5 Chapter 5

Five years passed from that day and Hajime and I became good friends, and we are best friends.

Hajime went to kindergarten while I stayed home though. Mother would never let me leave her side unless it was necessary.

And today was the day that I would be heading to elementary with Hajime.

My mother was crying and wailing not to leave her. I also became very sad because first, I still have complicated feelings about her, but I knew that I would get over it. The second is because I am also too attached to my mother.

I just hope I don't become a mama's boy in the future.

My father does sometimes get jealous, but he still loves me, and I love him back although I do get in the way of his 'alone' time with mother because she is just too attached to me.

Anyway, back to my wailing and crying mother. She knew that she had to let me go, but she didn't want to.

Even though I was supposed to go on my own, my mother still followed me.

She picked me up and hugged me while walking out. My father just looked at me and I could see his eye twitching.

Also, I got to say that my mother was strong. Stronger than my father. I remember my father one time tried to open a jar of peanut butter because he was making me a sandwich.

My mother got super mad saying that he shouldn't make me wait. She grabbed and twisted it off easily. From that day on I knew my mother wore the pants in the relationship. Poor father.

Anyway, she carried me all the way to school. Oh man was I embarrassed. She wouldn't let me go even when we got in front of the school.

All the students and teachers looked at us weirdly. Ohhh boy, being embarrassed was an understatement. I felt ashamed of this, but I just couldn't stop being hugged. I enjoyed the sensation of being hugged.

Well, she left me off and I went to orientation. On my way to orientation, I met Hajime and we went to orientation.

I received a lot of stares from girls and boys. They were both blushing. I mean you really can't tell what sex I am, so the boys had a misunderstanding. I got goosebumps from the men's stare though.

Hajime just gave me a weary smile.

Hajime – "You know Ains if I didn't know you, I would also think you were a girl."

I just gave him a weary smile and we continued to orientation.

Everything went smoothly and apparently, I had the same class as Hajime.

Everyone introduced themselves and a few students stood out to me.

One girl was named Shirasaki Kaori, another girl was Yaegashi Shizuku, and the last who caught my interest was Amanogawa Kouki. The guy honestly looked like a prick.

The day finally came to an end and when we got out of school, a shadow swooshed toward me and picked me up.

It was my mother and she just hugged me and kept repeating my baby repeatedly while rubbing her cheeks over mine.

Hajime just gave me a weary smile, said goodbye, and left. I mean I understand him, I would be embarrassed, having a friend like me.

The people again looked at us wearily and she carried me home.

Life was going well, and this continued for six years.

During those six years, the group of three including one more person who was a muscle brain tried to include me in their group but I just kind of avoided them.

It seemed like too much trouble to get involved in their group.

Besides, they always ignored Hajime, and I didn't like that. Hajime was my best friend and when you see people trying to separate you from your friend you wouldn't have good feelings toward them.

Shizuku and Kaori were alright. At least they engaged with Hajime as well. The others were always ignoring him and that pissed me off a lot.

Anyway, today was the last day of school and my elementary life. Hajime invited me over to his house to play games, but I rejected it this time because I wanted to enjoy my way back home.

During these years Hajime would invite me over to his house to play games or read manga. His parents were both respectively a game designer and a manga designer. I would help them both out respectively with Hajime in their work and I got pretty good at it.

As I was walking back home, I heard a scream of a girl in an alleyway. I was wary of that scream and went to see what was going on.

As I went to the source of the scream, I saw Shizuku surrounded by five men. They were trying to pin her down. I instantly knew that they were trying to rape her.

I froze up at the sight of that. I have always lived a peaceful life and never saw any kind of violence. I always knew the dark side of society existed, but I never saw any of it, until today.

Shizuku kept on screaming for help with tears in her eyes. The men finally managed to subdue her and pin her down.

They had lecherous smiles on their faces as they started pulling down her skirt and taking off her jacket.

I was still rooted on the spot, but in my mind, I was yelling, 'MOVE BODY MOOOVVVEEE!!!'

I was still watching the events in front of me as Shizuku had a face of despair on her.

I told myself in my mind, 'IF YOU DON'T MOVE, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL REGRET FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!! NOW MOVE AND FFFFIIIGGGHHHTTTTT.'

Suddenly, I felt energy running through my body. It started off in my head then went down to the tip of my toes.

I felt as if I were a battle-hardened veteran and instantly became cool-headed. I felt stronger and faster.

I came to a quick decision and ran forward and started punching the oblivion out of them. They all fainted, and I could see Shizuku with a blank stare looking between the men and me.

Ains – "I think you should put your clothes on."

(A/N: Honestly when you pointed out the mistake I wrote a comment to 'correct' it. I didn't want to go back to fix it cuz' I'm lazy. However, that mistake gnawed at me. When I was eating, reading, in the bathroom... it came back to haunt me. So yea, BE GRATEFUL... I HAVE FIXED IT!!)

Shizuku quickly came out of her stupor and blushed a deep crimson. She hurriedly puts her clothes on. She then looks at me with stars in her eyes.

Shizuku – "B-Bellinor-kun, t-thank you for saving me. If you didn't come and save me…"

She started crying her eyes out and hugged me. I just let her do it and I started stroking her gently.

She quickly calms down and backs off quickly. She is still red as a tomato, and I can see stars in her eyes as she looks at me. She fidgets at me as she apologizes and thanks me repeatedly.

I stare at her and think in my head, 'Oh no, I think she fell for me.'