Warning: Bullying scene/violence, mild Shounen ai
Ferio shook his head when he walked with Fuu to his school. Innova just had to give pressure to the principal in order to get Fuu into his school, in the same grade and the same class even when she was three years younger. Why did Innova want to keep an eye so much on him? Isn¡¦t Innova the first person to want him die in a hideous way? Ferio had thoughts like that, but he did not know whether it was that he changed too much that Innova almost looked civil to him these days. Ferio glanced at Fuu who was waving to a girl passing by. Why did Fuu have to be there? He was almost LOVABLE to everyone when she was around and he did miss time alone with Sara. He has not seen Sara lately and he knew that she was not happy that he was spending so much time with Fuu.
Fuu stopped just in front of the school building to see a boy with longish black hair that reached the lapels of the jacket of his uniform. She stepped nearer to see that his face was filled with bruises, the skin that was untouched was just as pale as she was. She tugged at Ferio¡¦s hand and indicated at the boy.
¡§That¡¦s Shin, the sand bag of the thugs of this school while the thugs are the sand bag of mine!¡¨ Ferio told her proudly. Fuu rolled her eyes upwards and sighed rather tragically.
Lunchtime came and Ferio made an excuse to see Sara, Fuu said nothing and he was glad. Ferio has sensed that something was breaking in between him and Sara, and he wanted to know what or who was the cause of it.
Fuu was having her lunch with her friends and they were talking of various topics, they said it slowly so Fuu can read their lips with no difficulty. They were laughing at some thing one of them said when Fuu spotted Shin limping by slowly with his head down. Fuu watched until he disappeared and asked one girl the reason for the limping.
¡§Shin kun¡K Oh he is cute and is definitely a bishounen, but he is so much of a coward that everyone picks on him, some picks on him because he has a pretty face.¡¨ One girl said.
Then another said ¡§It¡¦s not only because of his looks, he is half a foreigner as his mother is not a native Japanese. Look how frail he is, everyone wanted to bully him, even girls. It was said that he can loose a fight even with someone the size of Fuu-san.¡¨
¡§I don¡¦t think anyone can fight Fuu-chan if she can tame Ferio-kun using the usual way.¡¨ The third giggled and showed her fists.
'I¡KI am not a violent person¡K' Fuu wrote on her note pad with a blush on her face when they laughed.
¡§What are you angry about?¡¨ Ferio asked as he stroked Sara¡¦s cheek gently, running his hand over her soft skin the way that sent a chill through her. They were in the store room just beside the gym.
¡§I¡K I am not angry¡K¡¨ Sara said and sighed softly as Ferio adjusted his uniform shirt.
¡§If it¡¦s about Fuu, you can relax, she is not one bit impressed with anything I do.¡¨ Ferio murmured in her ear as he put his arm around her slim waist. ¡§But are you impressed with her?¡¨ Sara asked as her hands flew to his hair. Ferio pulled back a tiny bit, and she noticed this little motion.
¡§I¡K¡¨ Ferio stopped a little and started thinking ¡§Do I?¡¨
¡§I¡¦m just fond of her as a little friend.¡¨ Ferio replied.
¡§Different from the feelings you felt for me?¡¨ Sara asked.
¡§Very different.¡¨ Ferio replied.
He glanced at Fuu from the side, was he dreaming? She seemed to glow when she stepped into the church. She just looked a part of the mural. Ferio yawned, it was Sunday and Fuu had to pull him to church, he can not say that she forced him, she tricked him there in a way he did not want to mention, as it made him appear stupid. His thought wander back to the conversation he had with Sara in the dark little storeroom.
¡§My relationship with Fuu is absolutely platonic.¡¨ Ferio thought then remembered what he does with Sara and what he did with Fuu. What he did with Sara was what lovers do usually, hold hands, kiss and those of the kind, he did think about her and talk to her. Yet he was certain that he was not frank with her, as he did not want to appear weak to her. About Fuu, he was almost ready to pour his heart out in front of her, he can talk to her and she will listen, even if she did not approve. She was someone whom he can depend on who will rescue him whether she had the power or not. The most alarming thing about them being together was that he shared a spiritual bond with her so strong that he felt he can not cut her out of his mind. Even when he was with Sara, he felt that she was there, watching them.
