Rei picked up the drink he had bought from the vending machine, enjoying himself as he tried to calm himself down from the events from his class until he was shoved against the wall when he was walking himself back. "I spent fourteen dollars for that…" He thought to himself before looking at the direction of who pushed him.
Three individuals. One is a tall male with messy hair and a skinny body, the other two were slightly taller than him but had a body that was healthy. "You? A sorcerer? Don't make us laugh, everyone knows what you did. Just give up." The tall male said while the other two agreed before adding their own.
[5th year student]
[Name: Jayce]
[Prowess: Lightning Charge (4.9)]
[5th year student]
[Name: Phill]
[Prowess: Speedster (4.5)]
[5th year student]
[Name: Ben]
[Prowess: Energy Stockpile (5.6)]
"He's right. You are nothing but a pile of scrap" Phill stated with a glare.
"You're a horrible human being." Ben added while trying to look tough despite their knees shaking a little.
Their words struck deep since Rei knew that they were right, but was it wrong to make amends and try doing better? "So? Is it wrong for me to try something better then?" He asked which somehow made the trio mad at him, feeling mocked as one of them threw a punch at him. "Bastard!" They exclaimed while Rei held his cheek, breathing heavily which made the trio feel confident with themselves when they didn't see his eyes that were filled with rage.
"What are you gonna do? You are a vermin!" One of them shouted which attracted more people to come at their situation, the gossip getting to him as Rei struggled to calm himself down. He decided to try backing away to be the better person until the tall male said something that made him snapped.
"You know. I bet that bitch is around you like a slut all because she feels guilty about you."
Rei punched the male right at his guts, the one who received it immediately hurled while the other immediately activated their prowess in retaliation. One had a strength augmentation while the latter had a speed boost. "You bastard!" The male with the strength augmentation tried to hit Rei as the latter only side stepped, his red eyes glowing bright before landing a punch straight into their face.
It was an all out brawl except the trio were getting themselves beaten by Rei without any difficulty, their own prowess mirroring from him except for the power boost since Rei's prowess seemed to be more powerful than theirs. "Copycat bastard!" Jaycee shouted before shooting out a lightning bolt to Rei who in response only countered it with his own lightning bolt that seemed to overpowered him before Jaycee got electrocuted.
The brawl became a one sided assault, Ben had his arm twisted and fractured while moaning in pain on the ground, Phill had blood dripping down on the top of his head while against the wall. Meanwhile, Jaycee started to beg except Rei continued his assault, His grip on the latter's collar tight while the free hand continued to land at Jaycee's face.
Rei was about to beat the guy to a pulp until three staff members arrived to stop his rampage, the looks on everyone's face made him even angrier before depowering down while receiving threats and scolding from them. It was clear that almost the entire school was against him. "Damnit." He muttered to himself being escorted to the principals office.
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"This is your final warning." Rei was angry with the principal, after all, he didn't start the fight despite his aggressiveness that led him to brutalise his own schoolmates and classmates. "If there's another incident with you, then pack your stuff and leave." The principal said before dismissing Rei as the young male left the room, frustrated at the fact that he was the only one who got the warning.
It was a total joke since he was only like this due to the bullying and incident that happened weeks ago. Rei pretended to be a blank since the school is supposed to only focus on academics and not prowess but he got the opposite as more people are only favoured when it comes to prowess. He applied as a blank without revealing his information but somehow the principal got a hold of it.
Rei had a great school year for the past two years until he couldn't tolerate the bullying anymore. He snapped like anyone else if they are willing to understand but the staff, teacher and principal couldn't care less since they only care about success and superior prowess users. The only reason why Rei was able to get in is all due to his status with his prowess. A hidden prowess that he didn't want to use but had to reveal, all because of the bullying and pressure that built up within him.
"Wanna ditch school?" Rei looked ahead as he saw a magenta haired female. Sylvie Seraphim, the only person that stayed with him ever since the first day he attended the school and until now even when she just found out his original status from months ago.
[5th year student]
[Name: Sylvie Seraphim]
[Prowess: Time Manipulation (8.0)]
"Only if you pay for everything." Rei said with a relaxed tone, completely different from her as the female could only smile at him. "Alright, my treat then." she added before pulling him to go on their way, both activating their prowess to make sure they pass others without anyone witnessing them.
If there was anything else in his life that was worth, it was this magenta haired female that he befriended. Sylvie was what anyone or everyone would call the ideal best friend except for their own genders in a situation. The two were inseperable ever since they got close, whenever one is down; the latter would be there to cheer them up. If one of them were in trouble; the other one would be there to join the fun or to help them out of trouble.
Their friendship didn't begin with all sunshine and colours, it started with downs and ups when Rei was putting up an act of being a 'blank'. He joined the school year late due to personal reasons that made him tried to play an act of a 'blank' although the passive ability of his prowess was the only thing that he couldn't get rid of which allowed him to sense active prowess.
The only benefit that Rei could get was to avoid some devastating blows that would've ended his life although he had to take some major injuries that were not life threatening to play off the act of being vulnerable.
Sylvie was the only person that Rei could depend on when his life was in turmoil and things go out way. She was the one who could calm him down whenever he got too pent up with life to the point he was about to stop his act.
In the end, Sylvie found out about his fake status months ago, although she never questioned him and still decided to honor his secret by acting along with him in order for his prowess to stay hidden.
"What would I do without you…" Rei thought to himself before he followed Sylvie when entering the restaurant. "I'll take the same one as usual." Rei said to Sylvie as he went to find a seat for them.
His mind calming down from all the anger and frustration of the fight with the trio and talk with the principal. Rei sat down and started to relax when Sylvie got their orders with her, handing one to him. "We can talk anything else unless you wanna discuss about it." She said as she drank her own boba.
Rei felt appreciated as he nodded his head before taking a quick sip then started to talk about his day from the early morning before the incident took place.
Glad to have someone to talk to without them criticising him in every second and only to give their opinions when he was done talking while also pointing out the right and wrong in him which was totally understandable since he had taken therapy prior from a certain incident that he and Sylvie refused to bring it up again after everything they've been through.
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