The world comes into view to see a kid who appears to be thirteen looking up at a tall building. This kid had black turtleneck on, with a gray shirt underneath, and black cargo-pants. This child was also wearing black sneakers and socks, had black hair and a hazel brown eye visible, though their left was covered by their hair.
The kid sighed sadly, jostling the black schoolbag on their bag and trudging forwards towards the building. As they moved, bandages could be seen littering their form, as if they got hurt a lot. As they walked towards the school, they were suddenly pushed, landing on the ground, their face getting cut somehow, the cut bleeding some.
The kid instinctively curled up, as if they were used to this kind of thing happening, waiting for the rest of the beating that they were sure they would get.
However, the next thing he felt was arms around him, carrying him. He visibly tensed at this, shaking a little bit, him inwardly cursing how light he was.
He was carried to a bed and placed down in it. Opening his eyes hesitantly, he looked around, confused as to where he was.
There was a girl in a blue and pink tank top standing over him, checking over him. He felt the blood on his face, moving to wipe it off, looking at her, incredibly wary.
She looked at him, wiping it off with a cold cloth. He looked incredibly confused, as if this was the first act of kindness he'd seen in a long time.
She looked back, confused as well. He looked very confused, clutching his head and groaning in pain as he tried to comprehend the kindness she showed, but was unable to.
She looked concerned, placing the cloth on his head. This only seemed to make it worse, him lashing out in confusion and fear.
She put a hand on his chest, silently shaking her head. Seeing that he wouldn't be winning this fight anytime soon, he just lay back, slumping defeatedly.
She put the cloth back, patting his head. He blushed a little at the action, shifting and turning his head away.
There was another girl standing in the door, watching with an amused expression. He jumped a little in surprise at the second girl being there, banging his head on the headboard and wincing in pain.
The second girl laughed at this, the boy slumping sadly when she did, as if he was expecting it, the first girl elbowing the second and gesturing to the now depressed looking form of the boy.
The second girl grinned and held out her hand. The boy didn't seem to notice, looking lost in thought as he stared at his lap.
She tapped him, standing there. He didn't seem to notice, continuing to stare blankly.
The first girl moved her head under his, upside down, staring up at him. His gaze seemed almost lifeless, except for the tears that were starting to forn in his eyes but seemed to refuse to fall.
"You okay?" The second asked. "I'm real sorry if I hurt your feelings. I laughed cuz she does that all the time." He seemed to be coming out of whatever trance he was in, tilting his head and looking at her confused for a couple seconds, before realising how close she was and silently yelping, jerking back.
"I'm not that scary.' She said, sticking her tongue out at me.
The boy seemed to panic a little, making hand gestures that the two didn't understand, and if they did too quickly for them to see.
"Slow down." The first girl said. "We can't read 'em that fast."
The boy seemed to blush a little in embarrassment, before signing again, slower, what he hoped would defuse the situation.
"I am not a klutz!" The first girl said, pouting, sticking her tongue out more.
The boy seemed to panic a little more, telling them they might of misunderstood it just a little. They had a couple more misunderstandings, before the second seemed to snap.
"Just tell us." She said, irritated, but not yelling. The boy seemed to deflate a little, tapping their throat with two fingers.
"Oh." She said. "My bad. Sorry." He shrugged half heartedly, as if this happened a lot and he just kinda grew numb to it.
"It's fine." He signed slowly enough for them to understand. "I'm used to this stuff by now." He added, slumping a little and looking down and off to the side.
"So" the first said. "Got a name?"
"Ez." He signed. "You?" He asked, tilting his head, looking wary still but more relaxed.
"Chara." The second girl said, holding up two fingers.
"Frisk." The first said. Ez seemed slightly amused by what Chara did, a small smile tugging at their lips.
"What?" Chara asked.
"Nothing." Ez signed, going back to their neutral expression.
"So" Frisk asked. "Any reason why you didn't fight back earlier?"
Ez slumped more, looking down and to the side again. "I'm not a good fighter… and it never helped me anyway." They signed sadly, sniffling a tiny bit.
"Those guys are douches." Chara said, shrugging. "I've beaten their asses god knows how many times and they come back for more."
"I wish I could've done that." Ez signed absent mindedly, as if they didn't mean to, them looking at their arm as if remembering something.
"Nah." Chara sai. "I'm half tempted to break a few bones next time, just to keep them out of school." Ez continued staring at their arm, making Chara and Frisk wonder what he was staring at.
"You okay there?" Frisk asked. Ez was startled, blinking and looking at her and nodding, hiding his arms behind his back subconsciously.
"Problem with your arms?" Chara asked.
Ez hesitated, shuffling before reaching and rolling up their sleeves, revealing a bunch of bandages and band aids littering his arms, him staying 'silent'.
"Eh, I got more." Charas aid. "Just not recently."
