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THE FOURTH CHAPTER IS OUT! Wow! I'm so sorry for all the people that had to wait but…. I'm actually way too much into MCPE right now…. I think it's an addiction. Sorry for crowding the screen with excuses! On to the chapter!

2 months later….

One bad thing to be on the first day of school is a nervous wreck. What's worse, the entire neighborhood can see me be one.

"Zuzu? Are you going to leave?" My mom placed a hand on my shoulder.

"I can't believe you hang out with him…."

Her words kept on bugging me the entire summer.

"I can't believe you hang out with him…."

It wouldn't stop… It just kept on replaying…

"I can't believe you hang out with him…."

"Nah, he's just sad that I'm not going to be with him this year." Garroth chuckled.

"At least you'll have Vlad!" My mom turned back to me.

"Mom, look at him. He's a Cyclops frozen at his own porch. Probably too scared to move... It's hilarious!" Vlad started to snicker but immediately stopped. I assumed that mom gave him the death stare.

"I can't believe you hang out with him…"

But… I don't even like him…. Right? That's the truth, isn't it?

"Zuzu? Are you feeling okay?" She tried to turn me around to look at me. I shrugged off her hands and started to walk.

"Zane?" Vlad called out. "Don't forget to stuff your face in the garbage can before you enter the grounds. It'll make you look good!" He started to laugh.

"They use you as the definition of ugly so I don't have to worry." I said calmly and started to run to Phoenix Drop High. I'm finally free of my brother's stupid shadow!

BAM!

"OH! OH I'M SO SORRY SIR! KAWAII CHAN DIDN'T MEAN TO- Oh, it's you…."

Huh?

I looked up and saw Kawaii Chan rubbing her head. She folded her arms.

"Hi Zane." She said formally.

I rubbed my chin and pulled up my mask. "Hello."

"Sorry for um… Bumping into you." She uncrossed her arms and tucked her hair back into her bow tie. There was a cut on her forehead.

"No, I was the one who bumped into you. I was running and didn't see you." I gazed at her cut as she took a surprising step back.

"Wow, I can't believe you're apologizing…" She chuckled. "I didn't even knew that you could- What are you staring at?"

"Your forehead. There's a cut." I put my bag down and opened it.

"Oh I wonder where that came from!" She said sarcastically. She crouched beside me trying to figure out what I was doing.

I moved a little away from her while still rummaging through my bag.

"Finally!" I pulled out my first aid kit and opened it.

"It's okay! I mean I don't think the cut is that bad!" She started to wave her hands nervously. I calmly opened up the Band-Aid and turned to her.

"It's a cut. You have to treat it." I said bluntly.

"Why do you have that in there?" She got up and started to move away from me. I stood up with the Band Aid in my left hand.

"Because of PE." I got a tissue and took a step towards her and started to wipe the blood off. I noticed her cheeks were a bit red.

I rolled my eyes. "Here." I handed her the Band Aid and threw the tissue on the ground.

Kawaii Chan frowned at me. "You shouldn't do that." She picked up the bloody tissue and put it in her pocket.

My stomach started to grumble…. LOUDLY

WHY NOW!

REALLY ZANE?

WELL HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN?

I DUNNO YOU DIDN'T HAVE BREAKFAST YOU DOOFUS.

Kawaii Chan giggled. "You didn't have breakfast I'm assuming."

"Sh- Shaddup…." Blood was rushing to my cheeks.

"Here…" She held out a cupcake to me. And it was pink.

My eyes lit up. I snatched the cupcake and gobbled it up.

"Sorry if that was the only one…." I said sheepishly.

"It's alright. I have an extra." She giggled and pointed around her mouth. "You have something here…"

I wiped the pink frosting from my mask.

"SO, what did you do over the summer?" She changed the subject and started to walk again.

I followed. "Just hanging with The Jury….." I shrugged and looked at her. She frowned at me.

"Wow, you still hang with them." She folded her arms.

"Hey! Why should I listen to you?" I tried to copy her and folded my arms. She giggled slightly but gave me a serious look afterword.

"That's not who you are Zane." She looked down sadly. "I hate it when people try so hard to be something that they're not."

"What's it to you? Why do you care so much?" I asked. "And you don't know who I am."

"Then why didn't you object me the last time I pointed it out to you?" She uncrossed her arms. "Stop lying to yourself."

Those last words stung me. "WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH?" I shouted at her.

She held her cat-like ears. "That's not important! I just don't want to see someone do that to themselves!" She growled at me. "And stop yelling at me!"

"Hmph….. Let's just go to school…." I started to walk again to Phoenix Drop High. She followed. "Don't you have some friends to walk to school?" I asked.

"Well, I have some of my siblings but….." She trailed off.

I smiled. "I know how you feel. You don't want to be consumed by their shadow."

"That's… A mild way of putting it in my situation…." She smiled painfully to herself. I stopped to look at her.

"What do you mean?" I asked her.

She shook her head. "Haha, I'm getting off topic! Let's just go…" She started to run.

"H-hey! Wait up!" I started to run after her. I chuckled and shouted after her. "Wait up Kawaii Chan! You don't want to fall again!"

My own words surprised me. But there was one thing I'm still curious about.

What did she mean by "a mild way of putting it in my situation"?

Thanks for the love! I really appreciate it! A question for you guys. What do you think Kawaii Chan meant when she said "a mild way of putting it in my situation"? Go ahead and guess in the reviews! Stay tuned!