¡§Fuu, you are not going home, yet?¡¨ Ferio asked incredulously when Fuu walked deeper into the church.
"You don't have to come here, really¡K" Ferio whispered
Why not?> Fuu asked.
"You can't even hear what the pastor was saying and you have been acting like a saint.¡¨ Ferio told her and she smiled at him appreciatively.
¡§Except for the cooking perhaps.¡¨ Ferio added with a grin and Fuu glared at him in the eyes then her hands moved You cook then, stop taking turns, you cook every meal, from breakfast to lunch to dinner!> Ferio was laughing lightly when she went past him and stared up at the tinted glass.
Ferio was stunt for a moment, the soft light that went through the tinted glass windows concentrated on her, play with her blond hair that made it a golden halo for a moment. Some thought struck Ferio all of a sudden, all Fuu¡¦s clothes were white, including this one, it was a white sleeveless dress that reached her ankles, her socks were white and boots were white as well.
¡§Is this girl a color blind?¡¨ he thought as he remembered her pictures drawn in art class. It was always green and white and her art was always full of character, everyone knew that it must be Fuu¡¦s picture when they saw a black blotch on the paper when it should have been an apple. In another sense, Fuu¡¦s weakness seemed to be cooking, and now art!
Fuu turned and saw Shin limping away from the office of the pastor's. ¡§Shin again, is it?¡¨ Ferio asked. She nodded the looked inquiringly at him.
¡§He went to church a lot and he always has a lot to say to the pastor.¡¨ Ferio answered.
Because he is always bullied? Why?> Fuu asked again with her hands.
¡§He looked like a girl already and is a half foreigner. Then he has no backbone and can not stand up straight.¡¨ Ferio answered her.
Can¡¦t he tell the school? The school has to do something about it.> Fuu pointed out with sign language.
¡§You answer why I weren¡¦t kicked out of school.¡¨ Ferio asked her. Fuu¡¦s eyes widened, frowned, her lips parted a incredulously then said with her hands
Because those bullies have parents who were sponsors of the school? And Shin-san can not get any help because he has no parent of authority.> Fuu answered.
¡§Yeah, that¡¦s true, poor guy!¡¨ Ferio sighed honestly, shaking his head.
Fuu looked at him from sideways for some time then grinned as her hands moved You have a heart, you proved it.>
Ferio rolled his eyes ¡§I do have one, my dearest!¡¨ Fuu smiled and blushed at his last statement.
The following day, Shin was missing, then another day with Shin missing and the whole week passed with no words from him.
¡§Tsuyoshii-kun, please take your notes to Shin-kun.¡¨ Sara requested, as Tsuyoshii is the class president. Fuu stood up, causing her chair to fall.
'I¡¦ll go!' she hurried to deliver the note to Sara-sansei. Sara nodded as she knew that Fuu¡¦s notes were just as perfect as Tsuyoshii¡¦s, maybe even better as Fuu¡¦s hand writing was a little neater.
Just then Tsuyoshi stood up and Ferio groaned. Whenever Tsuyoshii or Fuu said something, the other was bound to present an opposite argument along with some quotes or facts as if the two genius students were born to contradict each other. Tsuyoshii was a rival to Ferio for fans as he has his own fan club as well. Tsuyoshi himself knew that he is handsome in the most refined way, with tea colored hair and deep intelligent blue eyes. The cheekbones and the bridge of his nose were high so the glasses he wore did not mar his beauty in anyway.
¡§Did I offend you in some obscure way I am not aware of, Fuu-san? You just absolutely have to argue with me.¡¨ Tsuyoshii asked in sign language (He learned it just to argue with Fuu so he would not have to use his pen and paper.), his expression deceivingly pleasant.
Honto ni gomen nasai! But I am not arguing with you about this, I just want to see Shin-san.> Fuu explained.
¡§Ah, Summimasen.¡¨ Tsuyoshii¡¦s expression was not relaxed and was unreadable.
