Defender's Heartbeat 2

Chapter 38

Enzo

After school, I found out that Mia was angry at me for what I did.

"What the hell, Mia? I did it for you," I said, frustrated.

"Did I ask you to do that? I specifically asked you not to," she shot back, her voice full of anger. "And why did you have to show it off to everyone?"

She looked more pissed off than I'd ever seen her.

"I was just trying to stop them from bullying you," I said, still annoyed. Why couldn't she understand?

"Oh, really? You thought I'd be happy seeing you naked in front of all the girls?" she snapped, her face turning red.

"Oh, so you were jealous," I teased, smiling as I put my arm around her.

She looked away angrily.

"Okay, okay. I get it. But I didn't show anything," I said.

"You showed your boxers!" she replied, still angry.

"So, only you get to see me in boxers?" I asked, smirking. She blushed and nodded.

"But you wear bikinis at the beach. Isn't that the same thing? Bikinis look exactly like underwear," I pointed out, watching as she started to think about it.

"But that's what girls wear to the beach," she argued.

"Yeah, they wear underwear to the beach," I said, grinning.

"It's a bikini," Mia said, crossing her arms.

"And it looks exactly like underwear," I replied.

She didn't argue further. "Fine. But don't do anything stupid like that again," Mia said, and I leaned in to give her a kiss.

"I'll be late today. I have to help Franco clean out his stupid cupboard," I told her.

"I can help you clean it," she offered.

"Don't. Franco will punish you too," I said, letting her go.

I went to the teachers' office to find Franco. For some reason, I was eager to see his cupboard. I was curious to see just how bad it looked. When I found it, I realized it wasn't actually dirty, but it was definitely disorganized. The inside of the cupboard was a mess—things were scattered everywhere, and just looking at it gave me a headache.

"You need to put this in order," Franco said, watching me.

"Is this how you keep stuff at home too?" I asked, unable to resist teasing him.

"Shut up and work, Lorenzo," he snapped.

I sighed and started sorting everything. First, I took all the small books out and stacked them neatly in the same place. Then I grabbed the bigger books and put them on the bottom shelf. After that, I organized the files onto one shelf. Finally, I came across some of the projects our class had done this year. I recognized some names on the books and couldn't help but sneak a glance to see if Franco had graded them yet. To my surprise, he hadn't.

An idea popped into my head.

I quickly scanned through the names on the books until I found the one I was looking for: Ava Vargas. I pulled out her book and discreetly hid it behind another teacher's cupboard. Ava, this is for messing with my girlfriend.

"Wow, nice work," Franco said, patting my shoulder when he saw how organized the cupboard looked.

"Can I go now?" I asked, hoping to leave.