[Lukas' POV]

I stand there thinking. What the hell is going on? Emil was fine this morning. I saw him leaving with a smile. Why is he now holding back an angry Leon and looking concerned? I saw them approaching so I got up. Yao was with me. We just so happened to be discussing our siblings when we noticed them pretty much speed walking to us.

"It's not fine. They're scumbags, Emil." I could hear Leon telling my brother. "It's not fine in any way." They stared at each other. I could see Kevin getting worked up and making wrenching noises. Kevin was clearly not going to let the issue go any time soon.

"WTF, you two ARE gay. That's so gross." His words made my blood boil. It wasn't gross. I knew Emil wasn't straight, but it was nothing to be ashamed of. I wasn't straight, either. It was just offensive. It wasn't something that should make anyone less of a person. It was and aspect of who one is. It was not a choice, and it sure like hell wasn't something that could be.

"What's going on here?" I interrupted. My voice showed how pissed off I was already.

"Your brother sucks cock." Kevin spat out. I shallowed down my rage. This wasn't going to end pretty.

"Come again?" I practically growled at Kevin.

"You heard me." He shoved me by the shoulders and my will to stop myself from punching him diminished. I grabbed his arms and got them off me. They were so full of filthy, it made me feel gross just by being touched.

"Lukas—" Leon tried to get my attention, but I cut him short.

"Stay with Emil. I'll deal with this asshole." I shoved Kevin back, a lot harder. He tried to kick my side but I punched him in the stomach before his leg could even reach me. I knew nothing about self defence but I knew how to fight well enough. The streets taught me that from a young age.

A few people started gathering.

"I bet your mum does too." There was a collective gasp from the people that knew about my mum. I managed to get him on the ground and began to punch his face. He was squirming around trying to block the punches. I saw red oozing out of his mouth. That's when Yao pulled me off him.

"Don't you fucking dare talk about my mother, you swine." I punched Kevin in between words. There was no way I was stopping this until he was out cold.

"Are you crazy? You're gonna get into deep shit." Yao yelled through the screaming and cheering of the crowd. I guess he was right, but I couldn't stop. Not now that he had the balls to mention my mum.

Kevin took the opportunity to punch me on the face, my lip to be precise. Yao stumbled back as Kevin tried to pin me to the ground like I just did. I kicked him in the balls just as he had my arms down. The 'OOOh' from the students around was crazy. He was rolling on the ground for a bit. Yao stood up and tried to talk me out of this now.

"Seriously, Lukas, you are in a lot of trouble already." Kevin was getting up. He looked pissed off. We all were. Ivan got there and tried to get Yao to go to him. I took that opening and grabbed Kevin by the collar and punched him in the eye.

"Get OFF me!"

I kept hitting. There was no remorse. My anger was too much; it even blocked out the pain from a couple of punches that Kevin had gotten me with. My rage was blinding me. All that mattered was that Kevin was getting what he deserved. It was like all rationality is evoked from me and all that was left was rage and pain that Kevin hadn't actually caused me.

"Come at me, I dare you to. You know what he is going to get." Kevin spat out, gesturing at Emil when he said 'he'. That was when Tino let go of my arm. I yanked my other arm off Yao. He caught my arm again as I was about to run at Kevin again.

"Don't you fucking dare. I will-"

I was interrupted by Mathias rushing over and using himself as a wall between Kevin and me. His eyes looked beyond concerned. I think I must have punched of kicked him a couple of time before he practically lifted me up off the ground. Yao went off to yell at Leon, leaving Mathias to wobble with me struggling to get out of this hold.

"NO. Let go!" Lukas was kicking and trying to get back to beat the day lights out of Kevin. Kevin was being picked off the floor by Ivan and Alfred. He had a similar idea to mine and tried to run at me. Ivan was holding him and Alfred tripped him over. He went face first into the grass.

Mathias was struggling to hold me back. I didn't care; my goal was to beat the crap out of Kevin. At least, not until he started talking me out of my trance of anger. His words echoing into my head somehow managed to get me more calm than I was when he wasn't there. Yao must have disappeared somewhere.

"Lukas, no. You're upsetting Emil." He was holding me back. He was taller than me, so I couldn't really break free. I glanced at Emil, who was in tears, and began to get angry— not at Kevin, but at myself. I knew how susceptible Emil was to violence. Leon was comforting him, still looking pissed off and Yao was talking to him in Canto.

"I'm gonna kill him," was my mantra and it slowly faded back into thoughts as Mathias blocked away my access and made my rage settle.

