𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗘
- 𝖠𝗅𝖻𝖾𝖽𝗈 -
"𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗆𝗒 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾."
- 𝖠𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌, 𝖨'𝗅𝗅 𝖢𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖻𝗒 𝖩𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗒 𝖹𝗎𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗋 -
༻ ━━━━━･•͙✧⃝•͙ ★ •͙✧⃝•͙･━━━━━༺
YOU WEREN'T A VERY SOCIABLE PERSON.
You were always more quiet, timid and would avoid social events as much as possible and because of this fact, you were picked on by the more 'popular' girls of the school. And of course you didn't tell anyone, not even Albedo who happened to be your boyfriend. You were going to at one point, but whenever you tried, the words could never come out. Maybe it was because you feared they would do much worse things to you or hurt Albedo if he confronted them.
So here you were, heading to the bathroom with your head hung low to avoid any gazes. But that was until they showed up.
The girl named Subaki smirked along with her posse of girls eyeing your helpless figure as they followed you inside the girls restroom. You sighed, realizing you had to take another hit from them. "Well, well, well, look what we have here." Subaki furiously tapped on your shoulder. "It's the dirty little rat!" Another girl named Anya added, followed by the third girl - Tatumi who surrounded you.
You swatted Subaki's hand from you and moved back. "Please.. stop it." But they only laughed. "We're just here to keep you in check, dirty little rat! To remind you that you're nothing!" Subaki spat, shoving you into the wall heavily. The back of your head slammed against the wall and you slid down a little. "You always act like you're some kind of Princess around here, which you clearly aren't that special."
The girls looked down on you with smug faces while Subaki somehow took a nail filer and filed her nails. "Ugh, seriously I don't understand what Albedo sees in you.."
The mention of your own boyfriend's name made you angry but at the same time, it made you anxious. Did Albedo truly love the way you were? Were you pretty enough for him? So instead of fighting back, you shakily leant yourself on the wall, looking down onto the tiled floors of the restroom. Suddenly, Subaki tilted your chin up with her finger with an evil smirk. "You will always be nothing, (Y/n). And I will have Albedo to myself.. just you wait."
She finished and shoved your face to the side with her fingers. "Tah tah~" the girls waved and reached for the door handle just before you got up angrily. "Albedo would never want someone like you!"
You were surprised at your sudden drive to fight back and there was no holding back now. "What did you say, you bitch?!" Subaki spun around and pulled at your hair. "Agh! Let go!!" you hissed, taking her wrist to pry her hand away. Anya assisted Subaki by pulling her back while Tatumi tried to grab you so that you'd let go of Subaki's wrist.
"How's that you little bitch?!" Subaki growled, pulling harder on your hair. They eventually backed themselves out of the bathroom doors and you fell to the floor. "Stop it!!!" You exclaimed but Subaki stayed on top of you, trying desperately to hurt you in any possible way.
The students gathered at the hallway watched in horror, not knowing what else to do but stare. "How dare you say he will never be mine!! He will belong to me, (Y/n) and then everyone will see how pathetic you really are!!" Subaki continued with you squirming under her and this went on until Albedo had appeared on the scene.
"Hey!" He yelled, making Subaki freeze. Anya and Tatumi had let go of their friend and backed away, pretending they knew nothing about it. "What in the hell do you think you're doing?!" You turned your head over to him with tear stained cheeks. You'd never seen him snap like this before. "Let go of her this instant!" Albedo ordered and Subaki reluctantly got off of you. Albedo then rushed to your side, placing his arm around you.
"She- she's the one who started it!" Subaki insisted, trying to look like she was the victim in front of your boyfriend, who clearly didn't buy it. "Oh really? It didn't look like that to me." He shot daggers through Subaki's soul and she scoffed, "I don't understand why you like her, look at her! She's ugly and pathetic!" But Albedo didn't flinch, he just got angrier. "How dare you speak of her like that. As far as I can tell she has a far more beautiful heart, mind and face than you ever will."
Subaki's eyes widened in shock but Albedo wasn't finished. "This is a warning to you and your so-called friends; that if you ever come near her again, I will see to it that you are expelled from this school."
You looked up at Albedo as his hold tightened around you. Subaki grit her teeth and marched away, her friends following fearfully whilst brushing past the students. "And you lot who had just watched? how shameful are you to simply stand by while a fellow student is being attacked like that." The students awkwardly shot each other looks because he was right and being in their position made them no better than the bullies.
As the crowd dispersed with hushed tones, Albedo pulled you into his arms and rested his chin on top of your head. "(Y/n), are you okay?" He asked, pure worry laced in his voice. "Are you hurt anywhere?"
You sniffled into his chest as he placed his hand at the back of your head. When he realized you kept silent, he held you by your shoulders, making you face him as he tucked a stray hair behind your ear. "(Y/n)?" He called softly. "How long has this been happening?"
You felt a wave of guilt wash over you for not telling him, so you took a deep breath and shook your head, mentally preparing yourself to tell him the truth. "About... a year now.."
the blonde's eyes widened with worry as he cupped your face with his hands. "Why didn't you tell me? I could've helped you." He was upset but he didn't want to yell at you, especially after what had just happened. He knew that he needed to speak to you softly in order for you to answer him.
You avoided his gaze completely. "I didn't want to get you involved.. I was scared they would hurt you too.."
Albedo's eyebrows knitted together and he rubbed your cheeks with his thumbs. "But it isn't fair that you got hurt too, my love. So please promise me to tell me whenever there's something you're struggling with. I'll be here for you no matter what it is okay?"
"And don't listen to the nonsense they tell you because it's simply not true. They're just jealous because you have something that they don't."
You paused for a moment, taking every bit of his words to heart. Just as you were about to ask him if he loved you, Albedo spoke. "I love you, (Y/n).. I really really do." It was as if he knew what you were about to say, so he took the first step to assure you.
A shaky smile managed to tug at your lips, feeling lucky to have Albedo as your partner. "Thank you Albedo.... for coming to my rescue.." you wrapped your arms around his waist and rested your head on his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat. Albedo only smiled and carefully hoisted you up into his arms. "Let's go to the nurses office. Just to see if you're injured anywhere okay?"
Your heart practically melted at how genuinely loving Albedo was. He was there for you like your guardian angel and you nodded, no longer caring about anyone who saw you because the both of you being together was all that you could possibly need.
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And that concludes the first series of Modern AUs for this book. There will be more don't worry (because I have many more ideas)
Hope you guys enjoyed!