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“As you all already know, Flame will be leaving us next week to a small urban place called the Farmlands. Let’s all say our farewells to Flame and wish him the best.” Some classmates immediately started whispering to each other gossiping about the recent announcement. The teacher looked at the student that still stands at the front next to them, blessing their life yadda yadda. The student, Flame Frags, did not listen and just played along. He knew they didn’t care about him. They rather are most likely pleased that this guy is gone anyway…
Fast moving forward to April 11th 2011, the train is fairly empty. Flame being the only one to reside in it since the past hour while more and more people left the train. In the background plays a channel of the unstable news letter, though Flame can barely hear it over the harsh rattering the train causes. That doesn't matter anyway since he is ninety nine percent sure it’s about the Deputy Ace scandal.
Whatever exactly happened in the scandal didn't matter to him. All he knows is that it’s something about betrayal, which he can relate to. That’s how he at least felt like thanks to his parents. “Farmlands Central Station coming up! Repeating, Farmlands Central Station is coming up!” Flame checked one last time on his Flip phone seeing a new message on his box popping up.
Uncle Minute Tech:
“Hey Flame!
Letting you know I am waiting already at the station! I’ll be waiting right at the main entrance”
He flips his phone shut and packs it in his pockets. His focus lies now on packing all the stuff he brought with him, which isn’t a lot to begin with. For a moment Flame looked up to the window, and saw a rural town. The houses are dense at the river that divides the town in two, to it then slowly spreading further apart the more it is further away from the river. Not long after the train arrived at the Farmlands Trainstation.
Flame is relieved to finally breathe some fresh air. The ride from Capital City to the Farmlands is ridiculously long and wishes no one to go through the nasty trains he had to switch over to. He went through the lone building that exists at the station and went through the main gate, here he got another look into the town from the inside.
Weathered down houses, superclean streets with a few small potholes here and there. Awfully quiet, greenery taking over at some corners that has not been attended for how long now. He looked around more trying to find someone particular. As he recalled the message he got around 10minutes ago, his uncle ,Minute Tech, should be waiting for him somewhere here. It might be because of the blindfolds he refused to take down, but he truly cannot seem to find them.
“Hey over here!” An unrecognizable voice yelled from the opposite side Flame looked at. He turned around to find two male people standing at a parking lot. One he could recognize as his own cousin since they kept themselves in touch, the other must be his uncle then…
He slowly approached the two people and gave a small wave, a big smile already forming on his face. “Yo Mane! It’s been so long bro I missed you!” They started hugging each other while the third person, Minute Tech, smiles and waits awkwardly for the two to finish.
“Kinda awkward to interrupt the moment right now but welcome to the Farmlands! I’m your mothers little brother Minute Tech and that about sums it up. From now on you will be living here for a year all because your parents went out of the country for their work. Sucks to suck being a kid ey?” Flame doesn't know if that was supposed to be a joke or not. “But hey that means you and manepear can now cause havoc everyday.”
Mane just shakes his head “Dad start thinking before you speak, like genuinely.” After what felt like forever Flame and Mane separated from the hug since they noticed Minute heading towards a car, which presumingly could be his. “Bro Flame, this next year is gonna be awesome now that you are here dude!”
Flame chuckled “ Yea dude, cant wait for the endless nights and showdowns!!”
When they finally got in the car the small tension built up from the awkward small talk from Minute died down. It was once again more lively, mostly because Flame and Mane catched up on their lives. Minute interrupted their little reunion talk for his little head ups that they’d be stopping by the gas station. Once there Mane took the opportunity to head to the toilet while Minute went to the store to buy some snacks. Flame, not knowing what to do, decided to also get some fresh air.
“What is a city boy like you doing all the way here in the Farmlands?” The person asking him was the gas attendant that took care of Minutes' car at the moment. Their face is obscured by a face mask and a cap. If ignoring the uniform their entire attire is just pure black, almost as if they are trying to hide their identity.
“Well im living here now for a year, got a problem with that?”