Ferio was grateful for the little break from Fuu, he don¡¦t have to be aware of every one of his little movements. It was not that he has to put on an act before her as she knew his true self very well, but it was always good to let people know that he beats people up instead of letting everyone see it. He can not even swear in front of her, if she was just a little older, then he would have more freedom, but then, his feelings for her and Sara would be blurred even more.
Fuu was organizing her notes, waiting for Innova to drive her to Shin¡¦s apartment. Ferio called Innova as a favor for her when he left her in school since he knew that Shin lived in a filthy part of a town and Fuu will not be that safe alone. But with Innova, the first class fighter with her, she will at least have some protection. Innova came up to her fifteen minutes later after the call, offered to take her bag, and opened the back seat of a car door to her. She looked at the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution wearily then eyed Innova.
¡§Don¡¦t look at me like that, I am not some speeding drunken driver, by the way, this is a LanEvo VII the newest model out there, it's your pleasure to ride in it with me.¡¨ He told her as he got behind the wheel. Fuu sighed and shook her head.
¡§How¡¦s you and Ferio doing?¡¨ Innova asked.
Fine.> Fuu said with her hands.
¡§I have heard that you pulled Ferio out of a bar some few months ago, no one has achieved that.¡¨ Innova smiled.
I think pulling him out before he got completely drunk is better.> Fuu said, still with her hands.
¡§Well, are you afraid that he will get drunk or was it because he has a girl on his lap?¡¨ Innova asked, his eyes regarding her on the back view mirror. Fuu blushed, then sighed and shook her head meaning she doesn¡¦t know.
¡§Emeraude was afraid that he might catch aids, the rate he was sleeping with girls.¡¨ Innova told her with a little chuckle.
Fuu asked thoughtfully Is he really that bad?>
¡§Sure, now he is perhaps with his teacher, his new girl friend.¡¨ Innova replied.
I know Sara-sansei, she is a very nice person.> Fuu smiled.
¡§Why, not a bit jealous?¡¨ Innova asked, he was very observant and knew that there is some affection from Ferio to Fuu and vice versa.
No.> Fuu answered.
¡§Why?¡¨ Innova asked curiously.
First thing, he has affection for her and I don¡¦t mind that, I don¡¦t mind people being intimate because they are really lovers. Secondly, I don¡¦t have to own him and I can¡¦t.> Fuu said.
The doorbell rang and Shin opened the door, surprised to see the girl genius, still in her pure white school uniform standing there, notes in her hands. Fuu was about to step in when he closed the door right at her face. Fuu blinked when Innova chuckled and said "People don't like getting help from you, I see." Fuu looked at him then back at the door, then crouched down and wrote a note, then slipped it under his door.
The door opened instantly and Fuu smiled while Innova frowned, and said "I'll collect you, Shin-kun, help her make a call to me." Innova waved one hand then went down the stairs quickly, yet gracefully.
"What do you mean?" Shin asked tiredly when Fuu stepped into the room.
'I am not going to hurt you.' Fuu pressed another piece of paper into his hands.
"Didn't you just said that you knew what I said to the pastor and is going to put it up on the notice board tomorrow?" Shin's eyes narrowed, but he still sounded tired.
'I guess I know, but I am not sure.' Fuu wrote on her pad and passed him the sheet. He looked confused when she smiled and pointed at her ear. "You're deaf, I almost forgot¡K" Shin laughed bitterly.
"Even little deaf girls can bully me¡K" he muttered.
'Where's the kitchen?' Fuu asked him with her pen after a while of studying him.
"There." Shin answered shortly, pointing to a dark little room. Fuu put her notes and bags down, fished a bag out and went to it.
Shin was reading her notes dejectedly when she returned. She handed him a glass of lemon jelly float. "Why?" he asked as he almost flinched back when she reached for his hand to take the glass as he refuse to get it himself.
'It might not be delicious but its edible.' She wrote on his hand, still with a smile. A faint smile appeared on his lips when he sipped the soda. Fuu knew what Ferio was saying about her cooking and so she bought soda instead of trying to make tea and used ready-made jelly, all she did was to arrange it.
