Chapter 66 - Delinquent Diaries (10)

Ahoy Ship Sinkers!

In today's journal entry, we will be observing the sc.u.m of the sc.u.ms. We call him the Casanova because he changes girlfriends every week without fail. He's one of the few boys who've had any dating experience at all. Casanova comes from a fairly well to do family so spending money to get girls is something that doesn't bother him. Personally, I think it's a little sad that the boy has to spend money to get someone to like him. He isn't bad looking but he has quite a terrible personality.

I don't often describe someone's personality as horrible but you need to make the judge for yourself after I've told you the evidence I gathered from observation and interaction with this student. He's on a whole new class of sc.u.m when compared to the rest of his class.

Casanova is the same age as Junior but he's definitely got the looks with his East meets West heritage. He has light brown hair and hazel eyes that can sweep any teenage girl off their feet as well as your typical Asian pretty boy looks. Casanova works out at a gym, don't get me wrong. However, he works out to look good and likes to keep his slender build the way it is. His American genes made him taller than most boys his age so I guess that makes him a fairly good catch.

However, that's just the cover of the book. Wait till we delve deeper into the contents and you'll see what I mean.

You might be wondering how anyone his age can be popular so quickly especially if he is from the delinquent class that the school normally shuns. Girls wouldn't usually want to hang out with a boy with a bad reputation, right? Well, I thought wrong. Girls actually like boys with a bad reputation if they're dreamy like Casanova. He speaks sweet nothings to them and showers them with gifts to make them feel like they're the only one in the world. Mind you, Casanova picks his chicks carefully too. He doesn't just accept any type of girl as his girlfriend for the week. The Casanova hunts them and often, he gets them. His secret? None of what he says is the truth.

Casanova lies a lot and it isn't limited to just picking up chicks. He lies to the teachers and even to his classmates although slightly lesser than to other people. Initially, I believed him when he failed to turn in the assignment Casper had given as he told me that he had to take care of his sick mother. However, after closely observing the boy for a few more days, I decided that was a load of b*llsh*t. I'm not someone easily angered but realising how I'd been a fool to believe his blatant lies made me mad. Guess his mother wasn't sick after all because she was busy partying in the Maldives.

He fibs quickly and naturally so much that I can never believe any of his words. It doesn't matter if he's being relaxed or serious. Casanova lies in any situation. If he were to be cursed to have his nose grow longer with each lie, I bet Casanova would have a nose twice as long as the Earth's diameter by now.

Also, Casanova doesn't just tell blatant lies. If I thought I was good at observing people, Casanova was a master. He knew what kind of lies he could tell and get away with. For example, he knew how to craft lies to get out of class cleaning duties every single time. Everyone in the delinquent class was made to take out the trash at least once in their time around, some more than others, but Casanova had never once done it. He was either missing in person or had some sort of reasons to not do it and his classmates would believe him without a doubt. Joker was often Casanova's target if he couldn't escape Junior's order to do so. He spun lies like cotton candy and being the kind-hearted boy Joker was, the kid would always agree to help Casanova out 'just this once' until it happened again.

However, despite the lies he tells, Casanova is a very cautious person. I don't know how he does it but his lies will be very convincing if he wants it to be that way. He plans the lies he tells in a series of stories. Not just the lies he tells... I noticed how Casanova never has his back to anyone in any kind of situation. It's a subconscious move that proves that Casanova actually does a little more than just go to the gym. I only saw it once in my short stay with the boys. Someone tapped Casanova on the shoulders when he had his headphones on during class. The boy didn't just jump in surprise. he actually caught his classmate's wrist and twisted it.

At this point, I didn't recognise Casanova at all. He looked like a completely different person. In fact, I thought he was out to really gut the person who disturbed his short nap but after realising who it was, he let the poor classmate go with a smile and an apology. There was a serious side to Casqanova that not many knew about with his sc.u.mbag behaviour. I think Casanova secretly is a very cautious person who simply trusts nobody but himself. In my opinion, that might feel exceedingly lonely to have to be this way. Perhaps it is the reason why he constantly seeks the company of girls. From what I understood, his parents both are having external affairs despite their marriage. It's not something I can imagine or claim to understand but I'm beginning to see a little more of Casanova as a person even if he is still King of the Sc.u.ms.

Casanova eventually relented to my annoying persistence to get him complete his assignments and I'm not very surprised to see that he could manage a solid eighty percent of the questions correct when he tried. He was also half-hearted when he did it because he didn't bother to show the full working like what Casper had taught. He was clearly not on the same level as the rest of his class with his brilliant mind. In fact, I'm beginning to wonder if Casanova did this deliberately as a form of rebellion of some kind. It was hard to understand him as a person.

In any case, the confusing part was Casanova's approach to interacting with me after he proved that he could pass the topical test without a hitch. Whenever he walks by me I will always get a pat on my head. This confuses me greatly but for some reason, I have a nagging feeling that I'm being treated like a cat.

All jokes aside, I don't think Casanova is someone you'd want to mess with. It's a good thing my observation days are over because tomorrow I will introduce to you an amusing fellow.

Fair winds and stay tuned!

Pirate S.