Chapter 2 Broken Hearts

"What are you thinking, Lily?" Olivia asked, wiggling her perfect brows at a distressed Liliana who was in her own little world for the last five minutes.

"I don't know, 'Via" a soft sigh escaped her lips, her face contouring in confusion.

"Ace, He's back" she muttered, still in daze.

"So what, Girl?" Her friend queried, not understanding why Lily was getting nervous for no reason.

"He and Adrick were never on good terms, whenever they see each other, fight would be inevitable" she whispered, her eyes moving around the classroom to find the man with ocean blue eyes.

"There was a huge fight on the first day of college when they realized they both were in the same college. He even broke Adrick's arm" Lily shook her head at the memory that happened almost two years ago.

A chuckle left Olivia's lips as she heard that. She was never a fan of Adrick and hearing this weirdly made her happy.

"Then?" Olivia chirped, enthusiastic to hear more.

"After that Ace just disappeared. It's now that we're seeing him" she answered, her mind playing back all the fights they used to have.

While Olivia shrugged, listening to the past. With that personality, it's hard to not have enemies for Adrick.

Liliana's tensed up face eased a little when she caught the face of the man she was thinking all day. In one word, she was worried. The man already had a bad mood and the news of his dear enemy coming back would only worsen it. And she really doesn't want him to fight anymore, this will only make him distracted from studies.

Adrick's eyes for a split second got connected with Liliana's, and he saw how her eyes were looking at him with such tender emotions as if she's worried and concerned for him yet she'll be there with him, but all he could do was looking away.

He doesn't need pity or sympathy, especially not from her.

And soon the class went into silence once the professor walked in, all the enthusiasm and bickering stopping. Liliana let out a huff, pulling her books out, partially relieved at the realisation of knowing Ace isn't coming.

'Maybe he's here for some other reason' Liliana thought to herself, it was then her breathing became normal. She swirled the pen in her hand, noticing how cold her palms had turned.

Seconds passed and minutes passed, with Liliana thanking God each and every passing moment, her eyes once in a while looking over to make sure Adrick is fine.

It was exactly after thirty minutes of the class when the door to the room pushed open, attracting the attention of all students including the professor.

And their eyes snapped towards the one who was standing there, his hands tucked in his pockets while his bag hung loosely on his one shoulder. His head straight as he looked at the professor, who let him in with a nod of disappointment.

And Liliana's eyes widened watching him, he was in the same class with them? The sound of his boots connecting with the floor was loud as he walked past the students, her eyes roamed over his features and she swore she saw the side of his lips curling to form a smirk, which directed to no one but Adrick.

Her eyes soon went to Adrick, and as expected he was bursting with anger, his eyes darkened and narrowed, his thick brows almost connecting while his jaw was twitching as he clenched it.

And as expected everyone's eyes were on the man who walked in their class in the middle with that cool attitude. His big frame is covered in a black loose shirt with a black cargo. A silver chain hung on his neck, and the head of the snake tattoo peeked out from the collar of his shirt.

"He's hot" Olivia gasped, her eyes twinkling in pure admiration. The boy with no doubt looked like a man, the way he carried himself, and he looked exactly like the bad boy everyone would fall for but hard to get.

"Olivia!" Liliana shook her head, focusing her eyes back on her book and fighting the urge to comfort Adrick.

"What? Seriously, Lily? He's definitely a hottie. Your guy is just jealous" Olivia laughed, her laugh turning to a giggle watching Liliana's expression.

"Adrick is not jealous, okay? Ace and Adrick both are good looking and what if he's handsome, he's a bad boy" Liliana defended, drawing circles on her text book.

"A bad boy who stole every girl's heart" Olivia giggled, making Liliana's eyes draw to the man who was now seated on the very back. Her eyes lingered on him for a second before she looked away.

"That doesn't make him a good guy"

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"Man, is he back?" The words of his friend entered Adrick's ears, making him fist his hand.

"He was gone for like two years and now he's back?" Another one said, shrugging and joining the conversation.

"The nerve! He beat the hell out of you, even broke your arm and disappeared like that and now he's back like nothing happened?" The third one uttered, a chuckle leaving his lips.

"Adrick also beat him back, why aren't you talking about that?" The first one, Jake repeated, crossing his legs.

