In a faithful day, at school during lecture time.
"Hey Jackie, wait up!" Omen called out to Jackie, running after him as his eyes fell on him while he was heading for morning lecture. Omen, Jackie's best and only friend on campus, who had some similarities with him, for instance when it came to their lean faces.
Being from an average family, Omen found it a little challenging to get admitted into the most overrated university in the country, same as Jackie who found it tougher, probably because he had no sponsor, he'd to fend for himself but as luck stood by his side, his high intellect and brilliance made way for him. The only university in the state known for it's rich constituents and structure, thus he was glad to study in it with the high-net-worth individuals.
Omen was jovial and garrulous, in contrast to Jackie who always appeared gloomy and solemn.
"Hey man, wait up!!" Omen called again on top of his voice already close to Jackie. Jackie heard a voice ranging behind him, knowing already whom it belonged to, turned to glance at the person but before he could, their distance got covered as he felt Omen's arm circled around his neck
"Hey man, seems like you are becoming deaf these days, huh ?" Omen taunted. "How could I hear you? There are a lot noises here" Jackie defended wearing a smile. "Seriously…?" Omen questioned with a suspicious look on his face as if trying to see through him. "Yeah, of course, what did you think?" Jackie asked, giving him a look.
Omen unwrapped his arm from around his neck and pointed a finger at Jackie as he looked ahead. "I know" Omen's voice sliced through oblivion, with a look on his face as he had gotten an idea of something. "What?" Asked Jackie, furrowing his brows. "I know" His voice came again with the same hint "They bullied you" He bluffed.
Not getting a reply from Jackie, he went further "Not again" He shook his head. "What do you mean?" Came Jackie's voice with a confused look. "What do I mean? They bullied you again, look" He pointed at his ear "It had already affected your ear drum. Tell me, did they punch your ear?" He jibed while touching Jackie's ear, with that he pinched it. "Aww!!, Stop it Omen" Jackie let out and yanked off his hand from his ear. "What, is that painful?" Omen taunted wearing a grin. "I think we are going to check that out" Jackie said attempting to pinch his ear back but Omen dodged it and chuckled.
There legs continued to stride along the hallway heading to their various classrooms. This was what they usually indulged in, their daily routine, always taunting each other. Omen found it hard to let a day pass by without teasing Jackie. Jackie however was glad that his past few weeks went on his side, the most soothing period of his days since he had set foot in the premises of the campus, free from bullies and troubles and out of the reach of some troublesome folks. On getting to his lecture room, Jackie heard Omen bid "See you man".
They were not in the same classroom, Omen was in the department of Telecommunication while he was in the department of Forensic science. On stepping into the lecture room, all eyes fell on him but in what seemed like a couple of seconds they withdrew their gazes with disgusted looks on their faces and went back to their business, in pairs and in groups, chit-chatting while some were alone reading, some busy with their devices. He was already use to such attitude. He walked to his seat and sat down, bring his large forensic encyclopedia, he started glancing through it page by page in search of the topic he last read.
He loved reading whenever he got a grip of free time. He spent most of his time either at the library studying or at the stadium watching soccer whenever he was not with Omen, as He was the only friend he had both on and off the campus. People called him a Nerd and sometimes he was being referred to as the guy that always appears with a pair glasses on his face or the guy always in old hoodie but he cared not.
While still glancing at his book, he felt an object hit his face, disrupting him from his track, he looked around to know where the object had took it's source from. There again Icon. Icon was one of the folk that enjoyed picking up on him. He was one of the bad kids on campus as he could perceive, always full of himself. Seeking trouble where there seemed to be none, was his favorite hobby.
This time he would avoid him and his goddamn trouble. The past few weeks had been nothing but beneficial, as he was trying as much as he could to keep off from trouble. Jackie looked down at the floor in anticipation, wondering what the object was, seeing it was just a folded paper, he shifted his gaze back to Icon meanwhile Icon gave him a disgusted look with a hand gesture,
"F**k you" He muttered in devoid voice. Jackie withdrew his gaze from him, back to his book. He had to stay clear from any form of trouble as much as he could. Not quite long the lecturer barged in.