Sebastian is always alone… he seems familiar to me for some reason… Teo thought, staring at his classmate's back: Sebastian Martin.

"Can I borrow your pencil?" Sebastian turned around to look at him, making eye contact.

Teo flinched a little, wondering if his timid classmate felt him staring "Uh sure" 

But why does he always borrow stuff from me?! Teo sighed quietly as soon as Sebastian turned to look at the front again.

♡♡♡

"Teo! Come here" Laurent called Teo, it was lunchtime, he waved to Teo so he could see him.

"Hi" Teo jogged towards him and sat down, he looked at Sebastian, eating with other people for a change… but something was off.

Laurent felt suspicious about the whole thing too. "Is Sebastian friends with those assholes?"

"Assholes? That’s why they aren’t bothering us" Teo asked, looking at him then at Sebastian again, he knew Sebastian eats alone so why were they there?

Laurent answered him "Yeah. They're bullies from my section. It's hard to believe Sebastian would bully though? He's usually quiet"

"Hmmm" Teo pursed his lips, just then he saw one of the guys hit Sebastian's head "What the fuck?" he immediately stood up from his seat "That guy just hit Sebastian's head" 

Laurent stopped Teo, worried about him "No, don't get involved. They'll just bully you. We can’t handle bullies anymore. You always get a bruise" 

"But—" Teo hesitated for a while but Laurent thought of an idea.

"Let's report it to the teacher. This is Sebastian" 

Just then, Teo saw the man throw Sebastian's food on the ground. Teo nodded to Laurent's suggestion and immediately left to go to the teacher's office, skipping their lunch.

♡♡♡

"We reported it to the teacher, it'll be fine" Laurent said while walking back towards their own classrooms.

Teo looked worried "I'll ask Sebastian in the classroom. See you later Laurent" 

♡♡♡

Teo tapped Sebastian's shoulder from behind "Sebastian. Are you ok?"

"Huh?" Sebastian answered, looking back at him. Did he see earlier? He thought. He felt embarrassed he had to see that scene, his face turned red immediately.

Someone slammed their classroom door open, the bullies from earlier went inside the room. There were still ten minutes left of break time so not a lot of people were inside.

"Hey, asshole, you ratted us out?" The one who seemed to be their leader, spoke out in a loud voice.

Sebastian didn't even turn to look at them, he didn’t seem afraid "No" 

Teo heard all of that and felt guilty, he didn't know it would be worse. Did we make the wrong choice? He panicked internally.

"Then why did the teachers call us huh?!" The same guy who spoke earlier yelled, kicking Sebastian's chair.

Sebastian shrugged his shoulders a bit "No idea" 

"Tch" The guy clenched his teeth and fist. He was about to hit him. Sebastian was about to stop him but someone else did.

"That's enough" Teo stood up and held the guy's fist before landing on Sebastian's face "Enough or I'll fight back" 

Sebastian's eyes widened, he never thought Teo would stop the guy "Teo?"

"Whoa, now I REALLY get it" The other bullies laughed after the man said that with a loud chortle.

Someone walked in, it was the teacher "Class will start in five minutes, those from the other sections, don’t you have classes?" 

"Fuck. Meet us at the side of the school later or else..." The guy whispered to Sebastian then looked at Teo and turned back to Sebastian "He'll be hurt" 

Sebastian simply nods before the bullies leave. Teo couldn't fully hear what that man whispered so he asked "What did those jerks say? Why are they always bothering you?"

I just heard them saying something about the side of the school. Teo pondered, clenching his teeth.

"He just saw something he wasn't supposed to" Sebastian said, he was a bit cold “Don’t worry about it” He was afraid Teo would get into the same mess he was in.

I want to ask but... I feel like I shouldn't, he might get mad at me for meddling… Teo thought, especially because they were the ones who made the situation worse

♡♡♡

It was the end of the day, everybody was going home. "Laurent!!" Teo ran up to him.

"What's up?" Laurent asked, waving back at him "Wanna hang out?" 

Teo shook his head no and quickly said "No! I mean— Sebastian's in trouble and I think it was our fault because we ratted to the teachers"

"Oh shit..." Laurent panicked, scratching his head "What happened?"

Teo pulled Laurent's arm and ran to the side of the school "Just follow me!" 

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"W-We're too late" Teo panted, he tried catching his breath "Sebastian's gonna get beat up"

There he was, Sebastian, facing five other people, the bullies.

"Dude hurry, how can they even bully him? He's so quiet and reserved. I thought he had no beef with anybody…" Laurent was genuinely wondering why.

Teo pulled Laurent once again and they were about to run towards them to help Sebastian but something unexpected happened making them stop on their tracks.

