POWER || LOOKISM

CHAPTER 8

"Daniel, what are you doing?"

You were seated by your desk, raising a brow at Daniel who had pulled up a chair so he could sit next to you. He rested his chin on his hand as he observed your features, a charming smile painting his lips.

"You're so cute."

Your eyes widened over his compliment, a blush creeping up to your cheeks as you felt flustered and Daniel caught it making him chuckle.

It was still early so you and him were the only ones in the room and you were finding his behavior strange.

You were trying to remember why Daniel was acting this way but since this was during the first hundred chapters of the series, it was hard to recall the reason.

"What are you thinking about?"

Daniel carressed your cheek and turned you so you were looking in his direction and you noticed your face was too close to his. His eyes moved down to your lips, the temptation to close the gap being strong.

"You're lips look so pretty."

He leaned forward, his eyes closing as he anticipated the feeling of your lips against his but his eyes opened as soon as he felt your hand block his lips.

He blinked at you while you stared at him with an unimpressed look.

"Are you drunk?"

The bell rang at that moment and Daniel had no choice but to return to his seat, not answering your question.

It was that time when Daniel ended up at an escort club and he got himself drunk, causing a mess at school and making Crystal hate him more.

God, this was going to be a mess.

When lunch had come by, you were seated on an empty table, taking your time to eat but you looked over to your left when someone seated themselves next to you.

"Oh, hi [F/N]." Vasco greeted while you smiled in his direction.

"Why don't you greet me like that?"

You turned to Daniel to see he was acting jealous and you sighed, focusing back on your food.

"Leave me alone, Daniel."

Vasco was surprised by how you were treating his friend and couldn't stay quiet.

"Why are you being harsh to Daniel?"

You didn't have to answer as the teacher came by your table and pulled the handsome boy by his ear.

"Alcohol smell."

Vasco was astonished by what he heard before he glanced over to you. Your face told him you knew all this time and he felt slightly guilty for making an assumption about you.

"Sorry." He apologised while you shook your head, saying it was fine.

Vasco then engaged into a fight with Daniel until a senior came in the way and stopped them. While all this was happening, you had finished your food and made a run for it, not wanting to deal with Daniel and his drunk charm.

"[F/N], wait!"

You ran off, trying to get away from him but you were cornered, your back pressing to the wall.

"Calm down, Daniel. We can just talk-" He slammed his hand next to your face startling you before he leaned down.

You could just knock him out with a punch easily but it was the fact that you had to keep your inhuman strength a secret that was preventing you from doing so.