It's hard being unpopular. Chapter One
"A-are you just here to beat me, Anon?"
"What? No! I'm kinda new here, and were won-"
"Please, just dont hit me so hard. I hate my life..."
"Uh, listen. I'm new here, and saw noone is sitting next to you. Evbery other table is full. So would you mind If I eat with you?"
"E-Eat with me? I don't understand you bullies. Haven't you tortured me enough? I just want to eat alone without someone constantly mocking me!"
"Bully you? Wha- Why would I bully you?"
"..."
"Look, you just seemed like a really nice person. So can I please sit with you?"
"Uhm... okay... But please, don't hurt me."
A few silent minutes into the lunchbreak, next to Fluttershy
"I have to ask you something"
*she stops looking at her carrots and mashed potatoes, and turns to you* "Huh?"
"Why aren't you sitting with your friends?"
"I..."
"You what?"
"*nevermind...*
"No no, please. I'm really curious"
*she looks back at her food, having 2 or 3 tears falling from her cheeks* "I- you see, uh... I never had any..."
*you kind of exspected that answer, but you are still shocked in a weird, and painfull way* "Are- are you serious?"
*she starts crying. quiet, but you defenitely know it's crying* "J-just leave me alone, Anon. Just Bully me like the rest of those bastards! I hate my life! Why haven't I killed myself yet?" *she starts yelling, shouting even* "I HATE ALL OF YOU! WHY CAN'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?!"
*she runs out of the cafeteria, leaving you to sit alone. some students staring at you, some staring and laughing at fluttershy*
*you hear people snickering in the background* ""Wow, what a loser""
*you stand up, looking at the guy who just said that* "What's your problem? What's so bad about her, huh? Can't you see how bad she is feeling? All of you should just-"
""Ohhh, watch out guys, we got a tough guy over here.""
*the laughter in the room starts getting louder, making you sad*
Later that day, after school.
"Man, where is Fluttershy? I need to talk to her."
*you see her sneaking out of one of the side doors*
"Hey! Fluttershy! I'ts me!"
*she quickly turns away, acting like she didn't see you*
*you walk up to her, while she is still trying to get off her bike lock* "Look, I wanted to apologize for, uh, whatever I did in there."
"I hate you Anon... I was finally being let alone, and you drew attention towards me... how could you do that..."
"Listen sweetie, I-"
*you realized what you just said, and literally feel your face go red*
"Uhm, I, uh, I meant Fluttershy, I wanted to say that, uh-"
*Her face gets even more red than yours, and looks like she got a heart attack. she is just standing there, in silence*
"Fluttershy, I'm really, REALLY sorry for that! Please..."
"I understand. I think..." *she shaked the surprised expression off her face, and looks down on the floor*
*you both just stand there, without saying a word. after about 10 seconds, Fluttershy finally reacts*
"Thank you, Anon. Thank you for trying to stand up for me..."
*you don't really understand what she means by that* "When did I-"
"I heard what you said to those mean bullies when I ran away... It made me happy inside, you know."
"Fluttershy, I didn't know you were a victim. I didn't know who you are. I just wanted to sit next to you, nothing else. I didn`t know how bad the situation here was."
"Y-you knwo, I didn't mean it."
"Didn't mean it?"
"I said I hate you... I didn't mean that. I just never had a friend before. I didn't know how to react."
"Uh,..."
"W-we are friends, right? I knew it, you don't lik-"
*You know what she was going to say, so you quickly say something* "Of course we are friends!" *you said that a little louder than you wanted. it scared fluttershy a little, and the last people still waiting for their bus turn in your direction*
"Well, okay then. It feels nice"
"Huh?"
"Having a friend. It feels incredible"
The next day at school. In the lunchbreak.
*you enter the cafeteria. you see some guy harrasing fluttershy at the table. you get closer, to see whats going on*
""...so now our little slut over here has a boyfriend. How does it feel to have someone who likes you? Huh? Tell me, bitch!"
*fluttershy and the bully don't seem to have noticed you yet, but can't stand this meanie insulting fluttershy*
"Hey, whoa, what's going oon here?"
""Ohh, Lookie lookie, the little boyfriend's here for his cookie!""
"Leave her alone you jerk!"
""Why? Who's gonna stop me? You and your army? Pfff, don' make me laugh""
*you feel behind you, and look for some kind of weapon. You grab a dull butter knife, hardly able to cut a sandvich*
"I swear to god, I'll cut you open"
""With that? Good luck you sucker. Better start now before I die of old age."
*you get more and more angry with every second just standing there*
"You just watch what you say, you dickhead! I'm serious, lea-"
"Anon..."
""You shut up, you slut!"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL HER?!?"
*you look at the bully, then at fluttershy. she shakes her head, almost crying*
"Anon, please... Don't... You won't be any better than him."
