The Jewel of Section E : The Dark Side || does not belong to me.

Love Hurt
Jay-jay's POV

"How's Mayo?" Edrix asked as I stepped out of the clinic.
"Still being tended to by the nurse."
"Tsk! You really hit him hard. Even Kit's punch wasn't that strong," he said, shaking his head.
Damn it!
"He made me angry," I reasoned, but he just laughed at me.

I sat on the bench outside the clinic.
Edrix followed me. I didn't want to go back to class yet. I was sure those idiots would just bombard me with questions.
"What did you and Mayo even fight about?" he asked.
"N-nothing... It's complicated," I said, avoiding his gaze. I think Edrix got the message—I didn't want to talk about it. He didn't ask any more questions and fell silent.

Then his phone rang. He picked it up, and I instantly saw Freya's face on his wallpaper.
Haizt! That thing Kiko said...

"She's got a new boyfriend again," Edrix said, turning the phone toward me.
It was a Facebook post of Freya with a handsome guy. The caption read: My new love. Nice!
"This is what I dream of..." Edrix whispered.
"...For her to post a picture of us and proudly say I'm the one she loves the most."

I could feel the pain and weight behind his words. How long had he been keeping those feelings for Freya?
"H-have you ever tried telling her how you feel?" I asked. He quickly shook his head, still staring at his phone.
"I can't... She hates people from Section E, remember?"

Right. And it probably got worse when I bumped into her the first time.
"I'd help you win her over if I could. But we're enemies, remember?" I said, forcing a smile. He did the same.
Though honestly, even if we weren't enemies, I'm not sure I'd help. I still don't know what really happened between Freya, Yuri, and Keifer.

"Falling in love is hard, huh?" someone suddenly said.
We both looked toward the clinic door.

Mayo was standing there, holding tissues and an ice pack.
He sat down beside me. Now I was sitting between the two of them.

"Man... Your punch really hurt, Jay," Mayo said.
"Well, it's your fault. You made me angry," I retorted.

He chuckled a bit. Edrix and I exchanged glances, wondering if Mayo was delirious or just had his brain shaken loose by my punch.

"Sorry... I didn't mean what I said. You're different from Ella. You're not the same," he said, smiling at me.
I'm different from her...
"I was just overwhelmed by anger," he added.
"S-sorry too... for punching you," I said, smiling back.
"Alright, you two are good now," Edrix declared, standing up. "Let's head back."

Mayo checked the time on his phone.
I glanced at it too. We'd been here for a while now.

"We won't make it. Let's just skip to the next class," he suggested.

Yeah, we were already too late. And honestly, I was too lazy to go back right now.
Edrix sat back down. "Alright, let's go later."

"So, who were you guys talking about earlier?" Mayo asked.
"Girls!" I replied. Edrix instantly shot me a glare.
"...his girl," I teased.

"His girlfriend?" Mayo asked.
"No," Edrix answered.
"Just someone he dreams about," I added.
Edrix glared at me again, but I just laughed.

"Did you tell her how you feel?" Mayo asked.
Edrix shook his head and looked down. "I don't even know if she notices me. Or if she even knows I exist."
"So you just stare from afar?"
"Pretty much."

"At least you've got that. In my case, she knows I love her but she still avoids me," Mayo said, pressing the ice pack to his face.
"That sounds worse."

I kept looking back and forth at them. It was nice hearing them talk. It was simple. No drama.

I leaned back and sighed. "Love really is hard," I said.
Mayo and Edrix both turned to me.