(M/n) POV

(M/n): "Well, where are we going to eat? That's the question on my mind."

The people remaining in the room, just looked at me all befuddled while they all scrambled to think of something to say.

Riley: "Not sure.........."

Paul: "Pizza anyone?"

Everyone: "Sure."

Paul: "Alright. Anyone have any preferences?"

Everyone: "Pepperoni. Sausage. Cheese."

Riley: ".........Hawai..........ian........."

Everyone: "BOOOOO!!!!!!! YOU SUCK!!!!! HOW DARE YOU LIKE PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA!!!"

(M/n): "It's ok if you like it."

Riley: "Thank you for not being a jerk (M/n)."

(M/n): "No problem. Just sticking up for my old pals!"

Riley slapped my arm as she laughed in embarrassment. She even had her face turn a light shade of red. Almost as red as her hair. She brushed it off quickly though, clearly not wanting to be seen like that.
It was a nice trait of hers, even around Taylor, Riley wanted to keep her cool head and always downplay others. Mostly for her benefit and for humorous reasons. However, when Taylor was around, she would be seen as a young sister next to her blue haired sibling.
Constantly being seen as Taylor over her and maybe even being laughed at by Taylor, due to her being slightly shorter than Taylor. Even I got into it from time to time, like right now.

(M/n): "See, that little face shines again. How precious."

I rub her set of hair and she pulls down my hand and then bites it.

(M/n): "Yowchie!"

My hand then both stings and burns of pain from Riley's teeth. I look down and see her rather deep marks into my skin. It surprised me how deep they were, they actually got deep enough to make me start to bleed.

Riley: "Do that again and see what happens."

Paul: "Ok guys enough with the idle chat. How many should I get?"

Everyone: "Enough for everyone."

Paul: "You're all like children at a birthday party."

2 hours later

With the pizzas already arrived and now everyone is still eating, while I sit outside looking at the stars.

Riley: "You ok there?"

(M/n): "Not really."

Riley: "Why not?"

She sat next to me holding a piece of Hawaiian in her hands.

(M/n): "Just feeling a little nervous is all."

Riley: "Hey man, who was the one they wanted?"

(M/n): "Me."

Riley: "Who was the one the Jeremy drove here?"

(M/n): "Me."

Riley: "Who is a good friend of me and my sister?"

(M/n): "Gary?"

Riley: "Other than him."

(M/n): "Barry?"

Riley: "Other than him."

(M/n): "Ge-."

Riley: "It's you!"

(M/n): "I know I am, what does that have to do with this?"

Riley: "Look at how far you've come. Do you think that you should hold yourself down on this? Don't. Be thankful, be happy."

She then pushes her two fingers up on her cheeks to then force a smile. But then removes the hands and produces a genuine one.

Riley: "You don't need to fake something just for public view."

(M/n): "I'll try my best."

Riley: "And that is all anyone asks of you. Try."

Her smile grows again while patting me on the back. I pulled her in for a hug as she wanted me to let go, but I refused. Until she bit me again, this time on my arm.

Riley: "Don't do that."

(M/n): "Fair enough."

Paul: "Ay guys, you done smooching out here or what?"

Riley: "We weren't smooching. Far from it."

Paul: "Come on no need to make a sour face at me like that. Oh well, you'll get over it, but that's not why I'm out here. YOU my friend are why I'm out here. Follow me."

Timeskip a few minutes of a little walk to his office

As I leaned back in my chair, I looked on the wall, seeing pictures of past events that Paul had on his wall. Like Wrestlemania 28 with Taker and Shawn, or winning the unified title from Jericho in Toronto.

Paul: "Fan I presume?"

(M/n): "Yep. Been a long time coming this one."

Paul: "Trust me. You earned it kid. Now, about your debut..."

(M/n): "I'm ready. Whenever you need me to debut I will."

Paul: "I can't just have you debut. That would ruin the surprise and fun factor of it all! We need you in a vignette. That is why I ask that you show up tomorrow to film a vignette building up your arrival."

(M/n): "Fine. What time should I be there?"

Paul: "Haven't figured that out yet. But perhaps I would ask that you be there by 10:30 just so we have a starting block. But if it changes I'll let you know when you get there."

(M/n): "Understood. Do you ask of anything else for me?"

Paul: "Not that I can think of. However, I'll keep you up to date. Op! You should check out the comments of your picture. People be going nuts."

I pull out my phone and look at people already posting videos, pictures of me. And even.....fanfics? That's pretty odd. Some of the comments are pushing it just a little. Some like,

"This guy should be WWE champion and feud with AJ Styles."

With follow ups like:

"No he should win it and face Seth Rollins or Tommaso Ciampa."

I just chuckled thinking of the absurd heights that I have. With me, knowing I wasn't going to be that. And how I was perfectly ok without it, I just wanted to be represented on a bigger stage. Everything else, was just icing a neatly layered cake.

Paul: "Why, since I have the basic rundown for you filled out. I think you have my permission to leave. Oh before I forget, I need you to go to Regal in the morning since he wants a new ring name for you."

(M/n): "On it Trips."

Paul: "Please just call me Mr. Levesque."

I give him a little nod acknowledging what he said as I close the door. As soon as the door closes, I hear two very familiar voices come by.

Tegan: "I'm so happy to see you here! It's so nice to meet new people!! Right Dakota?"

Dakota: "It is. Without new blood, how will it evolve?"

