"Sevenfold" Orange: Wrath
Series: Sevenfold
Color: Orange
Sin: Wrath
Chapter Title: I'll Be There For You (14/49)
Word Count: 681
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Orange:Wrath
It was the third time that week they had approached her.
Anzu struggled to hold back tears as the four boys who had been harassing her circled around and started jeering at her once again. One boy pushed her; the one she bumped into grabbed her arms and forced them behind her back.
“Such a pretty girl,” they cooed cruelly.
Pretty girl, pretty girl- she didn’t want to be a pretty girl! Their hands were suddenly everywhere, thick and heavy and so, so intrusive; it made her stomach turn to feel them touch her, laughing and bragging and not caring at all that she wanted no part in their sick game. She wanted to be left alone! If only she hadn’t decided to go to work a little early that day- otherwise she could have walked with Jounouchi and Honda. She worked near the arcade- which, as usual, was their destination.
But no. Because of one seemingly inconsequential decision, the bullies had cornered her again. She struggled fiercely, trying to pull away, but their hands held tight, gripping her arms hard enough to bruise.
“Please,” she said weakly, her tears finally falling, “please let me go.”
“Like hell we will,” they sneered, groping her agin, pulling her bright orange headband out of her hair and ripping her fleece jacket off her shoulders. “You’re not too good for us now, are you? Your little boyfriends aren’t here to protect you, are they?” Anzu whimpered, her body going limp as she felt a hand slipping underneath her shirt.
“What’s going on here?” a frigid voice asked suddenly.
The aggressors stilled, though they didn’t let her go.
Anzu was surprised to see Kaiba Seto striding toward them rapidly. He looked livid, his blue eyes blazing with righteous anger. “What are you doing to Mazaki?” he asked, his face set in an expression of disgusted rage. “Get the hell away from her.”
The boys laughed. “Oh? You have a problem with us, Kaiba? Well too damn bad- get your rich ass away from us and maybe we’ll forgive the interruption.”
Seto ignored them. “I don’t think you heard me. Get the hell away from her.”
“Aww, does the computer geek have a crush on the cheerleader? Well she thinks she’s too good for one of us, so don’t you dare think she could ever want you. We’re going to teach the little slut a lesson she’s not going to forget.”
Anzu tried once again to pull away, struck with even more fear because of their callous words.
But luckily, the boys threats never came to fruition. Seto had walked right up to one of them and punched him as hard as he could. The bully was knocked to his knees, spitting out blood onto the grass.
Anzu took advantage of the others’ shock and quickly pulled away. Standing a little apart from them, she watched as Seto proceeded to give them all the decking they so amply deserved.
Once he was finished pummeling them, they endured a savage telling off, and he sent them on their way with a warning to never come near her again. Anzu wiped her face as he walked over to her.
“Are you all right?” he asked gruffly.
Anzu nodded, not quite sure how to thank him for saving her.
His expression softened. “Good.” He leaned down and picked up her headband, offering it to her with a look that could almost be called kind. With a hesitant smile, Anzu accepted it. “Tell me if they try anything again- I will be sure that they learn my wrath is even greater for second offenses.” He looked at her for a moment as she gazed studiously at the graze. “Now go on home- or wherever you were headed. You’re quite fine now, so don’t let such cruelty and ignorance affect you.”
“All right,” she whispered. “And... Thank you. Thank you so much.”
He had turned away, so she never saw his reaction to her words. “Think nothing of it. A man’s not a man if he wouldn’t have done the same.”
~~~
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Color: Orange
Sin: Wrath
Chapter Title: I'll Be There For You (14/49)
Word Count: 681
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Orange:Wrath
It was the third time that week they had approached her.
Anzu struggled to hold back tears as the four boys who had been harassing her circled around and started jeering at her once again. One boy pushed her; the one she bumped into grabbed her arms and forced them behind her back.
“Such a pretty girl,” they cooed cruelly.
Pretty girl, pretty girl- she didn’t want to be a pretty girl! Their hands were suddenly everywhere, thick and heavy and so, so intrusive; it made her stomach turn to feel them touch her, laughing and bragging and not caring at all that she wanted no part in their sick game. She wanted to be left alone! If only she hadn’t decided to go to work a little early that day- otherwise she could have walked with Jounouchi and Honda. She worked near the arcade- which, as usual, was their destination.
But no. Because of one seemingly inconsequential decision, the bullies had cornered her again. She struggled fiercely, trying to pull away, but their hands held tight, gripping her arms hard enough to bruise.
“Please,” she said weakly, her tears finally falling, “please let me go.”
“Like hell we will,” they sneered, groping her agin, pulling her bright orange headband out of her hair and ripping her fleece jacket off her shoulders. “You’re not too good for us now, are you? Your little boyfriends aren’t here to protect you, are they?” Anzu whimpered, her body going limp as she felt a hand slipping underneath her shirt.
“What’s going on here?” a frigid voice asked suddenly.
The aggressors stilled, though they didn’t let her go.
Anzu was surprised to see Kaiba Seto striding toward them rapidly. He looked livid, his blue eyes blazing with righteous anger. “What are you doing to Mazaki?” he asked, his face set in an expression of disgusted rage. “Get the hell away from her.”
The boys laughed. “Oh? You have a problem with us, Kaiba? Well too damn bad- get your rich ass away from us and maybe we’ll forgive the interruption.”
Seto ignored them. “I don’t think you heard me. Get the hell away from her.”
“Aww, does the computer geek have a crush on the cheerleader? Well she thinks she’s too good for one of us, so don’t you dare think she could ever want you. We’re going to teach the little slut a lesson she’s not going to forget.”
Anzu tried once again to pull away, struck with even more fear because of their callous words.
But luckily, the boys threats never came to fruition. Seto had walked right up to one of them and punched him as hard as he could. The bully was knocked to his knees, spitting out blood onto the grass.
Anzu took advantage of the others’ shock and quickly pulled away. Standing a little apart from them, she watched as Seto proceeded to give them all the decking they so amply deserved.
Once he was finished pummeling them, they endured a savage telling off, and he sent them on their way with a warning to never come near her again. Anzu wiped her face as he walked over to her.
“Are you all right?” he asked gruffly.
Anzu nodded, not quite sure how to thank him for saving her.
His expression softened. “Good.” He leaned down and picked up her headband, offering it to her with a look that could almost be called kind. With a hesitant smile, Anzu accepted it. “Tell me if they try anything again- I will be sure that they learn my wrath is even greater for second offenses.” He looked at her for a moment as she gazed studiously at the graze. “Now go on home- or wherever you were headed. You’re quite fine now, so don’t let such cruelty and ignorance affect you.”
“All right,” she whispered. “And... Thank you. Thank you so much.”
He had turned away, so she never saw his reaction to her words. “Think nothing of it. A man’s not a man if he wouldn’t have done the same.”
~~~
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