Chapter 117: Shut Your Mouth
The students all around began to murmur the moment Jared left, and they looked at Jason while wondering what the two of them spoke about! Did Jared threaten Jason? Or did they both talk things out and decide on a truce? The rumour mill was already flying at a blitzing pace, but Jason had already tuned all of them out as only one thought echoed in his mind.
’What a fucking idiot.’
Jason ignored the bullshit from Jared and he turned to continue packing up his things. He was just glad Jared hadn’t touched him. He didn’t want to kill the bastard in front of so many people. Jason made his way out of class while ignoring the looks from the other students and he began walking towards the cafeteria down the hall. When he got there, he saw a crowd had formed at the door leading into the hall and he frowned before asking one of the girls there what was going on.
"Oh my god, Jason! I-I love—"
"I asked what’s going on."
The girl’s face blew up into a blush once she realized that it was Jason talking to her and she was one second away from declaring her love for him, but he cut her off and asked her the question again. Jason really didn’t have time to deal with any fans and the girl nodded quickly before she explained.
"I-It’s Jared. He’s causing issues with that boy, Darren—Wait, where are you going?"
Jason already started walking away once he heard the first part of the statement and he shoved his way through the crowd of students so that he could get to the door! All the students immediately began to move out of the way to make space for him while murmuring loudly, and it didn’t take long for Jason to reach the door.
The cafeteria was deathly silent as they all watched the four people standing in the middle of the room. Darren was standing at the side with a rumpled shirt and messy hair. He was staring at the floor with his hands tightened into fists and it was obvious that he was fucking embarrassed by what was going on. A few meters away from Darren, Fiona stood with wide eyes. She had been applying lipstick before things spiraled out of control but she had already forgotten about that and she was just holding on to the lipstick and watching the scene in stunned silence.
Jared was standing a few feet away from Darren with a heavy frown on his face. Water was dripping from his wet hair as he stared at the person standing in front of him with a glare. It was Griselda, the same girl that had spoken to Jason earlier. She was holding a glass in her hand and it was obvious that she had tossed her glass of water on Jared’s head!
Griselda had been enjoying her lunch in silence when she saw the commotion happening between Jared and Darren. This wasn’t the first time that Griselda saw Jared attacking Darren like this, but it was always petty and small so Griselda never bothered to get involved in the matter. They were both superhumans, so Griselda was sure that they would resolve their matter later. But for some reason, today seemed different from all the other days.
Jared wasn’t just trying to extort Darren for money or force him to do his homework, Jared was actively trying his best to humiliate Darren. Jared made Darren get on the floor and he started resting his foot on his back like it was a footstool! He called him pork-stool and he was about to force him to start making pig noises so that the rest of the students would know he was a pig! It was disgusting and even though she would have never involved herself on any other day, Griselda couldn’t sit by and allow something like this to go on.
She immediately carried a glass of water from her table, walked over to Jared, and dumped it right on his head. If he wanted to embarrass others, then she didn’t have to hold back in embarrassing him too!
The look on Jared’s face at this moment would have made even the toughest students run away in fear, but Griselda stood rooted in place by sheer force of annoyance! She wasn’t going to allow this brute to intimidate her after what he had just done to Darren!
"You fucking bitch! Are you blind!?"
Jared cleaned the water dripping down his face and took a step close to Griselda. Griselda stepped closer to him as well with a glare! What was he going to do!? Hurt her!?
"You think you can hurt others without repercussions. Trying to embarrass your classmate like he isn’t even human is a sign of your own inhumanity, and doing it in front of so many people is a sign of your cowardice! You fucking disgust me."
Griselda almost spat in Jared’s face and Jared’s hand tightened into a fist as he thought about hitting her immediately! His eyes glowed with a powerful yellow light and his teeth elongated as his gift began surging to life! Griselda smiled wickedly once she saw this!
"What are you going to do? Slap me? Kill me? Lay a single finger on me and I swear I’ll ruin your life. Even if I die, I’ll die with the satisfaction of knowing I took you down with me!"
Jared grit his teeth and growled something nasty behind his throat! He knew that Griselda was right. If he touched her here, then there was no way he would go scot-free. Not only was Griselda a regular human, but she was also the daughter of an executive member of the SMD. It would be like signing his death warrant if he laid a hand on her.
But he was just so fucking angry!? How could he let her go after she embarrassed him like this!?
Jared was trying desperately to hold back, but he felt all his anger dissipate when he heard murmuring coming from the other side of the hall. Jared looked up quickly and he felt his eyes widen when he saw who was standing there.
Jason was furious. His eyes were narrowed into glaring slits and there was a cold look of absolute fury marring his face. Jason pushed his way past the students who were standing in front of him and walked up to where the three students were standing together. Everyone shifted to make way for him without a word and it wasn’t long before he stood right in front of Jared.
Jared glared up at him with a snarl.
"What do you think—"
SLAP!
The slap that suddenly impacted Jared’s cheek echoed off the walls of the cafeteria like a fucking blarehorn! It resounded like a gong and made every single person there flinch back in shock! The girls gasped and even Griselda put her hand up to her cheek as she felt her eyes widen! That slap would have taken the head off a normal person!
Jared was staring at the side with wide, disbelieving eyes. His ears were ringing and there was a stinging sensation on his cheek that felt like someone had put molten lava against his skin! But none of that even registered to him at that moment! The only thing that rang through his head was the fact that he had been slapped. Jason just slapped him in front of the entire student body.
Jared’s teeth clenched tight and he turned to Jason in anger!
"You—!"
SLAP!
"Shut your fucking mouth."