Hello everyone. A couple of days ago I was approached with a request. I've never written for anyone other than myself, but after being told the premise and discussing it with requester. I just had to write it. It's quite a dark story and it covers some quiet sensitive topics, so there's a warning for anyone who might not want to read about the darker aspects of humanity. I'm not entirely sure how long this story will be, but there is a lot that needs to happen before the end. If anyone has a problem with this story and the way it goes, feel free to complain. But that probably won't change much, I'm writing this specifically for one person after all. Anyway, this shouldn't interfere with my other stories for anyone who may have been concerned about that. With that all out of the way, here's Chapter 1.
The sound of Lisa Lavender's radio show came from the speakers of radio alarm clock. It was 6 AM. Time for Giza Carbono to get up and prepare himself and his mother for the day ahead. He groaned before rolling over and heavily bringing his fist down on the alarm. There was no delicacy about the action but it returned the room to silence.
Lifting his giant frame from his long suffering bed, Giza got to his feet and made his way to the door. He glimpsed at himself in the mirror and sighed. "Why does nobody want me? I get that I've done some bad shit, but I'm a nice guy. Why can only my friends see that?" There was a brief flash of depression in his mind, but that was replaced by anger. "Any girl would be lucky to have me, but no. Why have a someone who'll look after you and treat you right? When you can have a shallow asshole, that uses you for your body?"
With his fists still clenched Giza stomped into the tiny bathroom at the end of the hall. He brushed his teeth with furious speed, as he stared himself out in the small bathroom mirror. A mix of toothpaste foam and blood landed in the sink, when he finished brushing. He had cut his gums with angry strokes of his toothbrush. Anyone else may have been concerned by that but the huge boy was used to spitting blood.
He removed the boxers he had been sleeping in and turned the shower on. Life may have been harsh on Giza, but nature hadn't. He hoped that one day, some lucky girl would get to find out. He pushed those thoughts from his mind, there was no point hoping. Hope just led to disappointment and there had been for to much of that in Giza's life. The disappointingly lukewarm water from the shower, cascaded over the boy's muscular form. The sensation of it hitting him took away the last of Giza's tiredness. He was now fully alert and proceeded to wash his dark skin body and short black hair.
Once he was done cleaning himself, he wrapped a towel around his waist and walked back to his bedroom. He put on a new pair of boxers and climbed into his un-stylistically ripped jeans. Before pulling on a tight fitting plain black T-shirt and throwing on an old red hoodie. He completed his "Look at me I'm poor" outfit with plain black socks and a pair of well worn, unbranded trainers.
When he was fully dressed, Giza walked across the hall to wake his mother. Heshima Carbono had been wheelchair bound since just after Giza's birth. The mother had been travelling home from the hospital with her husband Lagbara and her new born son, when a collision killed Lagbara and broke her back. She was fortunate to have only lost the use of her lower body, but she still needed constant care and attention. That responsibility fell to Giza now that he was old enough to do it.
He knocked lightly on his mother's bedroom door, she was already awake. "Come in." she told him. He entered and made his way over to the middle aged woman. Now came the unfortunate part of having to care for his paraplegic mother. He had to see her naked every day, and help her clean herself. He lifted her up and carried her to the bathroom, doing his best to avoid seeing her intimate areas.
After emptying her waste bags into the toilet and letting her brush her teeth. Giza turned on the shower and made sure it was the right temperature, the lifted his mother up again and put her in the shower. She cleaned the areas that she could reach, which thankfully for Giza, included her intimate areas. He cleaned the unreachable areas for her and helped her dry off before carrying her back to her room.
After helping his mother get dressed, he grabbed her chair and helped her into it. "Thank you Giza, I'm sorry for being such a burden." She said with a hint of sadness in her voice. He shook his head "Don't ever call yourself a burden. You are my mom and I will always look after you. I'm happy to do it and I certainly don't think of you as a burden."
