weirdo | cobra kai fanfic

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I was standing in the front of the class beside Aisha and Miguel, looking around it was a bunch of kids who looked like they spent a lot of time 'having fun' with themselves. Except Demetri and Eli, I'd rather not think of them like that.

I smiled softly at Eli, he smiled back at me shyly, I just spent most of my time looking at him. Aisha nudged me and I nodded my head as if to ask 'what?', she smiled at me and gestured over to Eli, wiggling her eyebrows. I felt my cheeks heat up and I shook my head, looking toward and just staring at the wall in front of me.

When Johnny came out of his office he shouted, "QUIET. Face front." I sighed softly as he began his insulting almost every new potential student. I looked down, holding back a laugh since sometimes he was a little funny.

"When I look around this dojo, I don't see Cobra Kai material. I see losers and nerds. I see a fat kid with a funny hat with his tits popping out. But in my short time as a sensei, I've also seen some miracles." He looked over at Miguel and I smiled a little, the bond they had was so cute. "So maybe there's some hope for you yet."

When he asked us to get into lines and rows everybody was a little confused so he showed us what he meant. I felt a little nervous being in a room with so many people, I could feel my foot tapping slightly.

As he began leading us through some basic warm ups, nicknaming each kid as he went around and corrected stances. I didn't really care until I heard him refer to someone as Lip, immediately knowing he meant Eli I turned my head.

"Yeah you with the freaky lip, who else do you think I'm talking to?" He rudely said, I clenched my fist, turning my body but stopping myself when Demetri suddenly spoke out.

"Excuse me Mr. Lawrence." He said, jumping when Aisha loudly corrected him. "Okay... you really shouldn't make fun of someone's physical appearance." Demetri said, I nodded.

"Oh is that so? I'm not supposed to mention his lip at all?" Johnny challenged, I took in a slow breathe, trying to keep myself from saying something rude.

"Well yeah." Demetri said in a 'duh' tone.

"Maybe that's what they teach you in school, but in the real world you can't expect people to do what they're supposed to do. You hear that Lip? If you can't handle someone making fun of you, how are you going to handle an elbow to the teeth." A scowl formed on my face and I felt Miguel put his hand on my shoulder, I let out a small hiss in response and slapped his hand away.

I closed my eyes, trying to go to my happy place as Demetri went on one of his rants, opening my eyes when he said, "It's not like he can actually hurt us." I sighed, looking down and shaking my head with a small laugh.

"Oh Demetri you moron." I softly mumbled, looking back up and crossing my arms.

Johnny stalked towards him, "Punch me." Demetri attempted to punch him but as he did that Johnny used his arms and flip him down and onto the mat. I softly chuckled. "Let that be a lesson to all of you," he said before walking back to his office.

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Karate was slowly starting to become one of my main interests with each class I attended at Cobra Kai. Miguel and I got closer as well, I liked him. Not in a romantic way I liked him as a brother. We'd hang out a lot together, mostly at his place because I liked the food, I think his grandma liked me as well we'd always chat in Spanish. Oh yeah I don't know if it was obvious from my name, but I'm Hispanic, Mexican.

I'd hang out with Eli a lot as well, he had become pretty comfortable with me and he no longer got tense whenever I'd hug him. He got quite touchy with me as well one of us was usually grabbing onto the other.