Chapter 11 - The Sky

“There will be a time for you to protect something which you treasured, the time where you need to stand up and fight for it, sonny”

It’s was the famous quote from my grandpa when he is still alive. A quote full of chivalry was told to me when I was young. A quote which always made me laughed when he said that to me when I was in primary school.

I used to believe that I got nothing much to protect, in fact there is still a long way to go before I could find something worth protecting for. But right now, its does seems like grandpa was right. The same quote which made me laugh had filled me with chivalrous spirits.

With his words, I faced them, without any fears or doubt in me even though I was outnumbered

Like what you saw in movies and dramas, where the hero fought against a group of baddies, blocking off one’s attack and countered back with a kick on his chin while giving a hard punch onto another’s stomach, giving a kick onto his face even though he was lying down and crying for mercy.

Of course, these are illusions that merely exist in movies and dramas. Everything was faked except on the part where I was really outnumbered and was lying down there as they kicked me. It was pathetic.

Kobe, who was beside me, didn’t get off any better. In fact he was worse than me as his hand was badly bruised when he tried to cover his face against their attacks.

Both of us were lying down side by side, like fallen warriors. Our pants echoed through the silence park as we were trying to catch our breath and I couldn’t even think of what had happened earlier. It’s more like I do not even want to remember it.

The shade of the trees was covering us up, as if hiding our faces from the crowd. I couldn’t mind, at least I was still alive. Without thinking any much, I closed my eye and took in a deep breath, hoping that it will relieved my exhausted body.

Something trickles down on my face, something that is cold that made my eye opened.

Sheryl was kneeling down beside me crying, as if that I’m about to die. Of course I wouldn’t die, not from these injuries. The only thing I could do in that moment was to smile back at her, something which I ought to do as the pain that I’m feeling is nothing as compared to those Sheryl is having.

Yes, I failed as a gentleman. I made this maiden cried again, twice within a day.

She is not the only one who is crying, as there is another girl hugging onto Kobe and cried. That tough looking Kobe looks completely different now. He no longer has that uncaring looks in his eye, in fact he remains silence even though someone was crying beside him. Normally he would just ask them to shut up or even beat them up.

He noticed that I was looking at him, but he didn’t turn away. In fact he smiled back, as if thanking me for the help. Like what a men’ talks is, we understood each other’s intention without using words.

I looked up the sky.

The same azure sky looks even more beautiful, as if the heavy storm was finally cleared at last. The sun which was high up in the sky, lighten up the whole city, bringing colors to the surrounding.

Brightening up the beginning of today…