Highschool Life

Chapter 4: Coincidental Meeting

Erwin and the student stared intently with confusion while Crystal looked back and forth while eating Erwin's homemade meal with a blank facial expression.

They didn't say anything for a few seconds, until the person said, "Get out of here before they arrive."

After saying that, Erwin noticed some students who were walking toward them behind the upperclassmen. He stood up, and with the upperclassmen turning around and having a tic, he immediately knew what type of disorder it was.

The person in front began to speak. " Oh, hey Jay, you should get your meds, and we mean no harm. We just want to talk to Crystal-"

"I don't need it, for now at least." He blinked his right eye repeatedly and his fingers ticked.

Erwin began to question them. "Who are you?"

"Hey! He is your senior, so treat him with respect!" The person on his right said loudly.

"Nah, he seems like a bad person. Let's get this over with."

"What do you mean-"

Erwin walked menacingly with his hands in his pockets. The guys think he was overconfident, and one of them charges at him, throwing a punch, but Erwin takes the hit on the face.

"What are you, a superhero-"

Erwin grabbed the person's wrist, reverse-gripped it, twisted it, and used his other hand to break the arm entirely.

He let out an agony scream of pain and Erwin did a front kick to the person, pushing him back, and fell.

"Son of a- get him!"

The rest of the gang went in as Erwin did his Southpaw Stance, while Jay, on the other hand, was protecting Crystal, and two guys saw an opportunity to strike them.

"Get those two!" One of the goons said.

One attacked with his fist extended to the far back of his face; Jay dodged with ease and quickly jabbed with the help of his tic, and so did the other person. It wasn't enough to knock them down, so he readied himself with his Orthodox Stance as his tics began to show.

The two guys were confused, which gave Jay the advantage to strike first and double-jab with his tic. The person held his nose and backed away a bit as the other person tried to attack Jay behind his head, but his tic, however, made him dodge slightly and turn 180 to give a right hook, making him do a jab instinctively with the help of his tic.

While fighting the two delinquents at Erwin's side, he didn't dodge any of their attacks but instead allowed himself to strike them back with full force. Some were scared, and some were not wanting to fight because they didn't know that he could not feel any pain but with the cost of broken bones. The more confusing part was that his Southpaw Stance disappeared and he went to a Teakwondo Stance, doing a Roundhouse Kick on the ribs of the enemy with quick speed and a Muay Thai knockdown to finish off his foe from a weak and dodgeable Roundhouse Kick from the enemy, but one thing is for sure, this isn't his full potential.

"Leave this bastard to me. Get Jay and Crystal!"

Half of the gang went straight toward them, leaving Erwin to fight the leader as he asked, "What's your name?"

"To hell with the name-" Erwin threw a punch to his face so fast he could not react and took the hit. He backed away a little and broke his nose as blood slowly dripped.

Shi-"

Erwin doesn't waste time. Talking? Swearing? It's only a matter of time to fight for an advantage over a person who is distracted. With a blow to the stomach, he spat out some saliva, and fell.

"Alexander!" From the goons saying the name, Erwin remembered someone saying that name before.

He tries to remember who said that name, and it was her. Alexander's twin little sister.

"Hey Alexander, how's your twin little sister Alex? I heard she got caught in an accident, which made you a bully."

Alexander's eyes widen, and he gives a killing stare with a reply. "How do you know my little sister's name!?"

Charging recklessly and swinging his fist toward Erwin, he dodged and grabbed his arm, lifting it up in the air with one of his legs behind Alexander's leg, pushing down, and slammed him down to the ground.

"That's because I was there and-"

Someone threw a flower pot at Erwin right onto the head.

"Alexander!"

One of the goons threw it and some helped Alexander get Erwin off of him by tackling him. Soon enough, they pinned Erwin down, but he thrust himself up with his strength, letting loose of the force beneath his arms, did a Side Kick to the left with overwhelming power, making his right arm free, and grabbed the back of the collar of the goon with one hand as he landed and hurled him to a flower garden near the tree.

"His-his a monster!"

"Alexander, tell your goons to stop and talk like sensible people-"

Alexander punched Erwin in the face, made him back away a little, and soon quickly charged and grabbed Alexander's arm, did a 180 spin, and flung him toward his gang.

Alexander got up and saw Erwin standing, looking at them, who didn't even say a word when he got punched in the face. At the same time, Jay was dealing with the last enemy and finishing him to a pulp with a double jab and doing a straight.

His surroundings were Alexander's men, groaning while some were knocked out as Crystal was behind him.

"No way, I thought-"

"I was some weird kid with a disorder and nothing else, right?" Jay commented with a tic on his right index finger.

"Alexander, let's talk."

Alexander sighed, giving a sign to cease fire, and Erwin pointed somewhere to distance themselves from Crystal, Jay, and Alexander's lackeys to give a good talk as he followed Erwin, and before they went to the location, "Jay, stay at Crystal's side for a while; this will be over soon, so don't worry."

Jay nodded, and Crystal's disorder gave her extreme happiness, hopefulness, and excitement that Jay had to calm her down since it was showing.

After arriving at their destination, they began to talk. "Alright, tell me, how do you know my twin sister?"

"I saved her and got to know her. That incident was unexpected but an ambulance passed by." He sighed.

The story began a few years ago, when Erwin was roaming around the neighborhood until he heard a scream near an alleyway. He immediately went to the scene, and it was a bunch of girls bullying a person, and that was Alex, Alexander's little sister.

Erwin has nothing better to do, so he beat a few of them up without hesitation, and they cried, fleeing away and helping Alex. The story goes on about how she was getting bullied. From the excessive makeup and piercing holes in her mouth and ears, Erwin knew that she had Body Dysmorphic Disorder. He told her that he would protect her and happily accepted the offer to become his first friend, but that was short-lived as she was caught in the accident after school.

The incident involved a group of girls who persuaded one of the seniors to run her over with his motorcycle and use illegal means as payment. He accepted the shameless offer, and there she was, crossing the road as the senior saw her. He was ready to run her over as he stepped on the gas and crashed into each other. Erwin wasn't there at the time, going in the opposite direction to go to a hospital for a checkup, and he saw an ambulance going in the opposite direction of him, which made him realize, he should not have left her behind. The story ends with Erwin staying by Alex's side in a hospital bed, and soon his older twin brother came. Erwin told him about what happened, but 3 years later, Alexander forgot who the person who stayed with his little sister was.

Silence was in the air, Alexander felt guilt, regret, and was super shameful of his actions. Couldn't bear it anymore of what he did, Alexander told the truth.

Erwin listened to his side of the story, and after finishing and analyzing it, he gave him a reply, "It's not too late to turn over a new leaf."

Alexander looked at Erwin; tears fell with a sentence, "I'll change, for the sake of my sister and friends."