Giza wheeled her into the kitchen where her prepared a breakfast of cereal and coffee for the two of them. He wasn't happy about starting at yet another school and he didn't try to hide it. "I know you don't want to go, but education is important. Anyway, I thought your friend Yang went to Beacon. So, you won't be alone." His mother's words were somewhat encouraging, a quality that Giza barely found in the words of others. It helped that she was right about Yang going to the school he was about to start at.
Yang Xiao Long was the name of the beautiful and dangerous blonde, that had been Giza's friend for years. They went to many of the same martial arts classes and went to school together for a few years before Yang was forced to move to a different school. The two of them had developed a close bond over their shared love of fighting, and their somewhat similar personalities. They were still friends but hadn't seen or heard from each other in a while.
Thinking about being around Yang was one of the few things that made Giza happy. "I know mom, and I am looking forward with spending more time with Yang." He said with a rare, genuine smile on his face. His mother smiled back, pleased to see her son happy.
The morning passed quickly with everything Giza had to do. The school bus pulled up outside just after he finished breakfast. He grabbed his pre prepared backpack up from by the front door, and gave his mother a hug and a kiss. His smile faded as he stepped out the door of the rundown looking house, and walked over to the bus.
At the ringing of her alarm clock, Blake's eyes shot open and she sat bolt upright. She stopped the ringing and got out of bed. She yawned and stretched as he took a moment to look around the basement. The room was large and sparsely furnished, most people would be pleased to have such a large bedroom. But that place was like a prison to Blake, her parents would lock her in and force her to study. The only things that would give her a break from the constant studying, were sleep and school.
As usual. She thought about how unfair her life was. She was the youngest of three siblings, and she was treated far more harshly by her parents than her brother and sister were. Sable and Ebony were allowed to have normal childhoods, but Blake was always pushed to succeed by any means necessary.
Walking into the small ensuite bathroom, she removed her black nightgown and looked herself up and down in the mirror. Her body was covered in bruises of various sizes and there were scars running up her forearms. She was the only one to ever see what her family did to her and what she did to herself. The only exception being her parents when they inspected her body.
Blake brushed her teeth before starting up the shower. A hot shower was one of the few thing she ever found pleasure in. The other things being spending time with her friends and reading. "Today's the day the transfer student arrives. I hope they aren't another faunus hater." She said before stepping under the torrent of hot water. On Friday she and her classmates had been informed that a student would be arriving from another school.
Her cat ears flattened to keep the water out. She quickly washed her long black hair, and her pale and battered body. Then she took a moment to just enjoy the feeling of the water enveloping her. Once she stepped out of the shower, she wrapped herself in a towel and went to dress herself.
Her usual outfit consisted of plain black clothing. Everything was black. Her underwear. Her socks. Her pants. Her vest and her blouse. The outfit covered every inch of flesh except her face, neck and hands. Her parents told her that girls who show too much skin, get beaten. It was clearly a lie given how her mother and sister dressed, but she knew better than to disobey her parents. She also wanted to hide her scars, things would only get worse if anyone saw them.
Now fully dressed. Blake picked up her study material and stationary, from her desk. She placed it all carefully in her backpack, and made her way upstairs. She joined her parents and siblings in the kitchen and prepared herself a bowl of cereal and a glass of orange juice.
"What took you so long young lady? Shade and Ebony have been her for 5 minutes already." Her mother demanded. Blake hung her head in shame "I'm sorry mother. I took took to long in the shower." she explained, knowing what was coming next. Her mother delivered a hard slap across her face "What were you doing in there you little bitch? do we need to check you again?"
Blake shivered at the thought. When Kali Belladonna said check. She meant stripping Blake down and inspecting her orifices. Blake didn't understand why, all she was told was that they were checking that she was still pure and untainted for Adam. Adam being the one she was to marry once her education was over. Her parents had come to that arrangement with Mr and Mrs Taurus, when Blake was only 10 years old.