"They are worse than they look… one's to the bone." Ez signed, putting their sleeve back. "The bullies brought a knife that day…"
"Yep." Chara said. "Leg's are gonna be broken." Ez seemed hesitant for a couple seconds again, before signing nervously.
"Do… you think one of you could teach me to fight?" Ez signed.
"Sure." Chara said. "We'll have ya kickin ass before ya know it.
Ez seemed excited, slipping their shoes off and standing up. "Can we start now? I want to learn to defend myself as soon as possible." Ez asked, their eyes having a little more life in them than before.
"Sure." Chara said.
"So is there a place we're going to or what?" Ez asked, following Chara, Frisk walking next to her. She lead Ez to a training room, Ez looking around.
"Here." Chara said.
"So, what first?" Ez signed eagerly.
"Fists." Chara said.
"What do I do?" Ez signed, hopping in place eagerly, wanting to finally be able to defend themself.
"Punch.' Chara said. Ez punched the air, Chara actually cringing at how bad his… everything was.
"Like this." Chara said, showing him how. Ez tried to copy her, it being a tiny bit better.
"Let me show you." Frisk said, guiding his hands. Ez blushed some, blinking in surprise at the sudden contact, but letting her lead him anyway.
"Like that." She said.
Ez blushed, shyly doing what she showed, doing it perfectly. She nodded, approving.
"Now what?" Ez signed to both of them.
"Kicks." Chara said. Ez nodded, gesturing for her to show him how, since he knew he'd do bad anyway.
She did, gesturing for him to do so. He tried, and while it was better than his attempts at punching, the first couple anyway, it was still bad and he even started to fall, losing his balance.
Frisk grabbed him, holding him in place and guiding him again. Ez blushed again, Chara noticing, but she didn't get a chance to say anything before he did a much better kick.
"Good." Frisk said, nodding. Ez seemed to blush a little more, and was confused at the praise, the concept… unfamiliar to him.
"You blush any more." Chara said. "You'll loose it out your nose."
"What do you mean?" Ez asked, their head tilting a little in their confusion, blushing dieing down some.
"Well" Chara said. "When you blush, if you blush hard enough, it may come out your nose."
"Oh" Frisk said. "Like when you stared at that one girl."
"Uuuhh."Chara said, turning a little red.
Ez just looked even more confused at this, making the two of them realize something.
"You ever had a crush?" Chara asked.
"What's a crush?" Ez asked.
"It's when you like a guy or girl.' Frisk said. "A whole lot."
"Besides you two everyone else I have ever met has either beat me up or ignored me completely." Ez signed, slumping a little.
"Eh, you'll find someone." Chara said. "You should hope it's not-"
"You two're skipping aren't you?" a voice came from the door.
Ez, curious, turned to look at the new arrival, tilting their head a little bit more.
The voice belonged to a girl about Chara's age and height. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a green and yellow striped tank top, just like Chara. She had a big… personality. She had flower earrings in her ears, a cute face drawn on one of them. She had a white mop of hair and red eyes, her skin pale. On top of her head was a floppy hat.
Ez instinctively took a couple steps back, not liking to meet new people all that much.
"Who's the new kid?" She asked, pointing at me.
"She's harmless." Frisk said. "Just introduce yourself."
"I'm Ez." Ez signed shyly.
"Name's Asriel." She said, grinning and holding out a hand. "You can call me Az or Azzy or whatever."
"Okay, hi whatever." He signed with one hand as he shook hers.
She grinned, Chara chuckling at the joke. "I am never gonna call you anything else from now on." Ez signed.
"Works for me." She said, shrugging.
"I can punch and kick now… now all I need to learn is to actually use it in a fight." I signed, thinking 'out loud' as I turned to the two that were teaching me.
"Well" As suggested. "Use it on Chara."
"Okay." Ez signed, turning to Chara and punching at her.
She blocked, but didn't counter. He sent a punch and a kick rapidly, not discouraged.
She kept blocking, amused by his attempts. He kept it up, before feigning punching one way to try and hit her the opposite, suddenly punching twice as fast as before.
She blocked.
"Your'e definitely improving." She said. "I think you're good for now."
Ez seemed a little disappointed that they didn't land that, but nodded, relaxing.
"Trust me, kid." Chara said. "I've been in tougher fights than you. Way tougher… for keeps. But, you're good for a beginner."
Ez smiled a tiny bit, though he didn't seem to notice that he did. "So… now what? We kinda skipped school." Ez signed.
"Meh." Charas aid. "Not like we haven't before."
"I haven't." Ez signed, before they seemed to realize something and looked a little worried.
"You okay?" Chara asked. Ez nodded, putting up a fake smile that was semi-convincing.
"What's wrong?" Chara asked, not buying it for a second.
"Nothing." He signed hastily, looking away.
"Doesn't sound like it." Chara said. He remained silent, not looking at any of them.
"So" Frisk said." You wanna grab a bite?" He nodded, looking thankful for the change of topic, them all leaving to get something to eat.