You and Xiao agreed to meet up at the school gates, but he was nowhere to be found. He wasn't picking up his phone, so you decided to look for him around the school. You managed to find him, sitting at the school court alone with bruises decorating his face and his nose bleeding.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm fine."

You were neighbours and childhood friends, so you knew about his tendency to get into fights without thinking. Xiao didn't want to seem weak, especially not in front of you.