Queen of the Court

Chapter 14: Replay

There came a point the following week after the assembly that when I got home I just stopped to think. It had been maybe 8 months at the most since I joined school, spring break was next week and within 4 months I had turned an entire school hierarchy on its head and left the throne without a ruler but that was only temporary I would take over for real soon I just had a couple more things that I wanted to do, especially with those boys.

Those boys....I stopped dropping my pencil in my notebook on my desk as I looked out the window of my room "What exactly do I want from them now?" I wondered to myself. Josh is being nice and he's gonna get what he wants but that also means that he's stuck in the palm of my hand and has to tread carefully around Xion. And Kiro, I sighed as I though of him "He's been weird. And obsessive in all kinds of odd ways and I'm not sure what to make of him. To a degree its the same with Josh but he's shown me more of his authentic self than I think I've ever seen him show before" I thought aloud and found myself smiling about that pure smile I had seen the other day. Part of me was proud that I had brought that out of him "I think we could be good friends if he's as mellow as he seems to have shown me."

Though this is kind of odd. Their facades have cracked and their true colors are showing through. They started off hating me. I could vividly remember the week they had returned and how badly I wanted to turn around and just put them in their place but I didn't have the confidence then, nor the friends to support me. So I sat there and took it, the bullying both Physical and Mental. The amount of times I should have just told a teacher, the principal or even my sister and fixed it early on but that would have made me just as bad as them. Using others to solve the problem when I could resolve them myself. I just had to take it easy. Well then the girls got involved and my lord it made everything worse. I probably could have capped things quicker if Eve hadn't gotten involved. I wonder if she knows that she could never have Kiro, not that I want him with that attitude and mindset. Besides even that I'm sure he hates my guts, I took the number one spot in grades from him without even having to try too hard and at finals I could probably do it again. "Its like poison to him when I think about it" I laughed to myself "He's trying to get away I've seen it. Its why he pushed back for so long but I think he's going to have to accept his fate soon. It seems even his best friend has left him for now."

I wonder when Josh decided to start to leave Kiro though. All of the events recently, no since really we started interacting. Right before the race Josh started acting on his own. I cant be a thousand percent sure but I'm pretty sure that's it. Its all that makes sense when I really think about it. Josh isn't necessarily the smartest but he had something he was after and that was Xion. He wants him as an older brother and fine I'll give him that at the expense of giving some information about me I can spare that since it further ensures I have control over him to a degree. I find myself laughing again "I wonder if he knows, I may not speak on everything but I do see everything" I hum and again remember something else "Though its thanks to Josh I met Hyoga" that made me smile.

Okay I'll admit it the guy really does make me smile. He takes care of me at school too. Sure Kailan and Minhee helped me come out of my shell but Hyoga gave me the confidence to feel better in my own skill. To start to show my personality a little bit more. Sure I was still snappy and sarcastic after meeting him and I always will be but he's helped me trust people more "maybe Kailan was right and he's a little bit more special to me" I mumbled and looked back to my notebook "then again I don't know I really do just see him as a really caring friend" I shake off that stupid happy smile that he tends to bring to my face and think back on the events that had happened recently. Lets see after the race was midterms and I've already pieced that together, that's essentially what started Kiro's decent into madness but that's also the first time I ever saw Josh back off. I still cant quite figure that one out. Being on the roof, there were no cameras and he had every chance to do something cause some kind of problem but he didn't. But he also ran off when he saw the markings on my wrist maybe he knew something was wrong with Kiro.  Then after that I know something happened between the three of us but my memory is blank. I remember Kiro being very upset and Josh was siding with him and Hyoga was also mentioned but I really cant remember it. Something must have made me pass out because the next thing I remember after that memory blank is waking up in a panic in the nurses office with Hyoga at my side and then being sent home. "I may have to bite the bullet and just ask Josh about it. I really don't remember it and cant recall it" then what was next? Everything was somewhat calm for a while I remember there was no bullying sure the girls glared and muttered things but I think school was calm for a while. It only got stirred up again after Kiro and Josh ran into me with the other idols I was personally friends with. Then rumors started. That's also when the girls started to lay into me more or well try to. That's also really when I started to change things. In the weeks that school had been quiet I had been watching the student body and notice a lot of things. The clicks and friend groups as well as the way bullying ran rampant. Then when Mirae and Eve started stuff with me and I threatened to expose them they turned it on me which got me called down to the principals office. Though I was able to make it known that I was actually the victim but brushed it off as I could handle it but it planted a seed of worry and it started an investigation into things for other students. That's when I also got the idea about my clubs.