“Well, I had a good reason to, you were in danger and he needed to know not to try anything again. “I’ve never seen you lose your cool like that before.” “Thanks, but I didn’t need your help.” You turned away from him but couldn’t help but glance back towards him. Mori grabbed him by the collar and punch him, hard before letting him go. He shook his head before turning to run himself. “Hey get back here!” He looked around at his fleeing friends then at Mori. “Let’s get outta here!” Many of the boys began to run in all directions. “Mori-Senpai.” You got shakily to your feet and saw that the circle had opened to reveal Mori. “Get away from him.” You heard a voice you recognized. It sent you to the ground, your head spinning. He took advantage of your lack of balance to land a solid punch to your jaw. It caused you to near the edge and the boys pushed you back towards Blonde. You know, have some fun.” He lunged at you but you easily dodged out of the way.

They quickly corralled you ad formed a tight circle around you as you continued to push them, trying t escape.īlonde stepped into the circle and the gap closed behind him. You tried to push your way around them but they moved to block your path. What fun would that be?” A second taunted. You didn’t know their names so you had started to call the leader Blonde. So we decided to run ahead and catch up to you closer to home.” The larger blond boy sneered. “We didn’t see you out front today and felt like you didn’t like us anymore. You turned the next street corner and ran right into them. Unfortunately it seemed as if you spoke too soon. When you were several blocks away from the school, you let out a sigh of relief.

You looked over your shoulder every couple of steps to make sure they hadn’t spotted you. They had been waiting outside the front gates for you every afternoon for weeks and you were hoping to have an afternoon off from them. You knew that he cared enough to keep his distance, but you didn’t know for how long.Īfter school you snuck out the back gate to avoid your tormentors. Weeks later, Mori had not helped you nor talked to you again. I don’t need your help.” With that, you slammed the door behind you leaving Mori staring dumbfounded after you. You pulled away from him and started for the nearby door. Even If you don’t want my help, I’m going to give it to you.” He grabbed your hand and then tilted your chin so that he could look into your dazzling (e/c) eyes. Was it those boys from before?” He asked, a look of concern crossed his usually expressionless face. “It’s nothing.” You looked away quickly, hoping to hide your shame and the bruise. “What’s this, (y/n)?” He gently touched the fading bruise around your eye causing you to flinch. He held your chin delicately in his hand and tilted your head towards the light so that he could get a better look. On one of your short visits with Mori he suddenly stopped mid-sentence and looked closely at your face. That left you feeling entirely alone and forgotten by everyone except for the bullies. They were too busy with work to even be home half the time. Your parents never seemed to notice either. You tried to fight back but you couldn’t beat them in the unfair fight of only one against six. In and between every class you were taunted by a group of boys and after school you were beaten by them. Now, they saw their opportunity and took it. Mori had kept them away in middle school. To add to your anguish, you had been overcome with constant bullying. You were able to see him occasionally, but it was typically for only short periods of time and rushed while he made his way to a club or home. That didn’t mean that he completely ignored you. Between the Host Club and his Kendo club, he was too busy to hang out with you all that much. He seemed to hardly have time for you anymore. You missed Mori more with each passing day. Now that both of you were in high school, he had seemed different and more distant towards you.Įven though it had only been months since you’d begun school at Ouran Academy, it seemed like years. The two of you were quite close and had been since you’d been children. You used to see Mori-Senpai every day after school.

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