Sink in Reef City

Chapter 6: The condition.

"That is one big pile of shit" I express unamused as Koral, Henry and me stand in front of the mountain of animal manure laying on the edge of the school's "garden". If it can be called that, because a graveyard has more flowers and colors than this place. The bushes are all dry and stripped of their leaves, exposing the branches like the bones of a corpse. Tall grass all over the ground, as if they haven't mowed the lawn in months. The only flowers around the garden are either faded or stomped.

I thought the garden club took care of this place, but right now I don't see any of the members working here. Most are working on something in the greenhouse that is restricted to non-club members. When we walked by, I swear I got a whiff of the smell that you normally smell at a concert. If they think Koral and I are going to revive this garden on our own, let them keep dreaming.

"For today you will only need to gather the manure in sacks. Once you are done, you can leave. You have the necessary equipment inside the hut right there" Henry points to a very old looking hut near the greenhouse.

"That's bullshit! I'm not touching that" Koral protests as she crosses her arms over her chest.

"No, is horse shit. And I don't care if you touch it or not. But the manure has to be gathered in sacks for today" Henry informs.

"What if I use your fucking hard skull as manure instead?" Koral says menacingly to Henry as she gets closer to the sweating pachysaurus, her hands formed in fists. I have to step in the middle just in case she carries out her threat.

"D-Don't worry, we will have the sacks done in no time." I reassure Henry before I turn my head to look at Koral with a scolding glare. She simply huffs and turns over while crossing her arms once more. With shaking hands, Henry gives me the key for the hut and leave us both as quickly as he can. I turn to Koral, who simply is leaned against the trunk of a dead tree while fuming. "Come on, the sooner we finish this the sooner we leave" I swat her arm lightly to make her move.

"I'm not going to do that" She protests without moving from the tree.

"Are you going to leave me on my own then?"

"You bet your ass I will. If you want to stink like shit go on then. I'll be here watching you" She sits against the tree and rest her arms behind her head.

"Then I guess we will be stuck here forever. I hope you didn't have plans for this evening" I take a seat next to her and lean against the tree too.

"Hey! I'm the one slacking off here. Move your ass from my tree and work!"

"Nope, I told you before; I wasn't going to do this alone. If you are slacking I am too" I say to her non-chalantly while closing my eyes and hearing her huff. I don't pay attention to her warnings or challenging taunts. That seems to irritate her more to the point that she stands up from the tree and lift me up with her arm.

"You are insufferable when you get like this, you know?" She scoffs bitter while she drags me by the arm to the hut.

"I know. That's why I do it, to manipulate you easily" I say to her smugly. She grits her teeth and punches my arm not so playfully this time. She really hates to be here, and I don't blame her honestly. But she could at least not be a jerk for those that are in the gardening club, it's not their fault that we have to be here in the first place.

"I know is not their fault, Dex" She snarls my muttered words.

"Then why are you so pissed off?"

"Because of the way they looked and talked to me before."

"You ripped off the door of the club's room with a kick, what did you expect that would happen?"

She massages her temple as I recall the outburst she had before. "I won't heard the end of that ,huh?"