"Fluttershy, but he-"
"Anon. Please..." *she starts crying a little, but enough to melt your hate filled hart*
*you put away the knife, looking in the bullies eyes, with a dead, serious look*
"You jerk just fuck off now, got it?"
""Oh nooo, I'm soo scared. Sluttershy's little boyfriend is gonne cut me open!"
"You little..." *you see fluttershy inching away on her chair, tears in her eyes. she tried not to sob, but she just can't help it*
""Haha, I'll spare you this time, dumbfuck, but next time you'll have to learn the hard way""
*The bully finally leaves, and you are alone with Fluttershy. her sitting at the edge of the table, and the rest of the room looking and laughing at you two*
"Hey Flutters."
"I'm sorry I'm causing that much trouble."
*you try to ignore the laughter, and find an answer*
"So, uh, what was that guy all about? Who even is he?"
"Flash Sentry." *she sounds serious saying that. maybe there is more to it*
"Flash Sentry? Isn't that the guy in the school band?"
"I hate him. Everyone bullies me, but he is just the worst..."
"I can see why you say that. But hey, he's gone now, so everything is okay again, right?"
"Well, n- I mean, yes. Everythig is fine..." *She tries to turn away her left arm, covering it with her right hand*
*You see something red on her arm, it must be the thing she tries to cover*
"Hey, what's that?"
*You move your right hand toward her left arm, but not touching it. Your hand just hovers there, looking like you doing a magic trick*
"Don't touch me!" *she screches, but not loud*
"Whoa, alright. I'm not touching you, don't worry."
*she looks at you hand in shock, and then looks up in your face. she sees that she scared you with her last sentence* "Anon, sorry... It's just..."
"I get it. We're just friends, and I shouldn't touch you. I get that."
"No!" *she stares into your eyes, not knowing what to do next*
*you are startled. No what? what did you do wrong?*
"Are you... alright?"
"No- I mean, yes, I- uh, I wanted to say, uh..." *her face gets just as red as yesterday* "You can to-uh, touch me. If you want..."
"Uhm, okay."
*After she said that you had permission to touch her, you investigate her arm. you move away her right hand, and see a deep cut into her flesh*
"Holy shit, Fluttershy!?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, (...)" *she repeats her self over and over again, getting quieter every time*
"Hey, calm down. Shh, calm down. What happened."
*she looks at you. she doesn't look sad, but defeated* "A-After you left me with my bike yesterday, Flash came over to me..."
"What? He cut your arm?!?" *You jump up from your seat, getting ready to kick some serious ass* "Alright, thats it. He is so dead!"
"Anon, wait. He didn't cut me."
"What? Who did it, then?"
*you notice the crowd looking at you*
*you look at fluttershy, and try to look as cofused as possible. but deep inside, you just know that she cut herself*
"Fluttershy, what happened? Come on, tell me already"
*Her eyes dart around the room, trying to find something to look at* "Uhm, you see... I... Uh..."
"Flutters, I'm serious. I just want to help you!" *you grab her schoulders, and look her in the eyes, after she turned towards you* "This has to end!"
*she takes a deep breath, as if what she is going to tell you would change the world* "You see, uh... Flash didn't do it... At least not intentionally!"
"What do you mean by that?" *The crowd slowly calms down, minding their own business again*
"Well, all he did is break my bike... so I had to walk home..."
"Then how did your arm get cut?"
"I didn't walk home... I still tried to, uh, ride my bike."
"Aaand?" *you can't seem to figure out where she is going with this*
"Well, He- I mean, I just fell off my bike I guess..."
"Fell off your bike? Are you serious?" *There is simply no way she could have been injured this badly by simply falling off her bike*
"Alright, Fluttershy." *saying that, you get closer to her ear, and try to whisper* "I know thats not the truth. If you want to tell me what happened, I'm here for you, ok?"
"But I did tell the t-" *she stopped there for good 3 seconds* "Okay..."
"Alright. Now promise me that you'll go to the school nurse. Your arm looks pretty bad, and I don't want you to get an infection!"
"Okay, Anon..."
*you think you hear her whisper `thank you´, but you're not completely sure*
After finishing lunch, It's time for class. You sneak behind Fluttershy a bit, to make sure she goes to the nurse.
After class, you go to the place Fluttershy was yesterday, in the hope of her being there too.
You waited about 10 minutes, but she just didn't come. You went back in to the school, looking for Fluttershy.
""... remember what I said, you dumb whore?""
*you hear a voice coming out of one of the hallways. you decide to take a closer look. as you turn the corner, the first thing you see is Fluttershy on the ground, and Flash Sentry standing next to her*
"HEY! WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE?!?" *you scream as loud as you can. you feel a little sorry for Fluttershy, who almost got a heartattack from that*
*Flash, without saying anything, runs away. you run toward Fluttershy to see if everything is ok*
"Hey, Flutters, are you okay? What happened? Answer me Fluttershy!"
