My True Self - Noaf x fem reader (AlRawabi School for Girls)

Chapter 3 - Insecurity

When Mariam returned to school hell broke lose. That was what I would have said if the almighty trio had not tried their best to turn my school life into hell for the last two weeks anyway.

To Noaf and me it was obvious that Mariam had turned on the fire alarm and somehow played the audios of Layan and co. It was hilarious! Finally they were getting a taste of their own medicine and were even punished. Unfortunately some funny posing of them in their orange jumpsuits apparently made up for the humiliation of walking around in them. How could they turn out everything the way they wanted it to be?

Later that day we were gathered inside the auditorium for some anti-bullying play. I almost laughed at the irony of that. As if that would stop the almighty trio from continuing their tormenting.

Although I had to admit that I liked the thought of being Layan the victim in the play. Thanks Miss Abeer. Yet no one dared to play the bully. At least I thought so as it took a while for the woman on stage to find a volunteer. But then she said: "Yes. You at the back."

I was surprised to see that it was Noaf. "Let's get some payback", Noaf whispered to me before going on stage.

"Eh ... you tell me your name", the woman requested.

"Noaf", she stated with a slight grin. It made me fall in love with her even more.

"Okay, Noaf. We're going to imagine that you really don't like Layan", the woman instructed.

"That's easy", Noaf replied casually and everyone started laughing including me.

"So ... Layan is minding her own business and you walk past her. Now both of you visualize the situation. Work together to improvise a conversation. Alright? Okay, let's do this! And action!"

Layan made a scrunchy face and made herself look smaller earning a chuckle from some girls. Meanwhile Noaf purposefully bumped into her.

"Hey!", Layan exclaimed.

Noaf made a disgusted face. "What's that smell? Do you know personal hygiene? I guess not", Noaf proposed getting even more chuckles than Layan before. "When was the last time you took a shower? You stink." Now laughter echoed through the room again.

"Yeah, I don't actually smell. We're just acting", Layan quickly defended herself.

But Noaf signaled that Layan was actually smelling and the laughter continued. Even Miss Abeer had a smile plastered on her face. 

Noaf made more gestures pretending that she could barely stand the smell around Layan.

Layan lost it and walked up to Noaf. "You should watch what you're doing, Noaf", she threatened her.

But Noaf did not back off. Instead she responded: "And you shouldn't come any closer. Stinky Layan." Then Noaf pushed her forcefully away.

Noaf pointed her finger at Layan and repeated the words 'stinky Layan', while gesturing us to follow her example until the whole room was filled with the hurtful nickname combined with clapping.

Layan was obviously overwhelmed by that and approached Noaf again telling her to stop. But the latter simply continued with a grin on her face.

"That's enough", the woman interjected and pushed the two girls away from each other. "That was getting out of hand."

Noaf was grinning provocatively at Layan.

The woman sent both of them back to their seats and when Noaf sat down next to me I immediately took her hand.

"That was amazing", I whispered excited.

"It felt amazing as well", Noaf agreed.

We evaluated the play before being free to go.