How My Life Was Ruined

007: Definitely not a Damsel in Distress

There were five people in front of me whose appearance was practically screaming that they were 'the' bad guys. Two people had grabbed the girl by her arms. She was struggling but there was no way she could overpower the two boys holding her firmly. The three were surrounding her that prevented me from looking at the girl's facial features. But, well, whatever.

"Huh? The hell ya' are?" One of the boys who was nearer to me turned around to look at me with a displeased face.

I said nothing as I took a step forward. "Oye. Didn't you hear what he said?" One of the guys who was grabbing the girl's hand released the grip and stood up.

With heavy and arrogant steps, he marched towards me. He had a good bit of muscle and looked like he was well experienced in fighting. He also had a small scar on his chin proof that he participated in dangerous fights at least once.

He wanted to impose on me but unfortunately for him, he was shorter than me. The scene looked comical. But even then he didn't give up.

I took one step closer and peered at his face from up close.

"Eek!" A strange voice leaked from his mouth and maybe by instinct he was about to take a step backward when I firmly cradled his head. I moved my head slightly away from his face and then bang!

He probably lost consciousness with that as he limply fell to the ground with a thud.

My head hurt a little as well but it was within a manageable range.

Realizing what had happened the three in front jumped at me all at once.

I ducked to evade the punch coming from my right and I now had my back to the wall. Thinking that I had nowhere to run, one of them launched a kick at me with a smile on his face. I moved my head to the right to dodge his kick and gripped his leg. I increased the pressure on my hold and he screamed, "Aargh!"

Before I released his legs I heard the sound of his bone breaking. Sensing that, my lips curled up into a grin.

The other two, although they looked terrified, attempted to attack me desperately.

Two punches, one from my right and one from my left, came aiming at my head. Although not extraordinary, they had a fair bit of power behind that punch. I crossed my arms and my palms made contact with their punch. A smacking sound rang in the dark alleyway and their punch had been stopped.

Before they had the chance, I gripped their hands and forcibly dragged them towards each other. Their heads collided. I quickly rotated to get behind them. I delivered a chop to the nape at one and kicked the other in the flank. The two of them immediately collapsed.

One more left.

As I muttered that, I sensed a kick flying towards my head at an unbelievable speed. I ducked as fast as I could. The kick sent a strand of my hair flying. I immediately rotated my legs to sweep his legs from under but he had jumped already.

I used that chance to get back up.

The last one looked better than the rest. He definitely was more powerful than the rest combined. Although he looked slim, his legs and movements had tremendous force behind them.

Neither of us made any moves as we observed the other. I kept my one eye focused on him and eyed the girl with my other eye.

She was still slumped on the ground. She was wearing tight blue jeans with a black high-neck on top. Over the high-neck, she was wearing a long brown coat that matched the color of her long, lustrous hair. For a girl, she was on the taller side, just a few centimeters shorter than me. She was watching the two of us with an expressionless face.

The first one to move was him.

He took a step forward and aimed a punch at me. I slapped his hands away. He continued throwing punches at me and I continued deflecting them by either slapping or intercepting him with a punch of my own.

Before long, he kicked, aiming at my flank. I used my arm to block that and kicked at his flank in turn. He had brought his hand to block my kick but the force behind my kick was more than what he could handle.

He was blown away. He recovered quickly, however, and holding his flank he glared at me.

"Hey. Get up!" He kicked and slapped his teammates. "We are getting out of here." The five of them scurried away. He probably realized the difference in our abilities.

I exhaled a sigh.

It wasn't what I expected but I was able to alleviate my anger to a manageable level. I should be fine now.

After confirming that they were gone I turned to look at the damsel in distress.

She was slowly getting up and patting her behind to get the snow off. I hadn't beaten them up to save her. It was just a by-product. But I couldn't say that to her so instead I tried to act as I had come to save her.

"Are you okay?" She had no visible injuries so she was probably fine.

