His jaw twitched, his teeth chattered and Luke couldn't contain his anger anymore. Fuck if he's a girl. However, Patricia and the gang were out of line. Even since the incident in the forest last time, he had gone too far.
Even though it was still early, Patricia managed to get the students' attention to Rei. Some had pulled out their cell phones and pointed their cell phone cameras at them while giggling. Beside him, there was even a boy filming Rei while acting as if he was a reporter.
"Wow, guys! You have to see this, guys! The corridor looks like it's been flooded and a girl is really wet… O, o! I can see her small bra size… ha ha ha…"
Immediately Luke snatched the guy's cellphone and yelled in front of his face very loudly.
"What are you recording, idiot?! If you don't want to help, at least don't record anything! Use your brain, you fucking moron!" His words were incredibly irritated.
As a result, several cell phones were seen lowered and no one was giggling other than, of course, Patricia and her gang of girls upstairs. They poked fun at the pretentious Hero title and other swear words. So, Luke left to climb the stairs. Swept off Rei who was trying to restrain him and still headed to where Patricia was. They were still laughing when Luke arrived and without any further ado, Luke raised his hand, moved towards her and slapped Patricia. Some of Patricia's friends, who were laughing their heads off, immediately covered their mouths and held their breath. surprised.
"Stop it, you cheap bitch," Luke said.
“Wh—Aw! What did you call me just now?!” Patricia screamed back while holding one cheek.
“I said, stop all this bothering you. You've gone too far, Pat."
“How dare you hit a girl?!”
Patricia retaliated by hitting Luke on the head then grabbing his hair. He tugged so hard that Luke felt his scalp pop off. Then slapped him a few times. This was very strange, because it was Patricia Bowleans who was at fault, but she was the one who was angry. But this time Luke didn't reply and just groaned in pain.
Patricia kept slapping Luke's cheeks and the girls from Patricia's gang, starting to corner Luke against the second floor guardrail by hitting, kicking or scratching his body, while his friends cheered and the students surrounded them and became very noisy. Out of the corner of his eye, Luke also saw a bedraggled Rei trying to sneak between these crazy onlookers.
"Excuse me, please step aside. Luke… Luke…"
Luke could hear his shrill voice trying to match the cheers. On the other hand, her ears were starting to stubble because the hair roots that were being pulled seemed to be almost all pulled out. So Luke grabbed Patricia's hand as she was trying to tug at her collar and before the buttons undone, he held Patricia's hand with five fingers and then…
Kreek.
"A-aargh…!"
Patricia screamed unbelievably loudly. It was so loud that the laughter that had previously supported their fight turned into the sound of holding their breath followed by anxious tones and Luke still held Patricia's hand where he knelt in front of her while continuing to scream in pain.
“Luke… oh, no! ” Rei's voice made him release his grip and it was clear that Patricia's forearm was bent strangely. It's broken.
Luke could only remain silent.
Luke swears he didn't mean to break his hand.
***
Someone had called an ambulance and Patricia Bowleans was brought into the car sobbing and being supported by Anne Douglas. Luke himself, secured in the school clinic. Rei was next to him. Waiting for the clinic doctor to dab red medicine into the claw wounds on the face and hands. He had already replaced his wet clothes with the school's jacket and sweatpants. Rei kept apologizing because he thought that all the root of this problem lay with him.
Sorry Luke. I should have been a little bolder so you didn't have to hit Patricia. I am really, really sorry."
“ No … It's not your fault, Rei. I don't mind if I have to beat up Patricia. But… yeah… Anyway, you didn't do anything wrong. Come on, don't cry anymore. That just makes me uncomfortable.”
Then Rei cried silently. Turning his head to the side to wipe away the tears and telling Luke a dozen times was a good person to the point where Luke felt sick to himself and asked him to stop crying so he would feel better. Rei agrees.
In addition, Amy and Andrew, who had heard about Luke's fight with Patricia Bowleans, also appeared at the school clinic a few minutes later. The clinic door slid open and immediately showed Amy Lee's worried look.
“Oh, Luke!”
He ran and hugged Luke tightly, making some of the pain in Luke's shoulder and leg ache even more. Luke groaned softly so Amy quickly let him go.
"Sorry Sorry. You… gee, gosh, look at your face, Luke. You don't have to say much because I already know the story…”
"Val told them just now," continued Andrew, who rubbed Luke's shoulder gently.
"You've got ten minutes before the headmaster calls you son," said the doctor, "Yeah, I didn't expect the police to come, but some of the kids have already called 911. Good luck to you. Ah… Bowleans. Again Bowleans. Those kids really are…” The school clinic doctor's sentence was just hanging without any continuation. Then he left them.
Now there are only Luke, Rei Suzurao, Amy Lee, and Andrew Judges. Rei kept apologizing, Amy cursed at Patricia, and Andrew filled her ears with comforting words. Such as;
Rei said, “It's my fault. I apologize. Patricia's target was me, but Luke was always affected. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get Luke into trouble."
And Amy fired back, “Don't say things like that. Patricia deserved it. She's a mean girl, you know that! If it wasn't Luke, no kid would want to help you… yeah, me too, though. Sorry. But, well , basically Patricia Bowleans is a jerk. He annoys a lot of kids and unfortunately, he meets Luke this time so he gets some payback. Damn it! I wish you'd just broken his neck, Luke, and not just his hand!" Amy was so close she put her feet on the floor and folded her arms across her chest. His face also showed a sullen expression.
Then Andrew rubbed Amy's hair affectionately. Said, " Babe , if Luke broke his head, he'd be at the police station by now instead of here with us."
“Oh, Babe . Didn't you hear Miss Rachel say that some students have already called 911? Luke will still be in trouble! I hate to say this, Luke, but…” Amy trailed off and bit her lip. As if holding back the bad words that were about to be issued. Even so, Luke still could already guess what he wanted to say.
But compared to all that nagging, the most crucial thing that was occupying his mind right now was, "What should I tell Ulfa and Ben?" he said with great exasperation about this. Now they are silent.
***