Breaking Down Your Walls

'He's always been like that. So determined yet understanding, a combination that pisses me off to no end and renders me speechless, every time.

Yet, he is always stuck around with me. For me.' - Zane -

Zane and Mike are best friends since they were in sixth grade. The first being a cold, calculating bully from an emotionally strained rich family while the other a stern yet trustworthy loner from quite an ordinary household. The two come to share a strong friendship that matures them and they slowly start including new people in their fellowship.
When they became 18 and reached their final year of high school in Aberdeen with a close circle of friends, situations occur that tear the group apart.
First the social exclusion of Mike due to a video showing him beating up other people and bullying Zane. Then a few sound files come up that accuse him of something entirely different. In both cases, Mike is ignored as he tries to understand why his friends pushed him aside. Odette, the voice of reason in their group, when she tries to analyze the situation, she is also thrown out of the group, being viewed as a 'stalker and an ally of stalkers'.
Zane is conflicted; he knows that something is wrong, but he ignores it because of the walls his ego has built around his heart.
Mike is hurt and disappointed; he knows that something is wrong but no one is willing to help him.
Will the group manage to restore their friendship? Will Odette figure out why this is happening? Will Zane and Mike become friends again? And who and why did this to them? Were the situations they went through real, coincidental pranking, bullying or something more sinister?

The story will be updated once every one or two weeks with a new chapter.

Warning: The story deals with topics such as: racism, homophobia, strong language, martial arts, fight scenes, verbal and physical abuse and suicide. Reader discretion is advised.

Cover: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-leaning-on-brick-wall-1444107/