Your Charming Boxing Gloves.

Chapter 01

Arrogant boy

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"Sean! Hurry up!! We're gonna miss it."

Austin dragged Sean through the crowded market street.

Almost all the restaurants and cafes in that street are fully packed with people since it's evening time, which is the peak time for shopping and dating of the students of the schools and universities around there. Not to mention, almost all the famous restaurants and cafes around the area is situated in this one particular street. Being the students of Skyland High School which is the no. 01 high school in around the area, there isn't a single restaurant or café in this street that hasn't been visited by Sean and Austin. Some of them are even their favorites.

But, despite all these distracting factors, Austin dragged Sean without even glancing around as he made his way through the crowd swiftly. It's all because, his mind was focused on something else he finds more interesting than his favourite delicious foods.

'BOXING'

Crashing into the people in the streets while being forcefully dragged by Austin; Sean's mood is not any good since he hates being in crowded places the most. Especially those weird glances the people in the streets been giving to them. Sean endured.

They arrived in front of a boxing club which says "Ring It On' on its front after sometime of dragging and crashing in to people. Austin liked boxing ever since he accidentally watched a boxing match in TV when he was 13, although he never dared to learn boxing since what he's most afraid of is pain. But, he always felt happy when watching boxing matches so he frequently went to watch boxing matches held by that certain boxing club which is near his house. But, his typical high school mind set not wanting to go alone, he'll always pester Sean to go with him. Although Sean never agreed, Austin will still drag him along all the time. Today is no different.

Despite his face clearly displaying an annoyed and angered expression, Sean didn't say anything as he let Austin do as he pleases. But, if it's not for the fact that Sean also took a liking in boxing, Austin would have received an emotional damage by now due to Sean's bad temper. On the other hand, if Austin didn't know that Sean likes boxing, he wouldn't dare drag Sean along with him like that.

When they arrived at the club, both of them were greeted by a huge crowd unlike other days.

"What's happening?!" Austin looked around; confused until he saw the notice placed on the notice board mentioning about the 'Annual friendly boxing tournament' among the 5 old and famous boxing clubs in the city which is being held in the 'Ring It On' boxing club this year.

"Eh? A tournament is being held in here today!!" His face brightened up as he read the contents of the notice while Sean also took a quick glance at it, a small smile tugged on his lips without his knowledge.

"Heh, our luck is pretty good today." Austin said as he grinned ear to ear.

"Yours, not ours." Sean complained as he looked around the bustling crowd; his expression clearly shouting out the accumulating annoyance in his mind.

Austin smiled at Sean's expression as he continued, "However, according to the time allocated to every match, we've already missed three matches and.. oh! one of the finalists must have been selected by now."

Reading the other notices on the board one by one; he got a good grasp of the situation. He found that the one who was selected to fight in the final match is Andres Wilson Rivera; a boxer from 'Life boxing' club who's of the same age as them; a 15 year old boy. He won against a boxer from 'We glove' boxing club in his first match; an easy victory according to scores. Then he won against a boxer from 'Gold star' boxing club; even though the opponent scored preferably high points, it's still an easy victory for him since his scores are far more higher than him.

Austin, "A formidable opponent, huh?! What's the point? He's gonna lose to Ralph anyway."

Ralph is the best fighter in "Ring It On' boxing club; 15 year old boy. He's known for his cruel boxing style. So, almost everyone believed that the one who's gonna box against Andres in the final match is Ralph; Austin is no exception.

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In the matches, Ring It On boxing club; Ralph Edwards won in semi-finals against 'Vic boxing' club without failing the expectations of the audience.

"The final match is gonna start in 15 minutes. I can see that everyone is as excited as me to find out this year's champion. Ralph Edwards VS Andres Rivera. All of you have already witnessed the arrogant attitude of Mr. Andres Rivera as well as the cruel attitude of Mr. Ralph Edwards already. A battle between Cruelty and Arrogance. Let's see who wins."

When host finished, both Andres and Ralph got on the stage almost at the same time.

Sean's heart skipped a few beats at the sight in front of him; hundreds of thousands of butterflies flapping around in his stomach. That's the first time Sean saw such a pretty boy; his crowded surroundings didn't bother him anymore as his eyes focused fully on Andres.

There's something about that boy which makes Sean feel like he's drowning in the middle of the sea; but the sea water is sweet.

When he was lost in his own world like that, he heard a comment from Austin.

"Tsk, he's too arrogant." Austin said with an annoyed expression as he witnessed Andres's attitude towards Ralph. He was clearly provoking Ralph by his actions, not to mention the smirk lingering on his lips which clearly displayed an arrogant aura around him. Still, Ralph didn't seem like he was bothered by that arrogance of his, which is definitely a surprise to the audiences.

