An eventful journey

II -> Puberty

!!TW!! : Bullying, violence, stronger language, mention of knife, threatening and sexual assault.

Part one out of ???

It has been about 7 years since he got into school. He recently turned 14. He's grown quite tall, reaching the height of 5 '7 (171cm). It seemed like he hit puberty. He looked more attractive now, having messy hair and such. His charm was starting to show. He was surprised, noticing that. He would have taken a bit to get used to height. He was much taller than anybody in his class, since the girls were shorter and the guys have still not hit puberty or short as well. It made Kaith stick out in a group. His classmates began to start conversations more often, taking curiosity in him. He seemed..interesting. There was something that just happened to draw people to him. There was just this special charm to him. The charm of friendliness. There have been multiple people asking him to be friends. He rejected them, not knowing how..to accept such things. The people he rejected began to spread rumors about him. Making up things that made him seem horrible. That made people get away from him. It gave him some space to breathe. He disliked being surrounded by multiple people. The group of bullies in his class had noticed that Kaith began to draw attention with his glow up.

One calm day, when it was lunchtime, Kaith would be sitting on the balcony. Overlooking the city. He heard someone walk up to him.

"Yo, bro. I have to talk to ya after school."

There was one of the guys from the group of bullies. Kaith would have no other choice than to obey, being scared of what they may do if he chose to reject that. Kaith took his time eating.

That school day passed quickly, which made Kaith nervous. He walked up to behind the school, where the guy told him to be at exactly 3pm. He came a bit late. About 5 minutes late, because of a teacher stopping him in the hallway to ask him something. Kaith didn't have anything to do with himself, his schoolbag still at school. He would be confused as to why that random guy told him to show up. Once he got there, the whole group of bullies from his class was there.

"Uhm-, is there anything you'd need?"

Kaith asked, taking note of everyone who was there. He noticed that..it wasn't the whole group. Just some certain guys he had an eye on.

"You got any money on ya?"

One of the guys asked, stepping up. They had Kaith surrounded by the group.

"No, sorry.."

Kaith muttered, looking away to try and calm down. His heart was racing due to anxiety. The guy grabbed Kaith by his shirt's collar, bringing him up into the air.

"What'd you say, shithead?"

Kaith was quite light for his age and height, easily lifted into the air by those stronger than him. When he got lifted, he panicked.

"I don't have money on me!-"

He would exclaim, having difficulties breathing. The guy threw Kaith into the wall, causing Kaith to yelp and whimper.

"You see, my girl has been looking at you quite a lot lately... I need you to pay up."

The guy cackled, looking down at Kaith who was crawling away.

"How about you pay up with your body, huh?"

The guy would crouch down, taking out a knife. He held it under Kaith's chin, licking his lips. Kaith was petrified. He didn't want this. He really did not.

"..."

Kaith remained silent, just blankly staring at the guy. He was trying to think of a way to get himself out of this situation.

"Uhm-, my s-school bag is in the school.. I have some money in there..."

Kaith would stutter multiple times, since he was scared of what the guy may say or do.

"I'd rather you pay up with your body."

The guy would chuckle, gently pressing the knife against Kaith's throat, not cutting him or anything. Kaith would be trembling out of fear. The guy would begin to grope him, but when he did a teacher came behind the school, having been notified by some students that they saw someone behind there doing something. Kaith was lucky. The teacher yelled at the students, the group running away from the place in a panic. They did not want to get caught. Kaith would stay in the same position, his head throbbing. He hit his head in the wall when he was thrown. The teacher went up to Kaith, taking him inside the school. Kaith was questioned about what happened by the teacher. He spilled all he knew. The teacher assured him this will be over. It was not. The group knew who said it, and kept on targeting Kaith because of it. Pulling various pranks in which he usually got harmed in some way, for laughter and their pleasure. He always ran home from school, since they knew to call him behind the school here and there. His situation at home, as usual, was not changing. Mother and father fought often over the mom's drinking habits and accusations of sleeping around with men. It was noisy. Kaith had no idea how to deal with all the things happening around him. He chose to let it happen. He didn't know how to react or respond. So he didn't. The arguments at home calmed down. His parents chose to get another kid. They didn't want to have to go through pregnancy, so adoption was the perfect option for them. They adopted some kid named Zen. He received all their attention. They cared about him deeply, leaving Kaith completely in the shadows. Zen tried to get along with Kaith, but Kaith just couldn't. He didn't know how to accept offers for friendships. He began to cry every day before sleep because of how much was going on around him. It made him feel like complete bs. He didn't show it to anyone or tell it to anyone, though. He had no one to tell that to.

The end of part one, Puberty.

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