CRUEL

CRUEL|FOURTY-FIVE

CHAPTER FOURTY-FIVE

CRUEL

[SEASON THREE]

Arezou sighed, exhausted, as she jumped off her bike. The sweat was unpleasant on her body, but at least the wind was refreshing. She slid off the sweat—soaked gloves and felt relieved to get rid of them. She tilted her head back as she heard the newbies vomit again. "Are they throwing up again?" She asked, even when she knew the answer already. "Those kids throw up every training..." June said uneasily.

Dom then threw an arm around Tea's shoulder, a mischievous smile on his face as he looked at the boy. "Oh, right! Did the date go well? Tell me about it." Dom demanded, but just the memory of Owen singing in his face made the other male angry. "Yeah... Well. When you call that a blond bastard singing in your face 'She's Gone' and f*** you. Then yes, really well..."

Arezou snorted. Tea snapped his head at her, while she tried so bad not to laugh. "Sorry..." she hissed, trying to hide her laugh with coughing. "How was your runaway with Jay? Well?" he asked back. "...She's Gone~!"

"I KILL YOU!" Tea screamed as he started singing the lyrics. Arezou dodged his punches and laughed hard. "SHE'S GONE~ OUT OF MY LIFE~!" "Stop dodging, damn it!"

"H...Hello!"

Arezou and Tea stopped what they were doing. Looked confused over their shoulders. The girl with peach hair walked toward them, more like toward Jay. "I'm glad I'm not late! I heard you train here, so I came to swing by!" she said, relieved. Arezou turned her head away from the girl, acting like she didn't see the girl at all. "What is she doing here?" Tea asked confused.

"I made some sandwiches since you all should be hungry.... Here! Have one each!" Aria said excitedly, holding a bag with sandwiches in her hand. "T...Thanks..." June, the polite boy he was, thanked her.

"Yeah! Aria, you're so thoughtful!"

"Wow, you made this?! I want to eat it too!"

Arezou held back a hiss, instead sighed deeply and leaned on her bike. Trying to distract herself by scrolling on her Insta. Searching for anything, anything that would distract her from being mean to the girl. Aria was just like Mia. Too nice and probably in love with Jay. Maybe they didn't look like each other, but they had quite similar personalities. Nice, cute, and total flower girls.

The type Jay probably likes.

And Arezou wasn't near this type. Not at all. By any chance this could be the reason why she was feeling so shitty just to be near the girl. And never could be so nice or cute. She just wasn't like that. She wasn't a unharmed little flower like the other girls. She was something else, not a flower. A knife? Maybe. Perhaps she really asked herself why a guy would like her at all. Every girl Arezou knew, from Yuna till Shelly. Was a little cute flower. And she wasn't one at all.

"I want to join Hummingbird!" Arezou flinched as she heard Aria asking it. And she could feel the eyes of Shelly and Tea on her. Waiting for her to say something, but she just pressed her lips together. Didn't say anything at all. Just stare, no glare down at her screen. Tea swallowed hard as the girl said nothing, knowing well that she didn't want the girl to be a part of the crew.

Shelly narrowed her eyes at Jay before looking at the small girl in front of them. "No." she said hard and cold. Everyone's, even Arezous head snapped at the girl. Not expecting this at all. "Shells?" Arezou whispered surprise, shelly just grab her by the sleeve and walked to the front with her. "I don't like you." Shelly said cold. "What will you do here." The blond asked, not really likening the idea of this girl near her or Arezou.