The attendant just chuckled to that,” no sir! it’s just, out here there is nothing to do, so new faces like you will be the next big thing for the next few weeks. Can’t fault me if I am a little bit curious you know?”
Flame didn't respond that time, feeling a little creeped out by the attendant and just stared at them. “You know since there is nothing much anyway your only bet is to go out of town, but that obviously costs a ton of money. We are actually looking for some part timers so if you are gonna look for a job in the future, this place welcomes you!”
The Attendant stretched out their hand to welcome Flame into this town. Flame reluctantly took the hand and shook them. Moments after Mane came back and the Attendant went back to taking care of the gas, at the same time Flames brain got rushed in pain and he thought for a second that he might pass out right there. “Are you okay Flame?”
“I think so?”
Mane unconvinced came over to Flame to help him out,” You go back in the car and rest. It’s still a bit far away from Minutes crib.” The younger Cousin just nodded his head and with Manes help sat back down in the car while trying his best to not pass out. His head is still very foggy and he can barely focus on a subject.
He can identify that Minute came back and that the car started rolling again but he cannot understand what he is saying. Slowly his mind finally relaxed again and Flame was able to focus on his surroundings, it seems like they were at the outskirts of the town driving towards a small neighbourhood. Manepear, who was sitting left from him, glanced outside. The neighbourhood looked very peaceful with all the plants covering the nooks and crannies, lots of animals inhabiting the place and kids playing at the huge playground right outside the neighbourhood. Flame could see lots of cats on the streets and on rooftops or in between houses.
He was very much in awe. Fascinated how different the land life already feels from the huge city life.
The car finally stopped moving, bringing Flame back to reality. “And we are finally here! Welcome to our little humble abode Flame!”
The house is nothing spectacular, an ordinary family house with 2 floors with a small garden surrounding it. It is very quiet which only seems to surprise Flame. Mane was already sprinting to the front door to go inside first. ”C'mon guys get inside faster, I am hungry”, Mane said while stretching each word to indicate the desperation that's been building up in his body.
Minute chuckled and closed the car. Mane who finally got the house keys opened the door and rushed towards the kitchen to start prepping the food. Flame put his only bag down and sat down at the couch that faces towards a CRT TV. It feels weird to not help out with the food but the other two insisted that Flame should rest.
Flame decided to turn on the TV while waiting for the two to finish. It seems that currently the news is openly talking about the biggest scandal of Unstable.”Now back to the big scandal of The Unstable region, it seems like after the big betrayal Deputy Ace fled back to his hometown, Location of it being unknown. After Deputy Aces' betrayal the second in Command SargeLAW took Aces' place and will from now on lead the LAW. Sarges first act as the new Commander is to find Deputy Ace himself, for any more updates we will keep you up in the future, so don't miss out!”
Flame could hear Mane complain from the kitchen,” Gosh that same old bullshit? Can you change to something else? This news is boring me out!” Flame shrugged and complied. He switched to a different channel which seemed to have commercials right now. It was an advertisement of a big chain called Cindercrest, they are well known for their signature jingle that is played everywhere. Mane on cue sings with it in a very impressive way. “Bro, it's just a jingle, what got you so excited.”
“Just because it's a jingle doesn't mean it's an absolute banger!” Mane argued back.
Flame just shrugged and didn't bother fighting back, since it seems like the other two are done with cooking and are finally bringing the food towards the dining table. Once everyone gathered at the tablet Minute gave a small speech, “It has been a long day so enjoy yourself with a hefty meal!”
The food was well done and Flame enjoyed it, not as much as Mane thought, he devoured it in mere minutes. Everyone was enjoying their time together until Minutes' phone interrupted the dinner.
Minute checked which number was calling, his face shifted to a more serious look once he realized who was calling, he picked it up and started talking in a very serious tone,” Yes Minute speaking… mhm, alright, what? You want me to be there- alright… I'll be there shortly.” He let out a long sigh afterwards, clearly disappointed by the conversation neither Mane nor Flame were able to deduce.
