The 1 Rule - haobin

they'll do fine

"Ok, if they come up to you, what do you do?" I ask, Jude walking beside me

"Punch them and go home" Jude replies

No... you run away, call or text me, and tell a teacher" I say, rolling my eyes, not understanding how it's so hard for her to get it

"So I can't have the punch in my plan?"

"No, not really," I reply. Jude sighs beside me, and the school comes into light in front of us.

Before we get to the gates, I turn around to look at Jude, grabbing her by the shoulders

"Seriously though, Jude. Don't let them do anything to you. Just run as soon as you see them" I say, worry visible in my voice. Who can blame me though?

"Alright, alright. I got it. Can I go now?" Jude says, looking towards the gates. I nod, releasing her, and watch her walk towards her section of the school buildings.

She'll be fine. If she's already done it so many times, she'll be fine.

My eyes blur, vision only seeing black, and I notice how a hand is being put over my eyes. They are cold, but soft

"Who is it?" I hear a voice. Cho

"Hm.. maybe Cho?" I respond, laughing. The hand lets go of me, and surely, Cho appears before me

"Nervous?" she asks. I shrug

"Not really" I say, shrugging

"Right, I forgot that you like maths," Cho says. i'm about to protest, but then remember how she thinks that I love Math and hate History

"Right..." I say between an awkward laugh

"Why do you have another bag with you?" Cho says, looking down at the bag between my arms. I look down at it, and look up

"Uh... just some extra stuff I needed" I say. Cho nods, her eyebrows up in suspicion

"ok... by the way, I just saw Ricky a few minutes ago. I haven't seen him these last few days. Lucky him for not having our previous subjects" she says. My eyes widen

"He's here?!"

"Yeah? Do you know why he wasn't here?"

"Uh, no - no idea" I say. Cho nods

"Mk, imma head to my exam classroom. I'll see you, yeah? We haven't hung out in a long time" she says, a smile on her face. It hurts. I'm a horrible person. I've lied to her

"Right. Cya" I say, a smile on my face as well. Cho nods and waves at me, walking off to the building. I look at my phone

---

Hao Hao

Hey

Where are u?

I have your bag

I'll be right there

Meet me at the gate

Alr

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I walk toward the gate, and surely enough, I see a boy with dark ginger hair run out of one of the buildings. He looks around cautiously, his pace slowing down a little, and then jogs up to me

"Hey" he says awkwardly

"Hey. Here you go" I say, handing him his bag

"Thanks" He says, without a smile, looking around still