Bad Boy And The Emo Fall In-Love (remake)

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"Put on these," Zane tossed leather fingerless gloves to Shane. "This will help protect Your skin, so dont worry about cracks or bruises."

"What are you saying, dumbass," Gavin smacks his head. "Dont scare him!"

"I'm not scaring him," Zane turns to Shane. "Am I scaring you?"

"No, should I be scared?"

"No, you'll be fine," He looks to Gill whos glaring at him. "He'll be fine! I'm not gonna kill him," Zane rolls his eyes and steps to an empty mat, he waves Shane over. The first thing he did was help Shane with stretching, "When they attack you, how does it mainly start?"

"I'm backed in a corner, then they start punching me."

Zane nods and takes his hand, he kicks the mat over to the wall and they step onto it. Zane gently places Shane against the wall, his arms blocking him in.

"They're the type to throw pity punches, I bet they pull back like this?" He takes a step back and pulls his fist back to his shoulder. When Shane nods and swallows Zane dropped his fist. "Okay," He sighs.

He doesn't want to scare the boy, and he knows that if he taps something too close to home, the boy will panic. Meaning, he'd have to tiptoe into the workout as he does with the others.

"I'm not ever going to hit you, so don't worry. I'm just trying to get a feel of how you fit against them. If I push you into it, and they make a different move, then you get hurt... I won't forgive myself."

"I know you won't, but I can't help it. I know you won't hurt me, but you look like them."

Zane swallows and turns to his brother. He raised his brows and his eyes dart to Shane. His brother shrugs, but steps over.

"Do I remind you of them?"

"No," He shook his head.

"Then let me teach you," Chance gives a smile, then turns to Zane. "You need to prepare for this fight anyways."

Zane swallowed but agreed. He watched for the first 5 minutes as Chance talked him through the first self-defense step. Zane is used to this. A lot of the kids from the city didn't trust him at first because of his appearance. Zane looked like a criminal, he looked like someone who hurt people for a living. Because he was. He used to be, and it was easy for the city kids to figure that out. But the difference is Zane was dragged into it, and he had to fight his way out of it. It took the kids long enough to warm up to him to spar with him, it was rare anyone spared with him, they were all too scared. Paige was a first after she trusted him enough she jumped at the opportunity to work for Gavin. He knew Shane had to warm up to the idea that Zane is not Jason or Ein. Zane was Zane, he wasn't Z anymore. He wanted to prove that to Shane by helping him.

Zane looks at Gill, he points at her and motions her over. She steps up to him and he hands her the boxing pads. She didn't question anything and put them on.

"You also have a trainer, right?"

"I do," She nods and slips off her shoes before stepping into the ring. "Did Shane tell you?"

"Yeah. So, you've done this before?"

"A million times. I could do it in my sleep," She grins, Zane laughs and slides between the rope.

"You're not binding, are you?" he asks curiously, what surprised him is her eyes went wide. "Sorry, sorry. I didn't mean to..."

"No one knows, so zip it," She whispered to him. He nods. "Thank you, and I am but I'll be fine, I do it all the time."

"That's not healthy," He whispered back.

"Do I look like I give a shit?"

Zane offers a sad smile, then gets into position. She mocks him, taking a step back and pivoting her foot. He worried about her straining her ribs so he went lightly against her. All that did was piss her off. She slapped away his hand that was coming at the pad, then she steps forward and took off the pad. She pointed her finger at him with a small glare.