A deep look spread over Haru's face after hearing my words. There was an awkward pause before he spoke again. "Are you hitting on me on the first day itself?" He asked me. My face was purely red at this point. If someone were to compare a tomato and my face there would be no difference. I look away, searching for words to speak but find nothing. My mind is a mess right now.
"I'm sorry...." I say before running away. I don't look at his face. I want to but I just can't. What if he's not into guys and just wanted to be friends with me? What if I weirded him out? What if he starts to bully me? Would he start bullying me as well? Will my life devolve into what it used to be in the past?
Thoughts running ajar in my head. Questions seemed to have no answer whatsoever. I didn't talk to him for the rest of the day. He tries to start a conversation but I give him short timed replies so as to not continue. "The next class is of Japanese history right?" He asks. "Yes." I say. That's all I say. I want to talk to him more but don't get the courage to.
After class ends Haru asks me if I'm free afterwards. I tell him no, although I'm totally free. I lie but I don't want to. I go off headed to my home, with a heavy feeling in my chest.
I was stopped in the middle of the road by a similar voice "So how's life going, brother of a slut?" It was my ex classmate Tamura. The person I despised the most. I don't say anything. I didn't even stop. I didn't need to. He wasn't gonna do anything to me now. I'm not in the same class as him. "If you don't stop I'll send the videos of your sister among all your new classmates. She's looking really hot in those you know." He said. His words, as always, piercing through my brain. I stopped. I needed to. It was not about me, but my sister.
"So, I wanted to try out some new punches. I was getting bored you know." Tamura said. I was quiet. I put down my backpack and stripped off my shirt. I closed my eyes and knelt. I didn't want to show him the tears which were ready to burst out any moment. "When will all this end?" I asked myself. I was ready to get thrashed. Tamura made a fist out of his fat filled hands. He pulled back his hands.
"BAAMMM..."