“I'm sorry boys but it seems like my duty calls, don't cause any trouble and Mane you are now in charge of the house while I'm gone and take care of Flame.”
With that Minute left the house to go on whatever duty he is on. Mane seemed very disappointed by the sudden action and looked a little down, “Yo Flame lets clean up and watch some TV.”
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The night came by fast and so the two cousins decided to finally head to their separate room and sleep. While Mane's room was just behind the stairs, Flames were on the second floor. Once entering the room he saw a fairly empty room with a few necessary furniture. But the only one he cared for at the moment was the bed which was at the other side of the room being on the farther left corner with the end facing the windows on the right side. The blindfolded boy recklessly took off his clothes and just fell flat onto the bed, being very tired of the day. With the new environment and unusual huge amount of socialization he had today plus the random headache he got his body finally gave in and Flame drifted away while listening to the quiet rustle of the rain crashing at the window.
For a moment there was nothing, just quiet darkness and now the next moment he heard a low rumbling noise, that of a car engine. Confused, Flame opened his eyes just to meet with a very blue small room. Wait, is he in a Lamousine?
“Welcome to the Velvet Room.”
In front of him sits an old looking man with a very bad posture and a long nose. The hairline also non-existent, beside them sits a woman with white hair and her attire was in the same blue colour as the Lamousine itself.
The old man continued before Flame could ask any more questions,” Do not be alarmed, you are fast asleep in your real world. This room exists between dreams and reality, mind and matter.”
This just put a bigger question mark before the blindfolded dude, when he wanted to speak or move even a tiny bit, he realized he could not do so. The old man just chuckled to that and proceeded to talk. “Only those you have entered a contract may enter. I can sense an amicable doom gonna happen in the near future. But do not be alarmed. I can assist you as long as you abide by the rules. All I require from you is full responsibility for your actions, if you agree to these terms sign your name here.”
Flame could feel his muscles finally relaxing, indicating his freedom. He doesn't know what possessed him to enter his name in the very suspicious looking contract from a very suspicious guy, he just did it out of some kind of hidden instinct. Maybe out of fear or curiosity, Flame doesn't know.
The guy before him seemed pleased with his choice and with some kind of magical power incinerated the contract in the air.
“I am Igor, very delighted to make you acquainted. I'll be accompanying you in the future and will look forward to every choice you make.”
And with that Flames eyelids fell shut, simply too heavy for him to hold them open.
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He hears his alarm going off and quickly shut it off, with a big groan he stood up and readied himself, today is his first day at the Farmlands Highschool were he and his older cousin attends.
He went down the stairs and saw Mane prepping breakfast with Minute nowhere seen. “Morning Flames” the older one said with a yawn following it soon after. “Morning Mane, Where is Minutetech?” Flame asked
“That old geezer got work to do, apparently something important happened so he had to rush outta the house.”
“What's, like, his job?”
“He is like a detective or something. Barely talks about his job to me and I never really cared. Anyways, we don't have much time, so eat up.”
Flame realized that he didn't even touch the food yet and started rushing it. He could hear his older cousin chuckling to that and just closed his eyes. To be fair Mane could not see it anyway because of his blindfold he wears. So it at least spares him from more reputation loss.
Once they are finally done with breakfast and cleaning after themselves, they head out to school. Farmland High School is a good hour away from where they are. Actually at the opposite side of town. It was very peaceful and the closer they got to school the more people he recognized that go to the same school thanks to the uniform they are wearing. Mane explained to him how the school works here a bit and how the teachers are here, apparently there's this one very grumpy teacher who is also very strict. But the walk wasn't like this entirely.
At the last neighbourhood, before the school ground, a student sitting on a bike from the same high school sprinted by Flame and Mane and crashed into a trashcan. The boy seemed to be around the same age as Flame and was a bit smaller than him. They had dark brown hair and lavender skin. They were whimpering in pain and while Flame wanted to do something he initially decided to walk past him.
