I put my ipod on shuffle and the first song to come up was S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W by My Chemical Romance. This is a songfic for it.
To Hate those who Love
Summary: After the battle with the Kishin, the students of DWMA aren't so welcoming to Crona when he returns. Kid and Crona are forced to deal with the hate of those who do not accept them. Will the half witch learn to deal with the rejection of almost every student? Homophobia warning. KidxMaleCrona.
It started right after Crona had returned to the academy. He was now a student and not just in trial classes. It was foolish of him to think that maybe after he had come back when the Kishin had died, maybe, just maybe, the other students would accept him even after what he had done to betray them. It was certainly foolish.
Not only did they reject him completely, but some even threatened him. They shouted curses and insults right to his face every time he walked down the hall. Maka had tried to get them to understand that Crona had not meant to hurt anyone. He was just too frightened to disobey his mother. She tried to help them understand that it wasn't Crona's fault.
"Well what would have you done if it was your own mother? You know what Medusa was capable of! He was scared! Don't you think he's had enough abuse?"
They all would just shake their heads and turn to glare at the half witch.
"I am nothing like that freak. If you ask me he doesn't even deserve to still be alive."
And with that the student would walk off, leaving Crona in tears and Maka trying her best to comfort him.
It was getting worse, especially since Crona's new relationship with Death the Kid. Now the students had two reasons for hating him. He was a traitor and he was queer. Even those few who still liked him began to soon dispise him after they learned he was dating another male. Shibusen inhabited many homophobes.
But the behavier did change a tad bit when Kid was at his side. There were always silent stares when they walked through the academy's hall ways. No one dared to talk to either of the two. Kid was loosing more friends thanks to the half witch. He didn't seem bothered by it on the outside, but on the inside it was truly killing him. It got to the point where once they entered a room, dead silence. When they had lunch, other students would move 20 feet away from where they were sitting.
Move your body when the sunlight dies
Everybody hide your body from the scarecrow
Everybody hide
While their mouths were sealed to a tight close, they didn't keep quiet. Kid remembered the morning he had left for school and walking out to see his entire house spray painted with insults.
Faggot
Freak
Witch Fucker
This of course enraged the reaper. But not as much as what he learned happened to Crona that night. Crona was walking home from the academy when he was jumped by 4 other boys. Usually Crona could take on any opponent, but because these were kids and not kishin eggs, he couldn't bare to hurt them. No matter how much they encouraged him to fight back. All he could do was run, but of course running in Crona's usual attire was a challenge in its self. The dress was tight and long to he had great difficulty getting very far before he tripped.
After he had regained conciesness from the beating, he went to the only place he knew he would be safe. Kid's house.
Liz and Patty let him right in. They were some of the few that did not loath Crona and he was eternally greatful for that. If they had hated him too it would be much harder to be able to see Kid when he needed to.
He stumbled through the house and made it up to Kid's room. Tears streaming down his cheeks and his face bruised and bleeding black.
Make a wish when your childhood dies
Hear the knock, knock, knock when he cries
We're all alone tonight
"Crona?" Kid asked before he opened the door. Right when he did the damaged boy flew right into his arms. He sobbed into his chest for what seemed like hours, Kid never once letting go of him. He attempted to calm down the boy but to no avail. Crona seemed even more traumatized then before, if that was even possible. The young Shinagami tried his very best to not want to murder the bastards who did this to his timid boyfriend. He wanted to demand that his father give them the same treatment he gave to the Kishin all of those years ago. Rip their skin off and seal them inside of it, forever alone in the darkness. He couldn't stand what they had done to his love. They broke him.
But of course Kid didn't want to scare Crona so all he could do was keep all of his angry emotions all bottled up. He couldn't kill the bastards that hurt his Crona and he couldn't tell his father to torture them. All he could do was hold his love in his arms and hope, someday, this abuse would stop.
Kid clenched his fists together and tried to calm himself. He could do that right? He needed to be calm, for the sake of Crona. He kissed the pink head and whispered words of hope. That's all he could do.