"You don't need to do this. He doesn't deserve your reaction." Mathias muttered in my ear. Well, he was right. But why whisper it? Oh right, the crowd. My conscious mind started taking over the rage. My lungs felt like they were burning and my stomach felt like the acid in it was burning sizzling through. My hand hurt and my lip was bleeding. I could taste the sickening, metallic taste of it. I was slowly lowered back down to the ground. Slowly calming down. Slowly.

"You're a fucking gay shit and so is your brother." You could hear the gasp in the crowd. Emil needed to get out of here right now. I needed to be out of here before I committed murder. I wasn't far from it. Mathias looked ready to hold me back again, but this time Alfred was the one shoving Kevin and yelling at him. They were having an argument, but I wasn't really listening. I was done.

The teachers came running in with Arthur. Arthur looked shocked to say the least. The teachers got the crowd away. Emil was carried to the nurse's office. Ivan, Alfred, Mathias and I were all in the vice-principal's office Kevin was all getting a lecture from the principal and getting his parents called up.

"What happened?" the vice-principal looked at me and then the rest for answers.

"Kevin was being a homophobic—" Alfred stopped himself from swearing, "A-hole."

"Alright, but what was the fight about? I asked Leon to tell me the start and he said and made it clear that Kevin was the first to pick the fight."

"How is Emil?" I asked, sitting up straighter.

"Leon is walking him home. We couldn't contact your father." Sir talked as if he was worried about it. It was better my father didn't find out. I could explain the bruises, but not the phone call. I didn't even talk to him.

"So I've been told. Emil and Leon were walking into the school grounds when Kevin began teasing." I could feel my blood boiling again. I had a massive headache.

"And they were walking over to you, Lukas." I nodded again.

"And then he started trouble with Leon when Lukas walked in?" Ivan nodded with me this time.

"I saw it as I was walking from the parking lot," he added.

"And then what happened?" There was silence.

"He said 'your brother sucks cock.' And then he shoved me." There was a need for me to go outside and smoke. This is what I did. It was a secret. Emil didn't know of it. But there was no other way to calm me down when I had fights with dad or when I had problems at work. I knew it was bad. It was something I started that I needed to fix.

"And after that?"

"Well, Lukas beat the shit out of him," Alfred said with a tone of enthusiasm and joy in his voice. He patted my back with a grin. The vice-principal didn't.

"The point is that he has insulted Lukas and Emil and verbally if not physically attacked them on multiple of occurrences." Mathias defended me. I had to do something for him later. He had helped me out a lot. I probably would never be able to repay him. The vice-principal looked unsure now.

"Alright, Lukas please go and get yourself fixed up. Mathias help him out if the nurse isn't there. Alfred and Ivan go back to class. You will be notified on what the principal will do about the matter at hand."

I knew I was in trouble. I needed a cigarette.

[Leon's POV]

Seeing Lukas beat the crap out of Kevin felt so amazing. Sure, it was violent and there was no way that I would ever mess with Lukas now, but the act of just punching Kevin in the face was incredibly satisfying to see. I kept holding Emil close. There was a part of me that told me to take him away from there, and another that told me to stay.

"Is he okay?" Tino came rushing to us from where he had been trying to help my brother hold back Lukas. I glanced down at Emil. He was shaking and had his face hidden in my chest, with my jacket and scarf keeping prying eyes from seeing his tears.

"No, I need to move him away from here." I glanced over at my brother. He looked like he was trying very hard to hold Lukas back on his own. I saw Lukas' friend from the other day— Mathias, was it? He looked pale as he came walked closer, practically running by the time he got to the crowd.

"Emil, it's okay." Tino tried to comfort Emil a little. I knew Emil couldn't hear anything right now. He was paralyzed with anxiety. I wasn't one for hugs or hugging and neither was Emil, but if one of us needed it then we would. I hugged him tightly. He flinched a bit. Then he started sobbing. Tino looked concerned. I was about to panic with all of this.

"Li, get Emil out of here." Yao yelled at me as he ran over to us. He spoke in Canto to me, as he normally did when English failed him. "Is he okay?

"He is crying now. It's okay; he isn't paralyzed like before," I answered in Canto and kept my head resting on Emil's. Half my coat was taken by him, and the other half was around me. His arms wrapped around my waist as Yao got closer.

"Has anyone gotten the teachers yet?" Yao asked and looked around.

"Some kids went running to the office, so I think so," Tino answered.

