Another Bad Boy Down

"Give him the footage." a clear suave voice said. They didn't need to take a look to find out who arrived. They know that voice pretty well. The staff secretly sighed in relief and they respectfully said "Welcome back owner."

"Go back to your stations. Clean up and close the cafe. Place a notice outside stating that we will resume operation Monday next week." the new comer said in a slow steady voice. The kneeling staff slowly stood up and bowed to him. They then went away and did what they were told.

Neo didn't say anything as he busied himself with his phone. Michael Song is a 19 years old college student. He met Neo during middle school, he was interested to the loner boy with a very cool and dangerous aura. Of course the process towards being friends with a guy like Neo was not easy. Luckily he was persistent and later on Neo got tired of shooing him away. He wanted to be a big brother figure to Neo but later on gave up and just went with the flow.

Mike is now sitting on the chair opposite Neo. He mischievously smiled as he pulled out his phone, after scanning for a while he read aloud "The ice queen spotted together with-" he was not able to finish reading when Neo suddenly interrupted him.

"You're late. Weren't you supposed to be here an hour ago?" Neo said as he slowly stood up.

"Well, a very beautiful lady needed my help earlier. Being a gentleman,I helped her. She was very grateful-" Mike said like he just did very heroic deed, unfortunately he wasn't able to finish his sentence because Neo cut him off again.

"Make sure that Vincent Gu gets the copy of the CCTV footage first thing in the morning. I'm leaving first, be careful on the road senior." Neo then walked out of the room and headed down stairs.

Mike shook his head helplessly as he looked at Neo's departing figure. He then moved his back on the screen of his mobile phone. He then thought to himself 'Tsk, What is that kid planning on getting involved with such a feisty lady?' as he looked at the pictures of Elrae.

**NEXT MORNING**

~~Back to Elrae POV~~

I literally dragged my self out of bed this morning. I was not able to sleep well last night, everything that happened yesterday came flashing back inside my head as I lay on my bed. Ugh!! How frustrating! I will get wrinkles very soon if this continues. I bet everyone in school now knows about what happened in the cafe. Vincent did came up with a good reason as to why I was with Neo but that would not be enough to stop the girls from spreading unwanted rumors about me. Especially with the commotion regarding the Sy sisters.

I sighed and examined my arm, the part where Veronica grabbed me yesterday is now bruised badly. My flawless skin, tsk, she really want to die early. As I examined my arm I can't help remembering last night when Vincent gave me an ointment. I also didn't expect for him to text me afterwards, making sure that I use the medicine he gave me.

After I made sure that I got everything I need inside my bag, I grabbed my mobile phone on top of my bed. I saw that I have a message notification. I opened the conversation, I can't help but chuckle as I read the text message.

CONVO:

Vincent: Don't be stubborn. Use the med I gave you. You wouldn't like the other girls to pick on you for having a scar, right? [received 7:53pm]

Elrae: Fine [sent 7:59pm]

Vincent: Don't worry about the issue with the student council, I got everything covered. By the way give me back my wallet. -.-

I didn't reply to his message. I shoved my phone inside my bag and strode out of my room. I'm ready to face the wild animals in the place called school.