*Shin's P.O.V*

I walked out and slammed the bathroom door hard as I made my way to my room. I carefully rummaged through my bags to find my bandages and gingerly applied them to my wrists. When I made sure the cuts weren't bleeding through or visible, I picked up my bag and walked slowly downstairs. When I came down I noticed breakfast was made for me and on the table. That's weird, mom usually stays to eat it with me... I shouldn't worry about that right now, though. I still had to focus on surviving the day. 

I ate my breakfast, brushed my teeth, ran a comb through my wavy, navy blue hair. Then I started my walk to school. It was like a 10 minute walk, but I didn't really mind walking. As long as I didn't run into any of the Delinquents or Musume's gang. As I walked to school, I checked my phone. With my eyes on the phone, I wasn't watching where I was walking. I bumped into someone, and fell to the ground. I dropped my occult spell book and my bag as well. 

"I- I'm s-sorry..." I stuttered as I looked up, then mentally slapped myself in the face. I had bumped into the leader of the delinquents. Wonderful. 

"hey! watch where your going, you emo freak!" he shouted at me while the others laughed. 

"I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to..." 

"I bet you didn't. An occult idiot like you wouldn't have the guts." he taunted. His friends laughed again as I got up, picked up my spell book and pushed past him with my head down.

 "what?" Umeji laughed.  "No comment?" anger and adrenaline  made me shout "shut up!" the second after I said it, I cupped a hand over my mouth. God I'm stupid. Why did I say that? 

"now listen here punk" Umeji walk toward me. I somehow managed to stand my ground, even though I was terrified. "You just made a big mis-" He was then pushed off his feet by something and tossed into the air. Umeji landed a good 10 ft  away from me. I stepped back in surprise, looking around. there was no one around us, though.... nor did I see anyone when it happened. 

The rest of the delinquents turned to me. I thought they were staring at me at first but then I noticed they were starring at my spell book. I looked down at it and was astounded to find it was glowing an eerie purple, and black dust was swirling around it. I looked back up at them and decided running was the best choice at the moment to avoid being beaten up. I grabbed my bag, and ran past them as fast as I could, and didn't stop till I got to the school. 

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when I got to school, I was cornered by Musume's gang. "hey freak" she said, as her friends giggled. people seem to be saying that a lot to me lately. "can I help you?" I asked, as politely as I could. "yeah. you can." she laughed. "by dying." her friends giggled again. "Maybe I will." I responded slowly, as if giving it thought. Musume's cruel smile faltered for a second. then she continued. "don't be smart with me , you piece of-" Musume, lifted her hand, as if she were going to hit me. scared, I held my hands in front of my face and closed my eyes, prepared for the blow that never came. "hey!" I heard someone shout as footsteps thudded down the hallway. I heard Musume cry out in protest. I opened my eyes to see Budo, the leader of the Martial Arts club, with a hand around Musume's wrist. L-Let go of me!" she said angrily in a surprised tone. He pushed her backwards and stepped protectively in front of me. 

"well that totally killed the mood. Lets go." Musume commented, rubbing her wrist as she turned on her heels and walked away, her friends following close behind.  

Budo watched them leave, then turned to me. "Shin! are you okay? did she hurt you?" he said looking me up and down for bruises. "n-no..." I replied, suddenly fully aware of the fact that his eyes were still focused on my body, not my face. I blushed deeply, and he noticed. "are you sick? you look a little... hot." He reached out to feel my forehead. My blushed deepened as I stepped back, out of arms length. I'm f-fine..."   

 "okay..." Budo looked up at me then blushed. "I'll, uh- see you around..."

then he turned and left quickly. 

I stood there still blushing furiously. What was that about? I thought. oh well. I can't dwell on it now. class is starting, and I don't want to be late. 

Still lost in thought, I took a deep breath, and made my way to class. 

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