ELAPID ✪ COBRA KAI

XI. Hawk

"And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart"

Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri

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The next day, Andi could barely pull herself out of bed.

She spent the entire night messaging Eli. 

Texting him, Waiting for him to reply, and then getting impatient and texting him again.

53.

Andi sent 53 messages that night- sure, many of them were single lettered texts trying to spell out a whole word in order to grab Eli's attention- but 53 texts were 53 texts.

Around 4 in the morning, she even started wondering if he was actually ok. Like- even in the right mindset to think about what had happened properly. 

Andi wasn't particularly religious, but her family was. Up until around middle school, she was trained as a good Christian girl. She'd go to church every Sunday- sometimes on Wednesdays too. She and Miguels Yaya found it extremely important they establish their own connections with god. 

Andi eventually stopped going, much to Yaya's dismay. She just never found that connection, and eventually, she gave up looking for it. 

That being said, last night, Andi found herself praying for the first time in years. Praying that nothing bad had happened to Hawk. That her leaving him with his thoughts had been a good thing... not the opposite. 

So when she finally found sleep somewhere around 5 am, she felt her insides twist at the sound of her 6 am alarm, warning her it was time to go to school. 

Andi's troubles didn't end once she made it to her high school, though, as in homeroom, she noticed a very particular absence. Eli. 

Around lunchtime, she was really starting to lose it. She sat in her usual spot and felt the heavy absence of the boy who always sat beside her. 

"Wow, a rough night at the library?" Demetri joked, seeing the dark circles Andi had desperately tried to cover up with concealer. 

"Something like that," Andi murmured, bouncing her knee in anticipation. Casually looking at the cafeteria entrance every couple of minutes in the hopes of seeing Eli dressed in some ridiculous sweater. 

"Look, I'm sure he's fine." Demetri tried to comfort the girl. 

Andi looked away from the cafeteria door and towards her friend. 

"W-what?" she asked. 

"Eli. He's fine. This isn't the first time he hasn't come to school the day after getting bullied. It happens like three times a semester." Demetri said matter of factly, reaching inside his lunchbox for his sandwich. 

"H- how did you know?" Andi questioned Demetri, shocked he had any clue what she was talking about. He wasn't known for being good at picking up on subtle hints.