Gray Rainbow (Soramafu)

Death Fairytale

~Soraru's POV~

I looked at the guy who stood on the left side of Mafu. "I'm his friend! Does it bother you?! " I screamed at his face and pulled Mafu next to me. The guy looked at me like he had seen a ghost and somehow I was glad that he was afraid of me. But I thought he knew that I didn't get angry easily and that he had really messed up. I wasn't this angry for a long time.

How could you treat someone like this? I couldn't believe that they even did this in a group, so that Mafu didn't had the slightest chance. That was so much more than unfair. It was just cruel. "What are you? A scaredy cat? Couldn't you do this alone? Are you really this scared of Mafu?" I never said something  like this before to one of my friends, but I was so enraged because of this action that I couldn't help it.

He looked at his comrades and then at me. "Why should I?", he said a bit frightened. "Because you came here with two other guys. Why didn't you come alone?" I asked him. He looked unsure at me and he didn't give me an answer before he said in a cocky voice, "I don't care what you say any more, you're friends with this jerk. So just fuck off!" The other guys laughed and I can't describe how furious I was at this moment.

It felt like my fists moved on their own as I knocked him down. "Do you really think that was funny?!" I shouted at him and saw how the other two looked at each other. I could hear how one of them whispered, "This is really bad. I never saw Soraru that angry. We should get away here.", "But we can't leave him alone... " The other one answered as he looked at the guy who laid on the ground. "It's his own fault. Wasn't it his idea, too?", "It was, but still... We were the one who came with him and even laughed about the shit he said..." The other guy looked at him angrily, "Do you feel guilty? Because of what Soraru said? Or because you thought the idea was good, too? I still think so. But I don't want him to beat me up either. So let's just leave.", "Why am I even friends with you?! " I didn't want to hear another word.

"You're not thinking about running, are you? You're really the worst kind of scum I ever met." I didn't shout anymore and watched them leave right after I said this to them. I think they didn't cared as much as the guy who laid on the ground in front of me, about their pride. I was glad that they left, but I still had to deal with the third one. So I couldn't concentrate on Mafu right now. I heard how he stood up panting and I swear, I felt his angry eyes looking at me. I hoped he would just leave and not try to hurt me or Mafu, but of course it would have been a stupid idea for one person to attack two other persons. Somehow I guessed he was a person that was dumb enough to try it. This thought was actually really ironic, because I actually did this kind of thing, too. But at the moment I saw Mafu in the middle of these three guys my only thoughts were "I have to save him".

When the third guy finally got on his feet again, I felt a bit nervous for a second, but as I saw how he stumbled away I calmed down again.

I was sure they wouldn't do this again. I heard Mafu crying and when I wanted to ask him what was wrong, he already whispered, "You shouldn't do this kind of thing for me Soraru-san. What if he goes to the police and reports you?" I thought it was cute how worried he was about me. "I don't care." He looked at me like I made a really bad joke. "You don't care?" He asked in a quiet voice. "Sure. I did the right thing so I don't have to regret anything." I smiled a bit and saw how he looked at me with sparkling eyes. "You're amazing Soraru-san! Thank you so much for saving me! I didn't know what I would have done without you..." He lowered his  gaze while he spoke the last sentence. I laid my hand on his shoulder and said, "Don't think about it. I'm here and this is the only thing that matters, isn't it?" He nodded and I swear that if he had been a girl I would have fallen in love with him at this moment. He was just too cute.

I took my hand back and looked at the door. "Do you have an idea how to fix it?", I wanted to know. "Absolutely not." He looked at the door with the same insecure look in his eyes as me. "That's a problem. Maybe I should call the police. Even though I hit him, you have much more bruises than him, don't you?" Again his eyes looked at the ground. "I don't want to...", "Why?" I asked him quite confused. "It's too much trouble I think... I should just ask the caretaker." I didn't understand this site of him. Well, I met him a day ago, but I still felt like I could see right through him, it was a bit strange.

"Why don't you want anyone to know about this?" I really had to pull myself together so I didn't shout at him. Somehow I surprised myself with this. But his answer surprised me even more. "How did you know? I just met you yesterday!" After a few seconds of silence he continued, "I just don't want Amatsuki-kun or my family to worry about me." My intuition was right. "You shouldn't take this all by yourself Mafu. It's too much for one person." I answered a bit troubled. "I know... I know that, but still..." He couldn't speak any more because he began to sob. "It's okay Mafu." I didn't knew why I hugged him, but it was the only thing that came to my mind to comfort him. He tried to change the topic. "Why are you even here?"