when both of you were bullied in middle school despite your own, you stuck with Rui throughout middle school, protecting him from people calling Rui a ‘freak’.

And unlike his, your bullying never went away.

“I told you not to walk home without me.. I don’t mind walking you home.” Rui rubbed dirt off of his partner’s face while trying to clean the dirt and blood off if. Rui sighed, rolling up his lover’s sleeves to also get the bruises and cuts on your wrists.