Knowing the Bad Boy

6

A whole week had past and the principal was surprised of Regis's behavior. He had not ditched classes for a whole week but still involved in fistfights though only twice this week and there were only minor injuries like bruises here and there.
Despite all of that, he still have the scowl and the cold demeanor that makes him unapproachable.Maybe that's just him.

A lot has happened during the whole week, and in that span I occassionally go to the rooftop to offer him snacks or lunch. It was more like a silent agreement between the two of us since that day, well he neverminded though.

I told Andy everything that happened and to meet Regis at the rooftop along with me during breaks, but she refused. She said she'd rather stay on the sidelines than meeting the infamous bad boy. She even warn me not to get too close to him incase something bad should befall unto me.
Well I was still keeping cautious myself, its not like me and him are buddy buddy though I sometimes found him harmless and lonely. I even got the stupid idea of befriending him.

"friend?you?"
he assessed me up and down and thought for a second and scoffed.
Guess thats a no.

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Arriving at the local grocery store, I pushed the door open and entered. I heard the bell chimed above my head and I looked around. The store's pretty much empty except for the cashier and two other customers.

I proceeded to the food isle and scanned through the different snacks.
For a while, after getting everything I needed I went to the cashier to pay.

"should've got that granola bar, it looked tasty, but mom said not to eat something sweet"
I sighed exhaustedly while walking through the automn season. It's kinda chilly outside so I wore a coat. Passing on what I thought to be an empty children's park, I spotted a black BMW parked on the side and someone sitting on the swings with their back facing me, but I have no doubt that the hunched figure belonged to Regis.

I approached him without a second thought, I dont know but I have gotten braver in approaching the so called campus bad boy over the days, and planted myself on the swing beside him.

He was still hunched ignoring my presence.
"hey" I softly called him.

That got his attention and he looked up to me.
His eyes were red and puffy and his nose is red too.

Was he crying? It seems like he was crying before I got here. But why?