The Boy I Once Knew | Cobra Kai Hawk/Eli

Chapter 38

"Oh, look who we have here" Someone walks out from the back. The man smirks and continues to walk towards me. "Have you decided to finally make the right choice?" He asks. My arms lay by my side, as I can't help but move my fingers. I do not know what I'm doing, what I'm going to say, or what my decision will be.

"I just want answers, Kreese. Why do you want me to come back so badly? There's nothing I can do for you." I take my shoes off and walk onto the mat. This man is so obsessed with himself that he has a cardboard cutout of him. 

"You aren't as smart as you look, Hills." He walks towards me, "You brought...... well, fearlessness to this dojo. You weren't afraid to stand up to people when you needed to and you'll fight even when you aren't supposed to. You pick things up like that, "He snaps his fingers, "You don't even need to practice the move to have it down." The one thing this man is good at besides karate is manipulating people. It's hard to tell when he's being honest or when he is just doing it for himself.

"How do I know you aren't messing with me?" I ask.

"You don't but this dojo isn't complete without you, Johnny, and" He pauses, "well, your brother Robby." The last time I've heard about him was when Johnny was supposed to go see him. The last conversation we had was kinda messed up. I was just so angry about no one telling me that Johnny was my father. And I guess I still am, but I still don't understand why Robby didn't. I mean, he would have done anything he could to get back at his father.

"The thing is, you still took the dojo FROM him. I get it you started it but that was the past, it's different now."

He gets in my face with his arms crossed in front of him. "He didn't tell you for how long that he was your father. Even I knew before you, and I wasn't in his life for years. I would not keep secrets from you as he did. You'd be making a mistake if you didn't come back here."

He has a point in a way, but it was one lie, one important lie.

"Let's make a deal, okay. Tomorrow at practice if I show up then I'll stay but if I don't. You leave me alone."

Kreese laughs, "I'll see you tomorrow then, Miss Hills." I give him a quick sarcastic smile and walk out. I do not know what I'm going to do about this.

An hour later, I arrived home. It took me longer than it should have, but I had to keep stopping and take a breath. I feel like it's getting worse, like worse, worse. I can't walk as far anymore without stopping, and the headache is pounding. I know I didn't take my meds today, but it shouldn't be this bad. I really don't want to call my mom and worry about her or go to the hospital, so the best bet right now is to take meds and watch Netflix. It's only six so Mom is still out with Hawks mom, they should be home around eleven. I swipe through all the shows on Netflix and finally decide on Shameless. I've watched it already like a million times but it's a comfort show.

I wonder what Johnny would think if he found out that I stopped in and talked to Kreese today. I'm sure he wouldn't be happy but I haven't decided so there's nothing for him to be angry at. I probably won't even tell him anyway, but part of me feels terrible for going there. After what Kreese did to him and now, I'm just going behind his back and thinking of going back to Cobra Kai.

*someone knocks on the door*

"Hold on, hold on, jeez, I'm coming," I yell at the person banging on my front door. I didn't invite anyone over, so I do not know who it could be.

"Hawk?" I say to the boy standing outside my front door. He looks so lost and disgusted. "are you ok?"

"I- I didn't know where to go or who to talk to. I did something I shouldn't have," he whispered.

"Okay, well come in and sit down" I grab his arm and walk him over to the couch. I take a deep breath and walk into the kitchen to grab him a soda. He just looks so upset but doesn't know how to show it. I couldn't just let him stand outside my door and not help him.

I walk back out to him and place a sprite in front of him. I sit down in the chair next to the couch and look at him, confused about what to say.

"Did you, uh, hurt someone?" I ask him. He nods his head, not looking at me. My eyes go wide and his eyes finally meet mine.

"Not how you're thinking! I didn't kill anyone or anything, just like broke something." He claims.

"Oh, okay good. Well, not good, but good you didn't kill anyone. So why do you look so upset then, I mean you hurt people every day at karate? Why is this time any different?" I ask.

He groans and leans his head back. "Because it was fucking Demetri!" he snaps. "Everyone from Cobra Kai was pressuring me to do it so I snapped his arm!"

"You did what!" I stand up.

"I didn't want to do it, Lillian! I swear. I was pressured into it so I just did it without thinking. If they weren't there, it would have never happened. I just didn't know what to do." He puts his hands over his face. I don't know what to do. I don't know how to comfort him.

I walk over and sit down next to him. "I believe you." He looks at me softly and pulls me into a hug. It's weird seeing him like this. This isn't Hawk, it's Eli. He pulls away just enough that we're face to face. Suddenly, he connects his lips to mine. I pull away quickly.

"Hawk I-. I can't. We aren't together anymore," I mumble to him.

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A/N- sorry this chapter is kinda rushed and took forever. It's not that great but I promise the next one will be better lol