Tegan: "There are other ways to survive."

Dakota: "Like how?"

Tegan: "Fish for prey. You're either a predator or prey. And to catch fish, you use a hook."

Dakota: "You must really like fishing don't you?"

Tegan: "Very much so yes. Say, how did you get that set of marks on your hand?"

The welsh woman points to the teeth marks on the back of my hand. I still had Riley's teeth marks implanted into my hand and a little blood still leaked from some of the holes.

(M/n): "Oh, it was just Riley......she bit me."

Tegan: "Riley....doing Riley things."

(M/n): "Yeah, just a graze. I'll walk it off."

Dakota: "Hope you get a steadfast recovery."

Tegan's kiwi friend just nodded to me. Simply by shaking her head up and down in a slightly disorienting way. At the time, she had a smirk on her face, and I was unaware of why she had it. Now, I get chills down my body, after seeing her brown eyes and smirk look like she's constantly about to say something flirtatious.
Yet I was still at this point not very cautious, just feeling odd. Like someone was always watching me at the back of my head. Despite that, Dakota seemed very chill unlike Tegan who was peppy and cheerful. Dakota tilts her head ever so slightly to the left while speaking to me of how I just blanked.

Dakota: "There a problem?"

(M/n): "Nah, just sitting here."

Dakota: "You're standing up though."

(M/n): "I meant standing."

Dakota: "Hmph."

She twirls her brown hair a little while smacking my arm and shooting me a lax salute as she and Tegan walk away.

Tegan: "It was nice to meet you."

Dakota: "Yep. Hope to see you around real soon."

My position in the room doesn't change but I just go the other direction of Team Kick. And when I do, I see Io Shirai lean against a door.

Io: "Konichiwa. (Hello)"

(M/n): "Good day Miss Shirai."

Io: "How does your day fare?"

(M/n): "Pretty good. And yours?"

Io: "Decent. You ok with that wound?"

(M/n): "If I wasn't, I would've told you."

Io examines the mark of teeth as she wipes a little blood off my hand which I didn't think was too weird. That is until she looked at it. That wasn't the weird part, the weird part was her sniffing it.

Io: "The type."

(M/n): "Uhh, you ok?"

Io: "I'm fine. I just........yes. That's the kind I'm looking for."

She just smiles and giggles. I raise an eyebrow out of concern but try not to think of it as anything but a little weird thing.

(M/n): "Oookkk....Nice to meet you. Hope to encounter you later."

Io POV

The new guy leaves me behind. I just stood there seeing his blood sample......Finally, this is what I need.

(M/n) POV

(M/n): "Whew l, tough crowd."

Johnny: "So anyway, I started speaking to the people about how I was new to the room. It was so awesome. Cause they had this problem with my suit, they said I looked to grey and brown."

Candice: "Is there something I'm missing from this?"

Johnny: "No they all shat themselves and I didn't!"

Candice: "How could that even happen?"

Johnny: "I know, hard to believe, but....true story."

Candice: "You are such a weird individual aren't you?"

Indi: "But you still married him."

When I went into the open room, I saw three quarters of The Way talking with each other. Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, and Indi Hartwell. Austin Theory, I had no clue where he was, and didn't care really. Johnny, the former North American Champion, spots me and leads me over to him and the other two.

Johnny: "Ay! Look who I see out of the corner of my eye! It's the one the only......I actually don't know who you are."

Indi: "Wow. Great start."

Johnny: "I know! It's not my fault though! I had never heard of the guy!"

Candice: "Well, maybe you should tell HIM that."

Johnny: "I'm sorry, I don't know who you are. But I know you're the new guy. The name's Jo-."

(M/n): "Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell. I know your names. I am (M/n) (L/n). I know of your names because of how much you have accomplished here. So, it's almost obvious to know you."

The poor brown haired guy just sagged a little while looking disappointed as I cut him off.

Johnny: "Johnny........"

Candice: "Mighty strange of how fast you knew us. I would've figured you to be a fan had it not been for the photographs just a few hours prior."

(M/n): "If I was a fan, what did you expect me to say?"

Candice/Johnny/Indi: "C-Can I have your autograph?????? I'm a h-huge fan......"

I burst out laughing at their portrayal of fans they meet/will meet/have met already. My belly aches in pain due to how hard I laugh. The Rebel Heart slaps my back as I stood back up to face them all.

(M/n): "Sorry, heh, that was just too accurate and funny."

Johnny: "It's nothing. We're just telling you how it is. Say, when are you going to debut anyway?"

(M/n): "Technically I have to film a vignette tomorrow. But, it will be next week."

Johnny: "Ok."

Candice: Where did you come from by the way?"

(M/n): "Japan. Not Japanese. Still American deep down here in my blood. But I stayed there for a few years, while working for New Japan."

Indi: "How was it?"

(M/n): "Good. Some cool people down there, but it got exhausting after 500 three hour matches. So I decided to not stay and be fatigued forever and now I'm here. Crap......it's getting late. I gotta go. It was nice knowing you guys. Hope to see you all later!"

Johnny eagerly waved like a child while his wife and her friend both wave while rolling their eyes. I leave the performance center feeling satisfied today but not as I feel eyes still watching me. I look around cautiously again but shrug and then leaving heading for my apartment.

??? POV

???: "How Delicate is a rose without thorns. That rose has thorns sharper than the blades of obsidian. So much potential in him..."

TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 4.....

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