Small Warning: this chapter does contain sexual harassment, but not too much so you should be fine.
I never knew how much of an asshole a guy could be to a girl until today. I mean, I already knew that there were bad people out there, but I didn't expect anything to happen to me. In fact, nobody had ever actually attempted to mess with me until today to be honest. I guess now that everyone was more or less comfortable with my "condition", they could talk to me like I was a regular human being. That wasn't that hard anyway considering Reiner and Bertl gave dirty looks to whoever looked at me funny, but even without that, I was feeling better about adjusting. However, now that I was considered a girl, it would seem that I was going to get the full package. So far, that package came with periods, terrible jeans with fake pockets, and now: sexual harassment.
It happened after school, when the teachers abandoned the building to get away from us. But unfortunately for Mr. Schultz and I, my test score in math made it so we both had to stay back as I tried to fix it before the next unit. Once I was done, I headed on out to meet Marco so he could drive me home. I almost made it through the front doors and pulled out my phone to call him, when some of the football players came out from around the corner. I didn't really pay much attention since I was in the middle of calling Marco, but I soon found out that that had been my first mistake. The biggest douchebag of the group walked up to me, grabbed my phone, and stole it. I attempted to get it back, but he was tall and I was about one and a half feet shorter than he was. It continued on like that until I really started getting pissed off.
"Hey asshat, the fuck is your problem?" I asked him as he continued to wave the phone around. His idiotic friends just laughed with him and made fun of me.
"Oh nothing really, just having a little fun with the school's reject." Oh my god, you've got to be kidding me. Out of all the things he could be making fun of me for, this is what he thought would emotionally damage me forever? He had never even messed with me before, so why now?
"You're kidding, right? Are you seriously that much of an idiot? Heh, I guess the phrase "dumb jock" really does apply to you." I sneered. I made sure to mentally apologize to Reiner, because not only did he have to play with these dumbasses, but he also did not like football players to be referred to as dumb jocks. However, the reaction I got was satisfying enough. You could see him trying to process how to respond to my comment, and I chose that moment to kick him in the balls. He dropped the phone and gave a stupid sounding yelp. His three other idiots just stood around like they had no idea what to do. I felt pretty empowered. However, the pain he had didn't last for long, and my victory was short lived. He and his buddies all surrounded me, closing in the space as they continued to get closer. Suddenly, I was surrounded, and I couldn't take all four of them at a time. Normally if I was a guy I'd have better muscles, and I could beat all of them up. But because apparently whichever spirit existed hated me, I was a girl with medium sized muscles, good for taking on two men at a time. I tried though, believe me. I kicked and punched in every direction, landing a few hits here and there. Still, in the end, they over powered me. One of them hoisted me up, and I swear I could feel my heart pound out of my chest when one of the others began to lift my shirt up.
"How about we see if those breasts you got are actually real..." I kicked and screamed as hard as I could, but it seemed all hope was lost. He started to pinch and feel under my bra, while another one was tugging down my pants and underwear. I was losing faith in anyone ever finding me at all. I closed my eyes, bracing for what was going to come...
But nothing ever came. Instead, there was a loud cracking sound, and when I opened my eyes, the guy who was right in front of me was suddenly on the ground, blood dripping out of his nose. Then, the guy to my captor's right was taken out, and one by one they all ended up on the ground. My brain could hardly process who my savior was, until I got a better look. Standing there, breathing heavily with the angriest expression I had ever seen on him before was none other than Marco Bodt.
"Marco?" He didn't say anything, he just grabbed my hand and ran outside. It sort of hurt to keep up with him because my legs had been kicked at so many times. But it turns out that his car wasn't that far away, so I didn't have to be in pain as much as I thought. When we got there, he finally let go of my hand. He still looked really mad though. He quietly told me to get in, and I didn't hesitate to do so.
Once we were in, he was quiet for a few moments. I hate to admit it, but I was actually kind of uncomfortable. I had never seen my best friend this angry in my life, and I didn't like it at all.
"Marco?"
"Where did they touch you?" It was a simple question, but it had a lot of meaning behind it.
"J-just my breasts," His eyes went wide. I had to fix this quick. "Marco, don't worry. It's no big deal-"
"No big deal? You could've gotten raped! What if you had gotten raped?" Ok now, this was getting ridiculous.
"I'd suck it up and live my life like normal." This only made him more angry.
"No! Nobody ever returns to normal after rape! And you could've gotten an STD, or pregnant, or-"
"Stop it!" This had gone way too far. Marco froze in mid sentence, then took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry. I just... I just couldn't bear it if something happened to you..." And suddenly, my face felt hotter than the sun and my heartbeat sped up. Dammit Jane this is not the time to be thinking that Marco is hot.
"No, I'm sorry Marco. You were just looking out for me like you usually do." I didn't mean for that to come out as sad, but I couldn't help it. He'd helped me through so much shit, but I hardly ever returned the favor. He looked back up and smiled a small smile.
"It's fine. Just... have someone you trust stay after school with you from now on, okay?" I nodded. Thank god he was here for me.
The next day, we told everyone what happened. Reiner of course was pissed off, so much that Bertholdt had to hold him back from running over to their table and punching their heads in. For some reason Eren had a dark look on his face too. I was about to tell him not to be a a reckless idiot and try and beat them up, when he got up and left without a word. I honestly had no idea how to react to that.
Later at lunch, Mikasa, Annie, Christa, and Sasha came up to me at lunch to talk.
"Soo, what are you all here for?" I started out. Sasha smirked.
"We just wanted to tell you that we took care of those boys for you!" I nearly choked on my bread. What the hell were they thinking? Don't they know that the more someone gets involved, the worse it gets?
Oh wait. They had Annie and Mikasa with them. Knowing the history with those two, I doubt that those boys would touch me ever again. I just gave a quiet thanks. I was stoic on the outside, but secretly I was really happy that I had people who cared enough to look after me. Not everyone is as lucky as I am, after all.