Hold your breath when the black bird flies
Count to 8 and close your eyes
I'll keep you safe tonight
"I'm so sorry. I love you. I love you so much and I won't let this happen again. I promise." The reaper whispered in the night. He tightened his grip on the boy that slept soundly in his arms.
Ever since that night Crona had been staying at Kid's house. They walk to and from school together each day. Kid was making sure that no one would lay a finger on his boyfriend again. For the past week or so Crona was even more reserved then usual. He only really talked to Kid, not even Maka could get him in a real conversation.
"How are you today Crona?"
"Fine."
"What are you doing after school?"
"I don't know."
"Would you like to come over?"
"I can't."
"Oh...Crona are you okay?"
"I have to go now."
And then he would gather up his things and walk as fast as he could from where Maka was. He didn't want to do this. He hated ignoring Maka. But he didn't want anyone to hate her like they hated him and Kid.
Kid very rarely left his side now, which Crona of course enjoyed, but it was causing him some misfortune. Not BlackStar, not Soul, not even Tsubaki would talk to him. No one would pay any attention to the reaper. Some students even attempted to beat him up the same way they did to Crona. Kid however, had no problem with fighting back. He made it out with not even a scratch.
After that he did finally go to his father about the situation. He wasn't much help at all. While Shinigami-sama could prevent most of the violence in school, outside of school it was still very dangerous.
Months were passing, nothing was changing. If anything the situation was getting worse. More hateful graffiti was found all over the city. More attempted attacks on the couple. More fear was being shown in Crona's eyes. Crona was getting worse and Kid could see it.
At night he tried his best to kiss away the fear but again to no avail. Crona began refusing to go to school. He would just lie curled up in his new 'Mr. Corner' in Kid's room. He was eating less and less, becoming dehydrated from crying so much, they even had to take him to the hospital after he collapsed and hit his head in the shower.
Kid couldn't take it anymore. He sat next to Crona's hospital bed where the boy slept. He had only a mild concussion but that was enough to get Kid to leave school until Crona fully healed. He looked so different now. He was even more skinny then before. His eyes were always bloodshot from crying and his arms, legs, and face were scared from when he had fallen from running away. It was tearing Kid apart, seeing him like this.
He burns my skin
Never mind about the shape I'm in
I'll keep you safe tonight
It had been now 5 months since the Kishin had died. Kid and Crona sat on one of the balconies of Kid's mansion. They sat in silence, watching the moon grin madly in the sky. It was a comfortable silence, a peaceful one. Moments of peace were getting harder to find. Crona leaned his head against Kid's shoulder and sighed.
"I miss this." He said.
Kid nodded and pecked his boyfriend on the check.
"Me too."
Crona turned his head a bit to face the reaper. His eyes matched the night sky, a deep dark blue. They didn't look so sad or scared like they usually did. More sleepy and content. Kid liked that. He liked it when Crona could be calm, for he was never really happy anymore. Relaxed was the closest he could get to happy.
There was however, damage in his eyes. Not physically but you could tell he was shattered on the inside. Kid leaned in and kissed Crona. The kiss was short and soft but it sent a wave of electricity through Crona's body. The world stopped turning and for one sacred moment nothing mattered. They didn't care about the hundreds of people that hated them or the spray painted insults or even the fact that Crona was slowly wasting away. There was only love.
Blow a kiss at the methane skies
See the rust through your playground eyes
Were all in love tonight
Crona lied in his bed, the one in the dungeon. He left Kid's house late last night when he was sure the Shinagami was asleep. He couldn't go back, it wasn't fair putting him through this. It was Crona's fault that no one talked to Kid anymore and it was Crona's fault that teenagers were still vandalizing their homes.
It was Crona's fault that BlackStar had actually managed to hurt Kid.
He caught him off guard the other day and managed to break his right arm. Then he broke the left one. He laughed and said he was doing him a favor. He made him "Symmetrical".
It was cruel and terrible and Crona couldn't deal with it. Although being a Shinigami, his bones healed very fast. It was still excruciating pain.
Crona couldn't put Kid through any more pain. So he left.
