Bully Me
As he turned and swept his gaze over the rest of the school body, their eyes dropped, afraid to make contact.
'They're afraid of me,' he thought. He felt a rush of endorphins, boosting his mood for the first time since Angelica texted him by accident, dropping herself in the shit.
It was a strange feeling, but the longer he sat with them, joining in their inane chatter about the teachers they hated and the video games they played, the more comfortable it became.
He found out Kez was into the same kind of music as him, and Ahmed played the same first-person shooter he was currently obsessed with.