The Gangster Who Stole My Panty

ANDY's POV

"TAKE the clothes that you hang outside, it looks like it's going to rain soon," my mother ordered me. I just sighed and left what I was doing.

"Yes, mom," I replied. I got up from the pallet and went out of my small room.

Oh yes! By the way, I'm Andy Diliman, 18 years of age! I'm currently a graduating senior student. Oh what's interesting about me, hmm... well nothing more.

Anyways, I've already started getting my clothes that I hang outside for it to dry easier because of the blazing sun. I heaved a sigh, why am I doing this? It's because our maid left for a day off, so I'm the one working for this now... well I'm just clowning myself. We are just part of the low-income society, so we have to persevere for our daily needs every day. We're just living in a small village where the houses are close to each other and are pretty crowded. But anyways, enough of this. I need to get the clothes faster, the sky is getting darker.

While I was busy picking up the clothes, I briefly stopped when I heard footsteps and voices outside our already brittle wall.

"Hurry up! Chase him!"

"It's the right time and he's alone!"

"That's enough for chatter! Just follow him!"

My forehead frowned at the yelling, so I got curious and I couldn't help myself but peek through the hole in our wall. But to my surprise, someone suddenly jumped from outside into our yard.

"W-who are you ?!" I shouted in shock, I can't see his face that much because he is wearing a hoody. But then, he briefly turned his attention to me when I spoke.

"Shit!" That's all he said and ran again ... but he brings something with him. It was my...

"Hey, shit! Give my panty back, bastard!" I shouted, but he never looked at me again. That bastard! Even though that panty just cost a dollar, it's hard to work now for money!

I'll really charge him for it when I see him! To my irritation, I just sighed and continued what I was doing. It's impossible for me to charge him for that, our country is big. But that's a pity, that's a dollar. But ... I saw a little portion of his face earlier. He's handsome ... But he's rude! Big turn-off!

After I picked up the clothes, I entered the house. Mom immediately asked me about the commotion.

"Oh, Andy? What's with the noises outside? Who are you talking to?" she asked me when I entered the living room. I immediately frowned at the recollection.

"Ah, nothing, Mom! They're just drunks around the corner!" Mom just shook her head at what I said.

"Oh alright. And go ahead if you have something to do. I'll just fold those clothes," Mom said.

"All right, I'll just go to Nic's house," I said

"All right, just be careful, okay?" my mom replied. I just nodded and left the house to go to my friend's house.

Unlike me who is poor, Nica who is my childhood friend is living a rich life. Her parents are businessmen. But with all their wealth, they are not like those other rich people that judge those who are below them. I can freely visit their house whenever I want.

Minutes passed, I am already in front of their gate, I immediately texted my friend that I am already outside. In a few moments, their gate opened and there she is, my best friend. She was all smile not until she saw what I'm wearing. She gaped at me from head to toe as if her eyes could not accept what she saw.

"Andy? Seriously? That's all you're wearing? We're going to the mall not to school for P.E!" she asked me as she circling around me as if inspecting my whole being. I looked at myself and I can't see anything wrong. What's with it?

"Why? There's nothing wrong with what I'm wearing?" I said. Well, I'm wearing a white plain t-shirt, jogging pants, and sandals. Nica just shook her head and pulled me into their house.

"Oh? I thought we're going now?" I asked.

"There's no way we're going to the mall, with you just wearing our P.E attire! Hey, Andy! You're already over eighteen and you're still NBSB! So, come and let me lend you my clothes! No buts!" she said to me after she saw my reaction which is going to refuse. NBSB? No Boyfriend Since Birth, right?

This friend of mine loves fashion and anything related to luxury clothes, while I only buy my clothes at thrift stores.

I just followed her, oh rather she's not letting go of my hand so she's dragging me. Though, I am really grateful that Nica became my friend. You see, it's cliché to listen to but I'm always being bullied at school because of my state- being poor.

I am also just a scholar student at Lee Academy, a private and famous school here in the country. And it also belongs to Nica's uncle. Given that, I didn't use Nica to enter the Academy. I'm lucky to be gifted with knowledge.

And in a few moments, we're already inside Nica's room, on the second floor of their house. I have been here many times, Nica is the only one in their house right now, with the maids.

