ELEVEN
idiot, idiot, idiot

❪ tw: strong language, mentions of surgery, and mentions of injury❫

COBRA KAI
(season 3, ep 4)

"SO, AFTER ALL THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T EVEN KISS!?" cleo questioned as she and scarlett walked away from security. "for the tenth time, no." scarlett laughed. "i still don't get it." they both stopped walking and turned to face each other. "it just didn't happen." scarlett explained. "so you guys aren't like together?" cleo slightly tilted her head. "i'm not really ready." "that's understandable."

cleo looked over scarlett's shoulder and her expression changed. she saw hawk standing at his locker and rory was standing by the open locker door, talking to him. scarlett had told cleo everything about rory so she was almost just as angry at the image as scarlett was about to be. "what are you looking at?" scarlett gave her a look. "something you're not gonna like." cleo breathed out.

scarlett turned around and a scoff left her lips once she saw them. "i'm so done with this bitch." scarlett said as she started to walk over to them. "shit." cleo mumbled.

"hey." scarlett raised her voice, getting the attention of both of them. "hi, scar." hawk smiled. scarlett slightly went up on her tippy toes to wrap her arms around hawk's neck. as hawk was hugging her back, scarlett gave rory the side-eye.

"oh, hey rory." scarlett gave her a fake smile when hawk released her from his grip. "hi scarlett. i haven't seen you at the dojo recently. are you okay?" rory spoke in a condescending tone.

"it's not like it's any of your business but, i'm taking a break. if that's okay with you." rory rolled her eyes at scarlett before turning her attention back to hawk. "i'll see you at the dojo." rory said before walking away.

"really?" hawk smirked. "what?" scarlett looked up at him. "are we getting jealous already?" hawk teased. "i'm not jealous i just hate her." scarlett defended. "mhm." "shut up." scarlett pushed him.

SCARLETT WAS IN THE CAFETERIA, SITTING WITH moon, cleo, doni, and yasmine. scarlett was never a fan of yasmine but she was sitting here because moon was and she wasn't really talking to yasmine. "hey! you ready to rock...our earth science presentation?" demetri interrupted the conversation they were having as he walked toward their table.

demetri set his and yasmine's project on the empty space next to scarlett and sat down. "i'm ready to go back to a world where we don't have to talk to each other on a regular basis." yasmine sighed. "hey, hey, hey! my popularity's on the rise, while yours is steadily declining. but, uh, maybe we can meet in the middle, like a sexual venn diagram." everyone else besides yasmine started to laugh and yasmine just has a disgusted look on her face. "well, this is a side of demetri i never thought i'd see." doni laughed.

"so, what was your grand project idea this time?" scarlett asked. "i'm glad you asked." demetri looked at scarlett before he dramatically pulled off the sheet, revealing that it was made completely out of lego's. "behold...what scientists believe to be the valley when dinosaurs roamed the earth."

"go ahead, press the hadrosaur egg." demetri turned to yasmine. she pushed down on the egg and there was a sound of birds and smoke came out of the volcano. "wow, that's really cool." cleo watched in awe. "how did you even do that?" moon looked over at him.

"not bad. my parents may not have to pay for my A this time." yasmine smiled. "oh, your parents will never have to pay for an A again."

demetri continued to explain the project and hawk who was standing across from their table looked over, seeing scarlett smiling at demetri's words. which made him upset. hawk threw the ball that was in his hand at demetri's project and fear shot through scarlett's body as she moved out of the way, trying not to get hit.

"i'm sorry, man. looks like my ball just got away from me." scarlett heard hawk's voice and looked up. "that took me three weeks to build." "eh, took my ball three seconds to destroy." hawk walked away and scarlett went after him.

"what the hell was that?" scarlett pushed his shoulder, making him turn back. "i know you hate him but come on, it's his project." "well, that's too bad for him." hawk and the rest of the cobra's started to laugh. "are you kidding me?" scarlett's face scrunched up. "i thought i was being very serious." "what the fuck is wrong with you, god!?" scarlett groaned before she walked away from him and out of the cafeteria.

HAWK STOOD BEHIND SCARLETT AS SHE WAS PUTTING STUFF BACK INTO HER LOCKER. it was close to the end of the day and she hasn't really talked to him. "can i talk to you now?" hawk stood, impatiently. "if i don't are you gonna throw a ball at me?" scarlett's voice was oozing sarcasm.