As I approached a little closer, she spoke. "Huh? What? Don't get close to me. Who do you think you are? My savior? I didn't ask you. You were the one who intervened on your own. I hadn't begged you to come to save me. Do you feel like a hero? Did you think I was a damsel in distress waiting for my prince to save me? Are you a child? Are you an idiot? Now that you think you have saved me what do you want next? Want me to cry and hug you and thank you for saving me. Then slowly fall in love with you and be carried to the bed by you? Pathetic. Truly pathetic. You should-"

"Oh, shut the fuck up already!" I couldn't take it anymore. What the hell was this girl saying?

I narrowed my eyes on the girl. She visibly flinched.

"I didn't come here to save you. I was just angry and wanted something to vent my anger on. That's when I found those guys and decided to beat them up. I had nothing to do with you. To be honest I wouldn't have cared if they had sexually harassed you, raped you or worse killed you." Her expression hadn't changed in the slightest but her pupils were widening. I felt like I was clearly going overboard with rape and getting killed but I was 'really' pissed off.

I had referred to her as a damsel in distress but I take it back. She was no damsel in distress. Not with this overbearing attitude.

Argh! I had come to vent my anger and now it was adding on my anger instead. I decided to leave the place before I could get any angrier.

I walked straight to the station. Not straight exactly, as I had stopped again at another cafe to have another cup of coffee. It calmed me down a lot.

I boarded the train. The train was packed and I had to stand. The train had already started heading towards the next destination when I remembered that I had a goal in mind when I came here. Because of all these things happening, it completely slipped my mind. And I also forgot the bag that contained the rose and the box of chocolate. I will have to come next Sunday to buy them again.

"Damn it." I ended up cursing aloud.

Just then the train applied the brakes and because of inertia, my upper body leaned sideways.

I managed to stabilize myself before long, but a girl on my right didn't seem to stabilize herself as she was about to fall. I hurriedly grabbed her by the waist to prevent her from falling and I regretted my decision instantly.

The girl planted her feet firmly, managed her brown coat, and stared at me, " That was a very nice way of doing things."

Why the hell did I have to meet this girl again? She, without giving two cents about my inner turmoil, continued speaking. "From an onlooker's perspective, it may have looked like you just saved me from falling. But I know what your intentions were. You wanted to touch me, right? So? Tell me. How was my body? Was it soft? Was it to your liking?"

I didn't even want to retort to this girl. So with a sour look on my face, I turned away from her.

But, for some reason, she was glaring at me. I could tell. I could tell without even looking at her. I could feel it in my balls.

The train continued again. The girl was still looking at me. It was really really uncomfortable. The short ten minutes ride was starting to feel like an hour.

There may have been many obstacles on the track or there were some other technical problems. The train came to a sudden stop again. And the girl was about to fall again. She can't even handle herself on a train and she has the nerves to spout nonsense at me.

Before the train could start again, a girl was lying on the train floor one step before me. Her face was covered by her brown hair. She slowly picked herself up and patted herself with her expressionless face. To put it simply, she had fallen and this time I put no effort in preventing that from happening.

She then looked at me and furrowed her brows. I shrugged and said to her, "What? You wanted me to catch you? Woah. You wanted to be caught by a boy like a princess held by the prince? Really? Are you a grade-schooler or what?"

I didn't miss this opportunity. Lex talionis, girl.

Her brows furrowed more as she looked at me. I turned away immediately and thus I failed to catch the slight change in her expression. An elderly woman was looking at us with a warm smile. I gave her a wry smile in response.

Ten minutes after that, I got off the train. She got off the train as well.

Although I was a little annoyed by this, I walked towards the school without turning to look back praying that it was not what I was thinking.

After a short walk, I was standing in front of the school before the entrance, and as was the girl, next to me.

I was really really irritated by this unexpected development. God had disregarded my prayer.

I asked the girl with brown hair next to me, a very obvious question, "You live here as well?"

"Yes," she replied.

"I hadn't seen you before though."

"I had been sick and holed up in my room. For a week."

That means she got sick on the very day I arrived. And if she hadn't come out much then that would explain why I wasn't able to see her around the school.

My face contorted in displeasure. "I hope I never come across you again."

I said and walked towards the gate without waiting to hear her response. I had already run out of patience and I didn't have it in me to hear this girl talk again.