Not So Confident

Yi Fan somehow ended up sitting with Xiao Ming and his friends. He was stuck between a rock and a hard place. If he left, he would again be thoroughly eaten up by those raucous girls. If he stayed, Xiao Ming would irritate him to death.

It didn't help Xiao Ming and his gang of wild rascals had a crummy reputation for being rowdy and disorderly messing around. Hence, they were deemed as the school's troublemakers and also the class clowns. As Yi Fan considered himself as part of the nerd cliche, he particularly disliked any association and interaction with them.

"So, I went into his Minecraft server and guess what? I totally ruined his tower and built him one out of ice!"

"Bro, that was a masterpiece. How could you destroy it?"

"I actually brought back the horse too! I went searching for a tutorial online and⁠—"

Honestly, this group of kids was no better than those touchy girls. Continuously talking without a pause, Yi Fan was equally irritated. He grabbed his milk cartoon, bitterly crushing the dense cardboard as he drank out from the red-striped straw. The milk was plain white, creamy yet thin as the rather sweet liquid went down his throat.

"Do you drink milk to grow taller?" Xiao Ming asked.

Yi Fan rolled his eyes in annoyance, immediately putting down the drink.

"What? I'm not going to judge." Xiao Ming cheekily smirked as if he found out Yi Fan's weakness.

Yi Fan just ignored him, coldly giving Xiao Ming the silent treatment. Yi Fan pulled out his phone, he was bored out of his mind and wanted to play Angry Cats 5. It was a rather fun game of throwing cute cats at armored mice inside various types of footholds. He was already at level 25 despite only downloading the game yesterday.

"Why don't you have a phone case?"

"..."

"Hey, do you have WeChat?"

"..."

Due to Yi Fan's lack of response, Xiao Ming disappointedly pouted. As various colors continued to reflect off Yi Fan's murky eyes, Xiao Ming smiled deviously as he conjured up a plan. Not waiting a moment longer, Xiao Ming swiftly snatched the phone off Yi fan's sweaty hand without much effort and he started to toy with it.

"Huh... you don't have WeChat?"

"..."

"Pfft. You actually don't have any friends?" Xiao Ming teased.

"Shut up." Yi Fan muttered in a low tone.

His heated gaze was on his phone as he tried to get back his priceless treasure. However, Xiao Ming slyly turned his back and kept blocking Yi Fan with his speedy arms and hands. They were in an intense push-and-pull situation, unintentionally gathering curious eyes.

"Give! It! Back..!" Yi Fan gripped.

He reached for the phone with both hands, but Xiao Ming wisely angled his body to the right. Then, Yi Fan deliberately attacked from both sides, but Xiao Ming swiftly placed the phone under his left leg. Seizing the opportunity, Yi Fan slightly twisted his body and tried to yank the phone out. However, Xiao Ming grabbed it first and put it under the right leg.

This continued for a long time, causing the enraged Yi Fan to even think of savagely biting Xiao Ming's shoulder. Thankfully, Xiao Ming's delicate body stayed intact because after a few more ambitious clashes, Xiao Ming finally gave back Yi Fan his phone.

"H-here. I downloaded WeChat for you and added m-me, as a contact. You can th-thank me later," Xiao Ming gasped for a short moment, a little out of breath because of the exhaustive scuffle. "You really need a phone case... What would you do if you weren't a w-wimp and made me drop your phone?"

Yi Fan furiously punched Xiao Ming on the head, causing him to let out a short cry of pain.

"Then, it would've been your fault." Yi Fan rebutted, his wary eyes turning into slits. Almost as an instinct, Yi Fan began rubbing his phone to check if there were any surface injuries.

"H-hey, don't be mad. We can text each other, in class!" Xiao Ming sharply took a breath with a playful smile on his face. "We're friends now!"

Friends?