CHAPTER 4

"Okay, class, I want you all to pick a club you will be joining," said the homeroom teacher.

"Hey, Iris! Which one are you going for???" said Em.

"I'm not sure, I need to check out all the clubs here so, might decide later, btw what clubs are you guys joining?"

"I'm joining the art club and Nate the drama club!" said Em

"Woah! You guys already decided, huh? Well, Nate, aren't you a sports person?"

"Me? Sports? Never!!! I hate moving my muscles, I would rather sit and play than move my muscles!" said Nate.

Well, they do say don't judge a book by its cover, right?

I turned over to Ethan and saw him writing in his notebook, I was kind of curious to know which club he would be joining. Well, I guess I would never know.

After school, I went and checked out the clubs. It all looked fun, but I didn't have the talent to act like Natasha, nor did I have the talent to draw like Emma. I looked around the corner to find a classroom.

The classroom had soft mats on the floor, which were used for practicing martial arts, the room was filled with familiar scent, "This is a boxing room," I said to myself.

“Thinking of joining the boxing club?”

I jumped forward and turned around to see a man in his late twenties, and he waved at me grinning, “Sorry, didn’t mean to make you scared, I was just asking if you wanted to join the club,” he said, as he went inside.

“Ah! I was just looking around for different clubs to join and came across this room, so went to check it out,” I said.

“Oh, so you haven’t decided which club you will join, why not try this? It is self-defense and helpful in life, oh, this is also a free club, you can do anything here too when you are free or bored” he said grinning.

“Stop lying, Mr. Mikkel,”

I turned to the opening to see Ethan standing there with his bag. He walked in, put his bag down, and started warming up.

“What are you looking at?” he said to me.

“N-nothing,”

“Wow, isn’t he fun! Well, let me introduce myself, I’m the teacher in charge of the boxing club, my name is Mikkel Clinton,” he said smiling softly.

“Nice to me--- wait! Clinton? Like in Ethan Clinton?”

“Yes, I am his uncle, that’s why he joined this club in the first place. Unlike my brothers, I decided to leave the big light and live a humble life with my wife instead,” he said.

I looked over at Ethan and then at Mr. Mikkel, and smiled, “You know, I have a background in boxing so might as well join in, and since I don’t have much talent in other things might as well use my fist as an answer,” I said.

“That’s excellent! Wait, let me bring the club requirements,” said Mr. Mikkel and left.

“Are you sure you want to join this club? This club mostly does nothing, and we also have to do a lot of manual work,” said Ethan looking at me hoping I would reject this club, but I loved moving my body and was quite strong.

“That’s okay, I like doing work! I help around with house chores all the time and I find it quite relaxing, so this will be a breeze for me,” I said, keeping a bright face.

“Okay, I need you to write a statement of purpose, and submit it to me tomorrow, so for now you can go home early,” said Mr. Mikkel.

This sounded like a job interview, and I was being questioned on my skills and needed to prove myself, (that’s not what it is) but I was up for it, I had no other skills anyway might as well go with the thing I’m good at.

The next day, after school, I was so hyped to start after-school classes. I entered the club and felt so good.

“It’s just you and me for now, the teacher has gone to attend a meeting and isn’t here for now, he will be back soon, so in the meantime we have to do something,” said Ethan.

We went strolling through the school to do something, but this was much awkwarder than I expected and very boring, I shouldn’t have suggested this idea to him! I never expected him to listen to me. We barely spoke to each other!

“Hey! Why did you join this club?” I asked him, to start a conversation.

“Why not?”

I should have expected that as an answer.

“I joined this club because I liked it and I like boxing, so I joined and since my uncle was a good fighter, I thought about joining,” he continued.

I looked at him and knew he joined this club because he wanted to be with his uncle, by seeing the way they addressed and spoke to each other, they seemed pretty close.

Well, it was nice seeing Ethan like this, calm and quiet, unlike the normal irked Ethan. He seemed to slightly chuckle at my weird jokes and also have a short conversation. It was fun speaking to him, though he doesn’t speak much, I knew he listened to me though.

“Hey, kids! What are you doing here? Don’t you have clubs?”

“Oh, Mrs. Susy, our clubs haven’t started yet, Mr. Mikkel is in a meeting with other teachers, so it will take time for him to come back,” I said.

She looked at us and smiled like she found the correct target.

“You both will do! Can you please take all this from the clinic and move it to the store room, as you can see I have to arrange all these medical records, so I need a little help in this, can you both do it?”

Ethan and I looked at each other and shrugged.

“Sure Miss, leave it to us,” I said, and carried a box, and Ethan quietly followed.

We had to climb to the next floor, where the storage room was located, so it was another awkwardly silent walk.

Ethan had a stone face, with no expression, he just listened to the order he was given and was only going to do that.

“Are you sure you want to join the club now?” said Ethan with a low voice.

“I said what I said, and I will be staying in this club no matter what,” I said to Ethan as I passed in front of him.

Before I knew it, I was far ahead and was kind of awkward, I didn’t know what to say or do, so I just kept walking in silence.

Ugh! I wish someone could break this silence, this atmosphere is burning me alive! It felt like a burden on my shoulders, like I had to pick a conversation, but my ego couldn’t bring me up to speak.

“Hey! Ethan! What are you doing, man?”

That surprised me! Who was that? Did he hear my prayers?

I turned over to see a boy from a different class.

“Ethan! Guess what?”

“Does it look like I have time to play, guess what?”

“Aww! Don’t spoil the fun, baby! Aren’t you my best friend?” he said, as he hugged Ethan tight.

"Get off me, you moron, and don’t you ever call me baby! That's just gross,” said Ethan as he pushed him aside with his box. His face was filled with disgust.

This guy was so outgoing, and he wasn’t even scared of Ethan’s death glares. This guy must be in LOVE with Ethan!

“Oh my! BL in real life,”

I mean it was perfect, an introverted emo guy, and a golden retriever, outgoing guy. Even having good-looking features.

Ethan has black hair and charcoal-black eyes, and the other guy has hazel hair and emerald-green eyes. It was so romantic! It's like they were a match made in heaven!

Before I knew it, I raised my thumb, in a sign of approval. What an idiot I am!

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