I Will Never Forgive Those Who Bully Ellen

Exactly one week has passed since that day when Shinohara-san’s key chain came out from my desk, and the bullying against me had clearly intensified.

I was being pushed from behind on stairs, being sprayed with water from toilet hoses, and having thumbtacks stuck in my slippers.

Because of all that happening, I was mentally driven into a corner and tended to miss school.

By the way, I ended up leaving school early that day, so when he got home after school, I asked Alan why he had said those things to me in a rage; he told me why, which I found a bit hard to believe.

“…….I didn’t think you were the culprit. But I thought that if I didn’t apologize in that situation, things would get out of hand, so that’s why I said what I said, it was all to protect you Onee-chan.”

That remark that hurt me deeply and drove me to the abyss of despair was, according to Alan’s thinking, meant to protect me..

I was hoping that Alan would be on my side, and I didn’t expect him to say that at all.

If only Alan had been on my side at that time, I am sure I would have been able to endure whatever terrible things they did to me.

Unfortunately, the reality was that this was not the case, and the only result was that our bond of a sister and a brother was completely broken beyond repair.

I was in such a desperate situation that I began to seriously want to die, but I was saved by my childhood friend, Kaito-kun.

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“You guys, that’s enough. What’s the fun in all of you getting together and abusing Ellen all the time?”

During lunch break, while I was erasing a lot of bad words on my desk with an eraser while people around me ridiculed me, Kaito-kun suddenly appeared in class and he said this in a loud voice that echoed throughout the classroom.

Then, one of my classmates, a boy, approached Kaito-kun.

“Hey, are you taking the side of that Gaijin? This girl is a bad thief who stole Shinohara-san’s key chain from her school bag.

“There’s no way Ellen would do something like that. You’re an idiot.”

When I heard those words, I started crying out of happiness.

Because the words that came out of Kaito-kun’s mouth were the words I desperately wanted someone to say to me right now.

The boy was completely pissed off when Kaito-kun called him an idiot and tried to hit him.

However, Kaito-kun caught the punch in the palm of his hand and kicked his opponent in the groin with all his might in a counterattack.

While the boy was screaming in agony and suffering on the floor, Kaito-kun spoke to his classmates in a furious voice.

“I will never forgive anyone who bullies Ellen. If I see someone doing so, I’m going to put them in the same position as this guy lying on the floor, so brace yourself.”

After saying this, Kaito-kun took my hand and left the classroom.

As we moved to the back of the school building, which was not popular, Kaito-kun opened his mouth with an apologetic look on his face.

“I’m so sorry it took me so long to notice that you were in pain.”

“…huh?”

I didn’t expect him to apologize, and made a dumb sound.

Then Kaito-kun started talking one-sidedly to me.

“I knew something was wrong because Ellen had been acting so strange the day after she left early. You had been out of school half the week, and started to say you don’t want to spend time with me.”

I distrusted people after Alan, whom I had trusted, abandoned me, and I distanced myself from Kaito-kun as well.

Even though I was having a hard time because of Alan’s betrayal, I thought I would be crushed if even Kaito-kun abandoned me.

“At first I thought Ellen might be in the mood to be alone once in a while. The three of us have always been together.”

Yes, the three of us, myself, Kaito-kun, and Alan, have been together since we were kindergarteners, and that relationship did not change even after we entered elementary school.

So the three of us were together all the way to and from school and during lunch breaks.

“But every time I saw you at school, you looked distressed and alone, so I thought it couldn’t be possible and peeked into Ellen’s class today. Then I saw Ellen, looking like she was about to cry, erasing the bad words on her desk with an eraser, and even I, a fool, realized that she was being severely bullied in class.”

I had wondered why Kaito-kun suddenly appeared in front of me, but apparently that is how it happened.

“I will protect Ellen no matter what, so cheer up.”

“….Kaito-kun, thank you.”

The moment I heard that from Kaito-kun with his gentle smile, my heart began to beat wildly.

Maybe even my face was reddening.

I was beginning to feel a strange emotion that I had never had toward Kaito-kun before, and I was beginning to feel confused, as I did not know what this emotion was.

Anyway, when I was looking at Kaito-kun, my heart had been pounding since a while ago and I couldn’t seem to calm down at all.

It will be some time before I will know that this feeling was love.