You are constantly being bullied. You're tall and lanky and people at your school instantly associate your thinness with weakness. Sometimes it gets physical, but it's usually verbal.

Today, it escalated. Drastically. As you were walking home from school, a small group of boys chase you down. Thankfully, you're fast, so you can outrun them, but they're not far behind you.

You get to your house and rush inside.

Toji, who had seen you running in the yard through the window, wasted no time getting up and rushing to the door. Once he registers what's happening, he snatches one of the boys up by the collar and throws him on the ground. The sheer size of this big ass man on top of him so easily throwing one of them causes the boys to get scared and run off.

Toji sighs and turns around, seeing your shaking form behind him. His usual cold gaze softens as he takes in how scared you are.

"Oh, sweetheart..."