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"hey so im kai, kai ivory santos! I've only been the one and only spidergirl, or spectra, lets explain my past, shall we?"
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moonlight passes by the window of the small room, to be exact the attic, not exactly the best place to sleep in, but your family doesnt give a shit about you anyway, your eyelids open up as you bothered to turn off the alarm clock on your small phone, you winched looking at your bandaged wrists "damnit.. mom had to go that far yesterday.." you whispered quietly as you stood up from the small mattress that was surprisingly clean, the attic was your room, clean but cold, you where still shivering..
standing up as you stretched a bit the pain of the bruises under your clothes? you didnt bother anymore, you were used to it, glancing at your phone its still 2 am in the morning, grabbing your towel and clothes as you rushed down when you finished cleaning up your room , can it even be called one? your step mother just got in a few years ago and your dear step brother occupied everything, you felt a bit of envy since you cant really do anything except be beaten up by the family of yours, sighing as you walked down to the bathroom,
It's always the same routine but, it's the first day of school! maybe even meet someone new on the first day of gotham high!
you hummed walking in the bathroom turning to the mirror as you took off your clothes, sighing as you looked at your bruised form in the mirror, no uniform on the first day, "maybe ill wear a turtleneck to cover it up ..easy enough." you mumbled, voice soft and tired, a bit drowsy from waking up, you took off the bandages which was still dripped with crimson, as you walked in the shower.
winching as you felt the cold water hitting your wounds, you stayed silent, not wanting to wake anyone up, letting out a small sniffle as you finished showering.
Looking around the drawer where you hide most of your stuff, of course your family doesn't want to see your stuff, you always hide it in the best spots,
no one would want bandages and gauzes in their drawers! wrapping yourself in the towel after ruffling up your fluffy wet hair, looking at your legs
"Geez...it hurts too much.." you sighed wrapping new bandages around your legs, where they mostly cut you or burn you with cigarettes.. ouch?
wrapping yourself up in new bandages, tightening it up as you put on your clothes, a tshirt and cycling shorts, drying up your hair as you rushed up the attic after cleaning up
humming to yourself as you packed up your school bags a bit excited and some whatnot, your brother is jealous you got a full ride scholarship to gotham high, thats the reason for your poor wrists and legs having new wounds
And you arent so sure about what's going to happen next, since he managed to get into a second prestigious highschool but having your parents to pay for the tuition, tapping your leg unconsciously as you went down to the kitchen, preparing a simple breakfast for the rest of the family, french toast and eggs, preferably hotel styled scrambled eggs, you managed to be a better cook for yourself due to the fact your mother would be mad when shes going to cook, be late for her job, and would beat you up for not making it good, you shuddered at the thought grabbing your lunch box making yourself some katsudon for lunch, biting on a piece of frenchtoast as you glanced at your small phone, 4:01 and have a bit more time as you put the food for breakfast in the covers, going up to your room, ehem attic ..
grabbing a change of clothes, black turtleneck and beige a bit baggy pants, and sliding on your glasses as you opened the dim light, a faint hint of light catching a photo near your bed, you smiled softly looking at it as you sat down on the mattress "Dami..i hope to see you soon" looking at the picture, 2 children in it, you grinning softly at the camera and the little boy with a scowl holding your hand, that was years ago when you where children, still living in arabic back them with your mother as a happy family.
you touched the frame as you put it down grabbing your bag opening a book, studying a few lessons early for the first day of school, thats how well of a student you are, always at the top place, and you managed to get top scores from sheer intelligence too, and it took you a bit of an hour to finish a few lessons with different books, glancing at the small ticking clock at your mini desk
5:13, you sprung up putting your phone in your pocket and put the books in your bag, making sure you made a mental list in your head "books, pencils, pens, correction tapes ..uhmm.. phone ..ah!" looking around going to a small corner, tapping at the floor boards taking the wood up a bit as you grabbed a small box, opening it with a content sigh,, "i thought i dont have anymore money.." you smiled looking at the stack of cash you earned for the summer, you never stopped saving, in hopes of leaving the hell hole of a house
grabbing the stack of cash folding it with a small hair tie as you hide the box away, putting it where it was hidden, planning to cash in the money to the bank, going to my bag spinning the bag a bit as you grabbed open a zipper a hidden pocket open, putting the cash in a pouch as you shoved the pouch in the secret compartment, putting the bag on as you put your shoes on walking down the attic "gonna explore for a while pa..." you whispered as you walked out the house.
