A/N: Well, I did it! I updated faster and LONGER! I'm really happy with this chapter. Thank you to reviews from: regularshow565, Twistedfangirl, DisneyandWildKrattfangirl, Blackwind137, Phinbellafan2298, and camitake! Your support really helped with this. Here's the chapter!

Warning: violence and bullying is involved in this chapter especially

The bell rung overhead and the students began to file out of their seats immediately. Hiro slowly stood up, and glanced at the clock over the blackboard, reminding himself with a smile that there were only one more period until school let out for the weekend, and then it would be the end of this awful September.

Though he had hoped it would soon get better, things did not brighten as the school year wearied on. Friday was always the best day of the week, knowing that he wouldn't have to go back to school for two days, and that he had it to himself.

He let out a sigh and began to walk down the hallway, and it seemed a little brighter with the thought stuck in his mind that he was almost done with another week.

He turned a corner, but let out a gasp as he felt himself being pulled by the hood of his hoodie, being quickly dragged into the men's bathroom. Hiro felt his heart skip a beat as he attempted to see who was hauling him into the restroom, wildly thrashing in the man's grasp.

Hiro felt himself slam into the wall and he fell to the ground, looking up to see three taller boys from his class standing over him, Thomas Andrews being the ring leader of the two others.

"Well, Hamada, I guess for once you can be of use." Thomas chuckled, cold gray eyes staring into Hiro's. "Give us the answers to the Algebra test we're taking today and we'll leave you alone."

Hiro stared back at Thomas, before trying to get up again, but failed by being pushed back to the floor.

"I'm waiting, nerd."

Hiro felt cold anger flood into him, slightly blurring his vision. This wouldn't be the last time Thomas would ask for the answers to a class, and if Hiro didn't make a stand now, he would never be able to. Hiro took whatever confidence he had in him.

"Well? Can't you speak?"

"No." Hiro said it strongly, stronger than how he felt at the moment. His courage felt like failing him when he saw the anger in Thomas's eyes, but he tried to keep the straightest face he could.

"What did you say, nerd?" Thomas's voice came in through a deadly whisper, but Hiro kept his head up.

"I said no. Do your own work." Hiro said, but his eyes grew with fear as he saw a foot being raised and kicked him in the stomach. Hiro coughed at the sudden impact of force.

"Do you really want to do that, Hamada?" Thomas's voice yelled at Hiro, who felt himself wanting to shrink away, but despite the urge and want to hide, he kept strong.

"I'm not going to do your work, Andrews." Hiro muttered angrily, but gave out a small cry as he got kicked again. He felt himself being picked up again, and being thrown to the wall.

"You may be top of the class, Hamada, but you're a real moron at times." Thomas's voice chuckled, and Hiro felt a punch thrown at his face and a searing pain form around his left eye.

"At least I'm not always a moron like you." Hiro was testing his luck and he knew it, and it seemed to be failing him for he soon felt Thomas's hand clutch at his throat, squeezing and chocking the young Hamada. He felt punch after punch being thrown at his face, and soon he felt blood oozing slowly out of the left side of his head. He was growing dizzy…he couldn't breathe...a rushing noise sounded in his ear…his vision was failing him…everything seemed to be blurry…what was happening…?

Hiro felt himself thrown to the ground again and he gasped for air, coughing and he slowly felt his senses coming back to him. He felt a kick in his side once again, which added more to the pain that was all over his body.

"Tell anyone about what happened here and you will regret it, nerd." Thomas whispered. "And I hope this was a lesson to you." Hiro kept his eyes closed and his face in the ground as he heard the boys leave the bathroom, leaving Hiro on the cold floor.

Hiro let out a moan of pain, not wanting to get up or move. Everything ached…his side, his face, his throat, everything. He knew he had one last class, but he couldn't go, not looking like this.

After about twentyminutes of lying still on the ground, Hiro sat up slowly, another cry of pain escaping his lips. He stood up slowly and carefully, leaning against the wall for support.

Once standing, Hiro clutched onto the stalls as he walked to the mirror and gasped at his reflection and let out a groan. He looked horrible…he didn't want Tadashi to see all of this… He grabbed a paper towel from nearby and wetted it carefully, and gently dabbed it on the wound, wincing at first but slowly getting used to the pain.

After a few minutes, Hiro stared at his now blood-free face and let out a sigh. There was nothing he could do about his eye, which was growing into a horrible shade of blackish-purple and was swelling slowly. Hiro touched his eye lightly, wincing only slightly at the pain it brought. He guessed it would have to do

Glancing at his watch, Hiro realized that school was almost out. He let out a long sigh, realizing he missed a test in math class but at the moment he really didn't care, though he knew he'd regret it later.

Hiro put the hood of his hoodie over his head and slowly exited the bathroom. Once the bathroom door closed behind him, Hiro walked quickly down the halls, not looking up at anyone and not pausing for a second.

Once he got out of the school, he raced down the pavement, ignoring the aching of his side, just wanting to get to the car, go home, and forget about school for the rest of the week.

"Hey, Hiro! How was-" Tadashi stopped in mid-sentence when he saw Hiro's face, which he was too slow to hide. Tadashi pulled down the hood off of Hiro's head, despite Hiro's cries of denial.

"What happened?!" Tadashi demanded to know, worry and concern filling his brown eyes.

"Nothing!"

"That doesn't look like nothing, Hiro!"

"I-I…" Hiro trailed off.

"Hiro, answer me, please! What happened?" Tadashi pressed the question, and Hiro let out a sigh.

"I turned a corner and ran into a wall really hard, alright?" The lie slipped easily out of Hiro's lips without him planning on it to.

"…you ran into a wall?" Tadashi asked rather slowly.

"Yes, I did. Now please, start the car?" Hiro said, not wanting to be questioned any farther, but surprise and hurt filled his eyes as he heard Tadashi let out a laugh and Hiro turned to look at him.

"You ran into a wall…of all things…"

"Tadashi! It's not funny!"

"Oh, c'mon Hiro, yeah it is." Tadashi laughed more, and started the engine.

"You wouldn't be laughing if it happened to you." Hiro said angrily. He looked out the window, glaring at the outside world as if it was its fault for his troubles.

The two brothers drove, not saying a word and Hiro continued to stare out the window, letting hurt wash over him. He wanted Tadashi to realize…but at the time he was too scared that he would…

"Hiro…I'm sorry, I shouldn't have laughed." Tadashi said slowly after a while, both surprising Hiro and, even more suprising, irritated him. Tadashi should be sorry, he didn't see anything! How could you get a black eye like this from running into a wall?

"It's ok, it's nothing." Hiro managed to fake a smile, like he had a few times before, and Tadashi managed to smile back, but that seemed to be forced and faked as well.

"Tadashi, don't worry about it. It's nothing, its ok." Hiro smiled a bit more, faking every happy emotion, and Tadashi smiled a little bit what looked like a real smile.

"Ok…just worried about you, that's all…" Tadashi pulled into the parking spot near the café and unlocked the door for the two brothers. "Well, you did it! Your first month of school complete, just eight more to go!"

"Fantastic." Hiro muttered sarcastically, slamming the car door behind him.

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