as long as im here (RINNEY)

Robin Arellano

Finney's POV

"Finney! Did you hear? theres a new kid joining our class this week!" My crush, Donna said. I looked up from my blank piece of paper and raised an eyebrow.

"How come i didnt hear about this?" I asked.

" I dont know, maybe its because you were doodling on your worksheets when Ms Sierra was telling us!" Donna replied, snatching one of my worksheets filled with a bunch of doodles of rockets on it. oops.

I formed my lips into a guilty smile and took back the paper from Donna. She glared at me for 4 seconds then burst into laughter. I did too. There was nothing funny about it but we laughed so hard. maybe too hard, because our laughter certainly caught our teacher's attention. or maybe it was just my laughter.

"Finney,Detention!" Ms Sierra yelled from across the class. she was the reason i hated literature.

"what?! i have plans this Friday! (all detentions are on mondays and fridays and it's tuesday)" I said back to her. I didnt dare yell back at her because i had never really been daring. That was one of the many things i hated about me.

She gave me back a glare that showed i dont care then continued back with the lesson. I rolled my eyes then laid my head on my desk.

By plans, i meant taking care of my drunken father then watching a tv show. more emphasis on the tv show though.

time skip to wednesday because im lazy hehe
( still finney's pov)

The bell indicating that school had started just rang but the hallway still remained nearly empty. I walked out to the yard to find someone.

"Gwen!" i yelled, calling out to my sister. " where is everyone? "

"The new guy is arguing with Moose! Come on, i wanna go see!" She replied, grabbing my hand and dragging me to a corner outside school.

There, everyone stood in a circle watching Moose and another guy arguing. Me and Gwen squeezed our way through the crowd to get a clear view of the two boys.

Moose said some slurs to the boy then i heard the boy say "then do it. Unless youre scared." then a fight broke out. I had absolutely no idea what was going on but i stood there in shock anyways. The new guy had totally beat Moose up. He was smaller than Moose but he knocked him out with a few punches to his face until he bashed his face in and Moose's face was covered in his own blood.

I glanced at Gwen and saw she was watching with much anticipation. I grabbed her arm and dragged her away from the fight. She was only 2 years younger but i felt protective of her. I dont know why. It wasnt like i couldve protected her physically even if i tried my best. It was more like the roles were reversed. she's the one always protecting me. But despite all that ill still try my best to protect her from any harm.

" You shouldnt see that" I said blocking her view from the fight because she was bopping her head left and right trying to watch at what was going on between Moose and the new kid but i was blocking her.

she made eye contact with me and said "youre acting like our dad isnt an abusive alchoholic." in a giggly tone. i sighed and continued walking to math class.

5 minutes into math class ( btw most probably theres gonna be alot of time skips)
( still finney's pov)

I was doing the quiz when the teacher said, " there you are! why are you late?! " to someone.

I glanced up, planning to just look just for a second but my eyes stuck on the new kid. He's in my math class?

" principal's office." he replied.

"oh. since its your first day, ill let you off for being late. introduce yourself to the class. Your name, and your likes and dislikes."

"robin arellano." he replied coldly.

Mr Johnson ( the math teacher ) , looked at him and gave him a face that showed that's it?? but he didnt bother anymore, im guessing its because he started realising he doesnt get paid enough.

" go sit beside finney, finney, raise your hand." he replied in an exhausted and annoyed voice.

i was surprised but raised my hand.

robin then walked to the empty seat beside me and took a seat.

30 minutes later

Robin's POV

shit my knuckles are bleeding like hell. im waiting for first period to end to clean them but time is passing by so slowly. what the fuck is this teacher even talking about. why is he talking so fast. does anyone even understand what he's talking about?

i glanced at the guy sitting next to me. he seemed like he understood what the teacher was talking about. litterally how.

he must have realised i was looking at him cos he glanced at me and we made eye contact for a whole 3 seconds then he looked at my bleeding knuckles and reached for something in his bag.

Finney's POV

damn his knuckles are on life support. i reached for a wet tissue packet and a dry one in my bag and handed them to him.

"here, wipe your wound with these. youre still going to have to rinse them afterwards though, you might get an infection. and dont use soap, it'll hurt like hell." i said to him.

"oh, thanks. you know quite a handful about treating wounds, do you get into fights too?" he asked me without looking, he was too busy wiping his wound.

thank my dad for that. obviously i was not about to open up to a guy i just met.

"nah"

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okay im so sorry for making robin into a rebellious wattpad bad boy 😭😭 im starting to have second thoughts about letting the grabber into the story... tell me if you want this to be more of a rinney story or the original plan. if i change it, ill have to change the title too and im sorry if the characters dont seem like them 😭 im open for suggestions!!

[ update !! - leaving the grabber out of this story! ]