'Everyone has to scream or complain or just to share their thoughts with someone sometimes. You especially, since you did not seem to have many friends in school and no one is doing anything about your condition, I guessed you must have seek comfort from the pastor.' Fuu explained in paper.
"And what do you prepare to do with it?" Shin asked as he put the glass on the table. 'You seek comfort from the pastor not only because he is part of the church, but he has no one to talk to about your affairs, aside from God, I guess, so you feel comfortable talking to him. But you'll be much safer talking to me, as I can not speak.' Fuu wrote another note to him.
"Why are you doing this?" Shin said almost coldly.
'Everyone must talk to some one other than the pastor, the pastor can not do anything about your school life.' Fuu wrote.
"Can you?" Shin asked.
'I might. The problem is, you can not talk to the pastor whenever you need to and I seem to see you a lot. Trust someone. It is very sad not to have someone who listens to you when you need.' Fuu pressed the sheet on Shin's hand. Shin looked at her when she passed him Innova's phone number into his hand. Shin nodded and picked up the phone.
"Any luck with the little thing?" Ferio asked when Fuu closed the door to their apartment that night.
He refused to talk to me.> Fuu confessed, looking a little defeated.
"Why do you have to take everything onto your shoulders. It's everyone's welfare, they are the people who should fight for it, not you going out of your way trying to pull them out of their distress." Ferio pointed out when Fuu looked at his homework and marked a cross on one of his sums.
Some people need encouragement.> Fuu pointed out then went back to his math homework. She looked please, 70% of all the sums were done right.
"And you were out to encourage everyone? That was not your job. You just don't have to gather everyone's troubles to yourself as if you were the pastor who listens to the sheep's troubles. No, you are more busy than the pastor, you go out to help them emotionally and physically." Ferio held a little complain in his voice.
Some one needs to do the job. Shin needs someone in school who can help him reflect his ideas. He just doesn't trust anyone as he gets bullied too much and lose faith to the whole human race. And we can not leave him to that, either he will turn inside and hurt himself or turn into an extremist and hurt all around him.> Fuu said. Ferio looked at her incredulously.
It's not funny and I am not exaggerating. These people who suffers like this needs all the help they can get.> Fuu pointed out, her hands were so fast that he was not sure whether he knew what she meant exactly.
"I can end all his problems." Ferio said. Fuu looked at him wonderingly.
"Don't look at me like that, I am not some pests described by Innova." Ferio told her. Tell me your plan please.> Fuu's hands said and she looked very curious.
"Simple, I beat the bullies up if they dared touching Shin." Ferio said proudly. "Then who will help him if you decide to bully him?" Fuu asked, sweat-dripping.
"Why would I want to bully anyone?" Ferio asked incredulously.
You bullied me all the time, who can say when you decide you wanted to bully anyone else.> Fuu pointed out then went into her room.
"When? WHEN?" Ferio questioned his eyes wide. Deeply engraved in his mind, he always thought that Fuu was bullying him.
Shin went to school a day later and returned all notes to Fuu. Fuu tried to read something from his face, but has read nothing. Fuu flipped her notes to see something falling from it. It was a letter to her and she read it, Shin agreed to talk to her. She smiled, at last she gained the confidence of Shin. In the next few days Fuu spent a lot of time with Shin and Ferio felt very relieved. Fuu seemed satisfied with her patient and loosened her control on him so he can visit his girlfriend on a more regular basis. Another thing to be happy about was that Fuu seemed to be enjoying herself, as long as she is happy he will be happy.
