watching Kyle and his friends eating. They had been stalkingthem since the start of school, but other than the occasional 'hi' and class stuff, Janice did not manage to get past first base to get to Kyle.

”Do you think it's true? Is Kyle and Xing Han really a couple?” asked Belinda as she watched the group laughing together.