Brutal - Robby Keene

02-02. Heartaches

"Now, everybody smile and say 'Barcelona.'"

Mar inhaled deeply as she smiled before she weakly said 'Barcelona', along with few other students.

At the field trip, there was a photographer to take pictures of all of the team captains together. They were in a tunnel aquarium place. It was truly beautiful.

"Louder." The man instructed them, Mar inhaling deeply in order not to roll her eyes exasperatedly. "Barcelona!"

"Barcelona!" The group all chorused much louder in an attempt to get this over with finally. The man grinned.

The man then continued to click a lot of pictures. Mar kept a smile through all of them, Robby right at her side.

"Hey, are you friends with your teammate?" Someone whispered in the girl's ear. Mar looked to see a random girl with straight black hair and bangs. "The guy next to you?"

"Why're you asking me that?" Mar asked as she looked to the girl, placing her hands on his hips. The girl batted her eyelashes at Robby.

"He's like.. super cute." The girl whisper-shouted for Robby not to hear. The boy unluckily did, however so he scrunched his face in disgust. "Can you get me his number?"

"Are we here for karate or to whore ourselves out?" Mar had asked a little too loud, causing the girl to scrunch her face in anger.

"Mar." Robby called out to the girl with widened eyes, pulling her back away from the girl slightly. "Why would you-"

"Excuse me, do you want her number?" Mar asked with a raised brow before she stepped to the side. "Don't let me stop you, be my guest!"

"Okay, come on guys, one more picture!" The man cleared his throat as he tried to keep a happy voice.

"Fuck this." Tory had said before she stormed off with a scoff. Miguel quickly followed after her. Mar stormed off as well, Robby following after her.

The Miyagi-Dos exchanged wide-eyed looks at what had just happened.

Robby tried his best to catch up to his girlfriend but she had basically sprinted into the female bathroom.

He made a move to follow her into the bathroom but was stopped as a hand was held put in front of him. "Dude, what're you doing? Do you want to get caught and suspended from the tournament?"

"I..." Robby trailed off with a defeated sigh, folding his arms across his chest as he looked at Sam. "Can you talk to her for me? Please?"

"Of course." Sam nodded at her best friend's boyfriend before she pushed her way into the bathroom.

Mar's hands were holding unto the counter, staring at herself in the mirror. She glanced to see Sam before looking down.

"What's going on with you?" Sam asked with a deep frown on her face, folding her arms across her chest.

"I'm just being dramatic, I guess?" Mar laughed dryly, shaking her head with a sniffle. "Everything is just.. too much."

"Mar, you can't let them get to you." Sam told the girl with a frown. "You're the Captain. You have to lead us! What kind of leader would you be if everyone saw you like this."