WABI - SABI

10. Bonhomie

♡ Bonhomie ♡

Friendliness

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"Shit! You have a fucking awesome hair." I looked up from my notebook, where i was doodling. My green eyes meet the crystal blue of Gabriel. "Athena?"

I smiled, happy that he remembered me. "Hey, Gabriel." I turned to kota who was standing behind Gabriel and said, "Hey, Kota."

Both of them greeted me and took seat around me. "Athena, Can i see your schedule?" Kota asked.

I nodded and gave him my schedule. Gabriel looked at me from my head to toe for a few seconds, i ducked my head down to hide my blush.

"I like your outfit." He declared, nodding to himself.

"Thanks." I answered, watching him from the corner of my eyes.

"What's your favourite colour." Gabriel asked leaning in slightly with a hopeful expression.

"Pink." I said, a small smile playing on my lips.

"Oh, thank fuck. I thought you were going to say black. I fucking can't handle another North. That guy doesn't fucking wear anything except black."

After that Gabriel talked about how I could improve my dressing skills, while Luke played with my hair.

I didn't know all these guys were friends and they weren't shocked when I knew each other. I stored that information for later.

The teacher on the other hand, Ms. Johnson spent half the class scroll through her phone and texting. The other half she told us to read quietly and gave us 5 pages of essay to finish.

So okay, i thought the school was in bad condition but now i don't think I'm ever going to learn anything from this school. A shrill sound of the bell stopped me from rethinking my life decision.

I collected my stuffs and stood up, Kota handed my schedule back. Uhh! How did I forget he had my schedule. I need to pay more attention.

He didn't ask me how i was able to get into more than 2 AP classes and so I didn't ask him what he was doing with it the whole time.

Gabriel walked with me to my AP geometry class. When I was about to enter, Gabriel said, "I'll see you at lunch."

I frowned as i asked, "You don't have this class with me?"

When Gabriel shook his head my frown only deepened. "Why did you walked all the way with me to my class then?"

"These shitty hallways are not fucking safe." He said as if it explained everything.

"Aren't you going to be late for your class if you walk with me?" I said even though i wanted to tell at him for that, a fuzzy feeling formed on my chest as he said that.

"It's not a big deal. See ya later." With that he disappeared into the crowd.

I shook my head and walked into AP geometry class with Ms. Smith. I sat down in my seat and waited for the class to start. The air shifted as the door was opened and scent of leather and Cypress along with musk drifted to me.

I didn't turn, I knew the musk scent belonged to North and the Cypress and leather was Nathan.

North sat behind me and Nathan sat infront of me. After settling in his seat, Nathan turned to look at me. His eyes widened and mouth pop open. The silence streched.

"Hey Nathan." I said, smiling slightly wanting to break the uncomfortable silence.

"At-Athena?'' He blinked at me, i saw him remembering what had happened when we first met.

"How are you?" I asked, i know his father has gone but i wanted to hear him say.

He just stared at me, and a ping from his phone brought him back to reality as he stuttered an reply that he was good and turned forward.

He's probably embarrassed. He didn't say anything but when I turned to look at North, he was looking at me curiously.

During the class, i saw Nathan taping furiously in his phone. My guess would be that he is telling the other who i am.

That means his whole team might be in the school, since North is academy and his team. That could mean Gabriel,Luke, Silas, Kota, Victor are all academy.

I'm not academy, so i removed all the thoughts about it. The academy did ask me if i wanted to join but of course i denied. I would only do them harm than good. The rest of the class Nathan sneaked glances at me.

After class, Nathan walked away without saying a word. I tried not to worry much, he would talk when he feel like it. North walked to my next class, and just like Gabriel, he turned to leave when we reached my class.

I sighed as i said, "Thank you, but you didn't have to walk me to my class."

North just shrugged causing me to sigh again. "See later, North." He grunted and then he walked away, while i walked into my class.

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"Come on, the others are waiting." Victor said, while North followed behind us.

My study hall was boring just like every other class. I completed all my assignment. No guys were in my class and that gave me some time to think about what i was doing in this school.

After study hall I had AP World History with Victor and North in trailer 32.

Even though I knew who he meant by the other, I still asked him, "Others?"

"Yes. My brother's there's 7 of them." After a moments pause he said, "Were not related by blood but they're l-"

I cut him off as I already knew what he was talking about, "I understand. Family is a choice, and the 7 you mentioned are your chosen family, right?"

"Yes." Victor said, his tone made me looked up to find both of them exchanging a brief glance, almost like a silent conversation with their eyes.

We continued to walk in silence untill we reached the court yard where the other guys were sitting on a bench.

The lunch went good and Nathan still refused to look me in the eye, we all shared lunch and the others held conversation, even though they tried to include me i didnt say anything except watching their interactions.

All of them were different, from their hobbies to outfits, and yet it surprised me how well they fit in with each other and seem to know about each other perfectly.

After lunch, I had biology with Silas and then i waited for my last class of the day Japanese so I can get back to my house. Even though i still had Gym, i didn't count it as an class.

I still couldn't understand why i decided to take gym. I knew it was compulsory but i could have gotten away with tampering with the school system, I already have but still I couldn't remember what i was thinking when I signed up for gym.

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