Flame only afterwards decided to ask Mane what that was, “Well I actually don't know much about him. Apparently he also came from a big city or something. Works at the local Cindercrest and everyone hates him.”
“Is that why you decided not to help him?”
“Naw, just very lazy and don’t really know that guy to care.”
“Oh alright then…”
Mane just hummed to that response and both proceeded to walk towards the school grounds. Flame could see the school building sitting on top of a raised plateau with the Gates wide open on the straight path they are currently following. “Since we are kinda late on time I’ll show you the general direction of where the faculty office is and from then on you are on your own.”
the older one said.
It proceeded as foretold and Flame now stood in front of the faculty office, mentally prepping himself. After knocking the door he opened the door to see a few teachers sitting in their respective places. One of them noticed him standing at the entrance and came up to them.
Meanwhile on the upper floor in the class 2-C reside some students waiting for the arrival of their newly assigned homeroom teacher, which they have no knowledge of yet.
The room is filled with chatting between students all talking about the same topic. “Apparently we are getting another transfer student.”
“Oooh! Is it a girl or a boy?”
“I do not know, but I heard they are from the big ol Capital City”
That got the attention of a certain purple headed boy that was sitting close nearby. “A city boy, just like you Lomedy- huh are you alright? You look very dead.”
“Yeah I don't wanna talk about that…”
“Wow, such insightful answer, thank you very much”
Suddenly the door opened and every student that was talking or doing something immediately stopped and readied themselves in their respective seats. Following the door opening are two people. The first to come into the room is an adult in a suit with yellow accents sprinkled everywhere. The white hair of said adult being slicked back so no strings of hair could disturb them while working.
The next person who followed looked way younger and unrecognizable. This is definitely the transfer student from capital city, who unfortunately joined Mr. Leowooks class. "All right, listen here! Say hello to your new fellow student over here. This guy got kicked out all the way over here, so this wet puppy will be stuck with us for the next year.”
Flame, who clearly got offended, got right back at Leowook, “Who are you calling a wet puppy, bro?”
Everyone in the class gasped loudly. No one ever dared to fight back against Leowook, because of his very strict demeanour. Leowook was also shocked for a second, “First of all, don't ‘bro’ me, and second of all you are officially on my shit list.”
The teacher then started to ramble on about discipline and how bad the new generation of humans have evolved. Flame stood next to them muttering a quiet ‘whatever bro’, waiting for his release from this front podium. The purple haired student noticed and raised their hand, ”Excuse me for interrupting, teacher, but I think the new kid wants to finally sit down. The seat next to me is free.”
“Huh? Oh yea you hear that the boy in obvious purple attire is right there! Now go already! Already got me in a perfect bad mood...”
Flame did as follows, but not because the teacher demanded, no he decided he would try his best to do the exact opposite than what that jerk of a teacher demands him, he only does so because he already fucks with that purple haired boy. Number one on his favourite people list.
As soon as he sat down his now new seating partner talked to him, ”He's the worst huh? You basically lost the lottery for getting assigned to Mr. Leowooks class, but to be fair we all are on the same boat.” That won a small chuckle from Flame. Sadly the moment has to get interrupted by the teacher yelling at them to stay quiet.
Since this is the first day of a new semester, the classes got cut down to only six instead of the usual eight hours. Any minute from now the bell will ring and then they will finally be free, at least if Mr. Leowook wont hold them down. But unlike the bell ringing an announcement came instead, “Attention all personal staff, please head to the faculty office immediately. Students are required to stay in class. I repeat-”
“You heard that stay here until said otherwise!” The white haired teacher left afterwards leaving the students to guess what is currently happening. Flame just sat in his place doing nothing and resting his head on his hand. He wanted to drift away into his own thoughts but his seat partner was obnoxiously loud. He glanced a bit to the left and saw the purple headed student talk to a boy in front of them. They seemed to be a few centimeters smaller and their hair covered a lot of their face. The hair was mostly white with the bangs that cover most of their face, being blue and black. He can hear that the voice is more smooth and softer, opposing his seating neighbour.
