Chapter 41 Trouble Brewing (1/2)

The days passed by. Days turned to weeks, and weeks into months. Before they knew it, the mid year exams had come upon them.

The Elite Five were at the school lawn, studying. Well, truth be told, only Kay was studying. Okay. Fine. Kay was flipping through the books. She already knew the topics well, but felt she had to make some show of actual studying. The boys, however, were busy fooling around and generally making loud noises.

Kyle, Sam and Ali were playing frisbee while Xing Han ... well, he was trying to keep up. As usual, Kyle and Ali were making it like a competition, with making jumps and flips while throwing. Sam wasn't bad, despite him being a 'nerd' although he opted out on any fancy moves. Xing Han had slight difficulty in running after the frisbee that Kyle tended to deliberately throw either higher, or slightly further away from Xing Han.

It was tough love, you see. Kyle wanted Xing Han to exercise more. It wasn't much; he didn't throw it *that* far away. Xing Han, however, had enough exercise and decided to take a rest. He jogged over to Kay, who was sitting on a mat several metres away.

”So, what is your aim this time, Kay?” asked Xing Han curiously, sitting down next to her and peering over her shoulder to the book she was looking at.

”Haven't decided yet,” Kay confessed, ”I don't have to do badly, but I am not sure if I want to be #1 now just to have Kyle topple me at the end of the year.”

”Then just be #2 throughout,” Xing Han suggested.

”It's not that easy to do, you know. I know what to do to be #1, but what about #2? Is there someone in this school that will ace everything? Or just have several As? So just what should my score be? It's so difficult!” Kay complained.

Kyle plopped down, putting his head on Kay's lap while looking up at her. Kay raised her arms up, protesting, ”Kyle! You're all sweaty and stuff.”

”Fine,” he said getting up. He then took off his T-shirt, ignoring the kyaaaaa screams nearby and proceeded to wipe himself with it. Then, he reached for his bag, giving another vision of his firm chest and hard-rock abs to anyone who was interested to look. Taking out a clean T-shirt, he proceeded to put it on.

”Happy?” he said, before plopping back down on Kay's lap.

”How am I supposed to read if you're on my lap anyway?”

”Just a few minutes, Kay. I'm tired,” Kyle asked, giving her a puppy look.

Kay sighed, and didn't answer but didn't push him off either. She just raised her book higher to read. Ali came over and leaned his back on Kay's back, saying, ”Lean on me. It'll be easier.”

Sam and Xing Han then lay down on their backs, to Kay's left and right respectively. ”It's not fair that Kyle gets a soft pillow while we have this hard ground,” Xing Han was saying.

”Get your own sister then,” Kyle retorted, snuggling his head onto Kay's lap more, ”This one is mine. No touch touch.”

Kay smiled indulgently at Kyle, and looked at both Xing Han and Sam beside her, and the strong Ali behind her. She noticed their eyes getting heavier, and it wasn't long before all three were snoring away. She ruffled all of their hairs, and asked Ali, ”Are you okay?”

Silence.