Nica immediately went to her closet and look for something to wear for me, there. And just moments late, she lifted a beige above the knee dress and peach-colored doll shoes.

"Tadaaah! It's yours now, Andy, don't worry I didn't wear that yet!" she said. She immediately pulled me and hand over the dress to me.

"You haven't worn it yet? Then why would you give it to me? I'm fine with the old ones, Nica, can-" she stopped me, "Ssshh like I said, no buts! So you go into my bathroom and get dressed, move!" I just sighed and went into her own bathroom.

WE are here now inside the mall, we're going to buy school supplies because the first day of school is already tomorrow. And wondering why we bought it just now? Well, for Nica, she could have just bought it earlier than me, but she said we're going to buy it together. As for me, I still need to work on my own to buy something, I don't want to be a burden to my Mom.

Nica dragged me to the National Book Store, a home of various school supplies. As we enter, the air-condition is much colder here. Nica told me to look for what I'm going to buy, and she's gonna do the same thing too. I agreed and we parted ways as she's gone to the pen isle. While I'm going for notebook's isle. We agreed to meet at the counter.

While I'm choosing different styles of book, I frowned because of the prices. Too expensive. But I can't go to school without these, so I gotta pick one. And when I was done picking, my attention was caught to the commotion outside, some girls are shouting. So I looked at the glass wall to see what they're up to. And what I saw are five men riding the escalator down. Then my eyes glued to one of them, because ...

That ... That guy... Is the one who stole my panty!

ANDY'S POV

"OUCH!" I immediately rubbed my hip out of pain when I fell off my bed. I stood up while holding my hip and noticed that the sun is starting to shine through the window. So, I went out of my room to cook our breakfast.

It's easy to cook because it's just me and my mom here at home. I sighed when I remember something, if that hadn't happened, Dad would still be here. I just shook my head, I don't want to be stressed today, the first day of school. I'm currently in the 12th grade by the way.

I took three eggs out of our refrigerator, the last of our stock. Now, our refrigerator is just filled with water. I immediately started frying the egg. After I cooked, I went to my Mom's room which is next to mine. When I entered her room, she was still asleep. I noticed the tired look on her face. I once said to her that I can stop studying for a year and that I would help her sell street foods, the work we do to make a living. But she didn't agree, she said that she would take care of the selling so that I could finish my studies. It's a good thing that I'm a scholar, I don't have to pay the expensive tuition fee.

I decided not to wake her up, so she could rest. So I ate alone and after that, I left a written letter to mama, saying that I'm off to school and left our house after that.

When I came out of our house, some children were playing without top or bottom shorts. My eyes followed them and can't help but think, one day when I made enough money, I'm gonna help those unfortunate children on the streets. I can't bear to see such a child who is just neglected by their parents who's just gambling or drinking everywhere.

Moving on, at the Academy I attend, they don't require students to wear a uniform, any is fine. But it is still forbidden to wear shorts and revealing tops. And as usual, I wore pants and a peach V-neck shirt, which is a gift from Nica.

As I'm about to call a cab to ride, a car's horn suddenly blew behind me so I turned around. A car stopped next to me and its tinted window went down. From there, Nica peeked from the backseat.

"Come on, Andy!" she said. I was skeptical because I'm a bit embarrassed to hit a ride. Maybe she noticed my expression so she suddenly frowned.

"If you don't get in here, our friendship is over!" she said while pouting as her hands were crossed below her chest. So, I have no choice but to get in. She's a bit childish sometimes, but she will really come true to her words and left you dumbfounded.

"She really loves me!" Nica squealed from the back seat. And from then on, she didn't stop blabbering about everything, until we finally got to campus. The car stopped in front of the gate. And she quickly came out with me, dragged by her.

"I'm soooo excited! I'm sure, there will be many more handsome transferries today! By the way, my cousin who is also the son of my uncle who owns this school will come here from the US to study! I'm going to match make you two! Don't worry, he's handsome!" Nica said while giggling. I glared at her as we walked in.

"Don't think about it, Nica! I don't have time for those, you know that," I replied. She just rolled her eyes at me.

"Can you, Andy, at least once enjoy yourself? Don't drown yourself with just studying all the time! Don't stress too much, your intelligent ass won't be lessen if you do that," she exclaimed. I just laughed at her for what she said.