After knowing Fuu, Shin's second friend came, Tsuyoshii. Tsuyoshii met them by lunch one day and he strongly contradicted the argument of creationism, which Fuu presented in a debate earlier. Everyone who were eating with Fuu departed once Tsuyoshii started rambling on, but Shin seemed to enjoy seeing them argue without poking at each other personally. For example, Tsuyoshii never once made an issue about Fuu's disability. After Tsuyoshi and Fuu's 30 minutes of debating, Shin finally came and added some comments on both sides. Shin might not be the top three student in his grade, but he is definitely in the top ten with his intelligence, if he was given a chance to express himself. "You should come to the debate team, we welcome you." Tsuyoshii invited Shin and he blushed. "But I¡K" Shin started. "You don't have to be shy, no one has the right to laugh at you even if you make mistakes humans were meant to make some mistakes, except for Fuu-san, she never did anything wrong." Tsuyoshii pointed at Fuu. Fuu blushed and made some modest remarks. "See, modest, but not overly done. You suffer from a low self esteem, join us, we can cure that in no time." Tsuyoshii carried on, very hard sell. "Give it a try!" Ferio plopped elbows right on Shin's shoulders. Shin looked at Fuu and Fuu nodded and smile. "I'll come to your next meeting." Shin said to Tsuyoshii.
Debating was fun, everyone seemed cold and distant before the debate topic was given, but then working together with people was fun for Shin. The people in the debate team did not say anything personal about each other and often they talked about controversial issues.
¡§I¡¦ll wait for you by the school gates.¡¨ Tsuyoshii called when Shin left for the toilet. Three thugs were waiting by the boys toilet and before Shin can retreat, one of the closed the door and locked it, Shin was feeling all wobbly inside.
"Have a great time, Shin-chan?" they leered.
Ferio was relieved when Sara said that she believed that he has never done anything physically intimate with Fuu. Yet, Ferio has not noticed that she still looked worry-struck about his and Fuu¡¦s relationship. He was walking along the hallway with Fuu, Ferio had said that he will wait for her archery practice to finish so they can leave for the market together. Fuu was walking by, feeling that something was wrong but don¡¦t know what it is when Ferio heard stifled sobs by the male¡¦s toilet. They raced towards and when Fuu was about to step into the room, Ferio pulled her hand ¡§That¡¦s the male¡¦s toilet, you stay out there.¡¨ He said then went in.
The scene was horrible, Shin was hung by a rope to the ceiling beams. He was naked with bruises all over his white skin. The skin not covered with bruises was filled with obscene language written with an oil based felt pen. Ferio felt sick to his toes, he might have beaten people up, but he never humiliated and tormented someone like that. Ferio was glad he kept Fuu out or she might have fainted on the spot. He untied the rope and helped Shin down. Shin was still sobbing when Ferio got him dressed. ¡§Those bullies again, is it?¡¨ Ferio asked. Shin coughed then raced out of the toilet, ran right pass Fuu towards the staircase.
Ferio and Fuu were both running to the stairs after Shin. Ferio followed him when Fuu ran to get some help from whoever¡¦s in the staff room. When he reached the top of the school building, Shin was right before the fence that separated them. ¡§Come back inside, silly!¡¨ Ferio screamed, trying to climb over the fence to Shin. He can not let Fuu¡¦s work drain down the pipe, well, threw down the building like that.
¡§Don¡¦t come near!¡¨ Shin screamed.
Fuu found everyone gone from the staff office except for Sara, she was buttoning her blouse and rearranging her skirts when Fuu ran into it.
¡§Fuu-san¡K¡¨ Sara exclaimed when Fuu was doing her sign language in a frantic, it was so fast that she did not know what Fuu was talking about.
¡§Don¡¦t jump! You are going to die!¡¨ Ferio¡¦s scream was heard and Sara raced to the window and saw something dropping.
Tsuyoshi watched in horror as Shin was plummeting to his death. The mattresses left behind on the field by the high jump team was still there, but Shin was so lucky that the path he was taking will send him to the hard ground beside it. Tsuyoshi¡¦s eyes opened wide when a white clad figure shot from the staff room window towards Shin and steered him to the mattresses.
¡§Fuu-san¡K¡¨ ¡§Fuu!¡¨ Sara and Ferio ran down to the field by the mattress. Shin was crying into Fuu¡¦s shoulder and Tsuyoshii watched with a relieved expression on his face. Ferio stopped and swallowed, there were snowy feathers around Fuu on the spot she landed. ¡§You okay?¡¨ Ferio asked when he saw the bruise from the fall that appeared on Fuu¡¦s arm. She smiled and nodded before her eyes fell on Shin who clutched one of the white feathers in his hand.