The gloomy skies of gotham is surprisingly clear for today, glancing at the watch you put on in a rush earlier "5:50.. still early, might as well explore.." you mumbled pushing your glasses on walking around alleys, going to the train station putting on your headphones, connecting it to your phone, perfect! sunflower is on just in time!!
you hummed the song as you walked past to the other side, grabbing your camera from your bag putting the strap around your neck with a grin as you walked around, heading past a gate where old tracks are, looking around at the murals at this place, pretty cool for gotham, humming as i readied my camera
a spider, glitching?.. also readied down with its web to crawl on your clothes and reach for the back of your neck
as soon as you took a picture at the murals you winched as the spider bites your neck you slapped the back of your neck "What the.." you mumbled looking at the pristine colored spider, you blinked pushing your glasses up as you walked out the old train tracks rubbing your neck.. "Weird.." you continued and hummed to the song walking out the train station, 6:27 you walked down the street to reach gotham high, pulling your headset off putting it in your bag, reaching the door towards the school, walking to the registration area, you were so glad youd get a locker
knocking on the door as you walked in "Miss? hi hello uh, new student may i ask to get my keys to the locker?" a woman holding a newspaper with kind eyes greeted you "oh hello sweetheart! your kai right?" you nodded with a smile as you let go of your camera, letting the strap around your neck support it "yes i am, the full name is kai ivory santos" the woman with kind eyes smiled softly at your name "pretty name kai, im mary, grabbing a key in her drawer "your pretty early sweetie, not until 8 starts classes!" you grinned sheepishly scratching the back of your neck, your nape has a bit of a dent from the spider bite, feels weird tho.. "ah! id like to explore the school in my free time Ms Mary.." grabbing the keys from her as you held it close to your id "im sure you wouldnt mind right Ms Mary?" she patted your arm with a chuckle "no i really dont! its actually quite fine for me to know im not the only one here!"
you smiled, a genuine one actually, not fake as mary grinned squeezing your cheek "oh kai! sweet kai id love to platonically adopt you, Your soo adorablee!" you paused, grinning sheepishly "sure Ms Mary, id love to visit the reception some time to see you too, im gonna explore now Ms Mary!" you waved as you walked out of the room, maybe gotham high was the right choice to study in, they're soo nicee!
walking around finding your locker, 1 more hour till class starts, you finally found your locker! "why are lockers so hard to find.." you huffed by opening the locker with your key, putting a few books in your bag into the locker, the first subject stays in the bag and the rest of the textbooks go to the locker now your bag is very light! I'm pretty sure you like how the first few classes are 3 subjects only and then after that is break time, putting your lunch box on the top part of the locker
walking around with your bag, exploring the vast space of the Gotham's highschool, rhe architecture looks wonderful! you thought as you walked in the library, which you found with the map given days ago before classes started, the librarian looked surprised but she smiled, the fact that a student goes early to school makes her a bit happy, you waved at her as you put your bag down on a table, walking around the library
grabbing a few books as you sat down surprised to see a few books of Osamu Dazai's, this really is a prestigious highschool, best one yet! you got drowned in the pages for a while, reading a book or two as you looked at your watch, at least ten minutes left, putting the books back remembering the pages clearly! wait..what? your brain usually remembers everything but not this much, you rubbing your nape over your turtleneck "maybe it's just the bite.." you mumbled walking out the library after saying a bye to the librarian, holding your bag, you remember everything too well, picture perfect memory is what they usually say you have bit not, too picture perfect like right now! you walked in your first class, then the next, then the third! why do you remember everything all too well when it was all a blur too?! you sighed as you just never minded it, pushing your glasses up as you walked back to your locker, switching your notebooks and text books, And you also remembered this one popular guy the girls where talking at first class.. his name was uhh, dani? wait no..Damian! you shrugged it off because it felt all too familiar, closing your locker bumping into someone "oh my goodness i apologize deepl-!" you waved your hands up pausing as you looked at the guy infront of you, Damian, damian wayne... you understand it now! 'hes the popular kid huh, i wonder how hes familiar?' you thought
Damian scowled "watch where you're going kid-" then turned to look at you, pausing, "huh? you look, familiar."