"why did you do that? and tell me the truth." scarlett finally looked at him. hawk was silent for a while but he soon spoke up. "i didn't like how much you were laughing when he was talking." hawk confessed and scarlett laughed dryly. "so i'm not allowed to laugh?" "no, you are i just-"

"hawk this is so stupid. you know i like you and not demetri, right?" scarlett ran her fingers through her hair in frustration. "yes." hawk answered. "i laugh at everyone's jokes and i haven't seen you throw anything yet."

"yeah..." he trailed off. "demetri and i have barely talked in years. throwing a ball at his project just because you didn't like what you saw is extremely dumb."

"i know i'm sorry." hawk raised his voice slightly. "i'm still mad at you." scarlett slammed her locker door shut and walked past him. "scarlett, wait!" he yelled out. "what?" scarlett turned around. "i don't even have you yet i just don't want to lose you." "stop acting stupid and you won't." scarlett shrugged before she walked towards the front doors.

SCARLETT WAS HOME ALONE. she always hated being home alone because she's seen too many horror movies of home invasions. she heard the doorbell ring followed by a knock on the door. "who is it!?" scarlett yelled from the couch. "johnny." scarlett hadn't seen or heard from johnny for a month now and she honestly thought she never would.

she dropped the remote and ran over to the front door, unlocking it as quickly as she could. "why haven't you been answering my calls?" scarlett crossed her arms. "i threw it away. but, that's beside the point."

"look, i'm sorry kid. i abandoned you when you needed me the most, you were going through a lot." johnny apologized even though scarlett felt like he didn't have to. "so, were you." "that doesn't matter, a sensei doesn't leave his students in the dust. i may have had all of the other kids turn on me but, you and miguel have always stuck by me and i don't even understand why-" johnny started to ramble before scarlett cut him off.

"i stick by you because you shaped me into the person that i've always wanted to be. and unlike them, i would never turn you because i can finally be who i am because of you."

"you know, sometimes you remind me of my dad." "really?" johnny questioned. for the first time in a while, he realized that there was someone out there who saw him as a father figure. that saw him as something other than a screw-up. "yeah." scarlett nodded.

"you guys would've been best friends. he loved martial arts, you guys have the same sense of humor, but most importantly, I feel like you and my dad are the only people who truly love and care about me. because i literally can't count how many times someone who left has shown up at my doorstep apologizing."

"i would do anything to make sure you're taken care of and okay because you're special and you deserve everything good." as johnny talked scarlett couldn't help but close her eyes and let the tears run down her cheeks. "don't cry, kid." johnny chuckled as he pulled scarlett into his chest. "i'll always be here."

...

THE PAIR WALKED INTO MIGUEL'S ROOM and saw miguel reaching for his phone that was on a cart, a few feet away from his bed. miguel felt eyes on him and turned his head to johnny and scarlett in the doorway. miguel looked at scarlett and over to johnny. "what are you doing here?"

"want the phone?" johnny nodded his head over to the table. "yes." miguel replied with a sigh. johnny grabbed onto the cart and pushed it over to the other side of the room. "go get it." johnny demanded. "i can't walk. even with the surgery i might never-" "quiet!" johnny yelled making both miguel and scarlett jump.

"never, can't...those are just words that are meaningless. it's time for you to get out of bed and do something."

"you guys aren't kids anymore." johnny pointed to miguel and scarlett. "the world isn't just gonna hand it to you. you want something, you'll have to crawl across the floor, use your damn teeth if you have to. you'll do whatever it takes."

"i'm always going to be there next to you. to the both of you. cause i'll always be your teacher." johnny reassured. "and i'm always going to be here for you because no matter what, i'll always be your friend." scarlett interfered. "now, go get it."

"yes, sensei." miguel moved the covers away from his body and started to lift himself off of the bed. "you got this. that's it." johnny encouraged. once most of miguel's body was lifted he reached for the cart. but since he still could feel a muscle in his legs he fell off the bed, causing scarlett's jaw to drop.

"oh, shit." johnny looked down at miguel. "i told you that was a bad idea." scarlett scolded johnny. "yeah, maybe i should listen to you more." johnny rubbed his forehead. "nurse!" scarlett yelled.

a/n: i'm definitely approaching this season in a different way than i thought i would and there's about to be a lot of original chapters and a lot of drama if you've seen my tiktok you kind of know or if i pmed you about it but get ready. also, leo and mary were in a show together!? and the way i cried writing scarlett and johnny's scene