Perspective: Shino Asada
The cold winter air blows through my hair as I walk out of the school building. The sky is gray and devoid of any kind of life. Depressing, but not as depressing as everything around me. Students walk out of the school building smiling and talking to their friends, but as I walk out, all that follows are stares. Some kids laugh and point at me while they jokingly run away while others either stare or cower in fear. Teenagers are truly the most cruel people on this planet.
I sigh as I turn and walk towards the gate in silence. I watch as the cars shoot down the road while they splash water into the air as they zoom by. I recognize one of the cars being someone from the school and they quickly start to get closer to me. I try to get away, but I can't avoid the huge torrent of water that splashes over my body. Normally I would yell at the person as they drove away, but this has become an almost daaily occurrence. I realize now that no one can hear my screams. So, I proceed onwards in silence. I look up at the trees planted on the sidewalk, but because it is winter, they are devoid of any type of life.
After 15 minutes of walking, I approach the alleyway that is a shortcut back to my apartment. It is only around 3 meters wide and the towering red brick walls of the two buildings give off the typical vibe of a dangerous alleyway where all the criminals hide behind. But, because I've walked this way for a few months now, it does not intimidate me. It beats walking for 45 minutes on the sidewalk. I walk further into the alleyway, but three figures block my way.
"Oh Asada-san! How are you? We tried talking to you in lunch today, but you completely ignored us. It's not nice to be rude to your friends you know~"
"The only thing you are is a cold and evil bitch, Endou."
"How mean of you Shino! She says in a mocking sound of hurt.
"I'm done here." I say as I begin to walk off
"Grab her." Before I can react, Endou and her lackeys grab onto me and start pulling me back. I turn around and punch the taller one in her jaw, causing her to stumble back. But the other one throws a punch into my stomach and kicks me in my leg, knocking me down. The tall one has recovered and kicks me in the stomach, causing me to moan in pain and a bit of blood to flow into my mouth.
"Now Asada, there is this new lipstick that I want to buy that I don't have the money for, so would you be so kind as to give me what you have?
I look her dead in the eyes and spit the blood into her face, causing her to jump back in disgust.
"Fuck off."
"Well, I guess I'm going to have to bring out your favorite toy." She reaches into her purse and pulls out a bb gun. I kick back, trying to get away from the gun, but Endou's lackeys hold me down. I scream as loud as I can, but Endou quickly comes and muffled my mouth with her free hand. She places the gun to my head and begins to pull the trigger even though it is empty.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" She says with a saadistic smile on her face.
"GET THE FUCK OFF HER!" A voice booms from outside the alley. I watch as a boy with onyx hair and eyes comes from the alley and kicks Endou in the face before tey can react. He grabs the tall lackey to my right and throws her against the wall, punching her repeatedly in the ribcage. The other lackey gets up and tries to attack him, but he turns around quickly and punches her in the face, causing a little bit of blood to fly out of her mouth and stumble back. Endou recovers from the kick and turns to face te boy.
"You bastard! You can't hit girls like that!"
"Well you are and plus all I see is three cows bullying a girl, so I had perfect reason to stop them."
"You asshole! She's a freak and a murderer!"
"Oh what's that, is the cow getting angry? Get out of here before I beat your asses to a pulp."
"Fuck yourself Kirigaya! We're leaving." They quickly run out from where the boy came, he watches them with a look of pure rage in his eyes. I turn and look down at myself, I have blood leaking out of my mouth and some of Endou's blood is on my uniform, suddenly it seems as if blood is just pooling out everywhere and everything is being consumed by it. I feel my breath becoming extremely labored and I begin to shake in fear. I think the boy, Kirigaya, notices this and he quickly runs towards me asking if I am okay. He wraps his arms around me and begins to whisper coos of comfort into my ears, without thinking, I lunge onto him and into his lap. I hold him as tightly as I could while I completely broke down into his chest. He strokes my hair gently as I cry. I may not know him, but as of right now I need him to stay with me. Rain begins to pour down heavily causing us to get soaking wet, but surprisingly he doesn't move and neither do I. Before I realize it, I begin to fade completely out of consciousness.
When I wake up, I find myself in an unfamiliar room. The room is pretty dark and it seems to be a bedroom. To my right there is a large computer desk with many different monitors and setups. The room itself is pretty bland, though clothing is thrown lazily around the room. I look back to the desk and notice that there's a few magazines on it, one of which had the title NerveGear. Curiously, I reach for it but before realizing what previously transpired and where I am now. I try to get up, but the pain erupts from my stomach. I look down to see a large bruise has formed. Just then, the door opens revealing Kirigaya with a tray full of food.
"Hey, sorry that my room is a mess. I just couldn't think of where else to put you." He says awkwardly
"Kirigaya... You're the representative of the freshman class right?"
"Yeah, I a..."
"Why did you even bother helping me, surely you heard the rumors."
"Yeah, I have Shino-san, but I don't believe them. How can you blame me for wanting to help?" He says as he takes a sip of water "Are you hungry? I just made dinner and I thought you'd want some."
"Thank you." I say as I take a bowl, the food smells kinda nice. "How did o get here?"
"I took you on the train, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to stay in the rain like that."
"In front of all those people?! Are you insane?!"
"Don't worry, I explained that you were hurt and they let us have a private room in the front."
"You didn't do anything weird did you?" I say glaring at him
"Of course not! I'd never do anything like that!" He says with a huge blush on his face, it looks kinda cute and it makes me chuckle.
"What's so funny?"
"Eh, it's nothing Kirigaya. Thank you for taking me here."
"It's no problem, but you need to spend the night here. It's really late and you're hurt. I can't let you walk home. Do you want to call home or anything?"
"No, it's alright. I live in an apartment alone anyway."
"Really? That sounds awesome!"
"Whatever you say, Kirigaya."
We finish the rest of dinner in peaceful silence. The food's not that bad, but not that good, but it's warm so I'm happy. Despite my insistence, Kirigaya wouldn't let me take the sleeping bag. So I stay in his bed while he sleeps on the floor beside the bed. Looking down at him, his face seems quite peaceful. I'd normally be against all of this, but because of what happened today, I can't voice any protest. Next thing I know, I fall back onto the bed and drift off to sleep.
Author's Note: Hello everyone! I'm back with a new fanfiction that I did randomly in the middle of the SOL or Shit Out of Luck testing period. I got to write this because I wasn't taking a test and I had free time to do whatever I want while I waited for normal classes to begin. Anyway, because summer and more tests are coming up, I'll probably have a lot more free time to write. I've made a recovery from my sickness and now I can kick ass again. This chapter may be kind of short in my standards, but I think it's good because it establishes the plot, the fluff, and the fighting descriptions all in one. This shit's gonna get violent in later chapters so have fun. But know, that in the end there will always be fluff somewhere. Sorry if there are ever paragraphs that somehow get to the top of the test document, my phone is weird like that. Later everyone!