Blake shook her head "I was enjoying the feeling of the water too much and I lost track of time. That's all mother." The response was another slap followed by her mother saying "Not good enough, I will be checking when you return home. I better not find anything." With that, her mother left the room.
She stood there for a moment before the sound of laughter snapped her back to reality. It was Sable and Ebony laughing at her. The twins were a year her senior, but they treated her just as badly as her parents. Most of her bruises came from the, her parents ordered them to beat her when they were displeased.
Tuning her family out, she quickly ate her breakfast. She grabbed the thing she needed for school and ran outside. Blake was good at running and she ran to school every day. Her parents wouldn't allow her to take the bus and they would never drive her. They would drive her siblings, but it was up to Blake to get herself wherever she needed to go.
A small smile formed on her stoic face as she watched a black, yellow and red blur, zoom past. Yang was giving Ruby a ride to school, on Bumblebee. Those were two of her best friends, some of the few who actually cared about her. Today was about to get much better.
Everyone stared at Giza as he boarded the school bus. He ignored their stares and made his way along the bus, trying to find a seat on the crowded vehicle. Close to the back of the bus, he found a space next to a brown haired Rabbit Faunus who looked terrified. He sighed at the sight of her. Everyone always assumed the worst about him, they never bothered to get to know him and how nice of a guy he actually was. He gave the girl a reassuring smile to try make himself appear less menacing. "Is this seat taken?" he asked politely.
The terrified girl shook her head and pushed herself further away from him. Giza sighed as he sat down beside her "Thanks. Listen, you don't have to be scared." he explained. The girl still didn't say anything, she was clearly very shy and timid. But Giza kept talking, he wanted to make a better impression at this school than at the previous one. "I'm Giza, and if you think I have a problem with your ears. Then you're wrong, I don't care what you are and I'm certainly not a threat."
She perked up a little when he said he didn't care about her being a faunus. She gave him a nervous smile "V-Velvet. My name's Velvet." She introduced herself. "Well it's nice to meet you Velvet." Giza replied in a friendly tone. Before Velvet could respond, the bus came to another stop and a girl wearing a beret and shades boarded. She reached Giza and Velvet, glaring at him she asked "Is this guy bothering you Velvs?" Velvet shook her head "No Coco, he's actually being nice."
Coco looked at Giza "You must be the new guy." she said. He nodded "Giza Carbono, nice to meet you." Coco smiled at him "Coco Adel. Thanks for being nice to Velvet, not many people are." she said. Giza turned to Velvet "Well, if anyone gives you trouble Velvet, I can handle them for you." before standing up and gesturing to the seat "Don't let me get in your way, I can stand." he said politely to Coco. "Thanks for the offer but we're here now" Coco said as the bus pulled up in front of the school.
The trio exited the bus together, Giza stuck with the girls since he had no idea where to go. "Any ideas where I'm meant to go, since it's my first day?" he asked. "Well there should be someone waiting outside to meet you and take you to where you need to be. I think you should just wait out front and eventually someone will arrive, or they'll think you're a threat and the cops will show up. It wouldn't be the first time they forgot a new student was coming and called the cops on them."
Giza raised an eyebrow. "That actually happened?" he asked. Coco and Velvet nodded simultaneously "Yeah, Yang's first day was interesting to say the least." Coco said. "By Yang, do you mean Yang Xiao Long?" Giza asked, hoping the answer was yes. Coco turned to him "You know Yang?" she asked. He smiled and nodded "Yeah, we've been friends for years. We went to school together before she broke a guys arm and was sent here. Do you know where I can find her?" he asked.
Coco nodded and was about to give her answer when the sound of an engine interrupted them. They turned their heads to look and there she was. Yang pulled into the parking lot on her bike, with her sister on the back. "Does that answer your question?" Coco asked. Giza was excited to see Yang again. He laughed and said "Yeah, I should have remembered that she always has to make a dramatic entrance. I'm going to say hi, see you guys around." With that, he ran over to his blonde friend.