Sean didn't feel the same way as Austin about Andres.

"Yeah, arrogant in an admirable way." He said as he genuinely smiled without realising. In his eyes, even that arrogant smirk looked charming on Andres.

Austin turned and gave a weird look to Sean but, Sean couldn't care less as he struggled to look at Andres through that crowd. Once again the crowd surrounding began to irritate Sean. But this time, it's not because he was standing among the crowd but because, he couldn't take a good look on Andres.

Before he could realise it, the match came to an end and the crowd also got dissipated.

His mind; blank.

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5 years later...

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'Bang Bang!!'

'Bang Bang Bang!!'

"Argh....! Damn Ralph! Are you f*****g banging your head on my door?"

Andres yelled as he kicked the blanket away in irritation. He's really not a morning person. To be more precise, he's basically a lazy bum.

He plopped down back on the bed after yelling, as his bed felt so warm and inviting for a damn good sleep. Just when he was about drift into a deep sleep,

'So lonely in your bed

Does breakin' me make you feel good?

Guess you don't understand

What goes around, comes around..'

Andres's favourite song; 'Who's laughing now' from his favourite singer; Ava max, starts playing loudly outside his room. Too loud that he couldn't even close his eyes peacefully. The fact that he couldn't sleep because of the loud noise is already irritating as it is, so the fact that the loud noise is his favourite song made him feel like s**t early in the morning. Even though, it's not that early, it's still midnight for Andres.

"Raaallphh...!! You heartless s**t!" He screamed as his bedroom door burst opened; his eyes searching for that certain heartless s**t.

As soon as his eyes landed on Ralph standing in the kitchen, his lazy bones twitched in anger; he literally jumped over the sofa and the table placed in the living room effortlessly before jumping on Ralph who was trying his best to avoid getting caught by Andres.

Still, he got caught.

Andres gathered all his anger as he bit down on Ralph's neck deeply.

"Ah- argh!!" Ralph screamed loudly in pain before walking into the living room. He plopped down on the sofa as Andres let go of him and then he slid down from the sofa to the floor exhausted; both of them panting rather heavily.

"You dog!" Ralph snarled as he wiped away the blood oozed from the wound caused by a dog.

Ava max's song; Who's laughing now; still echoing through the apartment,

"Turn it off." Andres barked; his voice is raspy due to exhaustion.

"You do it." Ralph barked back among his endless panting.

As annoyed as he got, Andres gave a rather hard kick on Ralph's shoulder which made Ralph to slide down more to the floor.

"You're lucky since the apartment is very big and soundproof."

Andres hmphed as he got up to turn off the speaker before mouthing 'Shithead'

Ralph saw it and mouthed back 'dumbass' and both of them bursted out in laughter. After all a certain 'Shithead' and a certain 'dumbass' spent every second in their life together ever since they were 4; almost 16 years.

After Andres turned the speaker off, Ralph called him.

"Hey!"

When Andres stopped and turned, he stretched out his right hand as he attacked Andres with his cute puppy eyes like a little kid looking up at his mother when he fell down.

Andres grinned widely; a tint of sarcasm lingering on his eyes, he threw a pillow straight at Ralph's face as both of them once again bursted out in laughter. In the end, Andres did gave Ralph a hand to get up.

Their 16 years long friendship is the best friendship anyone could've ever seen in their life.

When Andres was 5, his father took him to the orphanage he owns; "Wilson Orphanage"

That's where he met Ralph for the first time.

He liked boxing ever since he was 4. He even had a pair of small doll boxing gloves bought by his father back then.

When he went to the 'Wilson Orphanage', he met a kid who refused to play with other kids as he put on a sad expression on his face.

Andres became curious as he approached that boy and asked why he was sad. The boy didn't say anything at first but, later he told, since he couldn't tolerate Andres asking questions without a break.

He said that he liked boxing but, the orphanage manager said that he shouldn't take an interest on sports since it's expensive, especially when he's living in an orphanage.

After chatting with him for a while, Andres went to his father and asked him to adopt Ralph so he could learn boxing with him. Since Andres never took an interest on the kids who's of the same age as him before; Ralph is the first; so his father agreed right away.

Ever since then, they've been thick best friends. Eventhough Ralph felt a distance at first since they aren't his real relatives, he eventually became closer with them as he felt that they're good people.

After helping Ralph to get up, Andres went straight into another room followed by Ralph.

There was a lot of equipment to work out and to practice boxing in that big room. It was like a personal boxing gym.

Both of them got ready after working out for almost an hour according their usual schedule.

It was their first day in University so, both of them are as excited as children.

Ralph was wearing a sky blue slim fit cotton chambray shirt and dark blue cotton pants along with a pair of white Canvas shoes. A branded wrist watch on his right hand and his left hand remained empty. His black hair slightly slicked back neatly.

