CRUEL

CRUEL|THIRTY-NINE

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

CRUEL

[SEASON THREE]

Arezou walked down the hallway of their school, indifferent to the curious looks she received. Her focus was entirely on her phone. As the ambient noise around her grew louder, she became aware that the commotion originated from her classroom.

"Arezou Sunbae!"

A voice called out, and she turned to see Kai running towards her. Perplexed, she inquired about the situation with Jay. Kai's hurried words spurred her into action. Without hesitation, she started running, pushing through the people in her way.

"Out of my way!" she yelled, commanding attention. People stopped in their tracks, including Tea and Jay. The Kang looked deadpan as she observed the scene. Jay had one side of his head shaved, holding a clipper, while Tea tried to restrain him.

"What the fuck...?" Arezou exclaimed loudly.

Tea's face brightened as he saw her, near tears as their eyes met. "Arezou! Jay will shave his head! You need to stop him!" he screamed.

Arezou blinked, turning to glance at an innocent-smiling Vero and a deadpan Owen. Her attention snapped back to Jay and the clipper.

"Promise is a promise," Jay said flatly, continuing to struggle in Tea's hold. "NO!" Tea screamed. Arezou's posture stiffened, and she began running toward the chaos. "Fuck, help me!" she screamed, tackling Jay and Tea to the ground, straddling Jay's hips, and wrestling the clipper from his hands with Tea's help.

"I have no idea why you're doing this shit! But fuck you won't do this!" she yelled, infuriated.

"Can someone help me!" she shouted angrily, drawing the attention of other students who rushed to assist. They attempted to pry the clipper from Jay's grip.

"Somebody take that damn clipper from him!" she demanded, frustration evident in her voice. "Jay, I swear I'll rip your frigging eyebrows out if you don't stop moving!" she threatened him.

"Okay for me."

"NO, IT'S NOT! AREZOU, PUNCH HIM KO!"

"I AM TRYING, GOD DAMN IT! JAY, STOP MOVING SO I CAN PUNCH YOU KO!"

"BUT PROMISE IS A PROMISE!"

"I'M GONNA PROMISE YOU THAT I WILL FUCKING CLIPPER OFF YOUR DICK!"

"What are they doing..." Vero asked, bewildered, watching as her mistress tied up the defiant boy. Owen couldn't answer; he just observed as the small girl, half his size, threw the boy over her shoulder, like it's nothing.

"I'm gonna take care of it!" Arezou screamed, carrying the struggling boy out of the room. Tea nodded, wiping away his tears, holding Shelly's hoodie for support. "Save him!"

CRUEL

Mondays were shaving days for Bobby. Every Monday, he would visit his favorite barber and shave his bald head, making it shine even brighter. "How is the miss doing? I haven't seen her in a while," the barber asked the gangster. Bobby smiled peacefully as he remembered his Mistress. "Oh, she is doing great. She spends most of her time with her friends now," he sighed.

The man with the neck tattoo smiled happily to hear it. "Ah, it feels like yesterday when she was running after cars, trying to prove that she is stronger than electronics, and the days when she would bring me random things," he reminisced. Both smiled at the memories of the girl with pigtails running with a new toy in her hands, asking him to give them a new look.