fight or flight [ brance ]

002

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mentions of ab*se and suic*de

"and i'm hoping it ain't true, every single rumor that i heard of you say"

—bruce yamada

i turn to look at finney who is looking at the boy, he had curly blonde hair and was wearing ripped denim.

"hey vance!" finney says with that same smile "hey finney blake" the boy, who i'm gonna assume name is vance, responds with a smirk. "vance, finney, stop talking. it's the first day and your already talking" the teacher hisses, i can see the blonde boy is obviously pissed, same with finney.

"shut your ass. we just said hi to eachother. it's not like we're dealing fucking drugs or anything" he sasses at the teacher, i can hear the whole class let out a shocked gasp "vance hopper, it's the first day and your already cursing and disrespecting me?! it's the same as last year. you really can't change! say something like that again and you'll have detention, you already have so many detentions from last year on your record. can you really afford anymore?" she lectures him, i look over and he just rolls his eyes as she continues talking.

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we didn't talk about any math. just introductions and boring stuff. going over what we were gonna learn this year.

"already we have 10 more minutes. you can socialize with your peers" the teacher says before taking a seat at her desk

i feel a tap on my shoulder, "hey! are you new?" i hear a voice say from behind me. i turn around and see a girl. a really beautiful girl. she was asian, her hair had curtain bands and was jet black. her eyes were a beautiful shade of brown. her smile was so perfect, a smile that can make your day

"oh uh, yeah i am" i respond turning in my seats to face her "i'm kei" she smiles putting her hand out with a big smile. "bruce" i respond feeling my face go red

do i have a crush on this girl? no no maybe i'm just feeling ill or something, yeah! just ill

"it's nice seeing another asian, there's like 4 other asians" she chuckles, how can someone's chuckle be so perfect

"oh really? i don't know why i thought there would be more asians here" i respond, "i can understand why" she sighs out "why'd you move here? isn't the best place to be if i'm gonna be honest" she questioned

i was so focused on her eyes. every blink was perfect. her dimples when she smiles. everything was so perfect

"well my dad got a job down here so" i respond adding a shrug

before she can respond the bell rings, "where's you next class?" she asks getting up throwing her backpack around her shoulder "science, room..." i trail on getting my schedule out of my jacket pocket "room 71" i finish "my class is right next to there! wanna walk together?" she asks and i feel myself blush more, "yeah of course!"

we walk for a little, it's silent, but a good silent

"whats up with that guy. i think his name is vance?" i ask, she lets out a sigh

"well he's known was pinball vance. he is always getting into fights, cussing out teachers, always skipping, vandalizing. teachers call him the highschool drop out. he's been held back before. he only has a couple of friends. one of them being finney blake. there's a bunch of rumors about him" she goes quite for a little "rumors? what rumors?" i ask.

why am i so invested?

"people say he abused his ex girlfriend to the point of suicide. no one knows the full story, but that's what everyone says. he was proven not guilty or whatever but no one at school believes him. she always had bruise marks and such so it makes sense" kei just shrugged and looked at the ground

"do you believe them?"

"i mean there's no reason i shouldn't. there's no proof that he didn't abuse her"

"well there's no proof he did, is there?"

why am i defending him?

"true... well, here's your room. have fun" she smiles, another perfect one, and walks into her room

i open the door and soon taking my seat. after 2 minutes i hear someone ask "is this seat taken?" i turn to see vance hopper, standing right next to me

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NEW CHARACTER WHATTT!?