"Move it you punk" Joey spoke to Yami as he and his friends were in their 'daily' chore: to torture Yami during lunch time. The gang laughed at Yami's misery since he was whining lowly and wanting to cry, but succeeded in holding back the tears.
"Oh, you're going to cry, huh? Don't be such a baby and man up you low life" Tristan spoke up from behind Joey.
"Let him be Tristan" Yugi added.
"Let's go" Tea declared. The group of friends, or bullies, left Yami to his misery near a corner behind the 3-story building that was the school.
The bell decided to ring, signaling that it's time to go back to class.
"I hate the school. I hate the bullies. I hate my life'.
Yami tried to use his sweater to cover his bruised arms and some parts of his exposed neck as he didn't want to get any unwanted attention from the other students, especially from a teacher. If they see his misery, the bullies will do more greater damage.
'Those bullies will be the death of me soon'.
"I enjoyed beating that sore loser of Yami" Joey declared with oozing confidence, as he and his friends were waiting for their teacher to come to class, as he was several minutes late.
"I really enjoyed that beating you gave him Joey" Tea commented with a smirk on her face.
"I know, I should've recorded that on my phone" Yugi replies with a laugh and added "and to put it on the web and to let the world know what a loser he is".
"Yup, you're right on that on pal, he is nothing but a big loser, and besides, he is going be a loner for years to come. I mean, come on, who wants him?" Joey claimed.
"I don't know about that Joey. There are people who are absolutely nothing and they get a partner" Yugi replies, kind of defending Yami in a way.
"That's true" Joey was his answer.
The door opened and reveals that it's their teacher, who is 15 minutes later.
"Sorry class, the meeting I was in ran a later longer than expected. Okay, take out your workbooks, turn to page 341 and work on the problems 1 to120. This assignment is due by the end of class. And it's worth 100 points. You'll need at least 75 points to pass the assignment".
"Fuck, I hate doing math, and doing 120 problems is making my brain cry" Joey whined.
"What do you want to do Joey? Pass it or fail the assignment?" Tea asks him.
"Well, I got no choice but to do it".
The class then went silent as the students worked on their work.
While on the nurse's office, Yami was sitting on a wooden chair waiting for the nurse to come back with his medicine for his pain he was having at the moment.
She comes out of the small room with the medicine in one hand and a glass of water on the other hand.
"Here you go Yami" she tells him with a kind smile.
"Thanks Katy".
He quickly ate/drank his pill with the water.
"You know Yami, not telling the principal what you're going through is really bad for you because those guys that did this will continue to harass you to no end".
"I know but I am scared as fuck Katy. Just the thought of those bullies continue to hit me and everything is just scary but if they find out I told somebody, I don't know what will happen to me. Maybe go to the extreme, like murder me or something".
"But you can't go on like this Yami. You're a human being for god's sake. You are not a punching bag for them to take out their anger on. If you're not willing to tell somebody, I will do it for you. I care for you Yami".
"Really Katy? But then what it's going to happen to me then?"
"Just keep living your life without the worry of your bullies harassing you every again".
"Why do I get bullied so much? Besides, nobody in this school wants to be my friend. I've heard that if anybody saw somebody else around me or even talking to me, they will get the same fate as me. So, nobody even bothered to help me when I needed it the most".
"There are people who are just plain mean to somebody they think they are lower than them. They want to feel superior. To feel that, they have to put someone else down, so that the other person can be on top for once. But that is not a nice way because sooner of later, karma is going to get them. And it's not going to be nice".
"I'm glad I'm talking this out with you Katy. I feel better now that I have somebody to talk to. If you please do me the favor of talking to the principal about my situation, I will be forever grateful with you Katy".
"Sure Yami. I will do that right now. Just wait here and I'll be back soon".
With that, she left the room and leaving Yami by himself with his sore bruises all around his thin frame.
"I wish the principal does something to those bullies. Better yet, I wish they were never born" he says out loud.
25 minutes later, Katy came back with a sour face.
"Katy, what's wrong? What did the principal tell you?" Yami asked quickly.
"Well, I told him everything, but he didn't believe me. And even though I said Yami has physical proof on his body, he told me that you are just making it up so he would feel sorry for you. And that he is not going to do anything about it".
"What? He's the principal for god's sake. How could he say that?" Yami asked and tears were beginning to flow from his eyes.
"I don't know Yami, but we are going to do something".
"I, of course, can't rely on anybody else but you Katy. I got no parents, no family, no friends. I'm all alone in this world".
"You got me Yami. And I will love you like you were my son, okay?"
"Really?" Yami said.
"Yes Yami, I will not abandon you in your time of need".
"Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me right now".
Both hugged each other.
"Okay Yami, you got to go to your class".
"Okay. See you after school Katy".
"See you Yami".