Boys.

" If you want me to grovel in front of you, come and make me." Spat Kite.
It was evening and school just got over for the day. At the back of the school gym, Kite had found himself in a rough predicament. He was surrounded by several upper class men and it seemed like things were going to turn out in a way unfavorable to him.
" What did you just say Freshmen?"
The speaker was Karada Sanzo. A third year senior class men and the unpopular school bully. Being the son of the mayor, made it seem to him like he can bend any and everyone to his will. So when Kite refused him courtesy, lets just say, he didn't take to it very kindly.
" You herd me." Kite said quietly, " I said it loud and clear."
" Get him." Sanzo said to his henchmen.
Seven of the them lunched themselves on Kite.
" Quit it." Came a voice from somewhere.
Everyone looked around for who it belonged to. There, at the top of the gym, stood a guy, his back turned towards the setting sun. It was only after their eyes adjusted to the light that they recognised him as M.Kanish. The haughty second year student who somehow was very popular among the girls in school.
"Almost too popular"..were the thoughts of Kite when he first encountered him at lunch break on his first day...All the girls in his class would go giddy and giggly and act stupid whenever his name was mentioned. The very thought made him sick to his gut. Some days later, he encountered him again and this time, it was in a soccer field between fresher and Junior year players of the club. The match ended in a bitter draw and since then Kite had litteraly loathed him.
" Stay out of it pansy boy!!!" Snarled Kite.
Kanish ignored him and addressed Sanzo.
" If you don't get outta here by the time I'm finished counting ten, You'll have a repeat of last year." He told him coldly. " You're interrupting my nap."
Back in Kanish's fresher year, Sanzo had tried to do him in as well. Unlucky for Sanzo, Kanish had beat the crap out of him and his possy. Sanzo took the hint and scrammed for it, knocking his shoulder intentionally on Kite's. Kite responded with a quick punch on his face that broke his nose. Bleeding, and swearing on revenge, Sanzo was finally gone. Kanish retreated back to his comfy place of nap ignoring Kite's continuous yells of " Get back here!!!" and " I didn't need your help.." and " If you interfere again, I'll knock your lights off..." and some more stuff.
Later that day, Kite went out for a walk in town. It was only a little time later that he realised him being followed. He heaved a sarcastic sigh.
" Talk about a busy day."
He ran and was sure that the followers were tailing him. He led them to a dark end alley and then turned.
" Took you long enough to get here boys..."
He stopped midway. His eyes tracing the things in their hands. They were not the school possys Sanzo hung around with. This time, he was dealing with full fledged Gangs with nasty weapons....
Half an hour later, and he was leaning against the alley wall, badly bleeding, and staring at several bodies that he knocked out, cursing at his injuries.
" At least, this night is over." He told himself. But he spoke too soon. Before he could even stand up, thirteen more mobsters found him...They were accompanied by Sanzo.
" You're the Brat from first year who refused Karada sama a courtsey." Spat one of them.
" And what about it?" Kite grunted at him.
" You little...!!!"
" Looks like I'm in serious trouble this time." Kite thought, amidst getting the crap kicked out of him. " If only, I didn't loose so much blood..."
And all of a sudden the men hitting him started to scatter due to some comotion up ahead. There were people screaming and the sound of punches and kicks coming from somewhere. But Kite was too gone to care. He just wanted to sleep off the exhausion.
" Darnit.." He swore to himself.
and then there was someone who rushed to him and said in an echoing, concerned voice,
" Hey, Hang in there man.."
His vision was blurry and his ear was full of a faint buzzing sound. He was falling through dark space......down down down....
When he opened his eyes, the lights blinded him and he shut them tight again quickly...Slowly, very slowly, he opened them.
He was in a hospital.
" I see you're up." Came a nastily familiar voice and Kite prayed to god that the owner of this voice was not the person who rescued him last night....
Sure enough, Kanish's profile came to greater prominence and Kite let out an enormous growl followed by an equally loud Swearing.
Kanish gave him one of his sweet smiles and said,
" If you're that energetic, you must've already recovered."
" I didn't need your help last night!!!!!" He said angrily.
Kanish gave him a look and went to the window to pull the curtains off.
" I think you mean to say, last week." He said kindly, smiling again.
The news blew a heavy deal to Kite's gigantic pride....
The two said nothing after that. Kanish returned him his school bag and cloths and was at the door when Kite finally spoke,
" Was I really out for a whole week?"
" Yeah." Kanish replied. " But if it makes you feel any better, The nurse said, you'd be out atleast for a month, with the amount of blood you lost."
" Damn!!!" Kite swore on himself. " This is pathetic!!!!"
" Wait till you get to school next Monday."Kanish intoned and Kite felt a dark cloud waving over him. Sheena will know what happened to him and will knock his teeth off again...That girl's been too violent ever since she became friends with " THAT PSYCHOFINE"....
He looked up at Kanish and was about to say something when Kanish cut across him saying,
" No..... you don't." Kanish smiled. " You don't need to say it."
And Kite sat there staring at him, and feeling more loathing towards this man who saved his life, shattering his pride, than ever before. But at that moment, there was a mixture of gratitude mixed inside that feeling as well.

~Fins~

P.S-> As Kite says..." THIS TIME ONLY."....