Outrun The World

Chapter 25

"Stop it!" Rica shouted in Mandarin and she was also shouting at the others.

Mo Guan Shan was pulled harshly and when he looked behind him, a fist was coming to meet his face but it stopped abruptly so he quickly slinked back to regain a better footing. He's on guard and he felt everything going on around that he decided he'd fight whoever tries to threaten him. It was the Battering Ram, but Nato had linked his arm on the man's arm, almost hugging it to his chest and pulling at it. He Tian inserted himself between them and placed a hand on the man, firmly pushing him away while talking softly in Visayan. Nato let go when the Battering Ram shoved him but he's still enduring a staredown, talking like they're spitting insults at each other.

"That's enough, Little Mo," He Tian said, also in Mandarin, walking towards him with a slight limp. "He's unconscious."

"Fuck, I'm gonna kill him," he replied. "Are you okay? Did you break anything?"

"No, I didn't," He Tian said. "Calm down, you're hyperventilating."

Mo Guan Shan can't stop himself. He's too wired to chill and He Tian's too close and he wanted to punch him for not getting angry when he's fucking seething. He needed to break something or he's going to explode!

"See?! I told you I wasn't in the mood! We shouldn't have come here!" he shouted at He Tian. People were gawking at them and he wanted to poke their eyes out so they wouldn't look.

"Okay, okay, let's just go," He Tian said, pulling him close and hugging him tight so he would calm down. He bit He Tian's inner arm and felt his arm muscles tense up but he didn't let go. "You did good."

Satisfied, Mo Guan Shan stopped and almost cried when he noticed that He Tian's skin was actually bleeding and his teeth were clearly etched red on his pale skin.

"Calmed down already?"

"You should've whacked me when I went too far," he said but He Tian just pulled him to his body again and leaned on him while they walked.

"What a feisty Little Bean you are."

Mo Guan Shan took one last look at the unconscious man on the floor and the angry looks that the other group was shooting at them. Their own group decided to leave the crowd and walked back together.

"Don't worry, it was intentional, and I got a video on Nato's phone," Rica assured them. The kid gave her the phone to hold on to so he wouldn't accidentally break it in the middle of the game.

"Huh, that serves them right. Calling us bayot and all," Sydney said, laughing. "We were ahead though, so technically we won that game."

"Now who's gay? I'd bet they can't kick like that," Bentong said, still pumped up.

"But I am gay!" Mo Guan Shan said, his forehead stuck on his usual frown. He's supporting He Tian who was leaning on him too much, his arms wrapped around his neck.

"Weeeh? You're joking! But you were like, so strong!" Bentong said, clearly frustrated.

"What, I can't be gay and strong?!"

"This guy was a gangster and a junior delinquent," He Tian said proudly. Mo Guan Shan snapped his head at him and gave him a dirty look but He Tian scrunched his face and rubbed his nose on his.

"I wasn't! Kids just pick on me because I'm poor so I learned to fight back!"

"In school, Nato gets bullied because he looks like a girl," Bentong whispered. Nato was walking behind them, fiddling on his new phone.

He Tian gave Mo Guan Shan a look that meant, "I told you so."

"But he's good at everything, so like, that's the only thing they could think of so they could pick on him," Bentong said. Clearly he's the follower type and he respects Nato's capabilities way beyond his own.