And even after all the disturbance there now is sirens from police cars playing outside. It seems to be close by and also probably the thing why all of them are still at school and not at home. A couple students immediately moved towards the window to look but the town still was covered in fog that had been built up since midnight, its density has decreased throughout the school hours though so if Flame had to guess the fog would most likely be gone in an hour or two.
All of sudden a random student came closer to Flames vicinity, not to talk to him, but rather it was to talk to the soft voice dude in front of him.
“Hey Eggchan! I heard that-”
“I have to stop you right there, I know what you are about to ask. This matter is something I cannot discuss.”
The student awkwardly walked away, not even trying to push the guy on to talk. Flame wonders as to why that person didn’t even try.
“Gosh people don't know how to mind their own god dang business. Next time they'll ask about that, I'll slime em out.” said the purple headed, which Flame still doesn't know the name of. He should probably ask soon for that…
“Please don't do that.” Despite that ,Egg as Flame found out, found the purple headed comment very amusing.
After half an hour of waiting Mr. Leowook came back to enquire about what's gonna happen next,” Alright class! You will do as I say. You are now dismissed from class and call your parents to pick you up from school, if not possible go straight home immediately, no side tracking!!!”
He left soon after and all the students got back to making a ruckus. Flame gathered all his belongings and as he was about to stand up the two people next to him, who he still doesn't know the name of, approached him.
“Heyy new guy, it's prolly smarter if we all go out together because this weird thing, that we have no knowledge of, is happening. What do you think?”
“I mean it's a great idea and all and is a good way to make friends, but i still don't even know ya name?”
“Oooh right, haven't told you that yet. My name's Wemmbu and this chungie next to me is my good friend Egg!”
“Alas our paths have finally crossed, welcome to the Farmlands new comer.”
Wemmbu playfully hit Egg's shoulder, pointing out the ridiculousness of the way Egg talks. “This guy always likes to act smarter by talking in the weirdest way, like we get it bro.” but Flame could tell that Wemmbu doesn't mind and quite likes it. “Now it is time for your introduction!” the purple head said in a dramatic tone.
“Oh right I couldn't introduce myself in the beginning because of that teacher. My name is Flame Frags and I wear this blindfold because of my sensitive eyes. This cloth is thin enough for me to be able to see through a bit so that's why I can kinda detect if something's in front of me.”
Wemmbu left a chuckle, “You can apparently also read minds because that was like my number one question the whole time.”
“Well it's not his first day living with the blindfold and it's also extraordinary to see someone in a blindfold the entire time. I'm sure there were tons of people who asked him the same question.” Egg commented.
Flame nodded, “Now while this classroom is cool and all I also think we all want to go home.” And the others agreed. The new established trio finally set to go home but on the way out they get interrupted by the student that Flame saw this morning crashing into a trashcan. The student though seemed very nervous to approach them, he muttered at first and when Wemmbu asked to repeat again the student started to visibly shake a bit more. “W-Wemmbu it was TRULY a good game, i loved the cozy vibes, a-and the interaction between characters were awesome and…. IM TRULY SORRY AND PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON ME MY NEXT PAYCHECK IS IN A FEW WEEKS.”
The boy basically shoved the game at Wemmbu and attempted to flee. “Oh you are running nowhere buddy!” Wemmbu having none of that catched right after the boy and kicked him right in the guts so they’d stop running away. He opened the dvd case and his face told Flame everything he needed to know. “WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY DVD?!? IT’S COMPLETELY CRACKED!”
Flame saw that the guy was whimpering at the side muttering that they are cracked too, but he just left him behind and followed close behind Wemmbu and Egg. He thought that after that small hick up the walk would finally be a smooth one but not even one foot out of the school grounds another boy interrupted them. This time they thought they had a different school uniform, and their vibes are completely off too. Flame thinks it's because of those lifeless eyes this student has. And it seems the student itself is aware too because they try to hide them with their white hair.
