Leon ran outside of the school in search for Emil, surprised when he wasn't approached immediately by him. "Emil?" he called out, scanning the area until he saw him against the wall.
"There you are," Leon began, running up to Emil, only to realize that he was sobbing into his own legs. "Emil… are you alright?"
"Does it look like I'm alright?" Emil replied weakly through his crying.
"Uh… no? What happened?"
Emil sniffled and held out his hand. Leon took it and Emil pulled himself up, still leaning against the wall and hardly able to stand. "It's… I… tripped and fell over those rocks over there and crawled over here…"
"Emil, tell me what really happened. Please, I told you about myself."
Emil let out a shaky breath. "The real reason why I didn't want you kissing me in public…"
"Yeah?"
"Is because I knew something like this would happen. I've seen story after story online or in the news about gay people getting bullied, beaten, or even killed just for their sexuality. I mean, even in a great country like this where there's not much of it, it still happens, just like what happened to me."
Leon took Emil into a hug, allowing him to sob into his shoulder. "I'm sorry, Emil, I'm really sorry, this is all my fault," he whispered. "But, I have a plan."
Emil took his face off of Leon's shoulder, and nodded slightly. "Tell me when we get to my house."
Slowly, the two of them made their way back to Lukas and Emil's house. "Lukas, come down! It's urgent," Leon called up, and watched as Lukas came running down the stairs, gasping slightly as he saw Emil.
"Brother, what happened?" he said, concern in his voice.
After exchanging a glance with Leon, Emil responded. "I tripped and fell down a flight of stairs," he said, glancing down.
Lukas gave a slow nod, walking over to Emil and taking his hand. "Emil, how hurt are you? Take off your shirt."
"I- I'm pretty bruised." Emil removed his shirt to reveal several black marks on his chest, one of them swelling red more than the others.
"Er… should I leave now?" Leon asked, both of the brothers' heads turning to him at once.
Emil and Lukas responded at the exact same time, Lukas responding with "Yes," and Emil responding with "No."
"I guess that's a yes then," Leon said as he left, heading up to his own room.
After Leon had left, Lukas continued to examine Emil's injuries. "Brother, the only one that I'm really concerned about is that one," Lukas stated as he pointed to the swelling bruise on Emil's chest. He lightly laid a finger on it, and Emil let out a sharp cry of pain. Lukas immediately retracted his finger. "Does it hurt to breath?" he asked.
"Yeah, a lot," Emil responded.
"I think you have a broken rib. I'll call the hospital."
Lukas did indeed go to call the hospital, while Emil put his shirt back on and went upstairs, knocking on Leon's door. Leon opened it and allowed Emil in, who sat on Leon's bed, Leon sitting next to him. "So…" Leon began. "I got to see you shirtless."
Emil rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I guess you did."
"Well, maybe you'd like to see me shirtless as well."
"Yeah, whatever. Anyway…" Realization struck Emil as a blush spread across his face. He put his hand on Leon's shoulder and pushed him away, Leon smirking as he fell onto his bed. "Lukas thinks I broke my rib and he's calling the doctor for an appointment."
"Alright.
"Now tell me, what's the plan?" Leon told him the plan.
A/N - I'm sorry about not updating in a while, but I guess I'll try to do it once every two weeks or so from now on. Also, that DenNor fic I haven't updated for a really long time might get another update sooner or later. I'll try.