The Great Book of One-Shots

Bullied (Part 1)

Prompt: Imagine someone making fun of Person A and saying "Nobody loves you!" Person B shouts "I LOVE THEM."

Popular!Ian and Loser!Ben high school AU (Yes, I call Crainer by his real name in fanfics)

Warning: violence, cussing, and slurs

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Ben had transferred to the American school in the middle of the year as the adoption center that he had spent most of his life in had been shut down due to "suspicious activity" and he had been transferred to one in America. Sure his accent and all had gained him a bit of attention and at first, but after a few weeks the American kids grew bored of him and he was deemed a looser.

Given the new title, it only seemed natural that all the kids started to pick on him and call him names. This quickly evolved into pushing and shoving and, eventually, punching. The physical abuse, however, seemed to go unnoticed to anyone other than the bullies as no one ever helped him. Not once did anyone ever seem to even care about what was happening to the small, fragile boy.

Little did Benjamin know that there was someone who noticed. Someone who noticed every single time he was hurt in even the smallest of ways. Though, that person would always just force them self to look away and pretend like they didn't see what was happening. They wouldn't ... couldn't watch as Ben was hurt day after day after day. They couldn't bear the pain of seeing the adorable boy getting beaten and bruised. They refused to look in order to keep them self from falling even more in love with the seemingly perfect boy.

That person just so happened to be Ian, one of the coolest kids in the school.

One day, however, Ben's bullying got worse. A crowd had formed around the bullies and the poor boy who had been pushed to the floor long ago. Ben curled up in fetal position and shakily held his arm up to his face trying to protect himself from another kick.

Ian had been walking to his next class when he saw the commotion going on and curiously decided to check it out. It was to his horror to find that the center of the attention was his crush, shaking and bleeding from his nose and mouth. He seemed frozen in place as he saw a bully stomp on Ben's side and another kick him in his stomach. His heart ached as he heard insult after insult be directed at the small boy.

Ian didn't snap out of his stunned sate until he heard one of the bullies shout, "Nobody loves you!"

It took even Ian a while to realize what he was doing. 

He had yelled back at the bully. He had shouted the words without even thinking of them, "I LOVE HIM!"

Within seconds the entire crowd had turned to look at who yelled and went silent. Gasps and whispered rumors filled the hall almost immediately. 

Soon, a path right to the fight was cleared for the popular boy. Ian hesitated for a second, trying to comprehend what had just happened. He slowly walked towards the center, towards Ben and the bullies. He stopped when he was a few feet away.

As soon as he stopped, the fist  bully spoke up, "What the fuck you say? You love him? What a joke!"

A second bully joined in, "Yeah, no one could love this fag, not even his own mother!"

They burst into laughter.

Ben finally gave in and let his tears spill. The last comment had broke him. Little did the bullies know that it was true - his own mother didn't love him. That was part of the reason he had been sent to an adoption center in the first place.