"She's really getting out of hand recently. Are you okay seeing her like this?" Jason said, glancing at Jovan.
"What does that have to do with me? Am I her parent?" Jovan asked, not paying attention to Jason.
Jason turned to look at Sophia for a few seconds before turning back to Jovan.
"She's really unlucky to have taken an interest in you. Why don't you look at her for a bit? I think it will make her feel better".. Jovan said with a grin.
"Why are you so worked up about this? If you like her that much, I can take the risk and introduce you two" Jovan said.
"No thanks, you can keep her all to yourself," Jason laughed.
"Are you ser...?"
Just as Jovan raised his head, he accidentally made eye contact with someone else, someone who had been staring directly at him.
The atmosphere seemed to freeze for a moment.
Vivian who has been staring at Jovan smiled awkwardly before turning away, she was cought red handed. And then, Jovan quickly averted his gaze.
"Did she recognize me? What the heck is wrong with me? What's the big deal if she recognizes me? I didn't do anything wrong to her"
"What are you mumbling about?" Jason asked, looking at Jovan strangely.
"Nothing... It's just... nothing actually" Jovan said, shaking his head.
The lunch break was still ongoing. Some students were in the cafeteria, while others had finished eating and were heading back to their various classes.
Vivian was still lost in thought after their earlier encounter.
"Why does he look familiar? Have I seen him before?"... Probably not, I don't think so".
"You have probably seen him in your dreams, right?" Jennifer said with a scowl.
"Ahhh!" Vivian snapped back to reality. She hadn't realized that her earlier mumbling was audible enough to Jennifer.
"There's nothing to be shy about. The first time I saw him, I was like that too. Do you know that I dreamed about him the entire week? It was as if I was going crazy!" Jennifer exclaimed loudly, acting quite frantic. Vivian just shook her head, watching Jennifer's behavior.
......
All of a sudden, the cafeteria descended into chaos. Students began to scramble away.
"What's happening?" Vivian asked. Jennifer didn't answer, but kept staring at the entrance.
"Who else if not the devil himself" Jennifer said with a frown. "This is the third faction I was about to tell you. "The School Bullies. their often bully people and take their money from them. Once you see them, just try to avoid them. Especially their leader Gabriel." Jennifer warned.
Just then, five boys walked into the dining hall, Students started leaving one after the other to avoid becoming their victims
At the center of the group was a guy with brown hair and average look. This was Gabriel, the apparent leader of the wolf gang bullies. He was a stubborn student with poor grades. He always beat students up and take their money or other valuables, but he never gets punished seriously, due to his Aunt's position as the school director, who often helped him get away with his misdeeds.
Owen, Tyler, Kelly, and Eric. were the other members of the group
Then, Owen walked over towards a guy who was eating quietly in the corner, and casually put his hand in his plate, took his meat and ate it. His eyes widened.
"Eric!, this guy, his meat actually tastes good!" Owen said, as he threw the last piece into his mouth.
"What's the point of telling me that when you've eaten it all?"
"Hahaha... hahaha... it was so tasty that I couldn't help it!" Owen laughed.
He picked up the remaining food on the table and handed it to Eric.
"What?!"
"Why don't you try the food? It's not bad," Owen said with a grin.
Eric just took the food and even snatched a spoon from another guy who was sitting at the next table. He started eating without even glancing at the guy whose food they had just taken. The boy just sat there and did nothing.
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"Wow... so this is the new beauty in our class, right?" Gabriel said as he walked towards Jennifer and Vivian.
"Mmmmm... Gabriel trailed off, it seems he was trying to remember something. "what's your name again?... Oh, Vivian, right?"
Vivian just nodded her head and kept looking at him
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Tyler was standing in front of Jerry and Fatty's table. The two had single-handedly wiped their plates clean, not even a speck of food was left. It was as if a dog had licked the plates clean.The two were comfortably sitting on their chairs while they kept burping.
"Where is the food?" Tyler asked.
"Which food?" Jerry blinked his eyes foolishly. "Fatty, did he give you any food to keep for him?"
Fatty shook his head timidly, he was scared that he might get beaten up as usual.
"I mean your food, where is it?" Tyler asked, his face turning angrier with each passing second. The mocking smile on Jerry's face was so annoying that Tyler really wanted to strangle him to death right now.
"What kind of stupid question is that? Can't you see the food is gone? Or do you want me to vomit it?... Oh, sorry, I forgot, there is still a bone left on my plate, as you can see. You know they say, a patient dog eats the fattest bone. Although this bone isn't fat..." Jerry said as he picked up the bone from the plate and gave it a careful look. "because I can feel that the chicken was suffering from a terrible fever before they ended its miserable life. But this patient dog can still manage it, right?" Jerry said with a smirk and threw the bone back on the plate.
"Who are you calling a dog?" Tyler was burning with anger.
"Did I call anybody a dog?" Jerry asked, looking at Fatty. Fatty shook his head vigorously with fear written all over his face. He was scared that Jerry might get him into trouble.
"Well, if this dog doesn't want the bone anymore, he can just leave it for another dog, after all, I can see other dogs around wagging their tails" Jerry said as he brought out a mirror from his pocket and slightly combed his hair with his pinky while looking at his reflection in the mirror.
Tyler's stomach churned with anger. He really wanted to beat the sh*t out of this weirdo.
"Mwah-chuuu"
Tyler finally lost it when Jerry blew a kiss towards him. He grabbed Jerry's collar and dragged him out of the chair.
"You really want to die, huh?"