Fought

Story by Elian93 on SoFurry

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#4 of Short Stories

Mark sent a message to Kenneth about his love towards him when he got a flashback of a recent incident with himself, Kenneth and bullies


He felt the butterflies moving in his stomach and therefore held the android closer towards his chest, sighed deeply and closed his eyes. As he closed his eyes he hoped for the best as if it was the last wish he ever could have and sighed again. He re-experienced the places Kenneth had touched; the top of the head, left shoulder, right hand, the back and the right thigh. He laid the mobile android on the table and went back and forth, impatiently and extremely nervous. He touched the right hand himself because it was a special case. He closed his eyes again and started the flashback:

It was when he had a hard time at school; since he got bullied by the older classes his grades went downhill which resulted in a bad repeating ring and eventually a lesser depressed state of mind. In one of the days the bullies were extra persistent and more menacing for reason he didn't know and they got him cornered in one of the outer area of the school. "So guys, the dumb pig haven't made it through the test" said the leader who was in the middle of the crowd. The other bullies laughed lightly. "Leave me alone!" he said and tried to find a hole in the crowd to escape through. "This is a great opportunity to have fun so why skip it, dummy?" said the leader and went closer to him "No wonder you are so bad, stupid" "You heartless prick!" "Say that again" said the leader and stopped walking "or are you too dumb to repeat after yourself?" The crowd laughed again. "I'm not dumb, idiot" his anger began to swell inside him. "See? He can't repeat after himself" the leader faced towards the crowd and preached further "He's dumber than a monkey!" the leader pointed at Mark. The crowd was beginning to be heated up and started to yell at Mark with insults to support their leader. Mark looked alternately at the crowd and the leader and felt the anger built up, he clenched his fists together and showed teeth. "Wanna play with us to get clever?" the leader spread his arms to challenge him "Come and play, dummy!" Mark couldn't contain his fire anymore, went berserk and jumped onto the leader. The crowd was prepared for the attack and in defense they stood quickly in front of the leader and captured Mark. Mark was blinded by anger and fury, flailed the air and tried to hit the leader. Then he felt something hurtful. Apparently the leader had enough of the vocal insults and began to use violence to satisfy his needs which he expressed by giving Mark a punch into his stomach. Mark collapsed. "Let us teach the monkey some manners, girls" the leader kicked some dirt onto Mark which the other bullies followed. After that the leader pushed Mark with his foot and got supported by his gang members. Then suddenly out of nowhere someone punched the leader right on his cheek in such force that the leader felt side wards. "You definitely don't have any empathy for anyone, have you?" said the one who punched the leader. Dizzy of all the pushing and by the pain from the stomach Mark tried to stand up and see his defender but resulted in some turns and falls where he in the end he gave up and laid on his back. To his surprise someone took his right hand and pulled him up and when he stood up and finally gathered some sight of his savior he felt some serious chills. It was Kenneth, his crush. "Are you alright, Mark?" Kenneth tried to make an eye contact but before that occurred the crowd had helped their leader on his feet. "Ready to run?" asked Kenneth. Before Mark could answer he felt a strong pull and nearly fell again but managed to follow up. Right now it was important to escape the bullies and inform the staff of what's happening outside but there was some distance from where they were to the destination so even if they ran with all their might they could still get caught by the leftovers inside the school. Mark felt the nausea come but he gathered his will and held it back. As they approach to one of the entrances of the school they saw some people go outside and to their demise it was the leftovers. They stopped promptly and took a sharp rotation towards another entrance. As they ran the crowd was gaining in. Mark didn't want to let Kenneth go so he tightly held his hand and ran faster than ever. Unfortunately one of the bullies jumped forward and grabbed Kenneth on his legs so he fell. Mark stopped up and looked with fear and anger it the coming crowd. "Run inside, you idiot!" yelled Kenneth and fought with the attacker. Mark obeyed his order and continued to run towards the entrance. Under the way he managed to dodge one of the attackers and pushed another towards the wall. He made it and he quickly went to the office to inform them what's happening. He felt victorious and smiled a bit when one of the staff members went outside to see the turmoil but then it hit him: Kenneth could be greatly injured because the bullies didn't know so much about holding back when it came to ones like them. Mark quickly went outside to see after Kenneth and to his great fear Kenneth had been beaten badly up. The staff member sat there and tried to wake him up but failed. "Call the ambulance! Now!" yelled the staff member to Mark. Mark ran inside again and got a phone and rang to the number and said the necessary. The ambulance should arrive soon. When he finally came to Kenneth and the staff member he felt the tears flow through his eyes and treid to say the following: "He tried to help me against... the bullies" Mark fell down upon his knees and looked at Kenneth "They know no limits, those imbeciles" replied the staff member. "Will he be alright?" he desperately asked. "I think so but he still needs immediate care" Soon enough the ambulance came and to Mark's surprise police arrived too. "Hurry, the culprits went that way" Mark pointed at the outer area. The police immediately ran towards the place and left the care takers to the staff member, Mark and Kenneth. "Please, quickly, help him" whispered Mark to the care takers.

After some days the culprits got their punishment; they were banished from school with immediate function and some of them were sent to a prison for younger criminals. But that was not the important part. Mark was informed that Kenneth had to be placed in hospital for treatment and care after some several hard kicks and punches. When he got that informed Mark felt his stomach tossing and turning like madness and were worried to no end. He wrote a message with the android saying:

"Hey Kenneth - thank you very much for saving me from the bullies, I don't know how I should show my gratefulness to you but I'm also very sorry for involving you into this unfortunate situation. I'm very sorry for that. I'll do whatever you say to repay my debt to you and you can ask for anything, I mean anything. I'll do whatever you say even if it is not fair because I fell in love with you since the start of the school"

As he walked back and forth in front of the table thousand thoughts went through his mind but then he got a message. His heart shipped a beat.

"Come to the hospital and I'll give my first order"

He felt a happiness when he got the reply but I bit confused when he read the message. Either way he'll do whatever Kenneth asked for so he went to the hospital straight away. As he was in the elevator to the floor where Kenneth was placed he didn't know what to say or to do when he were to enter Kenneth's room. He tried to form a speech of gratefulness but when he finished it he forgot it right after. Instead he gathered much courage and happiness to show Kenneth that he was glad to be invited. As he entered the room he found himself alone with Kenneth. "Come" said Kenneth. He automatically followed his order and showed his smile when he arrived to the bed. "Give me your right hand" Kenneth lifted his left hand and opened it as a sign to Mark. As he placed his hand in Kenneth's hand he felt a pull from Kenneth. Suddenly his face was right in front of Kenneth's face. "I fell in love with you too" Kenneth gave Mark a passionate kiss. Mark melted inside and it was like that his ´heart was sat free from a prison he didn't know he were in. "You love me?" whispered Mark to Kenneth. "Yes" Kenneth held Mark's hand tightly and continued "and whatever we experience and whatever test we may meet we'll overcome it as we overcame this incidence" They looked at each other eyes and recognized the happiness they gave to each other and kissed again. "Just promise me that you'll not get this hurt again, Kenneth" wished Mark. "I'll try but you have promised me that you'll follow my orders" smiled Kenneth and laid his left arm on Mark's right cheek and stroked it slightly. "Yes, I promised... but" "Keep your promise and I'll keep my new one"