Your eyes widened a bit as you rubbed your nape over your turtleneck "haha...maybe the same person i went to in english..?"
He raised an eyebrow looking at the people behind him with another scowl, maybe he likes scowling- "TT, come sit with me during breaktime, now." he seems surprised as well, THE Damian Wayne told you too? he seems surprised as you are
"Uh, sure?" you tilt your head closing your locker, putting the keys back
"Come." he gestured to you as he walked to the canteen, you were holding your sketch book and pencil in your pocket, maybe he likes art too? you just shrugged it off following the guy behind
"Whats your name?" He asked grabbing a food tray with quick ease walking to a table
"Kai, Kaii Ivory Santos." you said, sitting down in front of him, it's actually not uncomfortable to be with him, he seems familiar, maybe thats it.
"That kid that places first in the scholarship program?" He asked biting on an apple
"Uh..yeah?" you opened your sketch book
"Good, maybe ill accept you as an acquaintance." he nodded to himself, finishing the apple
people, everyone glanced at the two of you, the most smartest students in Gotham high, one ranked first in scholar, the other ranked high in grades, they looked at you weirdly, rather since damian never talks to new people so easily.
You hummed looking at him not caring for the stares, actually looking, he has sharp features, maybe from his mother, since you know that his father doesn't have the features. sharp jawline, tanned, brownish black hair, very very attractive features, you tilt your head looking at him "hm.."
He looked at you raising an eyebrow "TT.. got something weird on your mind? Why are you looking at me like that." he scowled, no no, not at you, at the people who're staring, now they go back to their things
"You're Arabic, right?" you asked drawing a sketch
"yeah, i am, and why does that question Santos?" he bit on his food
"I lived there once, back then and that, maybe i saw you, maybe that?" you said sketching
He just nodded looking at your sketch, pretty good actually. "You like art?" His tone is icy, distant but very familiar
You nodded looking at the page pushing your glasses up. "Kind of, i am trying to do anatomy, it hurts me to learn it"
The ends of his lips twitched, not a smile, definitely not! "Mhm, it looks, goo- accepting.. ill take you to the wayne museum sometime, look at a few art pieces if you accept" he paused, looking shocked at what hes saying, hes supposed to be the smart and distant one..
"Really Wayne?" you looked at him, pupil's bright with those usual dull eyes
He nodded, pinching his thigh he was not absolutely astonished with those bright eyes that looked all too familiar!, absolutely not! not in a million years! not now, not never! he just wants a smart person as an acquaintance. "Yeah, really, we're just acquaintances, ok? What's your average during your last school year?"
You tapped your chin tilting your head "Around, uhh.. always straight A's perhaps? i seem to have gotten an A+ last year"
"Thats acceptable.., what's your next class?" He asked another question, biting on his food
"I'm sure i have art next, Wayne, you?" you said finishing up your sketch
"Art as well, i ask you to come with me after." he said
"I will." you nodded erasing the sketch a bit, drawing on top of it
He stood up gesturing you to follow, and so you did, new things happened, you got bitten by a probably radioactive spider and have been an acquaintance of damian wayne himself so easily!
maybe he'd think of you less of an acquaintance! maybe..maybe not ..