When they were in high school, hardly anybody could understand why Johnny and Christian were friends. Johnny was a bully, a "tough" guy, someone who got a laugh out of picking on others just because he was a Cobra Kai. Christian was the goody guy. He was goofy. He was nice to everyone. The class favorite even if he was apart of Cobra Kai. But Christian was hardly considered a Cobra Kai. He was just a boy who did karate.
At first, Daniel wasn't sure what to think about Christian. He was in Cobra Kai, his best friend was the person he tried to make his life miserable, but he never made an effort to try and pick on him. Which confused him. But Christian was good. So he didn't know why he was part of Cobra Kai.
Johnny had seen his best friend kicked when he was down by Kreese more times than he should've been, and now Daniel was at his lowest. He figured the only person who could truly help was Christian himself. 
With a sickly feeling in his stomach, Johnny knocked on the door and a minute later, Christian revealed himself. His eyes blinked furiously, shocked by what he was seeing. "Johnny."
Oh god. This was a mistake. "Hey, Chris." Jonny uttered apprehensively. 
"Wha—Uh,  what are you doing here?" Christian stammered, still handing in the doorway. 
He wanted to back out at that moment and just run away, but it was too late now. "Wanna go grab a beer?"



















Odessa had called a meeting. Everyone gathered in her backyard and she sat with her legs crossed on the pool chair. Eli sat behind her, braiding her hair. "Okay guys, we need to figure out a way to help Daniel." She announced to them all. 
Oliver, who was lying on the grass with his hands behind his head, soaking up the sun even though he couldn't tan, spoke up, "I suggest we just kill Silver. Then it'll all be over."
Demetri rolled his eyes. "We can't just go around killing people. This isn't Pulp Fiction." He sat on the edge of the pool. 
Grayson, who was basically falling asleep from lounging out on the pool float, sighed loudly for all of them to hear. "It'd be so awesome if it was." 
"What if we can't help him, Dess? I mean, we know that Silver and him have a fucked up past." Eli spoke. He shook out her braided hair that he just did and started over again. He'd done it three times already. 
She sighed. "I know, but, this isn't just affecting him.  It's affecting Amanda. It's affecting Sam and Anthony. They feel like they're failing him. I know what's it like to want to give up fighting.  I don't want him to just give up." 
From the chair beside her, Hailey lifted her head. "Isn't this why we quit karate, though? To get away from all of this shit?" She asked.
"Technically, we didn't quit. It got shut down." Said Oliver with his finger pointed in the air. 
She mocked him.
"While that's a good point, think about why we joined in the first place," said Eli and he paused his braiding to look at them all. "We, or at least I, got into karate because I was tired of being bullied. I wanted to make something out of myself. Even though I lost myself for a little bit I picked myself back up." He kissed his girlfriend's shoulder. "So, come on. Why'd you all join?"
The group of friends silently looked at one another, thinking about his question. "To find myself again." Odessa answered. She leaned herself back against him. 
"Cause of Miguel. When he beat the shit out of Kyler in the cafeteria, it was fucking awesome." Oliver thrilled and sat up from the grass. 
"I was tired of being bullied, too. I wanted to learn to stick up for myself." Demetri answered. He looked to his boyfriend and half smiled.