The Crane Kick

Talking With The Hawk

~ATHENA POV~

I stood in the dojo looking around, when I heard someone walk in. I turned quickly, my fists up, but I relaxed when I saw it was just Eli.

"Oh, it's just you."

He didn't say anything, but glared at me. I knew he was still angry at me about his hair, and I wanted to apologize, I just wasn't too sure how to approach the situation.

"Hey Eli..."

He glared angrily at me when I said that. "Oh so I'm Eli now?"

"Well unless you want to be called Hawk—" I said meekly, but was cut off.

"Does it look like I can be called Hawk?" He asked stepping forward. "You made sure I couldn't be called that anymore."

I flinched slightly as I thought about what happened.

Eli struggled to get free as he glared at Robby and I.

"You guys just ignoring the no fighting rule?" Eli asked.

"Oh we're not here to fight." Robby said, pulling something out.

Eli struggled harder when he saw the pocket knife.

"What're you going to do? Stab me?" He snarled.

"Not me." Robby answered. "Athena."

"What?" We asked together.

Robby handed it to me and I walked closer but didn't do anything.

"Come on LaRusso." Robby said. "Do it. You picked Cobra Kai. He's not your friend he's the enemy."

Robby had gotten real closer to my face at this point.

"DO IT!" He yelled at me.

I didn't flinch, but I gripped the knife tighter.

"What would Silver think if he saw you hesitate?"

I gripped the knife tighter and walked closer. I smirked as I brought the knife to Eli's hair. He looked as if he wanted to move, but he couldn't. He was froze in shock.

"I-I'm sorry," I stuttered. "I'm sorry about what I did to your hair—"

"Fuck, Athena!" He yelled turning to glare at me. "I don't give a shut about my hair!"

"Then why are you angry at me?" I asked confused.

"Because you ditched me for Cobra Kai." He said. "We made a promise that we would never abandon each other and you broke it."

I felt my face drop and I looked down. I did remember the promise we made each other. We made it after Sam ditched us and Aisha for Yasmin and Moon.

"Well you broke it too," I mumbled. "You had ditched Demitri."

He shook his head pointing at me. "This is still about you, Athena. Don't change the subject."

"Come on, Eli," I said. "You know how it is there. You know what it's like to go under the Cobra Kai effect. I mean, you broke Demitri's arm for goodness sake."

Eli didn't say anything, but he shook his head slightly.

"But for what it's worth, I'm sorry."

I went to walk out, but Eli stopped me. "Hey, you're good. I actually forgave you when you fought instead of Sam. I just wanted to hear you say it."

My mouth dropped open and I shoved him. "You asshole!"

He laughed, and I spent the rest of the day with him. It felt nice to laugh with my brother again.