The weird student seems to not care about Flame and Wemmbu at all and only focuses on Egg, “You are Egg-chan right?” And Egg nodded to that, “Good, come with me now.”
“What?”
“You heard me! Come with me NOW!” The weird guy was about to grab Eggs arm but Wemmbu had enough of this bullshit and crossed between the two. “Sorry to burst in buddy but you have no right to just take my friend away who also is very much in disagreement. I suggest you scram off!”
The weird student understood that whatever they were trying to achieve would not work with how they approach here and so quickly left after. The trio still stood there after a few more seconds trying to process what just happened. Wemmbu was the first to talk. “Now… What. The. Actual. Heck. was that.”
Despite the situation that just happened Egg burst out laughing, “Wow this was just a pathetic attempt to kidnap someone if that guy wanted to do that. Never seen him around here before either.”
“Was it another curious student who asked Egg?” Flame asked but Wemmbu just shook his head to that, “If that was the intention then that guy needs to learn how to talk and act like a normal human first.”
They finally returned to walk their way home. Egg was mostly quiet, he liked to rather listen instead, Wemmbu on the other hand asked Flame a ton of questions like 'why are you here?’ and ‘what do you think of XYZ’.
Flame loved every second of it.
But he would never admit it, and he is convincing himself to not get used to this, because he is here only for a year. After this year is over he is sure that it'll all go back to normal and everyone will forget about him.
He felt someone nudging him from the sides trying to get his attention. It was Wemmbu of course and pointed in his direction. He can see a section being closed off by tapes and people gathering close by. “Yall see what I'm seeing right? Let's go there. I'm a tad bit curious what that commotion’s about.”
The other two didn't have much of a choice because Wemmbu went in that direction anyway. When they got closer they were able to hear two bystanders gossip about this crime scene.
“How could someone do such a horrible act!”
“I know right? And even after all that they dare to let it hang off the antenna!"
“What? Honestly I am a tiny bit curious about what that looked like.”
“Well you should've been here a few minutes earlier, they just got rid of the body.”
The trio gasped in union to that. Which got the attention of a certain black haired man that was currently working. “Flame? What are you doing here, more like you shouldn’t be here at all.”
Wemmbu leaned closer to Flame and asked if they knew each other. Minute smiled and said, “I am Minute Tech, Flames guardian. I assume you two are Flames new friends right? It's nice to know that he is already making friends but I have to call it short and send you guys home. There has been a bit of a ruckus in this town lately and-” Minute got interrupted by a different person who rushed by them and hid behind a bush.
The trio could hear the person vomiting behind it and they are now very glad that the person hid themselves now. Minute on the over hand didn't seem very pleased about that “Lettuce, when do you stop being a rookie! Do you want to be sent back?!”
Lettuce apologized and ran back to the crime scene and behind Minute where he disappeared again. The black haired man sighed and shook his head. “Sorry ‘bout him. He is still new here. Now please head home, and I'll see you later Flame.”
Flame nodded and looked towards his new found friends. They seemed to be in a bit of distress but also nodded. “I had planned to show you around town Flame, but I think we have to call it short. This situation doesn't grip well with my stomach.”
Egg agreed “As much as I want to lighten up the mood, one needs to know to not cross certain boundaries.”
And so they parted ways. It took half an hour when Flame finally arrived at Minutes residence. Manepear seemed to be here already since the TV is on right now. “Hi Mane.”
“Ah there is my lil’ cousin! How was your first day? Didn’t see you at your class when I went to check up on ya so I assumed you were off already.”
Flame dropped himself on the couch and caved in on it. “Talking to new people is tiring, and we have encountered a lot of crap today.”
Mane just hummed and looked down for a while, probably thinking what to say next. He shrugged off and said “Well we can just relax a bit before you go back to bed.”
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Another night arrived and Flame carefully went to bed. The random headache he had when arriving here came back and once he opened his eyes he no longer was in his room. His surroundings were covered in a very thick fog and all he could see was the messed up ground which doesn't look whatsoever.