Everyone went to Ferio¡¦s apartment later, as Ferio lived by himself and so no one will question him bringing an all injured boy back to his place. Sara was bandaging Fuu¡¦s wounds when Tsuyoshii and Ferio worked on scrubbing all the felt pen marks off Shin¡¦s body. Ferio¡¦s shoulders were too broad for Shin, but they have the same height so Ferio lent his clothes to Shin who looked all shame faced when he met the girls.
¡§I'm sorry for causing so much trouble¡K I do not know what has gotten into me¡K¡¨ Shin started and bit his lip. Sara looked guilty as she has done nothing about his condition and Fuu nodded gently in understanding.
¡§No use in blaming yourself now, curse them, use the language I taught you.¡¨ Ferio pressed.
Shin blushed and bit his lip when Tsuyoshii scolded ¡§Don¡¦t teach people how to swear! You¡¦re scaring him.¡¨ Tsuyoshii was blushing behind the hand that was busy pushing his glasses up his nose. It must be even more graphical than the ones written on Shin¡¦s body, Fuu thought, though she did not know how it can be possible.
Ferio, translate for me.> Fuu said to Ferio with her hands and he nodded. Shin-san, I don¡¦t know what the pastor said to you. He probably told you to offer your right cheek along with your left cheek for someone to slap.> Ferio, Tsuyoshii and Sara looked at Fuu incredulously.
Anyway,¡¨ Fuu carried on, ¡§What we figured out is¡K that rule might no longer work now. I don¡¦t know¡K If you offered me your left cheek along with your right to slap, I¡¦d probably run.> Another incredulous look from everyone.
¡§Get on to the subject, shall we?¡¨ Ferio asked.
Okay, so when that rule doesn¡¦t work, let us go by this one, ¡¥God only help those who help themselves.¡¦ It is time for you, and us to think of a way to stop those bullies completely. I am sure with so many to help you, We can get you out of that mess.> She smiled.
"Didn¡¦t I pull you into an even bigger mess? You would not have hurt your arm." Shin said apologetically.
"That doesn¡¦t matter! She¡¦ll be the last person to die even if the earth perish this minute. Her life¡¦s energy can be compared to the cockroach race, she¡¦s one green and white cockroach.¡¨ Ferio mistranslated everything Fuu said.
¡§Ferio!¡¨ Sara halted him.
¡§Who¡¦s going ¡¥Fuu! Fuu!¡¦ when Fuu-san fell?¡¨ Tsuyoshii reminded everyone. ¡§Fuu-san, I apologize for Ferio, he is a little hyper since you are alright.¡¨ Tsuyoshii said. I¡¦d love to say that I understand.> Fuu¡¦s hands and eyes said it all.
Anyway, we are not here to say what I represented¡K> she started, but Ferio cut her off again ¡§Which she is one green and white cockroach trimmed with gold, a very interesting cockroach indeed.¡¨
Will you please stop that?> Fuu asked, her eyes icy cold and her signs done in slow motion.
¡§I agree with Fuu-san about helping yourself and after all, no one in this incident is anymore hurt than you, you are the center of it. Let us help.¡¨ Tsuyoshii said to Shin.
Shin looked into Tsuyoshii¡¦s eyes for a moment, and nodded. ¡§There was a rumor about you guys these days, do you know that?¡¨ Ferio asked them.
¡§Hmm?¡¨ Tsuyoshi asked, not very interested.
¡§That you two are gay lovers.¡¨ Ferio replied as Fuu just rolled her eyes, Shin¡¦s and Sara¡¦s face was all red while Tsuyoshii just shrugged. ¡§If anyone disliked our friendship, they can challenge me.¡¨
¡§Back to the subject, treat it seriously.¡¨ Sara warned Ferio.
¡§Why?¡¨ Ferio asked.
¡§You have way to get Shin out of his misery once and for all, say it.¡¨ Tsuyoshii said, then something snapped in him.
