[center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/210315/143ae7936353782ace6ccdd46eeee404.png[/img] [img]https://media1.tenor.com/images/9f5a8ec1efb8b79eb461ed909e2505b6/tenor.gif[/img][/center] [hr] Night time was starting to settle in. Aaron could tell simply by the reflection of the sun off the roof windows. It caused the gym to have a hazy glow to it, obscuring the vision of things far away. Combined with the dust and pollen build up from the planets outside that traveled inwards, the sun rays were almost visible. It only helped to add to that relaxing aura that Aaron came here to experience. He let his mind drift and wander, thought patterns trailing at their own discretion. Random thoughts came and went in his head. Some good, some bad. He thought about Jade in the most gothic clothes he could think of, he also thought of Charlie too. It wasn’t a thought of hatred or anger. Some frustration maybe, but while in this state, he was too relaxed to be tense. The bad thoughts just rolled away into the gymnasium's atmosphere, no longer causing Aaron any harm or distress. At first, he was too relaxed to notice the sound of footsteps approaching. The sound was almost rhythmic and if anything, it sent Aaron into a deeper and more relaxed state than before. It was only when his brain finally engaged that he realised footsteps were bad. It meant someone was coming. But Aaron was too relaxed to care right away, even if the realisation had set in. Two words; well actually one word repeated a second time, changed that however. That voice only belonged to one person. Aaron knew who it was and didn’t like it. He darted upwards to a sitting position, and immediately regretted it, groaning through his teeth in pain and bringing his arm up to rub his now very sore lower back. Sitting up however allowed him to confirm what he thought. Standing inside the gym was Mei. Jillian and Kylee were there as well, but his main focus was on Mei, and the fact she seemed to be armed as well. Though, not very well it seemed. Still, anything was a weapon if you swung it hard enough. Aaron struggled to give off the right body language to express how he was feeling right now: Angry, shocked, bewildered. It wasn’t exactly possible to translate all of that into a single expression. What exactly were they doing here? Was this some kind of ambush? Did Mei finally want round two after all these years? Was she finally taking justice into her own hands? Still. He needed to do something to show his displeasure at seeing Mei. So he raised his left hand, and extended his middle finger giving Mei a massive ‘Fuck You!’. It wasn’t exactly the perfect way to express his emotions. It missed most of the nuances and subtleties of how he really felt, but god did it feel so damn good to flip her off.