Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 100

Violet’s P.O.V.

“You know that he likes you, right?” Matthew asked me in a light tone and I narrowed my eyes at him in confusion. “Who?” I asked him when he didn’t say anything else again. He rolled his eyes and then flicked my forehead. “Kyle, of course, stupid”, he replied to me while scolding me. I frowned and then rubbed the area where he hit me. I knew he meant no harm and that was why I didn’t flinch or feel scared. “He doesn’t like me…. He hates me… and he always replaces a way to hurt me”, I replied to him in a flat tone stating the obvious. Matthew must have hit his head somewhere. I remembered that the ball hit his chest during the game. That was why he was spitting nonsense right now. But if the ball hit his chest then how did his brain function get affected?

He sighed aloud and then slapped his forehead while looking at me helplessly. “Why are you so naïve, Violet?” he g*****d in frustration and I just looked at him blankly. “I am not naïve”, I immediately defended myself. He raised his brows and I slumped down my shoulders. “Okay, maybe I am naïve but he doesn’t like me”, I admitted my defeat but stayed on my statement. We were now watching some athletic events. “You will know soon”, he said in a mysterious way and then winked at me. I just tilted my head a little to understand the meaning of his words. He smirked and then looked in front of us. I saw Bella on tracks. She was participating in 200-meter race now. I clapped for her and wished her when she looked at me. She immediately waved her hand to me with a wide smile on her lips.

“You got a friend here, huh?” Matthew asked me in an amusing tone this time and I smiled again. In the past two days, she talked a lot to me through text messages. The most surprising thing was that she didn’t ask much about Vivek but about me. I was a little suspicious but there was nothing in my life that I needed to hide. She told me about the rumors about me circulating in the school but I asked her not to pay attention to them. She wanted to be an athlete. She could do this. I could say that she was hard-working and determined to achieve her goal. Soon the race started and I started biting my nails due to nervousness. She was running so fast leaving everyone behind her.

“Yeyyyyyyy”, I yelled happily when she won the race. I clapped happily while cheering for her. I felt a gaze on me and looked in Matthew’s direction. He still had that smile on his lips. I didn’t pay any attention to him and looked back at Bella. “You found a friend here, huh?” I flinched in fear when someone suddenly spoke on my other side. I looked at the person and frowned when I saw Augustus sitting near me on the other side. “What do you want, Augustus?” Matthew immediately pulled me towards him while glaring at Augustus. “O come on… I am not going to eat her”, he replied to Matthew in a mocking tone.

“I got this”, I whispered to Matthew and squeezed his hand on my arm to assure him that I was okay. He looked at me with concern and I smiled faintly. I didn’t want any dispute with this guy here. I didn’t know why but he always gave me creepy feelings. I met him last year during a competition. At that time too, he tried to talk to me but I ignored him completely. “You are something”, he commented on me and I looked at him blankly this time. “You are the talk of the school right now. Everyone talks about you more than they talk about the events going on”, he commented again and I scoffed. “Do I need to care about what others say, huh?” I sneered and he raised his brows.

“You don’t care?” he asked me in surprise and I just moved my shoulders up and down while jerking my head a little. He chuckled and then looked in the direction of the tracks again. I also did the same thing because I was not interested in talking with him. I said to Matthew that I was okay but I was shaking internally. I was never comfortable in the company of strangers, and this boy was a complete stranger to me. “What do I need to do to be your friend, Violet?” he asked me after some time. I lowered my eyes and clicked my tongue. “I don’t need friends”, I answered him in a cold tone this time.

“You have twenty boys around you who always keep you shielded. Still you said that you don’t need friends. Strange”, he replied to me in a calm tone but I could feel the taunt in his tone. “That’s none of your business”, I said in a cold tone and then looked back at Matthew. I knew that I was in trouble right now. I remembered that Ethan and Kyle asked me to stay away from him. Why didn’t trouble leave me? They always replace their way to me no matter wherever I go. Sia was enough trouble for me and now he was creating trouble for me. “Come on…. Don’t be so rude. I am a good boy and can be a very good friend”, he persisted once again and now I felt my hands shaking due to anxiety.

“She said, no, Augustus, and … no… means …. No”, Matthew answered him this time in a cold tone and put his hand on my shoulder from behind. “Listen… I… I am not good in conversation and I don’t think that there is any need to be friends with you. So, please leave me alone”, I requested him in a bit shaky voice this time. He was a creep and I could feel this to my bones. Suddenly I felt that I saw Kyle behind him. I immediately tilted my head and my eyes lit up when I saw him coming towards us with Ethan. Augustus also moved in that direction and suddenly stood up. “We will meet again, love”, he whispered before standing up and the way, he called me, love, I felt a chill run down my spine.

Kyle and Ethan with other boys came near to us and Kyle immediately sat down near me at the place where Augustus was sitting earlier. I wrapped my hands around his arm and hid my face behind his arm. His familiar scent immediately filled my system making me feel safe. “What is he doing here?” I heard Ethan asking something. “He wanted to talk to her”, Matthew answered him in a pissed tone. Kyle removed my hands from his arm and wrapped his hand around my shoulder pulling me closer to him. I was not trembling now. “You are alright now. Relax”, Kyle comforted me and I just shook my head a little, still trembling.

