My System & My Academy of Superpowers

"Ryan…. you idiot, pervert"

"W- what? Why a pervert?"

"Cause you grabbed my boobs don't you remember?"

Doc stopped laughing. I felt a glare at myself. 

"You touched her boobs?"

"It was an accident, doc. I am not that kind of pervert"

"Oh, okay" she started laughing again. Aah, I made such a mistake! 

"Seriously are you that obsessed with me, Ryan? I asked about Gwen, not myself you know"

"I am not obsessed and it is a strong word. I know you asked about Gwen" I moved my eyes at Gwen "She's cute. She will turn pretty in the future"

"Thanks" she looked away shyly.

"What about me, Ryan?" Naomi asked.

"Ah, I am not there to do that, come on guys!"

"Sorry, I was just fucking kidding"

*****

I went to the cafeteria. I found a table which was empty, I sat on them, keeping it for my friends to come. I looked around and saw Cheryl's group Taylor was not there with those girls. 

I sat there doing nothing. Waiting for my friends to come but… someone else came. 

"Ryan" She called my name, no it was not Taylor but was her leader. I moved my eyes up at her, she was staring down at me with huge intensity. 

"Cheryl? Yes?"

"I dunno what you did you Taylor" She moved in front of me, "Can I?" Pointed at a chair which was in front of me, in front of her. 

"Sure" she pulled the chair out and sat down on it.

"But she is acting really weird now,"

"In what sense? And I am not the one who did something, she was the one who did"

"What?"

"She kissed me, then said 'we are dating' without even asking me. I turned her down cause I don't have any interest in dating her"

"Huh" for a second her eyes were widened, but I guess she was trying to hide it, "Explain in detail"

"Nothing to explain. She said she wanted a picture with me because of this" I pointed at my closed eye, "I said fine just one time. She acted as if she's taking a photo but suddenly kissed me"

"She? She and you? Are you serious"

"If you don't wanna believe me then please go, I am not in for this dating bullshit in the first place. I hate love stories even if it's my own"

"Sorry. Let's hear you out"

"The next day she says we are dating cause she kissed me, and was spreading rumors about us sleeping together and shit in front of my unit members"

"So?"

"So?"

"I mean, did you guys, you and Taylor really…" Cheryl made some hand gestures like throwing her hands in the air saying 'you understand what I mean' but I wanted to play along.

"We what?"

"You know… uh. Did you guys really did those things, like sleeping together and- things like those?"

"Ah! You mean those?" I gave her two hums. 

"Did you?" I smirked at her.

"No, we didn't. I am a full virgin. Those were just the rumors by her. I am still a full virgin"

"You don't feel ashamed at all calling yourself a virgin do you?"

"Oh, no I am not. I am proud to be a virgin and proud to be me"

"Okay. so is that the reason she's acting like this?"

"How is she acting?"

"You know, depressed, angry, insecure, and other things"

"I see. Well, I can't do anything about it. I am not responsible for her claiming we are couples before we even started dating. Not like I was gonna date her anyway"

"Sigh. okay. Can't believe my ears I just heard she fell for you"

"Nay, I don't think she fell for me. She said something about my fighting skills, my power, and my fights were cool. I think was just attracted to some of my punches. It's not true love"

"Maybe she likes you just because you beat the shit out of people and bring them down to the verge of killing them and every time someone has to stop you"

"Hm. thanks for the compliment but… when assassins came, I was not able to win against them… they took this" I again pointed at my eye, "Doc is finding it hard to heal my eye" I added.

"So there is someone who's stronger than you"

"What are you talking about? I am the weakest pupil of this Academy"

"Yeah," she stood up, "A self-proclaimed weakest student" she walked away, "See you around"

"See ya"

"With that beast-like power inside, he's nothing but a monster" she muttered. Did she forget I can hear meters away? "I wonder if I will be able to win against him"

"There he is," I moved my eyes to the cafeteria's entrance. My mates were there. Gwen, and Naomi leading the group. 

"Yo," I pulled my index finger, middle finger, and thumb together with my right hand. And lifted them up having some space between each finger. 

I call this… ugh… what do I call this? 'My Sign' yep. It's my sign. Lousy pulled my hand above my head. 

Devon came to me running, he sat down on the chair in front of me, I got up and went to get the trays for us. 

Gwen, Naomi, Pete already went to the counters for taking their lunches. 

I came and joined them too. Naomi was now calm. I never felt this frustrated because of what Erin used to say. I first doubted if Naomi was overreacting as planned but when I was not there she still crushed at her. 

It made me feel at ease. I have someone who can genuinely get angry with me. Doc, who seriously cares for me despite her jokes. Gwen who always is sweet to be, and doubts I am still a vampire. Pete doesn't speak much but is a good guy, though he always opens his mouth at times he is not supposed to.

And then lastly Devon who is nice to have by my side. He's really reliable, we can rely on him. He's strong, he will help you with anything possible. 

I trust my friends enough to tell them about my deepest fear, deepest trauma. 

"I don't see Taylor here today" Devon glanced around the cafeteria once more while eating his dinner. 

"Oh, Cheryl told me she's in her room cause she is depressed," I told him.

"You talked with Cheryl?"

"Yeah came to me saying she wanna talk about Taylor. I said okay. So we talked" 

"What happened to her?"

"She's acting depressed, angry, gloomy because I turned her down"

"Whoa…. Ryan, you even got your first confessions?"

"OH come on. She said we are couples, I said we are not. So she's depressed. And I hate love stories even if it's my own"

"Since when?"

"Since I entered the cafeteria tonight".

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