𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑘𝑖𝑑 - 𝒋𝒐𝒂̃𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒙

➶ três

✧༺♥༻∞

flashback to when they first met
(4th grade middle of the year)

I walk into class and sit down, i like being early to school- i get to organise all my stuff before everybody rushes in and causes chaos.

"HI!" someone enthusiastically waves at me. 

"hi!" i smile waving back.

"im joao!" he says with a big smile

"im evora- like the city" i laugh

"im joao- like- joao felix?" he laughs scratching the back of his head. We laugh together, he has a big backpack, combed aside brown/black hair and obviously his big smile.

"do you know where i hve to sit or do i sit wherever?" he asks, his voice always happy but its nice.

"sit here!" i smile patting the seat beside me and moving my stuff aside.

"thank you!" he smiles sitting down. We continue talking together, he tells me about how its his first day here and he just moved schools to be a bit closer to his football club.

"you play for porto thats so cool!" i gasp

"you watch football?!" he gasps

"yeah i love barcelona!" i smile. His smile grows and he says the same. We keep talking until the classroom starts filling up.

"i have to go to the bathroom ill be back" he says leaving. One of my friends, amelie, comes and sits down in his seat.

"ew whos bag is this?" she asks

"its the new kid joaos" i say "hes sitting here sorry"

"i saw him earlier - hes a weirdo he talks too much" she cringes grabbing her bag and moving seats. My face scrunches, feeling horrible as i hear people whisper bad things about joao, just because he is friendly.

When joao comes back he gets some weird looks and whispers, i can tell he notices because his smile slowly fades.

"dont listen to them they are bobos" i say trying to comfort him. He smiles again and we go through the lessons together.

During break, i run out to the playground with my friends and we play on the swings like normal. As i zone out i see Joao, being cornered by the boys in our class that are much much bigger than him cornering him.

Poor joao is holding his football, just trying to avoid them. I scrunch my face.

"ill be back" i mumble leaving my friends and going to joao.

"hey what are you guys doing" i say behind the guys bullying him. 

"leave him alone" i cringe. They end up running off, they are the weirdos- . Joao smiles.

"im sorry for making you do all this for me" he scratches the back of his neck.

"its okay" i take his hand "come ill play with you". I take him to one of the grass fields at school and we kick the ball around together.

Joao teaches me some tricks (literally just juggling for more than 5) and i actually do it.

"ay!" he smiles. Soon, lunch is over. Well at my school, first we have the playing part of lunch, and then a separate eating part in the cafeteria.

Me and my friends go to the eating part, i sit down with my friends and we all start eating and talking.

Something catches my eye, joao.

"hi im joao!" he smiles going up to this group

"sorry seats taken" they say putting a bag on the empty seat, joaos smile slowly fades but each time he goes to another table he has the same enthusiastic voice.

This happens for too long before i stand up and go to him. I take his hand,  and bring him to our table.

"guys this is joao" i say sitting down with him beside me.

"hi" he waves with a smile. They give me a 'get this boy away' look but i ignore it and make sure joao didnt see.

I open my lunch box and since janelle and amelie, who were next to me, moves their bags, it knocks it over and it all falls on the floor.

"janelle! im telling mama" i huff, all my friends start laughing at me, except joao who stopped about to eat his food. None of my friends even offer me any food but i feel a tap on my shoulder.

"here you go" he says smiling, holding a whole sandwich. I shake my head since its his lunch but instead he compromises and halfs it.

"its chorizo" he says eating his part. I smile and thank him before taking it.

"chorizo is my favourite" we say at the same time. He smiles even bigger, so do i. 

"here i also have juice" he says handing me an apple juice.

"no its okay" i shake my head

"no its for you" he smiles. We continue eating together, talking and laughing- my other friends dont look too happy but who cares.

Finally the school day finishes, and we both go to the carpark for our parents to pick us up.

"thanks for being nice to me today" he says looking at the ground

"youre like the nicest person ive ever met joao" i say. he smiles and so do i, someone comes running to us.

"this is my brother hugo" he says as he runs to him.

"hi" he says

"im evora" i say. Hugo smiles and we talk some more before his car finally comes up. 

"bye evo!" he smiles waving as he closes the door. Evo (pronounced like eevo).

"bye joao!" 

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guys so much beef at school today the emos beat up the eshays and the emo had him in a healock while it punched his head and they bumped into me and my friend while it was happening and their monster (the drink) got on me and it was not fun

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ryanaldo