“Here… drink some water”, he asked me in a low and gentle tone and I opened my eyes slowly. He held my hand on the bottle and helped me in drinking some water. I gulped down a mouthful of water and took a deep breath. I wanted to go back to our room and lie down but there were still some events yet to finish. Moreover, the whole place there would be deserted. So, going back was a big no for me. Kyle put my head on his shoulder and patted my head gently. “Close your eyes and try to be relaxed, princess. I got you”, he gently comforted me again. It seemed that my body has its own mind and it heard his command. My eyes slowly closed up and I slumped down my body in his embrace.

“He…. He.. is ..a creep”, I whispered while snuggling into his shoulder. “I know… but you don’t need to worry… he will not do anything to you”, Kyle replied to me while trying to comfort me again. I was holding his t-shirt down on his waist tightly. “Just relax and don’t think anything”, he commanded me again and I shook my head again. I took a few deep breaths and let him comfort me. What an irony that I was getting comfortable in his arms once again. We were not talking after our fight on the bus and still, I looked for him when I was in trouble. I shouldn’t feel like this yet I wanted him to be with me.

There was so much noise around me yet I was at ease. I didn’t want to be close to him after that fight but I was once again in his embrace. I didn’t know what the future was going to bring for me but my present was very chaotic. “Let’s go”, suddenly Kyle said to me and I slowly lifted my head up and looked at his face. “You and Matthew haven’t eaten anything yet. Let’s go and eat something”, he said while looking at me gently. I was about to say something when suddenly my stomach grumbled making me bit my lower l*p in embarrassment. He chuckled and rubbed my arm gently. “Let’s go”, he said once again and I just kept my head low.

He stood up after grabbing my hand and I also stood up. “I will wait for you here. Come back soon”, Ethan said to me. I nodded and then followed Kyle behind him. Matthew was walking behind me. “I am really so hungry”, I heard Mathew complaining behind me and I felt pity for him because he stayed behind only to accompany me. These boys were doing everything to keep me safe and I really felt like a burden on them now. Kyle pulled me out of the crowd and I took a breath of relief. I never felt comfortable among the crowd. Kyle kept holding my hand and I also didn’t try to remove my hand from his grip. The warmth of his palm was enough to keep me relaxed.

He stood up after grabbing my hand and I also stood up. “I will wait for you here. Come back soon”, Ethan said to me. I nodded and then followed Kyle behind him. Matthew was walking behind me. “I am really so hungry”, I heard Mathew complaining behind me and I felt pity for him because he stayed behind only to accompany me. These boys were doing everything to keep me safe and I really felt like a burden on them now. Kyle pulled me out of the crowd and I took a breath of relief. I never felt comfortable among the crowd. Kyle kept holding my hand and I also didn’t try to remove my hand from his grip. The warmth of his palm was enough to keep me relaxed.

“Hey, Violet”, Matthew called me while walking towards the cafeteria. I looked at him questioningly. “Are you still working on Rein’s assignment?” he asked me and I nodded still looking at him questioningly. “Actually we both have some questions in common. Please tell me their answers too”, he pleaded while shrinking his nose and making an innocent face. “Okay… I will do that”, I said while shrugging my shoulders but felt Kyle’s grip on my hand tighten. I looked at him this time but he once again had his cold face. I sighed internally and then looked at Matthew who was looking at me curiously. I pursed my lips while giving him a look see-what-I-told-you look.

He looked at Kyle and looked back at me with a pitiful gaze. Suddenly his brows raised with a mischievous smirk that immediately put me on alert. “Violet” he called me so sweetly while smiling ear to ear. I was still looking at him suspiciously. “I know that you don’t have a boyfriend. I wonder if you like to go on a date with me after we go back?” he asked me while raising his brows hopefully, still smiling ear to ear. I immediately shrank my shoulders while looking at him in shock. What the hell was wrong with him?

“She is not free”, Kyle suddenly spat while pulling me on his other side. “You can’t decide for her”, Matthew protested immediately while lunging towards me but Kyle immediately came between us and now I could see was his back. “I can”, Kyle replied to him in a cold tone and I gulped hard. I looked around and blushed in embarrassment because the students around us were now giving us some weird looks. “No, you can’t… you are not her boyfriend”, Matthew once again protested and now I really wanted to open his brain and wanted to see what was going on inside his brain.

“I am her boyfriend and I can decide for her”, Kyle replied to him immediately but his statement made my heart skip a beat. “Kyle… what are you saying?” I immediately pulled his hand and scolded him in a hushed tone. Since when he became my boyfriend? He didn’t answer me and kept dragging me toward the cafeteria. I looked behind and saw Matthew still having the same mischievous smirk and when our eyes met, he gave me I-told-you-so look. I sighed in defeat and then moved my head in front again and hung my head low. “Do you want to go on a date with him?” Kyle asked me in a hushed but angry tone and I craned my neck towards him, looking at him in confusion.

“Answer me”, he gritted his teeth in anger and tightened his grip on my fingers. I frowned in pain and looked down at our intertwined fingers. He immediately loosened his grip on my fingers. “Hey… go there and sit … I will bring orders for you two too”, Matthew pointed towards a table in a corner after we entered the cafeteria. Kyle dragged me towards that table but I could feel that he was angry now because I didn’t answer him. I think… now we needed to talk seriously. He made me sit on a chair and then sat down near me on the other chair. “You didn’t answer me yet. Do you really want to go on a date with him?” he asked me again in the same angry but low tone. I took a deep breath and tightened my grip on his fingers as he was still holding my hand. “So what if I?” I asked him in a calm tone looking straight into his eyes and his eyes went wide in shock.