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Chapter 59: Emotions Are For Children

Song quote: As the world caves in
Oh girl,
It's you
That I lie with
As the atom bomb locks in
Oh it's you I watch TV with
As the world
As the world caves in
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Third Person's Pov:

Gerard stood in a park, with Jake standing behind him, but also keeping a distance.

Gerard began to think to himself for a moment, remembering what Alex had told him not too long ago.

"He said he was Jake Ji from Daehyeon high. I don't know, but... Ben seemed pretty up for it too."

"Fuck."

"I just feel so sad for Big Ben... Why is he always involved in this kind of shit?" Alex finished as he let out a sigh, before Gerard snapped out of his thoughts and decided to speak to Jake.

"So... What do you want, Jake Ji?" Gerard questioned as he glanced back to where Jake was.

"I want Ben Park... To fight me without holding back. That means, I need to take you down first." Jake answered as he looked up from the ground to look at Gerard.

"You're Gerard Jin. Do-Eui middle school's Mad Hound, right?"

"If I don't do this, Ben Park won't take this fight seriously. I'm not sure if you've heard of the rankings before... But there are four Eunjangs in it." Jake continued as he lifted his hand to add on "Ben Park... Female Fighter... White Mamba... And you, Gerard Jin."

"But I can't fight the ones who are still recovering, right? He was on the brink of death. And... I don't know how to explain this, but I kind of want to save him for later."

"For Female Fighter... She has a cast. I can't fight her as well. Plus, I'll say that I have a sort of... Connection with her, so I'm not really interested in fighting her." Jake told him and Gerard thought to himself for a quick moment.

'Connection...? Does he know (Y/n)?'

"That's why I chose to come after you. You're the one who will... Spur Ben Park to give it his all." Jake finished as he gave Gerard a quick glare. Gerard didn't say anything back, he just stood there quietly.

'Come to think of it... I haven't really fought one-on-one since middle school. It was always a group fight.' Gerard thought to himself before looking at Jake, giving him a glare through his bangs "And what if I win? Will you stop pestering Big Ben?"

"Well, that will never happen." Jake answered as he removed his fedora and placed it on the bench.

He lifted his hand up to his neck and began to crack it, getting ready to fight Gerard "But if you somehow managed to win..." Jake added on before lifting both his hands in the air, right next to head.

"Then I'll never come near Ben again." Before Jake could continue, Gerard had already thrown a kick at Jake, only for Jake to swiftly dodge it "Whoa!"

"You started it."

The both of them began to fight each other, Gerard using his legs to try and at least kick Jake with his legs, until Jake grabbed onto his leg and pulled on it, giving him an opportunity to whack Gerard with his elbow in the face.

Gerard quickly managed to get his leg out of Jake's grip and backed away. Jake's movements were on another level.

Jake clenched his fist as he jumped up in the air, about to land a punch on Gerard.

'I've heard about this before. If I just avoid that, I might have a chance...' Gerard thought to himself before quickly blocking Jake's flying punch with his arm.