He knew Kid would come looking for him and he didn't know what he would have to do to drive him away. It wouldn't be as easy as how he did with Maka. Empty conversations wasn't enough. He may actually have to lie to Kid. Tell him he didn't love him. Crona wasn't sure he could deal with that either.
Leave a dream where the fallout lies
Watch it grow where the tearstain dries
To keep you safe tonight
It absaultly wasn't fair. Why would you hate someone for loving? Was that such a crime? Of course Crona had done some awful things in the past, but the students were bullying him primarily because of his homosexuality. Why was that? He thought Kid was one of the only things Crona had done right in his life. Aparently the others did not agree.
Crona thought that Kid could save him from the others. He spent his whole life alone, why would he need more then just Kid? It was because it was Kid. Kid was getting hurt and it was his fault. Love just wasn't enough to save him.
Love
Love
Love won't stop this Bomb
He then heard 8 kicks at the bottom of his door.
At first Crona wondered why Kid wouldn't knock but he soon remembered.
Both arms were broken to make it symmetrical.
After the half witch didn't answer the door, Kid tried to speak to him.
"Crona I know your in there. Why did you leave last night? I promised to keep you safe. Do you know how dangerous it was to leave in the middle of the night alone?"
He went on with this lecture until Crona finally responded.
"Go away." He said in an almost whisper.
Kid was silent. Crona didn't want to hurt him anymore. Kid had to get out now.
Run
He repeated it a bit louder.
"Go awa-"
"No." Kid interupted.
Run
"They can't drive me away from you. I love you and I'm not going anywhere."
"Leave...Please Kid."
"No."
Bunny Run
Kid kicked the door open and walked over to where Crona lied in bed. When the blue eyes saw his two arms in casts, he pulled his pillow over his head.
"Leave me alone." Crona said a bit more sternly this time.
"No." Kid said for the third time.
Run
"I-I don't love you." He threatened.
"You're an awful liar."
Run
"KID!" He sat up quickly, throwing the pillow at the reaper, who dodged it with ease.
BUNNY RUN!
"Leave me ALONE! We can't be together anymore. I-I-I can't let you get hurt anymore. I can't deal with you getting hurt. They hate me. That's the only reason why they hurt you. It's ME. Please just leave me so you can be safe again."
He was crying now, flailing his arms at the reaper when he wouldn't leave.
"GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT!" He screamed.
"No." Was his only answer. Kid grabbed onto Crona's wrists and looked him dead in the eye.
"I'm not leaving. I love you and you love me. No one can ever change that no matter how many limbs they break. No one, and I mean no one, can drive me away from you. So stop this nonsense and come back home. I don't give a damn what the others think. The only one I care about is you."
Crona had calmed down by now. His eyes still wet with tears. A single drop fell and landed on the bed.
Then Kid leaned in and kissed his boyfriend. It was the kind of kiss that made a promise. Kid's promise was that he would never stop loving the skinny pink haired boy the sat on the bed in front of him.
Crona wrapped his arms around Kid when the kiss was over. His sobbed into his chest and whispered his apologies. The young shinigami simply kissed the top of his head and attempted to return the embrace, even with his arms in casts.
It looked awkward, but both parties didn't give a damn.
Move your body when the sunlight dies
Everybody hide your body from the scarecrow
Everybody hide.
After that embrace things began to change. Most everyone at the school still hated Crona and Kid, but the couple didn't care anymore. Kid's arms healed soon and he had convinced Crona to fix his friendship with Maka. They were best friends once again. The Thompson sisters made a vow to protect Kid from any other threats, even if they had to "go all Brooklyn on them". For the first time in a very long time, Crona felt happy.
"Are you ready?" Kid asked.
Crona reached over and grabbed Kid's hand, intertwining their fingers together.
"Yeah."
They walked through the doors of DWMA, feeling no regret, shame, or fear. They smiled to each other, had a quick kiss, and walked to their first class.
A/N: What do you think? A bit more angsty then what I usually write. Again, the song is S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W by My Chemical Romance. It's actually a lot more happy then what I make it out to be. Good song, check it out.