Secrets

Chapter 12

I was walking out of the school, a bit late as I stayed behind to speak to some art students for some tips on drawing Victorian era clothes. I rounded a corner before stopping as I hid myself behind the wall quickly, seeing three men surrounding Zack, one having a bat in his hand, tattoos lining his shoulders and upper arms. He looked familiar to me, I furrowed my brows trying to remember where I saw him from, "What? Who are you? You know me?" Zack questioned the three, slipping his fingers into his pants pockets.

"Not you, do you know these guys?" A guy in a black sweatshirt held up his phone, seeming to be playing a video as I heard some voices coming from it. But it was too far to hear or really see who they were showing. "They go to your school, right?" He questioned as I leaned forward a bit more to hear better, as some of the things they were saying couldn't quite be heard.

"You're pretty aggressive." The bald guy with a white long sleeve shirt on, crossed his arms, chuckling to himself, I was finally able to hear them clearly. "I see you're in a cast, did you hurt yourself doing a punch game?" He questioned, casting a glance at his bandaged arm.

"I know a lot of kids like to bluff these days but it's a bad idea." The guy in the black sweatshirt nodded in agreement, laughing lightly before looking back at Zack. "So do you know them or not?" He questioned once more, shaking the phone a little.

Zack let out a sigh as he turned around facing his back towards them, giving them a small wave, "I dunno bye." He said to the two, not seeming interested whatsoever.

"Huh? This punk." Black sweatshirt guy said, clenching his teeth.

"He's pretty rude." The other one spoke with a smile.

The guy in the black sweatshirt begins to move towards Zack raising his hand to slap him. I was about to move in but Zack seemed to notice him as he raised his foot, stopping the guy by placing his foot underneath his chin.

Zack glared up at him, "You want to get hit by someone in a cast? I'm in a bad mood." He warned before lowering his leg, the two now not looking as cocky. "Just get lost and forget those guys. Just go home." He spoke to the two of them as the third male approached with his bat.

"Zack! Watch out!" I called out just as Zack caught sight of him as well, lowering himself to duck before raising his arms to block the bat, the sound of small little cracks reached my ears, causing my shoulders to tense. Zack screamed out in agony as the third male glared down at him, "You're fast to block that."

"Daehoon!" I heard one of the two shouts, which caught my attention. I swear I heard that name before somewhere, where do I know him from?

"Can you use your cast as a shield? Or was that just instinctive?" Daehoon asked as he lifted his bat ready to swing again. I reacted quickly, sprinting over before kicking the bat right out of his hands before it could hit Zack again, I placed myself in front of Zack glaring up at the Daehoon guy.

"He said he didn't know who they were, then began to walk away. You are the ones being rude." I stated, standing in front of Zack as he held his arms close to himself favoring them. "That's all you wanted to know right?" I questioned, crossing my arms over my chest as I leaned my weight on one leg.

Daehoon starred as me for a moment before asking. "Do you know them?" I look over at the screen to find Doo Lee and Taejoon on the other end challenging Daehoon out loud along with throwing a few insults. So this is why the three are here, it also seems this isn't the first video Taejoon did with something like this.

I kept my eyes on the screen a bit longer before looking over at them confused, "I have no clue. Are you sure they go to our school?" I questioned, pointing at myself, before gesturing to Zack.