Yang spotted Giza as he approached, her eyes went wide and she happily shouted "Giza!" He reached her a second later "Yang, It's been a while." he greeted. She threw her arms around him, even he couldn't fight back against one of Yang's crushing hugs. "I've missed you Bear." she said. He sighed "You're still using that nickname for me?" The hug ended and Yang nodded "Why would I stop? You are Bear." Giza smiled "Well, it's good to see you haven't changed." he said.
Yang had always called him Bear. Which was kind of ridiculous given that he wasn't a bear faunus, and they had a mutual friend who was actually a bear faunus. But Yang never called Almaz anything other than his name. Still, it didn't really bother Giza, especially because it was he name give to him by his best friend, Yang. She was the same as she had been the last time they saw each other, and Giza was glad that the new school hadn't changed her.
The wind was almost knocked out of him, as Ruby slammed into him and hugged him with almost as much strength as her sister. "Hey Rubes, it's good to see you again." he said. Yang may have been Ruby's actual sibling, but that didn't stop Giza from acting like a big brother to her. The girl who was significantly shorter than him, looked up. "Ican'tbelieveyou'reherethisissogreatI'vemissedyousomuch." She blurted out without taking a breath. Thankfully, Giza was well versed in Ruby Speak and understood her perfectly. "I've missed you too Little Red."
Ruby finished hugging him and stepped back and Yang had a slightly puzzled look on her face "So, how did you end up here?" the blonde asked. Giza sighed heavily as he recalled the events that lead to him being forced to change schools. "I basically did the same as you. This guy whose name I can't remember, said some things about my mom. So I broke his arms. The others backed me up, but I was forced out. So here I am." he explained.
Yang nodded in understanding, she was aware of his mother's condition and she had been forced to move school herself under similar circumstances. Someone had made fun of the fact her mother was in jail, and she put them in hospital.
"Who's your friend, Yang?" a white haired girl asked as she approached. Ruby answered for Yang "Hey Weiss. This is Giza, he's awesome and he's the new student." Weiss looked him up and down "Weiss Schnee. Pleasure to meet you." she said as she extended a hand to him. Giza shook her hand firmly "Likewise, I'm Giza Carbono. I've been friends with Yang and Ruby for a long time and as Ruby said, I'm the new student here."
Weiss smiled at him "Well, I must be going. But I'll see you later." she said before darting off in the direction of the front entrance. "See you later. I guess." Giza responded, but she was already out of earshot. He turned back to Yang and Ruby "A friend of yours?" he asked. Ruby nodded and Yang explained "Yeah, she may seem like a real nerd and a teacher's pet. But Weiss is really cool when you get to know her." Giza nodded "Well, I'm glad you managed to make friends here. I hope I can do the same."
Yang smiled "Don't worry, there are plenty of great people here. Not that there aren't plenty of assholes too. But I'm sure you can handle them. After all, I don't just call you Bear because of your size." Ruby shook her head "Yang. He only just got here, let's not get him into any fights." she chastised. Giza always found it funny when Yang was put in her place by her sister. He laughed and said "Relax Rubes, so far I don't have a reason to fight anyone. Anyway, if I end up fighting someone. It's on me and them, not your sister..."
He trailed off, as I saw the most beautiful girl he had ever seen approaching them. Yang looked to see what had distracted Giza, the quickly turned back and gave a knowing smile. She quietly asked "Aww, have you got a crush on Blake?" Giza heard the question, but couldn't respond. He was lost for words at the sight of the beautiful Amber eyes and cute cat ears of the approaching girl.
Running made the journey to school pass quickly, Blake expertly weaved her way through pedestrians and was lucky to not get stopped at any crossings. In her mind she pictured herself running away from her parents, running for her freedom. She hated her parents and she was desperate to free herself. But she was too scared to do anything about it, the punishment would be severe if she was caught.
Trying to get the dark thoughts out of her head, she thought about Yang, Weiss, Ruby and all of the other friends she was going to see. Honestly, she would have killed herself if she didn't have them. They were the only true source of joy in her life and although they didn't know the truth about her life, they kept her going through all of it.