*she isn't really crying, but you can tell she was just a second ago. now she smiles* "Thank you Anon... Thank you so much."
*you take a closer look at her face. one cheek is as red as a tomato. he probably beat her down*
"Come on, get up. It's over now, alright?"
*she hugs you tightly, sobbing on your shoulder, as if she is relieved* "Anon, please, help me. I can't-"
"Shhh, It's going to be okay. Trust me. Hey, how about I bring you home, hmm? We can talk there."
"Really? That would be really nice of you." *she notices how tightly she was hugging you, and lets go a little*
*even tho it hurt a little that she hugged you that hard, you enjoyed every second of it*
"Yeah, let's go to your place." *you take her hand, put her backpack on top of yours, so she doesn't have to carry it*
Both of you walk down the Street. You are more or less following Fluttershy, and looking around for anything dangerous. After what you saw in school, it's probably not a bad thing to be a little overprotective.
"Thats my place"
*You look at the small house, it looks old and a little damaged*
"Uh, it looks nice"
*she knows you don't really mean it, but is still happy that you said that* "Thanks..."
"Well, time for me to go I guess. Bye!"
"W-wait! Don't go!"
"Huh?"
"We, uh, wanted to talk, remeber?" *she seems very nervous. she really doesn't want you to leave*
"Oh, right. But could we go inside first?"
"Y-yeah, sure. Wait, I'll open up." *she's in a hastle to open the door. she drops the key twice trying to do so. you can see that it's really embarassing for her*
"Uh, come in... I-I mean if you want to. It#s really messy..."
"No problem." *you step in, and the first thing you notice is a strong smell of pet food*
"Wow, this place is pretty neat. So, you like animals?"
*she picks up the bunny that came to the door the greet her* "Yeah, and you?" *she gets really excited about that topic*
"Sure, who doesn't like animals."
"Ohh, they are sooo cute when they just eat with their teeny tiny mouths."
"Uh, yeah, exactly..."
"Do you want to hold him? His name is Angel." *she holds the bunny in front of your face, seemingly proud of him*
"Of course. He does look cute."
"Ohhh, you will LOVE the rest of my family! They are all so cutsy wootsy, I could just cuddle them all day."
*your expression turned from `what now´ to a confused look*
"Your... family lives here with you? Where?"
"Well, most of them are upstair in their cages. Wanna say hello?"
*after a few seconds of thinking, you finally get it. she meant her other pets*
"Yeah, why not."
Both of you walk upstairs, until Fluttershy suddenly stops.
"A-Anon? Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure. What's on your mind?"
*she looks at the floor* "I know this comes out of nowhere... But I think I- you know... kind of like you..."
"Thanks, I guess."
"Not just as a friend... but as the big brother I never had..."
*your heart melt when she said that, and you started smiling with a big grin*
"Well, the question is... uh... Do you like me too?"
*you immediately answer*
"Of course I do, Fluttershy. We're friends, remember?"
"I remember... but I just wasn't sure that-"
"Fluttershy, I'm there for you. Always."
"Thanks Anon... Noone ever said that to me."
You walk upstairs, and the first thing you see is a giant assignment of cages with various animals in them. The cages look tidier than the rest of her house.
"Wow, you have a n alligator?"
"His name is Gummy. Isn't he just the cutest little ball of scales?" *she opens the terrarium, and pets gummy*
"Be carefull!"
"Huh? Oh, don't worry. He wouldn't hurt a fly. Isn't that right, Gummy wummy (...)"
*you are rather amazed that the alligator hasn't ripped off her arm yet. thinking that, something else came to mind* "By the way: what did the nurse say about your arm? Is it gonna be alright?"
"Yes, she cleaned the wound and applied this pressure bandage. She said it will be fine in a few days." *she closes gummys terrarium*
"So,uh... you didn't tell me who did it yet... I mean, if you feel like talking, you can."
"...sure..." *she gets really uncomfortable as you reminded her of your question* "I#ll just make us some tea first, okay?"
"Sounds great. I'll wait downstairs, if thats alright with you"
"Oh, uh... yeah, sure..." *she seems to be disappointed*
"On second thought, would it be okay if I just stay with you? You know, in case you need help."
*her mood lightens up immediately* "If- I mean, when you want to, sure."
In the kitchen. Fluttershy is making some peppermint tea. Maybe she knew it was your favorite, because you bought it in the caffeteria today. The air smells like a mixture of peppermint and animal litter.
"Is it hard to take care of all these animals alone?"
*fluttershy smiles, seemingly happy about the question* "No, not at all. I have a lot of free tame. And being with my family, and taking care of them is just the best feeling"
"And where do you buy all this stuff like animal food? Isn't that expensive?"
"Well, yes. But my job pays well."
"So what do you work as?"
"Uh, I-" *she starts stuttering nervously* "I'd r-rather not tell..."
"Oh, alright then. No problem"
