"Look at him, those lips," his classmates whispered to one another.
"That lip thing disgusts me, he probably got that in prison or something" this time with more volume throughout the classroom.
He was all alone with one physical scar that he had from birth, on his chair with his arms on his lap.
Classmates always mocked him for things he could not control, from one place to another he was always mocked.
They disliked and imagined his persona based on his appearance.
His name is Admetus, abandoned from birth, with only one pendant that had the word 'Admetus' engraved into it.
"10 dollars to whoever kisses him" jokingly said a boy named Jack with a grin that showed his unserious nature.
"Don't do that Jack" whispered a quiet girl with glasses named Zehra.
"Hahaha what is he going to do, kill me?" Laughed off Jack without any sense of remorse.
Admetus was a frail boy, who couldn't speak up for himself.
Admetus stood up.
"Teacher, may I go to the bathroom?"
"Okay." The teacher said
Admetus got up and walked to the bathroom, leaving puddles of emotional distress.
His hands were bowled up under the tap with cold running water, washing his face with the scar on his lips.
"Why dont you just go away" Admetus said with emotional instability to himself.
But a flashback occured.
"Hey, I think your scar is pretty cool" said Cyra with a friendly smile.
"Oh.. ah thank you." Said Admetus.
The only thing that kept him staying in this school was Cyra, the only person ever to openly like his imperfections.
"Get your head in together, today is the day of confession." Said Admetus to himself.
His hearted pounded as the bell for interval rang loudly. He took breaths in and out of his chest.
Admetus put himself together, slowly walking outside to the corner that Cyra always hung around.
He hears them talking about him and stands in a hidden spot where he can hear them.
"Hey Cyra why did you complement that weird lip kid a day ago?" Said one of the popular girls named Jess.
"Pfft, I just wanted to see his ugly lip scar up close, and maybe I can use that loser to buy me lunch or something," said Cyra laughing with her eyes closed.
"Maybe I should do that too, you're a genius Cyra" said Jess with an open smile.
Admetus's heart was shattered, the only glimmer of hope that left him smiling and kept him emotionally stable was just a girl with a hidden persona just like his foster parents.
Tears ran vividly down Admetus's eyes with his undereyes swollen and his mouth closed to not make a sound.
He walked away, going to one of the classrooms to sit alone in silence.
But as he was walking, he entered Jack's zone, the zone where only Jack and his friends hung out.
THUMP!
Admetus tripped and he fell on the floor from the foot of Jack.
"Hey lip kid, hurry up and apologise to my shoe." Jack said with a sinister grin.
"Stop." Said Admetus seriously as he glared into Jack's eyes.
"Hey, I don't like that look on you, stare away before I actually hurt you." The true nature of Jack was clear as day, that joking persona was just the shell of something evil.
Jack slapped Admetus with force that made a sound that could be heard throughout Jack's zone.
"Boys, get out this is going to be serious." Said Jack without hesitation.
Admetus's nose bled from that single slap, although he had a scary scar he was a weak kid.
Admetus charged at Jack planning for a takedown out of rage, but through this boiled up anger he managed to take a hold of Jack and slam him into the ground.
"ARGH" coming out of Jack's mouth as a little bit of blood spilled from his mouth.
Jack kneed Admetus in the face and escaped his clutches.
"I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU SUFFER FROM NOW ON." Said Jack with his anger erupted.
Jack got serious, he swiftly used his footwork and delivered an uppercut that left Admetus on the floor.
While Admetus was unconscious, he texted his friend "Yo, call in the teachers now."
2 minutes later, Admetus woke up, blood coming out of his nose and he sees Jack standing with his nose and mouth covered in blood.
Admetus remembers not causing that much blood to be spilled.
Admetus ran to Jack planning to go for any kind of punch angered.
The teachers walked in.
Admetus's punch landed cleanly on Jack's bloodied face as he let Admetus land that punch.
Jack fell on the floor acting unconscious.
"THERE HE IS, THE PERSON THAT PUNCHED JACK FOR NO REASON!" Jack's friends said to the teacher.
"MY OFFICE NOW!" The teachers conclusion was final, nothing could convince her.
Admetus sat down, nervously with his bloodied nose.
He tried explaining what happened to him.
The teacher wouldn't listen, she only listened to Jack's friends story as they were 'reliable students'. The teacher had a final conclusion. "Admetus, I think it's time you face judgement for your injustice."
"But Miss Kirin-" briefly said Admetus
"NO, you have done enough harm, giving our school a bad image and now harming students, I always knew you were a bad person from the start." Interrupted Miss Kirin with a serious angery tone.
Jack's parents were top donors to the school, they desperately wanted to take Admetus to go to court and the school had to comply, but only after 2 days.
It was reported that Jack was randomly attacked by Admetus in the daily news reports, Jack's parents pushed this story more and more.
The next day everybody had heard the news, Admetus went to school, although expelled he wanted to erase his bad image.
When he walked in, judgmental whispers were not whispers anymore, they were insults that were loud.
"Go to prison you lip scarred freak" said Jack's friends.
"I knew he was a weirdo, that lip scar was probably from his random violent attacks." Said Cyra.
"I believed you were good Admetus, but how could you do this to Jack? He just makes jokes. I guess… you're just a violent lip freak after all" Said Zehra with her eyes turned away.
Admetus was frozen, mentally broken from all these harsh words that weren't true but could not be disproven as Jack's influence with his parents was far greater than he could imagine.