Oreo

Chapter 1: The New Guy

Omniscient POV~

It was the next day, another cloudy sky overhead with the promise of rain.  The school was buzzing with kids goofing off before the first bell would ring.  Romeo walked to his locker and put his bag down so he could unlock it.  As he spun to the last digit, a kid with charcoal colored hair came up behind him, slammed Romeo's face into the metal compartment.  The wavy haired brunette tensed immediately.

"Faggot!  Watch where you're going!"

Gritting his teeth tightly as Garrett walked off, his pals snickering as they followed, Romeo clenched his hands so tightly his nails cut into his palms.  That didn't even make any fucking sense; I didn't fucking do anything! He thought to himself.  Sighing sharply though his nose, Romeo quickly reentered the combination to his locker and put away his things, only grabbing his notebook and a mechanical pencil.  He then spun the dial and trudged off towards his hiding spot.  There was about thirty minutes on the clock until classes officially started.

Quite unfortunately, the moment the quarter Italian stepped out the double doors leading to the back of the school, a Junior with chestnut brown hair jumped past him and snatched the notebook from his hands.  "Wow-whee~! Let's see if what big brother said about you was true~"  Corbin.  Garrett's younger brother.  He was on the short side, but still a lot stronger than I was.

"Hey, give that ba-" Romeo quickly went to take back what was his only for Corbin's dirty blonde friend to grab him by the collar of his shirt and yank back.  The action choked him enough to halt him in his tracks as he was restrained by arms that belonged on the football team.

"Shut up, queer." The dirty blonde snapped.  Both of them were larger than he was.  "Hey, question, are you top or bottom~?"

"Gotta be bottom; look how small he is~. And he isn't even putting up a that much of a fight, either~. What are you, a masochist?"

Romeo gritted his teeth and went to stomp on the guy's foot only to receive a responsive headbutt to the back of the head.  He opened his mouth, trying not to gasp and just groaned in pain.

"Ooo~, What's this here?" Corbin questioned as he went to read aloud a piece of text.

"None of your business, I would say." An unfamiliar voice spoke out of nowhere as a guy with blonde hair came up behind Garrett's brother and swiped the notebook from him. 

Romeo looked up at him, a bit shocked and surprised.

This guy's hair was fairly messy and spikey and he had a light layer of freckles blessing his cheeks.  His vermillion orbs pierced daringly like a vampire to his prey.  He wore a long, dark teal jacket with a few white belts and straps, black buttons and a white vest underneath.  He had two eyebrow piercings, snake-bites, and five different piercings on each ear.

"What the fff.. Who the fuck are you??" The chestnut haired kid said, baffled and appalled.

"Just let him go and things wont need to get too violent."

"What; are you gay, too?" The kid behind Romeo scoffed.

"Do you have a problem?" The new guy questioned. "Are you really trying to act as if him being gay effects your self-revolving world so much?  Or, are you secretly gay yourself and you dislike it so you inflict that pain onto others?" He raised a curious eyebrow.  "Ooor, are you just not satisfied enough with yourself and your own home life that you have to make him suffer like this?"

"It's none of your fucking business what we do with him!"

"Oh yes, it actually is." He said, stepping closer to him.  He stood taller than him by at least five inches.

Not noticing the strong confidence rolling off the new guy, Corbin went to pull him by the vest, only to get his wrist taken from him, forcing him to face the other way.  The notebook fell to their feet as he positioned the bully's arm threateningly.  "Hey- What!? Let me go!"

The lackey restraining Romeo looked confused towards his friend, then glancing at the notebook by their feet.  He was trying to consider whether he should go for it or not.

"Release him now and walk away." New guy stated clearly.  "If you don't, or if you try to go for the notebook, I will break his arm mercilessly.  And I can't promise you won't be next."

"Hah!  You'll be suspended!  Expelled, even!" Corbin laughed.

"Try me, bitch." He retorted seriously, putting more pressure and force on his arm and causing the kid to seethe and grimace.

Conflicted and overly irritated, the dirty blonde released Romeo with a hard shove and walked away, muttering to himself as he did.  Romeo, still too surprised someone had stood up for him, hadn't noticed that he could've taken advantage of his captor being distracted and got free himself.

After the larger football player had turned a corner, new guy released the other bully with an equal shove to the ground.  "Leave him and his things be, you piece of rotting plywood." He had his arms folded.

The kid just glared at him and snarled, then left.

Romeo watched the bullies leave as his savior approached with the notebook.  He held it out to him, getting his attention.

"What's your name?"

".... Romeo.." He took the notebook, a bit nervous about making eye contact, but didn'twant to seem ungrateful.

"Okay, Romeo." He started.  "How long have those jackasses been fucking with you?"

Romeo hesitated a moment, not exactly looking up at the guy.  "... A few months..  Ever since they found out I was gay..."

The new guy huffed.  "Alright.  From now on, you're sticking with me."  Romeo looked up at him in mild shock.  "We'll meet up before school, go to classes together, eat lunch together and even walk home together."

"... Wh-..?" He didnt know how to respond.  "You... why?"

The guy smirked a little.  "Them attacking you attacks me too.  I can't just stand there and watch those guys bully you like that.  We're the same after all."

This time, Romeo was shocked.  But only after he realized what he meant by that.  "So... you're..?"

"I'm Orion Dusk." The red eyed blonde finally stated, holding a hand out.  "Nice to meet you, Romeo."

"Uh..... you too..." Romeo hesitantly shook his hand.

Orion pulled him a bit closer and put a hand on his head, shocking the poor, confused guy even more.  "Don't worry.  We'll make sure those jackasses know their fucking place not to mess with us."  He ruffled his hair.

Not knowing how to respond at all, Romeo just nodded.

☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