After confronting Mr. Harrington, Ethan got ready for school, packing his notebooks and books.
He had took every notebook, and some of the books, most were ones that he didn't need because they were the most used books.
Ethan would rather use his locker for stuff like art supplies and such because he doesn't trust the school enough.
He did his usual routine of having the most dramatic entrance, which usually is him teleporting to the gates with lightning as a sign that he arrived.
But today, he decided to come in crashing while testing a new way to fly using barriers.
But he just ended up crashing to the ground to cause minimum damage, but it wasn't fast enough to cause any damage but it did cause some slight cracks.
He landed on his stomach, so he got up, dusting the dirt off and fixing himself, before strutting in the school.
Despite his cheerful attitude, he felt like he had forgot something, but he's almost always paranoid about forgetting things, so he just ignored the feeling.
He walked into his class, sitting in his chair and swinging back and forth, even balancing in the middle.
But while waiting for the teacher to come in, he decided to try and zone out, but he just noticed something.
The voices around him are too loud, he didn't notice until now but it's hard to escape reality when reality itself is too loud.
He just decided to stay grounded but play around with his powers, testing his capabilities, he created a small sphere.
When staring at it for a few seconds, he threw it forwards towards the whiteboard, it bounced around a few times before rolling around.
Ethan made it disappear, while making another one, he stared at it before making it slightly bigger.
Small ingravings began to appear on its surface, they shifted and changed to different shapes.
Ethan: "Wow, the amount of control that I have is… impossible."
Ethan was mumbling to himself, he thought about it, about how much control he needs to create these things…
You'd need to control every singular electron to its specific location, it's a wonder how Ethan can do this without a care, like it's drinking water…
Minami walked in, sitting at her usual seat next to Ethan. She looked at Ethan who was deep in thought.
But as she opened her mouth, a loud dingle came from the broken speakers in the class, causing Ethan to slightly jump and shoot a tiny spark that shot to the metal legs of his desk.
The teacher walked in right after, Minami just slightly giggled, but her giggling was short-lived, because the teacher announced his arrival by yelling at some guys who were pushing each other.
Teacher: "Sit down, you annoying little gremlins!"
The guys immediately sat down before beginning to start the lesson, the teacher was bald and had a mustache and the rest was just average, like his height.
The students began whispering among each other, the teacher immediately turned and threw his marker at one of the students.
Ethan: "I'm surrounded by idiots. Not you tho."
Ethan turned to Minami who didn't even hear him, he didn't really feel comfortable at the fact that he can't be heard but whatever it's just one phrase.
After the teacher got his marker back from the students, he began writing down some stuff about geography.
Like the climate in different parts of Africa, it was boring but there was nothing to do, he'd have to tune out, and since the class is quieter now, it's easy to tune out.
4 classes later, at lunch, Ethan dug through his bag, looking for his lunch box that he usually prepares the night before.
Then he stops, he had forgot to even prepare it, so now he has a messy bag and a stomach that feels like it has low pressure.
So he looked over to minami, she's not even here, he took out his wallet and found… nothing.
Ethan: "I knew I shouldn't have bought that pizza, but hey atleast I was in New York."
He just got up and walked to the cafeteria, he saw his friend(from the start of the book) briefly, but it's now too awkward to just talk to him.
He looked around to find Minami but saw, Serene with her group, the jocks and the muscleheads.
He even saw people just laughing, hanging out, he wondered why he wasn't able to fit in when he first joined, not with the nerds nor the geeks.
Every year was a new friend, so he never felt stable socially, he just mentally explained it with "probably because I surpass some of them", even before getting his powers that was his thinking.
It was strange that he can't find her then he realized. He closed his eyes, focusing on his ears and skin, he could feel… his clothes, his wallet in his pocket, his phone in the other, his suit(shaped as an oval disk) on his back inside the tshirt.
Then he felt it, something odd on his right shoulder, he just put his hand on his shoulder and looked back to the right.
Ethan: "You know that your power control is not perfect enough to have me not notice right?"
Minami: "You smart idiot."
She suddenly appeared, startling a few who were nearby, but she didn't even acknowledge them.
Ethan: "Can you do me a favor, pleeease."
Minami: "What is it…"
Ethan pointed at her brown bag that she was holding, she stared at him dead in the eye.
Minami: "No, you would eat it all and still want more."
Ethan knew she was right, so he just decided to conserve energy till he gets home to eat…
Ethan walked to a table, sitting and just thinking of what to do now… Of all the different thing he thought, stealing didn't actually come to mind.
He even thought of going to one of those people who hate powered people and just let them throw tomatoes but he knew they would more likely throw grenades instead.
Serene walked by, her group filled with girls who overused make up and some nerds who are down bad and want her approval.
Serene: "Hey! How're you!"
Ethan: "Shut it, don't care, won't care, not in the mood."
One of the guys' face scowled and kicked Ethan's back, Ethan got up and glared at him.
The guy: "Don't speak to the queen like that!"
Ethan: "Nah bro, there's no such thing as 'queen' in school, where the hell do you think you are? England?"
Ethan threw a punch, stopping it exactly 1 cm away from the guys chest, the suddenly physical movement caused the air to push into the guy and throw him 2 meters backwards.
Minami: "Calm down, have this cookie."
Ethan immediately turned to her and ate the cookie in one bite, but the hunger was still persistent, he had no choice but to put his head on the table, then he remembered that this isn't his desk and pulled his head up.
Serene: "Hey, you know that this guy can't breath now right? I mean shouldn't you feel sorry."
Ethan: "Womp womp, shouldn't YOU be the concerned one here? It's your lackey after all."
Serene just walked away, ignoring the choking guy on the ground, Ethan got up and helped the guy up.
Ethan: "Stop coughing and try to breath normally, or just hold your breath then try to breath again."
After a few attempts the guy went back to normal breathing, his face was red and his eyes looked like they were about to pop out.
Ethan: "Your welcome."
Ethan sat back down and sighed, he looked at Minami who suddenly disappeared, he just stared at the place that she once was at before looking around.
A broken speaker once again jumps cared him, signaling the end of lunch that seemed to go on forever.
In the last class, all energy that was in Ethan, wasn't there anymore, his head was on the table, it was like those anime scenes but this time it's not exaggerated because it is actually a weakness of his.
When it was time to pack, Ethan slowly put his stuff in the bag and instead of lifting it, he dragged it instead.
It was heavy but not always, usually it's just very light, but with no energy, there is no strength.
Minami: "Wow, so you are serious about this huh. Fine, lemme carry you home."
Ethan was lifted off the ground and was floating by her side as she walked out the school and back to Ethan's house.
Minami: "I just wish you could've told me that you didn't have food, I would've bought you some, be honest next time."
With that Ethan ended up eating his whole fridge when he got home.