We stopped walking down the hallway when four women stopped walking in front of us. One of them greeted Nica, "Hello, Nica."

I can't help but scoff at how transparent Sophie is. I can sense something bad might happen now if I don't leave Nica's side, so I went behind Nica so I wouldn't be targeted by these bullies.

"Great to see you, Sophie," Nica greeted and kissed Sophie's cheek that made her saw me in the back of Nica.

"Oh, what do we have here, Nica? I didn't know that you're bringing along a trash here," Sophie said with a mocking tone. The three women who are with Sophie laughed. And I also heard the little laughter of the students who have their attention on us now.

I just bowed my head down, I knew it. I don't want trouble especially on the first day, as much as I can do, I keep myself calm from hitting on those who bully me so I don't get kicked out of here. They have power, while I'm just poor. So I really have no chance to win against them if they want me to be expelled here in Academy.

"Oh please, get out of our way, bitch," Nica said angrily. The four women in front of us laughed even more and I noticed that we were now surrounded by students that make me even more scared.

"Wow, you're fighting now huh? Just because you're the dean's niece, you're acting like a big shot?" Sophie sneered as she looked at Nica from head to toe.

"I'm not like you who just stand like a dumb bitch and just cling to the power of parents just to be famous and passed every evaluation of grades. How disgusting, you're beautiful but your head is just full of air. How sad, come on, Andy, we might get their dumbass virus," Nica turned to look at me, so she didn't see Sophie's hand who's about to hit her. So, before she could do that, I pulled her behind me. And in the end, I was the one who got hit by Sophie.

"Oh, the rat to the rescue! How sweet, awe. And now, you can also taste how sweet I am," Sophie said before she reached me and began pulling my hair. I just let her, and all I could hear was Nica's voice begging Sophie to stop. The pain I'm feeling is getting worse with every second drop as my hair was being pulled by Sophie. I wanted to fight but I knew that it would just bring a disadvantaged result to me.

In just a moment, I felt Sophie remove her hand from my head, so I looked up and noticed that she was staring behind me, gaping. So I turned around even though I couldn't see much around because of my messy hair that covered my face.

"Picking a fight early in the morning, what a welcome to us!" I heard a man's voice, so I pulled out my messy hair away from my face. And four men came up to my vision. And they... They are the ones I saw at the mall yesterday.

And one of those men is... the one who stole my panty! And before I could know it, I raised my hand and pointed the man in the middle. I'm not mistaken!

"Y-you!" I yelled while stuttered a bit. He looked at me with a bored expression.

"What," he replied with an irritated tone.

"You're the... The one who stole my panty!" I shouted without even thinking about what came out of my mouth. And right after I said it, I could hear the students around us gasping out of surprise. And that's when I thought of what did I just said. F*ck, Andy, Why did you say that out loud?! Oh heavens, just get me right now!

"WHAT are you talking about?" the man asked with an irritated tone. I scoffed in my head because of how he's acting like he doesn't know what I'm talking about. Okay, pervert, just get ready when no one else could hear what I'm going to say.

"Ah n-nothing, I'm just p-practicing a script, yes right," I said while hand gestures to make it more believing. I even scratched my neck to make it more effective.

He just looked at me seriously and then he suddenly took a step towards me until he's in front of me. He brought his face close to mine. Then he whispered something.

"Keep it in yourself if you don't want to be killed. And also, nice panty, by the way. I'm hoping to see the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday too!" it's a mischievous whisper to me. He smirks at me and walked away while I left gaping because of what he said. That bastard! That's embarrassing, I can't let him just treat me like that!

"Bye, trashes," Sophie said then turned her back on us. Gradually, those around us left, but I could still hear their whispers, gossiping about what happened.

"Seriously, I thought what she was saying was true!"

"Hello? A poor person like her? That hottie will like her?"

That's all I could hear from one of the groups that passed us by. I turned to Nica who's as if she hadn't been able to get over what had happened. She stared at me as if I knew something that she should know.

"What was that?" she asked with astonishment in her voice.

"I'll say it to you later, we still have a class to attend to!" I changed the topic and pulled her to our classroom. Fortunately, we are classmates.

When we arrived, our teacher just came in, so we quickly followed her inside. But when I went inside, my eyes immediately landed on a person... WHAT THE HECK?! That man is my classmate?!