¡§Teach him self-defense, isn¡¦t that the most sensible of all? If we can not work with those bullies, we¡¦ll work on him. And he stay near me for the time being, he has to be totally dependent on me for a while, no choice¡¨ Ferio said and grinned then shrugged.
Good idea!> Fuu said with her hands, her smile as appreciative. Finally, a particular someone proved that his brain has not turned completely into muscles.> Fuu continued when Ferio glared at her.
No one knows whether it was because Shin stuck to Ferio these days or that Shin seemed to have a tan and more muscles, no one bullied him. And for a few weeks, everyone managed to have peaceful days. Including Ferio, Fuu did not bug him as much about homework. But a fateful day came.
Everyone was reading from the bulletin and saw photos, not very decent ones of Shin. It was taken when Shin was hung from the ceiling. ¡§Fuu, you know what happened?¡¨ one girl asked Fuu worriedly. Fuu bit her lip and scanned the corridor for any signs for Shin. Fuu tried to wriggle to the front of the people to the photos, but Tsuyoshii was there, first, already pulling the photos off. He walked away from the crowd and no one dared stopping him for the scary look on his flawless face. Fuu ran from the corridor to search for Ferio and Shin.
Shin knew that challenging those bullies is another form of suicide, but he wanted to do it. If he is not doing it now, the days in the future will be worse than death for him. The bullies were using insulting language and the blows on his body were hard. Yet those did not hurt him the way it has before. He still failed to punch anyone and was already down on the floor suffering. ¡§Thank you¡K Ferio-kun, Fuu-san, Sara-sansei¡KTsuyoshii! Tsuyoshii!¡¨ he did not even notice himself calling for the class president.
Tsuyoshii met Ferio and there was a sinister smile on Ferio¡¦s face. ¡§I think Shin is still alive.¡¨ Tsuyoshii said to him and Ferio nodded. ¡§Keep Fuu and Sara¡KSara-sansei out of this.¡¨ Ferio said as they went to the gym.
¡§Shin, still alive?¡¨ Ferio called as he unbuttoned his uniform jacket, flung it over his shoulder and kicked the door open letting a stream of sunlight in to the dark gym. The bullies flinched a little when Shin looked up and smiled.
¡§Stand up.¡¨ Ferio instructed Shin and with Tsuyoshii¡¦s help, he stood up.
¡§Ferio¡K¡¨ one of the bullies started when Ferio grinned evilly, ¡§Shin and I, two to four, fair enough?¡¨ And before the last words ended, the fight started.
Fuu saw four totally ragged boys limping out of the gym, and at the sight of them Fuu winced. She stepped in to see Ferio and Shin. Shin was totally injured, but the smile on his face was radiant and Ferio at a satisfied smile on his. Tsuyoshii was reading his novel with the name 'Sweet Valentines', as if nothing happened in the gym.
Ferio smiled at her and announced ¡§Shin punched each of them once!¡¨ Fuu looked at the two of them, blank faced for a moment, then smiled and shook her head in defeat.
Ferio, Shin and the Bullies were called in for a long talk. Since all of them, except for Shin as parents who are sponsors of the school, and Shin was being protected by Ferio this time, no one was kicked out.
Fuu and Ferio were walking home from school that day and Ferio¡¦s mood was self-congratulatory.
¡§I know you hate fighting, but at that time what can I do, I can only fight them with Shin, that was Shin¡¦s will as well.¡¨ Ferio told her defensively.
I didn¡¦t say anything about it.> Fuu¡¦s hands said and she still looked blank.
¡§Tell me what you think of it.¡¨ Ferio pressed.
I believed that sensible people don¡¦t fight to get things done. Violence is the worst way to solve a problem.> Fuu¡¦s hands said and that dampened Ferio¡¦s mood somehow.
However,> She smiled at him, her back to the setting sun and that made her glow.
Shin were not dealing with sensible people and so, what you guys did were right. I think¡K> she continued and Ferio grinned, half seeing a halo forming on her head. ¡§I¡¦m no longer some brainless idiot, then?¡¨ he asked.
I never thought you were one, just that you chose not to use to
the device called brain most of the time.> She was still smiling as she
turned and walked towards their apartment.