BAREFACED

Chapter 3

You hide behind a bench, watching them, listening in on their conversation.

"OI... ELI... WHERES MY MONEY...?" One of the guys say. The guy has black hair and a cut on his lip. Eli coughs and tries to stand himself up but one of the guys kicks him back down.

"I don't... have any money on me..." fumed Eli. 

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY? I GAVE YOU A WARNING YESTERDAY!" The guy yells.

"I still don't have the money" Eli grumbled. 

"Then I'll beat the money out of you." The guy badgered. The other guys grab Eli, holding him down. Then the guy with the scar punches Eli in the face repeatedly. 

The guys let go of Eli, causing him to fall to the ground. Eli coughs and spits up blood. The rain washes the blood away. His hair is dripping blood and blood is dripping from his mouth. You clench on to the bench and kneel down thinking about what to do. You pull your hair back and put the hoodie over your head, tying the hoodie laces together. 

"HEY!" You yell walking over to them. The guy stops and looks at you. Eli looks up at you too.

"And who the hell are you?" The guy says squinting at you. 

"Don't worry about who I am... Leave him alone." You say in a low toned voice. They all start laughing at you and slowly approaching you.

"Look at little trying to be badass over here." The guy mocks. 

"Don't tempt me." You reply. The guy scoffs and then swings at you. You block, feeling the direct hit to your arm. It stings. He swings at you again and you block again. You look for a way to strike. Eli tries to slowly get up but one of the guys punches him back down. The guy swings at you again but you drop down and sweep him off his feet with your leg, causing him to fall backwards on his head. The other guys eyeball you.

"Oi... who do you think you are? Punk." One of the guys say. He charges at you, swinging at you. You duck and slide your leg back, knocking the guy down. The other guy grabs you from behind, trying to hold you down. You slide your foot to the side, then you use all your body strength to throw him over your shoulder. 

After kicking them and knocking them down a few times they stayed down on the ground. You pant a little, knowing that it's been a while since you last did anything physical like that. Eli stands up looking you in the face. He looks at you in an irritated way. One of the guys look up at you, holding his stomach and throwing up. You look away as he does that.

"Who... are you..." The guy grunts. You hesitate to answer. But then chose to say something.

"V, my name is V." Eli's eyes widen as you say that. The guy grunts as he tries to get up. Eli kicks him in the face, knocking him out. You slowly look at Eli who's glaring at you. He grabs your arm and leads you out the park. 

He leads you far away from the park before you yank your arm away. Eli turns around to look at you.

"WHAT THE HELL YUKI..." Eli fumed.

"What do you mean what the hell? I helped you..." You seethed.

"I DIDN'T NEED YOUR HELP... YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT ME ALONE..." He yells.

"So, you preferred me to stand there and witness you getting beaten up?" You ask in an irritated tone.

"... Why did you follow me anyway?" He asks.

"I didn't." You answer, pulling out his phone from the hoodie pocket. "You forgot your phone and I wanted to give it back... so I ran towards where you live to give it back." You respond wearily slowly handing him the phone. You start to shiver and feel sleepy. Eli notices and helps you walk back to the bakery.