Raised in a Hood {Aarmau}

Aphmau

As I walked to class I though about what I had told the person who asked me for advice. It sounded familiar in a weird way, but I quickly brushed it off.

Later that day, during lunch, I was wandering around thinking to myself when I saw the hooded boy getting pushed against a locker. I ran up to try and help, but before I could, two tall, muscular men in sunglasses appeared from behind a corner and grabbed the bullies by the collars of their shirts. As soon as they let them go, the kids ran off and the men walked up to the boy and appeared to be comforting him.

"I could have handled that myself!" he shouted.

"But sir, they were going to remove your mask!" The blonde haired man protested.

"I don't care! They would be punished then, that's their own fault!" He growled.

"Aaron, you know we can't leave you, your father has assigned us to stay around, just in case." the other, white haired one explained.

"I know Terry, it's just inconvenient, now those kids are going to go around and spread rumors about how much of a sissy I am that I need bodyguards to protect me from bullies!"

"Sir, I suggest we move somewhere else, as this conversation is no longer private...." The blonde one said and then turned to glare at me. I felt a chill creep up my spine.

"Sure, whatever Garte...." Aaron sighed and they turned to leave.

"Hey, wait!" I ran after them. "Are you okay? I saw what happened."

"Stop right there!" The white haired man growled and pulled out a long, beautifully carved staff.

"Huh?!" I cried as he slammed in against the ground, sending sparks flying towards me.

"Woah! Terry! What are you doing?!" Aaron grabbed the staff and held on, even though I could see it burning through his hands. Then his hands grew bigger and covered in fur to block out the heat.

"She was rushing you, Sir." The man said as he yanked his staff from Aaron's grip and stuffed it back into his suit, it shrunk as it was placed inside.

"No! I was just asking if you were okay! I saw what they did to you!" I defended myself.

"Calm down Terry, I believe her, she was kind to me recently, she has no reason to remove my mask... Yes, I'm fine, thank you for asking, but I must ask you to go back to wherever you came from and pretend that this never happened. Got that?"

"Yeah.... sure..." I sighed and turned away. Before I fully walked away I turned back and I saw them turn around the corner, but before they did, Aaron turned back to me and winked. I guess that was a good move.