"Still breaking a bone is hard, bro" Alex repeated, patting Adrick's arm despite knowing he's riling him up.

"He's definitely up to something, Man. And from where the hell did he get a Harley Davidson?" Carter uttered, looking at the bike outside with sparkling eyes.

While Adrick remained calm on the outside, his nerves were throbbing in anger, fury coursing through his veins. His muscles on the jaw twitched, a nerve on his neck popped.

He wouldn't forget that day, he couldn't. It was supposed to be like any normal day, the first day of their college but on the very first day they both were admitted to the hospital.

Ace and Adrick never get along, and will never.

In others eyes they both are equal, in looks, in strength, in intelligence and in everything.

But they don't know that the same poles always repel from each other, not attract.

Slamming his hands on the desk Adrick rose to his feet, grabbing his bag and trotting out. He wanted to be alone, he wanted some peace. From the day he was born, he never found an ounce of peace.

Just when he was about to open his car's door, a hand slammed it close. And the fingers were too familiar that he didn't need to look at that person to know who he was.

"Missed me, Pal?" Ace uttered, his spine chilling voice echoing, his raven-black orbs gleaming.

"Fuck off" Adrick snarled, taking a step forward, their eyes connecting, glaring at each other.

A chuckle left Ace's lips as he took a step closer as well. The corner of his lips tugged upwards to form a smirk.

"Scared? Well, you should be, you don't want your limps on plasters again, right?" He chuckled, winking, his tattooed arm shooting up to run through his hair.

While Ace watched Adrick returning the smirk with his own, cracking his neck muscles.

"Yeah, and we don't want you to run away scared and go hiding, right?" He uttered, with a shrug, the smirk halting to glare.

"My name isn't Adrick stone to get scared and go hiding, Man. I'm Ace, Ace Nathaniel Vargas, so maybe you should think twice before spouting nonsense.." Ace stepped back, chuckling, his eyebrow raising quickly in a teasing manner before he swung his leg, getting into his bike, purposefully roaring the engine.

"And about hiding, you were always better on it than me" Ace finished, his eyes suddenly losing their playfulness as they turned cold, almost dead. His hand turned the accelerator more, increasing the roaring of the bike. With one last glare, he kicked the gear, driving away.

While Adrick kicked his car, his eyes turned bloodshot, and as much as he try to ignore, the last few words he spoke burnt.

Because one will always be accountable for his actions.

Opening the car door, he hopped in, throwing the bag to the passenger seat, slamming the door closed. Turning the engine, his foot was just about to kick the accelerator when a voice penetrated his ears.

"Adrick!" His head snapped out to see liliana running towards him, her face full of concern for him.

Liliana panted as she reached the car, her nimble fingers touching his side of the door.

"Are you okay?" She whispered, her hazel eyes looking into his blue ones.

"Do I look so?" He muttered, looking away. His heart skipped a beat at her question, and he wanna tell her he's not. He wanted her to wrap her arms around him like she always does when he's sad. He wanted her to run her fingers through his hair like she does when he's sick. But all he couldn't do was ask her...tell her.

"Let's go home" she uttered softly, holding the door to open it when he interrupted.

"Take a bus, I'm going somewhere else" the annoyance was clear. He needed to clear his mind. The appearance of Ace bought some memories he worked so hard to push behind his head, some memories he thought were gone.

"Wait Adri-" before she could utter he already drove past her, leaving her again all alone

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"Idiot, Stupid, Moron" Liliana muttered, pinching the leaf she plucked from a plant on her way. She was walking home since he left her alone in the college. She didn't even take money thinking he'll drive them back.

"He and his mood swings" she grumbled, her lips twitching to a pout. Her eyes were set downcast as she walked, no care about the world around her.

"What does he think of himself?" She murmured, tearing the leaf with no mercy. One thing she hated the most was walking. And walking alone was just a big no. Even if someone offered her a million dollars to walk a mile, she would sit home doing nothing.

"Donkey faced jerk-" stomping her feet she suddenly crossed the road but her eyes widened in alarm watching the vehicle speeding forward, the speed made her legs go numb. Her body stilled in the middle and sweat beads adorned her forehead, it was as if her whole system shut down.

