[Recommended Song]: Fire Meet Gasoline by: Sia
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Morning:

When the sun finally showed itself to the humans, the Zàijiàn vlog squad did their daily routine and woke up early for school. Normal days, of course.

Callista was doing skincare along with her girlfriend. Jace was the chef for their Monday, and the others were preparing the school supplies and backpacks to help.

What a normal day, the advantage of having a squad and living together with them was helping each other. No rush was intended.

"Good morning, Mr. Red flag." Elijah winked popping a slice of bread in the toaster.

Jace, annoyed, glared at Elijah. "Since when did you have the urge to call me Mr. Red flag?"

"Oh, shame. Had you already forgotten about last night? My heart hurts." The younger sulked, taking a glass out of who knows where.

When the toaster popped, Elijah took the bread and spread a generous amount of butter and Strawberry jam.

"Careful, Harisson. You might hurt yourself again."

Zack had witnessed the scene: "Whoah, whoah, you guys flirting?"

"I'm straight!"

"I'll never fall for a fucking red flag!"

Elijah and Jace stared at each other as if they were a lion and a tiger ready to eat each other's hearts. They gave dagger stares, to be exact.

"Oh goodness, chill out, will 'ya?" Zack clicked his tongue. "I'm only here to tell you, Jace, your dear omelet is almost burning."

"What?"

"Oh fuck."

Jace turned off the heat from the stove, saving his food and his life. Callista and Kiara would kill him if the omelets were burnt.

He plated them on the lunch box, one each, carefully.

"You know, I'm starting to think why cook when we can buy?" Jace facepalmed himself. He'd remembered only today, that they had a canteen.

Zack smiled. "To not waste too much money. Have you already forgotten? Half of our class saves money for later. I guess shopping."

"It's the girls that only shop," Jace murmured under his breath. Unfortunately, for this, he had to face his sister's wrath. He prayed for himself and ran in regret, and, asked for Zack's help to take over the omelets.

"YOU SON OF A GUN!! WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!" Callista shrieked and ran after her brother.

The two stopped, realizing they'll only cause a mess, later on.

"Oh, speaking of omelets, I need a drink... mhmm never mind." Elijah shook his head, he can buy it at the school canteen later.

"Same with me," Dominic says when he heard his friend. Refreshments were saved for later, though. He moved to Tris to talk about San Vedra.

Kai, on the other hand, was confused. Nonetheless, enjoyed his first-course meal.

Kiara was answering calls from the faculty and messages from the SSC. Who the heck even calls so early?
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The office.

Once everything was set, the squad prepared themselves to go. Everyone grabbed their perspective lunch boxes and went out with them.

Dominic noticed something off about their transportation. He scanned it for a while, then it hit him when the door of the driver's seat opened with a different person.

It wasn't the usual car.

"Excuse me, where's driver Liuliu?" Dominic asked. The squad had a big car for them to fit in. It was driven by Wen Zhuliu, their usual trusted driver.

The other driver cleared his throat. "I'm Jason Lee, You're a temporary driver of the day." He emphasized.

"Why? What happened to Liuliu?" Kiara asked in a usual, soft voice.

"Zhuliu visited his brother Wen Chao and took his leave today." Jason smiled. "Shall we go?"

The squad looked at each other before suspiciously nodding.

Can you blame them? When Zhuliu takes his leave to visit someone close, especially family, they'd know. The driver himself would message anyone to inform. In this case, no one ever informed them.

Kai moved backward to Dominic and said in a hushed voice. "Get yourself ready to fight."

Dominic smirked, he hid both of his hands at the back, his fingers formed some type of gun shape which Tris had gotten early than expected.

Fights.

The message went through till it reached the two youngsters at the back. Everyone had secret weapons somewhere in their bodies.

"I just fixed my clothes! Another fight? Grrr." Elijah groaned and complained miserably.

"Oh, I thought you liked fights?" Jace smirked dangerously. "Unless you want me to save you again."

Elijah was shocked. He gagged. "Who told you that I needed you? I never will as long as I live."

"You'll choke those words."

"You'll choke yours once I save you."

Jace scoffed and hopped in the car. The two arguing boys were the last to sit.

The driver drove off to the university. He was almost going to wet his pants when he saw everyone glaring at him.
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Flashback:

Zhuliu: Hey Jason, I'll be
off for my leave.
Can you take over?

Jason: Sure, any warnings?

Zhuliu: Yep.
Callista has a girlfriend,
she's the oldest among
the Xiaos. Don't touch
Kiara, she'll end your life.

Jason: Sounds easy.

Zhuliu: Kai, he's a videogame.
A warning: please do not
mess with anyone in their
troop. Uh... The games he's
playing might come to life.

Jason: Fuck, You're scaring
me now. I swear-

Zhuliu: Jace... uhm...
Do not mess with the one
he's closest to. Anger issues,
gun holder.