The teachers and Arthur finally arrived at the scene of the fight. They seemed shocked and disappointed. They all split up and got the crowd away, taking Ivan, Alfred, Kevin, Mathias and Lukas into the main office. The nurse came to us first. Oh, joy.

"Is he okay? What happened?" she asked, a bit concerned. She tried to put her hand on Emil, but Emil moved away and sunk deeper into my coat. He was still sobbing silently and shaking.

"No, he's not. He need to rest." I lifted Emil onto my arms. I had done this a couple of times— once because he had sprained his ankle, then there had been that time he'd first panicked in front of me, and the time at camp when he'd fallen asleep at the bonfire next to me. This was the worst I had seen him panic.

The nurse was talking to Tino and Yao on the way to the sick bay, and I was glad. This school may have had an amazing library, but it needed a new nurse. She knew about Emil's attacks and his history with bullying, and this woman had done nothing about it. I got into the sick bay and sat with Emil in my arms. It wasn't like I was going to let go of him there. We both knew that being in this office brought back awful memories of the past that needed to be washed away.

Emil didn't move of say a word to the lady when she asked questions. There was no way I would do it either, if I were him. I patted his head and kept him close. He would start speaking soon. He wasn't hugging me tightly anymore. I finally was getting warm.

I had no idea how long it had been since the fight this morning. Emil and I were dismissed right after the principal had managed to talk to us about what had happened. I had taken Emil out to a secluded part of the park near our houses. It was autumn, so the leaves were gold and orange. There were a few red ones already, but it was still early for them. I was holding Emil close, like a tree holding onto its leaves. Unlike that tree, Emil wasn't mine— not yet, at least.

"Leon?" His voice whispered my name. His whispers always managed to make my body do things. The simple action made me want to hug him tighter so that maybe his pain would be forgotten for a brief moment, even if it wasn't meant to be taken as an intimate action. I hummed in response. His warm fingers slipped between mine and interlaced themselves to my freezing ones. I leaned my head on his and closed my eyes. He was an instant relaxant.

"Thank you... For everything." There was a feeling of guilt in his voice. His head moved so that his nose nuzzled into my neck. I open my eyes and gazed at him. Oh, God help me. He looked so comfortable and relaxed in my arms. Nothing like how I had seen him this morning. His eyes were still a bit puffy and his nose was pink. I dared not look at his lips. I simply smiled at him. It was so great to be able to spend time with him like this. He wasn't worried or scared. I wasn't concerned or angry. It was peaceful and calm. There were no worries. It was just us.

"Don't thank me. I take pleasure in doing it." He chuckled a bit. It was great to hear him laugh. It always made me feel happy and giddy.

"You're amazing." His eyes were fixed on our hands. His praises made my heart beat faster. "Really. I don't know how I'd still be here—" He stopped. I didn't like what we were talking about. I knew what he meant by that. I didn't want to think about that. I just wrapped him up in my arms. It felt relieving and warm. His scent was so intoxicatingly good. I could feel his heartbeat against my own.

"Shhh, don't talk about that." I had to be careful as to was I said. I loved Emil. I wanted him to be happy. I wanted him to be in my arms like this all the time. I had lost track of when I had first started falling for him. It had been so long, and keeping it from him had been the hardest thing I have ever done. My patience was wearing thin. Emil didn't shove me away like I had feared. He pulled me closer so there was no gap between us. "I want to see you smiling." I managed to whisper in his ear.

"..ve you," he muttered so softly, I didn't quite hear. I moved my head so that his forehead was on my lips.

"What was that?" he looked up a bit, blushing with his eyebrows turned upwards. My cheeks went pink due to the lack of space in between us. His face was red too. I wonder what he was thinking.

"… uhh nothing, don't worry." He turned away quick.

"Tell meee." Yes, I whined like a kid with him, and yes, he did annoy me about it later on.

"Nuh uh. You didn't hear it. I won't repeat it." His grin was lovely with the pink blush. I wanted to roll my eyes at my own thoughts most of the time.

"Not fine." I hummed and leaned on his shoulder, exhausted of today.

"You're not fine." Oh, was that something I was supposed to have been listening to? Now I was curious. Great, great.

"Okay, I'm listening now. You have all my attention."

"… Do you promise?"

"No, I'm a filthy liar. Cut off my hands and ears as punishment," I sarcastically replied. He pushed me away and stuck his tongue out.

Ah curses, it didn't seem like he would spill. It was moments like this is that I wished I could have a rewind button.

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