A stingy ring inside his mind came out of nowhere with an additional voice soon after. “You want to seek out the truth? Then come forward.”
He was extremely confused but didn't know what to do. So he complies and ‘moves forward’. The path sways left and right until a big door blockades the path. Flame touched the wall and it opened up. Going inside was even more fog and the floor disappearing into nothingness. Despite all that an obscured figure stands before him.
“So you want to pursue the truth, mortal one? Then show me if you have the potential.”
Flame felt something in his hand and looked down. For some reason a sword appeared in his hand. Whatever or whoever was in front of him must’ve created it. He guesses the thing wants Flame to attack it, at least he thinks so? He swings with full motion forward and surprisingly hits the thing even in this dense fog.
“Interesting…” Is all it says and Flame does the move again.
“Let’s see how you’ll do without any fancy tools.”
As if it weren't thick enough, the fog got even denser and now the shadowy figure in front of him disappeared entirely. Flame did not know what to do now so he just started to swing his sword around aimlessly.
“Hmm, I see.” it said mockingly.
“It seems it's not your time yet. I’ll look forward to when our paths cross again…”
Without any time wasted the fog surrounded Flame and made him tired. He closed his eyes and fell down the floor falling asleep.
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Another night went by and Flame readied himself for school, this time alone because Mane got sick out of nowhere. Mane tried to reassure him that he is used to it and knows how to take care of himself by now but that wasn't enough for Flame.
Still he had to go to school on his own.
Now, there is this saying that when it happens once it's a coincidence but twice?
Because how is he in the same situation as yesterday? The reckless student with their squeaky bicycle crashed into the trashcan, this time stuck and crying for help. Flame contemplated if he should help the guy or not. ‘I mean it's just, help him out and take the thank you's, give him no problems and we part ways.’ He decided to finally help the boy out.
Said boy was very happy that someone actually came to help them out. “Bro I cannot thank you enough! Say, you're the new guy right? I am Lomedy!” Lomedy stretched out their arm and gestured their hand towards the blindfolded guy. Flame took the hand and they shook hands. “And I’m Flame. Nice meeting ya.”
“I’m truly sorry for slowing you down.” The reckless student went back on their bike and patted their seat behind offering a ride to school. “I know this bike is a bit rustic but we have no choice if we don't want to be late for school.” Flame smiled and shook their head. It was truly amazing how not even a week in and Flame already had so much more fun than he ever had in his entire life. ‘Is there gonna be anything else that can up this?’
The blindfolded sat down behind and the one in front hurried to get both of them to school on time.
The second day of school wasn't anything special. Flame tried his best to pay attention to class, but he realised that this school is kind of behind compared to his old school he was at. So at least for now Flame can relax a bit and turn off some gears.
And so another school day is over and hopefully this time no policeman keeps them here inside for another hour. Lomedy, the reckless guy approached him this time with a big smile on their face. “Hey Flame, right? I wanted to thank you for this morning so I thought I'd treat you with some food.”
“That sounds nice. I do have some time, so I guess?”
“That indeed does sound nice.” A new voice said. Flame looked to the side of him and saw an angry Wemmbu looking at Lomedy. “What about lil old me? After all, you demolished my beautiful game dvd that I spent all my money on. If he gets free food I deserve some too! Don’t you agree, Egg?” Egg just nodded and continued putting their stuff inside their bag.
Lomedy tried to keep their face neutral but Flame could definitely tell that Lomedy was not anticipating Wemmbu to join. “Sure, you can join us.” He said in a very hesitant voice.
“Cmon Egg! You should join us too! This guy deserves to feel the pain in his pocket after crushing my DVD.”
“Sorry Wemmbu but I got asked to get home as soon as possible. They need me at work.”
Wemmbu let out a disappointing sigh and said alright. After that his friend left and now it was just the three of them. Lomedy tried to smile to lighten up the mood between the two again. “Cmon let’s go! I know a place where we can eat some delicious steak!”