Jason: WHAT THE HE-
Do they use guns?!

Zhuliu: Yes, they do.
Next, you know who are the
guests. Zack, Tris, Kiara, Elijah,
and Dom. They have their own
skills. Dom's a technology genius, a knife
holder, (throwing knives with blindfolds.)
Zack's a strategic planner
and puzzle solver. Tris
is an escape and
code genius (clue finder)
Kiara can deceive anyone
and Elijah... Is a Knife holder.

Jason: I changed my mind.
replace me with someone
else. I CAN'T. The young ones
are so... trained. 😭

Zhuliu: I'll be back next week.
Please, Lee.

Jason: The fuck? You want
me to risk my life with those
armed human beings?!

Zhuliu: They won't hurt you.
Unless you hurt them- Jace
would end you.

Jason: Are you serious?

Zhuliu: Mhm... No?
Yes? Well, probably.

Jason: HONEST ANSWER.

Zhuliu: YES.
You don't have a choice,
though. Mr. Marcus
Xiao already assigned you.

Jason: Damn 😭

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Jason was currently regretting his life decisions. He nervously asked. "W-Where to?"

No one spoke, so, Jace said. "San Vedra."

"All o-of you?"

"Yes."

Elijah tried to reach for something, which Jason caught.

"What are you trying to reach for? Are you going to ki--"

"No one is going to harm you," Jace said calmly at the sudden accusation. "He's trying to reach for the water, Mr. Lee."

"O-Oh..."

Kai bit his lower lip and calm his brother down. "Hey, just reach it!" He exclaimed in a whisper.

"Elijah, I'll get it," Jace says, moving forward to get the water.

He took the water and handed it to Elijah. The younger smiled and drank, thanking him.
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San Vedra:

When the car finally stopped at San Vedra University, the squad went out. A normal day with judgemental eyes. Well, being famous and having same-sex relationships were already like this.

Stares, media, comments, judgments. The squad already learned. They learned to take it in and respect every individual's opinion about them. Good or bad, it doesn't matter: They were living their lives. Haters gonna hate, players gotta play.

They went in and parted ways when they'd reach the hall.

"Hey, bitch."

Oh, not again. Elijah raised his head to face a guy wearing a leather jacket, having messy hair, and eating candy. It was none other than Angelo, his bully.

"Yeah? And so? What the hell do you want?" He arched a brow giving him a slight attitude.

The bully chuckles. "Hm... You're gay right? Why don't you fling with us? I can pay you. Disgusting shits like you are gold-diggers."

Elijah laughed like a psycho. "Oh? I don't like flings, dear. Especially not with someone who can't even pass Biology. You and your yellow banana minions can't even get 98."

"You little slut!"

Slapping the boy shamelessly, Angelo wanted to burst more. The gut to shame a wealthy student!

"Homophobia that leads to violence... I like that." Elijah smirked. "Look here, I pity your mother sometimes. She carried you in her womb for months and all she labored to is a: homophobic, bully, ungrateful son."

"At least, she didn't make a sin."

The other scoffed. "If my mother made a sin, You should be scared, shouldn't you? I mean, You consider me to be made by the devil, I might bring karma when we crossed paths again."

"Are you threatening me? Or are you trying to be a copycat of Rafael?" Angelo glowers with a clown laugh.

"Rafael Jace Jimenez Xiao? No, I'm not." Elijah says shortly with a frown, what a lame talk.

"Oh really? Rafael Jace Jimenez Xiao is a cool person. You're trying to do it like him by barking back to me."

The other male took his books to his locker, placing them on top. "Rafael and Jace might be one name, but they're... completely different, honey." He stopped a laugh. "Rafael is known by the media. A delicate vlogger, a brother." He walked closer to Angelo.

"But, Jace? Have you seen him when he beats up a guy, see him when he pulls a trigger? Worked with him personally? I don't think so."

"Don't be ridiculous!" Angelo exclaimed running out of breath.

Elijah crossed his arms. "Why? Are you scared? Don't feel threatened.... Or do, I don't care."

Angelo growls at him, how dare he scare him using his idol? "Whatever you do, I won't stop! A sin is a sin! Even if I don't know who Jace is, truly."

The younger smiles and leaned to whisper to his bully's ear: "Then don't. But, You should truly be careful, Angelo. Your dear Rafael, trained me how to overcome you like a speck of dirt. You know how he handles things... rough."

Elijah took his backpack and left. He knew very well that Angelo disliked him because of his and Jace's closure. His bully idolizes the other, he was like a dog tailing the vlogger everywhere

Later that day, he was paged to the office. He was reported by the bully and of course, the bully ended up winning. He never did intended to tell anyone.
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Whoo, whee, we aren't going to make anyone weak here 🦊 not in my vocabulary for this story. I hope you enjoyed it though, bye bye, love y'all!

-Ms. Khi 🦊🖤