On the other hand, Andres also wearing the same dress as him. But, his shoes aren't plain white as Ralph's, his white Canvas shoes are printed with black lines. He wasn't wearing a wrist watch but, a blue and white thread bracelet along with a black leather bracelet on his right hand wrist. His hair, it's a total mess since he likes to run his hands through his hair too often. He also left his first two shirt buttons undone; a black chain hanging around his neck.

His whole aura is totally opposite to Ralph's good boy aura even though both of their dresses are same. A playboy.

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Chand Sports & Arts University.

Both of them are studying sports studies in University. Of course the sport they chose is Boxing.

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"Hey guys, I'm Ralph, I've been learning boxing since 5. My aim is to fight in an international boxing championship one day."

Ralph introduced himself since their boxing coach; Dylan Walker asked them introduce themselves to the class.

They've already changed into their respective sports wear. Ralph was wearing a pair of dark green vest and shorts along with his black boxing shoes. Without a doubt, Andres also wearing the same as Ralph. The difference is, Andres was wearing a green head band; typical Andres while Ralph wasn't wearing a headband.

The reason why they wear matching dress all the time is their mom; Alena Wilson. Ever since they officially adopted Ralph, Andres' parents thought of him as their own son. Even though, they are mad rich, they didn't want them to become the typical second generation rich kids with bad habits, so they've always been strict parents when needed. And, not wanting Andres and Ralph to feel a distance between them, Alena made another rule which is, they should always wear identical clothes unless one of them find a partner of their own.

When their coach was ticking everyone as they introduce themselves, he suddenly paused after Ralph finished his introduction. His eyes looked confused as he looked up from the register book he have been holding.

"Mr. Andres Wilson Rivera." He called out while Andres who was ready to introduce himself looked at him with the same confused look.

"Mr. Ralph Wilson Rivera." He called Ralph's full name as well which got rid of the confused look on Andres' eyes.

"Are you two... twins?!" He looked back and forth between them as he tried to find any similarities between them.

"Non-identical twins!" he muttered looking more and more confused.

"Oh, no, we're not. We're step brothers." Andres said.

"Oh. Yeah, okay. Continue your introduction." He said as he ticked Andres's name.

"Hi, I'm Andres. I've been learning boxing since I was 5. I've never met anyone who's more skilled in boxing than me until now. So, my wish is to box against an opponent like that one day."

His shameless words made everyone to turn to look at him. Some of them are laughing while some are throwing glances of disgust towards him. But, as if he cares.

Ralph just quietly laughed at the words of the typical Andres he always knew. Their coach also laughed at his words quietly.

"Okay. Wish you all the best, Andres. Next one." Coach Dylan said as he suppressed a laughter.

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"Okay, dear warriors. Since it's our first day, we'll just start with three warm-up matches. So, for our first match...." He looked around the students once.

"Why don't we start our first match with Mr. Skilled?"

The coach chuckled as he pointed at Andres while the students went 'oooo'

"What do you say, Andres?"

"Sure, it's my pleasure, Dylan." He said as he got up with a grin on his face which brimmed with confidence.

Dylan is an easy-going person even though he's a famous coach. He have asked his students to call him by his first name. But, he'll still be a strict coach when he's needed to be.

"So, who dares to box against Andres?"

Ralph raised his hand without a hesitation which is something Andres expected.

"Not you, Ralph. Since you guys are step brothers, you must be pretty familiar with his style. Anyone else?"

Andres smiled as he winked at Ralph since he also didn't want to box against Ralph.

Another guy confidently raised his hand as he looked at Andres with disgust.

"Okay, It's Tyler then."

Tyler felt annoyed by Andres' attitude ever since his extended hand for a friendly handshake was ignored by Andres when he came this morning. If only he knew that Andres' had Social phobia when he was a kid and although it was cured by a best psychiatrist later, it still left a great impact on his socializing abilities.

Tyler walked to Andres and said, "Don't worry. Your wish will be fulfilled today." his tone brimming with arrogance.

A smirk tugged on his lips, "You better keep your words." Andres said before getting in to the ring.

When the match started, Tyler swung his right hand straight to Andres' face, but Andres avoided it with a couple of smooth footwork. So smooth that it looked like he was dancing leaving everyone who're outside the ring in awe.

Almost three minutes passed after the match started, Tyler slowly began to realise how true Andres' words are when he got outpowered by Andres again and again for countless times within that three minutes time.

After a whole five minutes, the match came to an end as Tyler admitted on his own that he lost against Andres.

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That's the end of Chapter one.

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Our second male lead will make his entry in Chapter 02.

Oh right, who else likes Ava Max's song, "Who's laughing now."?