"Stupid tranny bitch!" Punch.
"You're just a lesbian! You ain't no boy." Kick.
"You're just a dumb girl who doesn't know her damn place!" Hajime whimpered as more punches and kicks were delivered to his face and ribs. He was trying not to scream, but a kick landed on his chest, and another between his legs, making him yell out in pain.
It seemed like hours before there was a yell of anger, and one of the people attacking him was kicked away.
"Stay. Away. From my brother." Hajime looked up with teary eyes and saw Izuru standing here, the knuckles on his right hand bloody.
"Aw, sticking up for your big sister you freak? I'm surprised you even care about her, you don't seem to give a shit about anything else!"
"His name, is Hajime. Now leave him alone, or you'll regret it." Izuru replied. By this point, Hajime managed to sit up, his body shaking from pain.
"Oh really? What are you gonna do huh?"
"This."
By the time Izuru was done, the bullies had run off, holding their broken noses and bruised ribs. Izuru didn't have a scratch on him, the only sign he'd even been in the fight was the blood on his knuckles and his slightly disheveled uniform.
Hajime was curled up on the ground, crying softly. Izuru walked over, kneeling next to his brother and putting a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"Hajime…"
"I'm so stupid… I should… I should just be a girl. I should just shut up and just-" Hajime's self deprecating rambling was cut off when Izuru grabbed his ear and pulled it gently.
"Shut up. No matter what anyone says, you're you. They can't tell you who or what to be, only you can. If you feel like you're a boy, then you're a boy. That's all there is to it. If people don't like it, that's their problem, not yours. The only people who matter are the ones who accept you for who you are, anyone who doesn't accept you doesn't matter." Hajime stared at his brother in surprise, not having expected his brother to say something so… touching. Izuru usually wasn't one for words unless it was something serious, so Hajime knew that Izuru was telling the truth.
"Izuru…" Hajime's voice was small and he hugged his brother tightly, ignoring the pain in his ribs. "Thank you… thank you so much." Izuru hugged back gently, helping his brother to his feet and helping him to the nurse's office, glaring at anyone who looked at them.
The bullies who attacked Hajime later came to the headmaster and told them that Izuru attacked them for no reason. When asked their side of the story, the brothers told what had really happened, yet Izuru was the only one who was punished. When asked why, the school said that Izuru shouldn't have beaten up the other students, and that 'they had been punished enough' when Izuru attacked them.
Their parents weren't too happy with Izuru being suspended for two months, and didn't want to hear why. Hajime refused to go back to school until Izuru was able to go back, frustrating their parents even more.
No one said anything bad about Hajime after that, too afraid of Izuru's wrath. Hajime wasn't too upset about that.
(So I'm having trouble writing the ACTUAL next chapter, so have this for now.)