They were still being cautious when Ava's voice resounded at that moment,
"I don't think they'll try to come close to you now that we are cautious. Even if they wanted to before, they wouldn't anymore 'cause they'll definitely notice that things weren't like yesterday...we are cautious today".
"Yeah, that makes sense". Oliver uttered.
Aiden didn't say anything, he just kept glancing back and forward as he strolled. Until they stepped foot into the cafeteria, they weren't bothered by the boys.
After strolling into the cafeteria, they dropped the needed coins and then found their way to a table with vacant chairs around it.
******
Now, they didn't bother Aiden during break hour, while they were walking toward the cafeteria. But that wouldn't be the same case when they were heading home.
After Aiden, Ava, and Oliver had dismounted all the staircases and were walking on the compound currently. They hadn't gone too far when Aiden felt someone push him from the back with force.
Aiden lost balance completely as he landed flat on the ground...the fall was pretty bad as well. Some students stood there glancing at the scene, while some were just walking past not minding what was happening.
..Oliver and Ava glanced back immediately to see who caused it...and it was no other person than the boy.
His friends were standing at his back, and each of them had smirks on their faces. Aiden sat up on the ground, then glanced at the person that caused him to fall to the ground. And it was that same boy with his friends behind him...just as he expected.
..Once again, he was boiling with anger at that moment, but he couldn't do anything about it for now.
Even Oliver and Ava were boiling with anger as well...they were wondering how long Aiden would keep letting them do this to him.
They wanted to report on behalf of Aiden and see what the outcome would be, but Aiden had already told them they shouldn't report on his behalf...and they didn't know why.
If not for one thing, and Oliver was with his bow and arrows at this moment. He would have loved to fire each of them in the chest. But he wasn't with his bow and quiver of arrows.
And even if he was with them, he wouldn't be able to fire them 'cause doing so would mean committing murder which he would be penalized for.
..Things were different this time, the boy didn't kick him in the leg to cause him to fall to the ground...he pushed him with force.
Aiden stood up from the ground with dust on his robe and his gaze focused on the boy and his friends. Then the boy said to him,
"That was a pretty bad fall...sorry".
"I've been falling to the ground too much lately, thanks to you". Aiden voiced out glancing at the boy.
"You are welcome". The boy uttered.
"Why are you doing this? Why do you choose to bully a kid like me?". Aiden inquired with his gaze still focused on the boy.
"That's 'cause you're the son of an official, I've told you before".
..Now, this was getting really annoying, Aiden just felt like punching the boy in the face.
"So, this would persist?". Aiden inquired once again.
"Yeah". The boy retorted.
Aiden said nothing more, he just kept mute...all they needed was a lesson.
"Any more utterance?". The boy inquired of Aiden.
He didn't reply to the question, and the boy just took it like he had nothing more to say or ask...so he and his friends just strolled away.
Oliver and Ava strolled toward where Aiden was standing, then Oliver uttered,
"How long would you keep let..."
Aiden knew what he wanted to say, so he just cut him short saying,
"No..no, don't ask me that. I know what you want to ask...how long would I keep letting them do this to me? Don't worry about it".
"Your dad is coming to pick you up today, right?". Ava inquired.
"Yes, sorry that I wouldn't be able to go home today with you guys". Aiden let out.
"It's no problem".
As they were strolling toward the end of the compound, Aiden's dad rode a horse right straight into the compound. And Oliver whispered to Aiden's ear at that moment,
"Aiden, your dad is here already".
..Aiden had already noticed it before Oliver whispered it to his ear.
Oliver and Ava greeted Ethan, Ethan helped Aiden sit on the horse, then he rode the horse out of the compound.
******
It didn't stop, for the past few days, the boy kept on bullying Aiden. There was a certain day he didn't bully him though, but he bullied him almost everyday when he had the chance.
..And the bullying was coming in mostly one form...causing him to fall to the ground and then laugh with his friends.
And sometimes, Aiden also sighted them bullying other kids. There was a certain time when it wasn't even the boy that pushed Aiden to the ground, it was one of the boy's friends.
The boy pushed Aiden with so much force that when he landed on the ground, he got injured a little on his left hand. He scratched his hand on the floor, and that's what caused the injury...blood even drizzled out a little.
After the boy had pushed Aiden to the ground, the main boy uttered,
"You have a new pusher today, aren't you lucky?".
When Oliver saw the injury, he kept on telling Aiden to report them and end this...but Aiden said he wouldn't, he had a plan. Then he made Oliver and Ava promise him again they wouldn't report on his behalf...and they did so.
..Oliver did it reluctantly, he didn't know why Aiden was doing this.
Aiden made sure to hide that injury from his parents, the servants, and Hazel. Throughout those days of constant bullying, he didn't say anything to his parents or the teachers.
But he wouldn't be like the other students the bullies had been bullying for months. He wouldn't report them, but he was gonna do something about it...he was gonna deal with them.
..The time to deal with them was getting really near.
Today was another day of school, and Aiden planned on doing something today. He was gonna check out the status of the main boy that had been bullying him...he could call him the boss of the other boys.
He wanted to see the boy's stats points, he wanted to see some details about him, he wanted to see if he awakened any ability, he wanted to see how strong he was.
He was gonna try his very best to check out his status at school today. He wasn't gonna check out the status of the other boys, theirs wasn't important to him...all he needed was to check out the stats of the main boss.
He had arrived at school already, his dad had dropped him off. And by now, he had already arrived at his classroom. Activities took place in the classroom, teachers taught them and left.
Currently, no teacher was to step foot into their classroom again until it gets to break hour. Aiden and Oliver decided to use that free period to visit the library...Ava wasn't following them.
As known, Aiden wasn't the reading type, visiting the library wasn't much of his thing. But due to Oliver, he had been trying his best to be visiting the library from time to time...and he does enjoy every visit.
The both of them made their way to the library, and they met students there. They continued the books they were reading before, interesting ones. They were still in the library when the bell rang to signify that it was time for everyone to head over to the cafeteria...
..It was time to eat.
Throughout the time in the library, Aiden was reading and thinking about how he was gonna check out the boy's status. And he came up with an idea, he was gonna check it out in the cafeteria.
He needed to be close to the person he wanted to check out the status of...at least, some meters close to the person. And he does see the boy and his friends in the cafeteria...he was gonna make use of the opportunity today to check out his status.
Aiden and Oliver strolled out of the library as they were walking in the corridor currently. Ava wouldn't be able to stroll to the cafeteria with them today, but she would meet with them there...and they'll end up sitting around the same table.
..As Aiden and Oliver were walking in the corridor heading straight to the cafeteria...Aiden kept thinking what the boy's status would be like.