Her happy thoughts stopped when she spotted the four people that made school worse for her. Cardin, Russel, Dove and Sky. They weren't the school's only bullies, but they were the ones who primarily targeted faunus students. If you weren't human then you weren't safe from them. They bullied her, Velvet, Ilia and even those who could properly defend themselves, like Sun. Blake feared them and it was only having friends to stand up for her that made her feel safe at school.
The four bullies were sitting at an intersection, sitting in Cardin's truck. Blake new that bad things would happen if they spotted her, so she went down a side street and took a longer route to school. It may have taken longer than normal for her to get to school, but it was worth it for not having to deal with her four tormentors.
As she approached the school, she could see Yang, Ruby and Weiss talking to someone she didn't recognize. "I wonder it that's the new student." she said to herself. He was a huge boy with muscle's that put Yang's and Sun's to shame. Normally she would be scared by someone like that, but the fact he was talking to and apparently getting along with her friends. Made her feel better. Her main concern was that he wouldn't like her for being a faunus.
The boy spotted her and stopped talking. He just stared at her, making her feel uncomfortable. Unfortunately, Blake would have to deal with the staring so she could reach Yang and Ruby. Her ears picked up on Yang saying something about crushing and her. That didn't help the feeling of uneasiness that she felt, under the gaze of the giant.
Ruby ran over to her "Hey Blake, come and meet Giza. He's really awesome and I'm sure you'll hit it off." she said as she grabbed Blake and dragged her the rest of the way to Yang and the one she now knew as Giza. Yang smiled at her when Ruby finally came to a stop "Hey there Blakey, this is my friend. Giza."
Giza gave her a nod of acknowledgement and a smile. She instantly felt more relaxed in his presence "Nice to meet you Blake, I'd introduce myself but these two seem to have done that for me." Blake was caught off guard. She had not expected him to be so pleasant, which made her internally kick herself for judging him on appearance alone.
She gave him a smile and politely introduced herself. "Nice to meet you. I'm Blake but clearly these two have already given that away too." So far he seemed like a nice guy, she just hoped that he was really as nice as he seemed. He chuckled in response to her statement about the sisters. "I'm guessing you're another friend of theirs."
Blake nodded "I am, and a friend of Weiss. I saw you talking to her earlier." she said. She was getting really excited about Giza, he was so friendly and if there was one thing she could always use more of. It was friends. "Oh yeah, she seems nice and I know how great these two are. So, I've got a good feeling about you. You've got to be pretty great to be friends with them." he said.
"Same to you, if these guys think you're awesome. Then I'm inclined to believe them, and you certainly seem to be proving me right." Blake responded with a smile. The day may have started badly but it was continually getting better. She had really taken a liking to Giza and the prospect of having him as a friend was exhilarating. But there was something else, a feeling that she hadn't experienced before. Her insides were tingling.
"In that case. I'll consider you a friend. Now, I'm sure you three have to get going and I don't want you to be late because of me." he said, without taking his eyes off Blake. The three girls nodded. Ruby ran off shouting "See you at lunch guys!" Yang sighed "Here we go again. See you later Giza." she said as she followed Ruby.
Giza noticed that Blake hadn't left "You don't have to stick around Blake. I'm meant to be waiting out here anyway, so you should go on and get to class. I look forward to seeing you later." he said with a smiled. Blake wanted to get to know Giza better, but that would have to wait. She couldn't be late for class. She sighed "Alright, see you later Giza. It was nice meeting you."
Giza gave her a parting smile as she made her way into the school, she passed Professor Goodwitch on the way in. "Thank you for making our new student feel comfortable, Miss Belladonna." the blonde thanked, before making her way over to Giza. Blake smiled as she headed to class. So far, this was one of the best days in recent memory.
So you've made it to the end of the first chapter. Feel free to give this all the love and hate you want.