"Hey, Andy! Why are you just standing there? The mannequin challenge is over, hey!" Nica whispered to me. I looked at that man first before making my way inside and go to my seat. I saw him looking at me too. Then all of a sudden he smirked at me which annoyed me.

"So today, we have four transferees from the U.S, and one of them is the son of Mr. Lee. If you don't mind, gentlemen, please introduce yourselves," our female teacher announced.

The four arrogant men immediately went to the front and smiled sweetly that made my female classmates almost dripped their saliva, well not me.

"Hello, everyone! I'm Zach Bunglar, 18! It's so nice meeting you all," the latter introduced himself. This one is obviously a womanizer, well there's no denying that he's handsome. But that man is more handsome... oh never mind.

Next, the cat-eyed man with a very innocent face introduced himself, "Hello, classmates! I'm Khalil Calicto, 17! I hope that you all will be my friends!" Oh, a cheerful one.

And next is just like a happy-go-lucky guy, "Goodmorning, classmates! I am Caleb Rivera, 19!"

And the next one is... he looks like a pervert man, steals panty, and did I already said a pervert one?

"Ah He-" the pervert didn't even finish the greeting because of his fans club outside our classroom that didn't even flinch to our teacher's killer eyes that were supposed to make them shut up.

"Ah, Clein!"

"Clein Lee, we love you!"

"Welcome here to the Academy!"

We, who were inside the classroom was stunned when suddenly, the students from the other section who were quietly watching at first to the introduction of the four, suddenly started shouting.

"Go back to your classrooms!" our teacher approached the students from the other sections that made them step back. Our teacher closed the door so that no one could peek and disturbed us anymore.

"Ahm, do I still need to introduce myself?" the pervert man with its arrogant question. I scoffed on my seat! Just because there are dumb girls admiring him! I looked away from him because I was so annoyed.

"SERIOUSLY?! Clein did that?" Nica ask me incredulously after I told her about what happened about the 'stealing of panty'.

"Sssh, Nica, lower your voice! And yes, that's true! But don't tell anyone! It's embarrassing!" I said with a low tone. We are currently in the cafeteria now and I bet that my face now is blushing.

"Awful... I can't believe Clein can do that!" Nica couldn't believe it.

"Why are acting like that? You know him?" I asked her with a frown. Don't tell me that she's one of that pervert's fans?! I will really kill her!

"Duh, of course! He's my cousin! He's the one whom I told you before! Isn't he handsome? Also... those boys with him are also handsome aah!" then she just looks like she's being possessed on her seat. I just mentally rolled my eyes.

"Aha! I have a good idea," she said out of the blue. But her smirk is not telling me that it is a good idea.

I watch her picked up her phone and called someone, "Hello, Clein! Just come here to the cafeteria to eat with me! It's just the two of us. Ah... All right! Byeee!" my eyes widened as I looked at Nica. I knew it! Her idea is not good to what she just claimed!

I immediately glared at her. "What the! Nica!" I complained.

"It's too late to complain, he's already behind you." I sat up straight because of what she said. And at that moment, someone was already sitting on the vacant seats beside me. Then the other two seated with Nica. And to make it worst, WHY DID HE SIT BESIDE ME?!

"Hello to you! I'm Nica, Clein's cousin! And that girl right there is Andy, she's single! I'm also single!" Nica introduced us as she's smiling so widely. While I'm about to burst on my seat out of embarrassment.

"NICA!" I called her out with gritted teeth. The hell, I am ashamed of what she just added to her 'introduction'.

"Oh, Panty Girl! I'm Zach!" I just raised an eyebrow at him. But I was taken a back to what he just called me.

"I'm Caleb. Nice to meet you!"

"Hello! I'm Khalil! I hope to be your friend!" And the rest of that pervert's friends introduced themselves. And now, it's his turn.

"Clein," he just simply said. I don't care less.

"I don't care," I muttered in my seat. He immediately glared at me and simply whispered to my side.

"Remember what I said earlier, panty girl," my blood is really boiling because of this bastard! Damn him!

"I HAVE A NAME! SO, STOP CALLING ME, PANTY GIRL!" and again, I just blurted out something without even thinking! So nice, Andy. What a start of school! All I want is to melt right now! Oh god! Help meeee!