A bully tried to punch Sebastian but he dodged it. Soon, one by one, they tried to land a hit on him but they couldn't. Sebastian was dodging with ease even though he was significantly smaller than them. After a while he looked bored and pissed.

"What the fuck?" Teo pushed Laurent into a nearby bush and they both hid there, shocked. Their jaws were dropping.

Laurent shook Teo's shoulders "Dude what" his eyes were wide "What? You said he needed saving, this guy's dangerous" he whispered, still shaking him.

"I thought he needed help," Teo chuckled a bit. "Is he a delinquent? He can fight, that’s unexpected" He immediately became nervous.

Sebastian then started to fight back, punching and kicking everyone coming right at him. He looked like a pro, that or the bullies were just plain weak. He smirked a little and scoffed at the bullies who were now laying and crawling on the ground “Good thing my sister taught me how to fight… She knew this would happen” He muttered under his breath.

"Don't ever mention HIM again, don’t talk to HIM, don’t even stare at HIM, lay a finger on HIM and you're all fucking dead. Not a word of this to anyone" Sebastian said, standing amidst the bullies, some of them with blood. Sebastian crouched down and stared at their leader with a smile "Got it, asshole?" 

The bully immediately nodded in fear, trembling.

"Him?" Laurent and Teo looked at each other, curious about how this all started in the first place. Ever since then, the bullies that orbited Teo and Laurent lessened.

♡♡♡

Earlier in the day. Before the fight and cafeteria kerfuffle.

Sebastian was walking towards somewhere he can draw in peace while class hasn’t started yet. He bumped into someone and all his art materials fell on the ground, including his sketchbook.

The guy he bumped into helped him pick the sketchbook and other materials up. Sebastian was about to get it "Thanks" but the guy pulled it back.

"Well well well if it isn't Mr. Martin" The guy waved the sketchbook in Sebastian's face "Drawing?" 

"Tch" Sebastian averts his gaze, he doesn't have time for this "Give me the sketchbook" 

The guy scoffed and laughed "Ha, I can’t believe my father tells me to kiss your ass at school because he believes your company will be huge one day. I don't believe that at all" he stared at the sketchbook he was holding.

He was with some other guy, who looked a lot weaker than him, that guy said "His sister is pretty tough. Aren't you scared of her?" 

"Don't worry. His sister doesn't go to school here, she can't do shit" The guy holding Sebastian's sketchbook said.

Sebastian scoffed and thought, He's wasting my time

"Whoa, he has an attitude" The other guy said, hiding behind the leader's back.

Sebastian's nonchalant reactions made the leader scan through the sketchbook pages, finding anything to ridicule him with.

"Look, isn't that Pascal?" The guy behind him said and pointed at the drawing.

The leader smirked and laughed "Matheo Pascal?" after he said that they both laughed out loud.

"That's not yours" Sebastian calmly said, making the bullies even more annoyed.

The leader then asked "You gay or something?" closing the sketchbook and hitting Sebastian's head with it. He continued speaking "That’s funny but what's funnier is that you like someone who is dirt poor. What will your parents think and what will the others think? You gay fuck" Both of the bullies laugh out loud once again.

"Take that back" Sebastian said, still not moving in his place. But he was starting to get annoyed.

The leader laughs and belittles Teo even more "Well it's true right? That Pascal guy's poor as hell, he studies here ‘cause he has a scholarship? Bullshit, we don’t do scholarships here"

"I heard someone just helped him" The other guy said, the one hiding behind him “Maybe he slept his way… Ha! Maybe he’s gay, that’s why this bastard likes him. Did he sleep with you too?”

Sebastian sighs, seems like the bullies are getting on his nerves “Fuck off"

The other guy whispers to the leader "Maybe if we do something to Pascal, Sebastian will give us money?" 

Sebastian's eyes widened "Money? Do you need more? You're already rich" he clenched his fists.

"That isn't enough. All the hardships I went through, my stupid ass father comparing me to you every goddamn minute. You don't even have good grades!" The leader said, crunching his teeth as he did so, pointing at Sebastian.

The other guy giggled "You and that Pascal guy are really gonna get it now"

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The next day. After the fight.

Sebastian has a few bandages on his face. Teo saw that nobody hit Sebastian so he wondered why Sebastian was wearing a bandage.

Yesterday, Sebastian tripped and hit his face on a pole. He's kind of clumsy sometimes.

"Can I borrow your pencil?" Sebastian turned to look at Teo.

Teo flinched, "Y-Yes! Anything you want!!"

Sebastian blushed, he got confused as to why he was shivering and why he said that. He thought, Huh? Is he cold?