A loud scream left her lips as the one who rode the bike shifted its path, it was like the bike touched her but didn't touch exactly. The shock made her legs wobble as she landed straight on her butt but her eyes popped out, covering her mouth with a loud gasp when the bike and biker fell down with a thud.

"The hell?" If earlier her eyes were about to pop out, now they popped out hearing the voice of the owner, it was then she took a look of the vehicle and her throat parched.

While Liliana's breath caught in her throat when he removed the helmet, her obsidian eyes looked down at her. She blinked, and blinked , not being able to open her mouth or say anything.

"Did you and your family take any oath to harm people?" Ace groaned, glaring down at Liliana who gaped at him as if he just grew out a pair of horns.

"What do you mean?" She narrowed her eyes, looking at him dumbfounded.

But instead of responding all he did was get up and take his bike.

"Yo! You almost killed me and then yelled at me and now go without apologizing?" She asked, getting up as well, wiping the dust off her hands and legs but winced when her hand accidentally grazed against a small cut.

Her head slowly snapped to him when she heard him sighing, blinking but cocked an eyebrow when he pointed his finger at something.

The traffic light showed green, which means she wasn't meant to walk at that time. The mistake was on her part, not only that he even risked his life and his bike to not hit her.

Lily bit her lips, she was too lost in her world that she forgot to look at the road and signs.

"Here" her neck craned up when she heard his voice, looking up she found him already looking at her, before looking at the hand which was extended to her direction. She watched as he opened his palm, a small band-aid inside.

Her eyes fluttered back to his stoic ones as he motioned her to take it with an impassive face.

"N-No thanks" she uttered, looking around awkwardly. Her eyes were dilated, and her fingers fidgeting with each other out of habit.

A sigh of annoyance left his lips as he moved forward, reaching down to grab her supple hand before placing the band aid on it, closing her palm. With one last glance he moved away, getting back to his bike and wearing his helmet.

"Sorry" she uttered, looking down.

"It was my mistake. And...thanks for saving my life, if you didn't swift the bike at the right time, we both would've been hurt. I owe you" she said, blinking and looking up at him. Her eyes for some reason couldn't look away from his black ones. As if they were stuck on him.

Without giving her a response she watched him speeding away, her eyes back on the band aid on her hand that he left for her.

• • • • • •

"Why are you so lat- Oh my god! What happened, Lily?" Alicia's voice trembled, her legs practically running towards her daughter.

"Nothing mom, just slipped and fell," she answered, shrugging. Her lips widening to form a small smile to make her mother believe.

"Jesus! Your hands.." Alicia slowly traced the area where the band aid was, her touch soft and caring.

"How did that happen, Lily? You were supposed to be home one hour earlier with Adrick" Georgina rushed forward, equally worried as she examined Lily.

"It's fine, Aunt. Olivia and I had some plans, that's why I told Adrick to leave first" she lied smoothly, smiling and shrugging before moving forward only to be stopped by seeing Adrick.

"Adrick! Why are you so careless? You two were supposed to come together. She walked home all the way and now look" His mother scolded, her face scrunching up in anger.

"No aunt, it's not his fault" Liliana cut off, her eyes blinking in nervousness.

"You couldn't even do one thing right, Adrick?" The voice of his dad caught him off guard.

"Didn't I tell you clearly and straight to go and come back together? The car belongs to both of you" his dad uttered, looking at Liliana before looking back to his son.

Adrick watched as his father walked past him with his head shaking. And it took him everything not to let the tears out of his eyes. Was it his fault that she didn't know how to walk?

"Ad-" before Liliana could finish, Adrick stormed upstairs, making her follow him almost quickly. Her eyes softened watching him on the rooftop, looking up at the night sky. Hisbhands were in a tight fist as she approached him quietly, her soft hands holding his rough ones

"Adrick" she mumbled softly, her hands unclenching his fingers.

"Sorry" she muttered, looking up at him, her eyes and heart begging him to look at her.

"It was my fault, sorry Adrick" she mumbled again, almost desperate. She wanted him to look at her and forgive her, she didn't think it'll turn out like this

"Adrick, please say something" she begged, holding his hands tightly.

And she watched as his head tilted down, his aquamarine orbs looking at her with no emotion in them, or was it hate she saw in them?

"I wish we never knew each other, Liliana. I wish you were never in my life"

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