Adopted Soldier

It was now lunchtime Alex, Rachel, and Oliver were eating lunch together. It was a weird combination, though the three of them were good looking, had good grades, and high athletic ability, it was a shame that Alex and Oliver had personality defects.

While the others could barely accept Alex eating lunch together with Rachel, the male students just couldn't accept Oliver eating with her.

They the male population of the class wanted to tear Oliver apart, but every time they thought of attacking they would remember Oliver's palace of muscle. So instead of them tearing Oliver apart, it might be them torn apart by Oliver.

"Do you have any plans with my comrade after school Rachel?" Oliver asked out of nowhere as the three were eating. Rachel knew of the eccentricity of the student called Oliver, so she knew he would ask something like this.

"No... Alex and I have no plans for later, don't we Alex?" Rachel looked at Alex with a smile that looked pretty, but in truth, it was a fake smile.

"Yes we don't have any plans, but I do plan to accompany Rachel to her house." When Everyone heard Alex say those few words (accompany Rachel to her house,) the whole class got noisy again.

"What! They're going home together?!"

"Have the parents approve of Alex already?"

"Shit! If you look at him he's good looking is intelligent, and is more athletic than normal people. If you remove his weird eccentric actions, won't he be the perfect guy you want your daughter's boyfriend to be like?!"

"Damn it! Even if her parents accept him I won't!"

Rachel could only sigh at everyone's reactions since she had an idea that Alex might say this. Even yesterday he was stalking her home, so now that he was in a temporary friend status before becoming the official boyfriend, Alex had a legitimate reason to escort Rachel to her home.

Oliver whistled, "You're doing well my comrade. Yes, those who had already tread the darken path, need to tread the path of light at some point..." Oliver looked out the window while looking as if he was reminiscing something. 'How was that, I look so cool right?' Oliver thought in glee as he imagined that he looked cool and mysterious.

Rachel looked at Oliver as if he was looking at a dumba*s. 'This guy is obviously trying to act cool and mysterious, but saying something like that as a High School student is stupid... Is this really alright? Though I don't think he's a bad guy, but he might actually be a bad influence on Alex..." Rachel was pondering if Oliver was a good friend for Alex so that he could develop into a better future boyfriend.

Alex, on the other hand, found what Oliver said deeply profound. Alex felt like he could understand what Oliver felt, seeing the two of them had almost similar backgrounds. Yet in truth, Oliver was just trying to act cool, and it just so happens to coincide properly with everything Alex misunderstood about him.

While the three and the class were having different reactions to the situation, a boy burst into the room. The boy who banged the door open, was a good looking boy with dyed blond hair, wearing blue contact lenses, and he was actually a bit taller than Alex.

The newcomer approached Alex's group, he looked at Oliver for awhile and scoffed at him. The boy then glared at Alex looking at him up and down. The boy finally looked at Rachel and smiled showcasing his bright shiny white teeth.

"Rachel I'm sorry I wasn't able to meet you yesterday since I had to go to another town for a competition. How unfortunate the moment I left you some flies came bothering you." The boy looked at Oliver and especially Alex with a glare.

"What are you saying, Aldrich? I don't see any flies except for you." Rachel answered the boy called Aldrich with an ice-cold tone. Alex noticing the weird atmosphere was now on guard.

"Now, now no need to be shy. Let's show this flies who you really like." Aldrich was about to reach for Rachel's hands but before he could do so, his face was already facing the ground. It happened so quick something was holding his right arm and restraining him.

"Alex what are you doing?!" Rachel said alarmed by Alex's sudden action of restraining Aldrich.

It took him a few seconds before Aldrich finally realized that he was being pinned down by Alex. Aldrich tried to resist and stand up but he couldn't, Alex's restraining technique made it seem like there was a one-ton boulder on top of Aldrich.

"What the hell are you doing you bastard?! Get off me!" Aldrich who couldn't escape started screaming.

Oliver who had watched the whole thing from start to finish was amazed. Alex's movements were flawless, there was no hesitation as he restrained Aldrich. He had watched many videos of police officers restraining criminals with a similar technique, but none of those could match the speed and precision of Alex's move.

"Rachel is this man a threat to you?" Alex didn't bother to listen to the screaming Aldrich and questioned Rachel.

"No he is not a threat, he's nothing to me." When Alex heard Rachel's answer he let go of Aldrich, but this time he stood in front of Aldrich and had Rachel at his back. This action of Alex triggered the whole class once more.

"WHOAH Alex that was awesome!"

"Kyaaa! He's like a knight in shining armor protecting the princess."

"Yeah, Alex show that arrogant prick who Rachel's man is!"

The students of the class were in full support of Alex. Even the boys who didn't like Alex sticking to their Goddess were siding with him this time. This is all because they always thought Aldrich was an as*hole. He was haughty and arrogant since he was the ace of the tennis team of the school which had won some national competitions. He was even ranked as the fifth most popular guy in school.

Rachel who was facing Alex's back had her heart beating faster. This scene was like one of her dramas where the boy protects the girl he likes from a rival in love.

Aldrich seeing the situation was not in his favor started retreating, but before he left he challenged Alex.

"Alex I challenge you to a tennis match!"