TW: Bullying, minor injuries,
Virgil's POV
I sighed and opened my eyes, my locker door already open. I scanned the shelves and pushed my things onto the metal sheets, flinching as someone tapped my shoulder. I put on a blank, pre-made face and spun around. "Hey!" I narrowed my eyes. "What." I examined the person and realized it was the guy I made eye contact with. "I noticed you were lonely." I slammed my locker. "So? I don't want friends." I snarled, and realized my eyes were glowing brightly. I noticed I was about to break, causing my teeth to melt into fangs. The boy yelped and scurried away to a duo standing by a classroom door. I closed my eyes and exhaled, calming down. My eyes still had a purple spark, but they were no longer glowing. I relaxed as I wasn't about to break. I opened my eyes again, hearing quick footsteps walking towards me. "Roman! No!" I felt someone grab my arm, and I flinched in pain, sighing as I was dragged to the group. "Why does your arm hurt..?" I rolled my eyes and crossed my scarred, bleeding arms across my chest, gripping my sleeve cuffs tightly. "Doesn't matter," I growled quietly. "Oh, calm down emo nightmare." I snorted and released my sleeves, covering my mouth as I laughed. "What's so- why are your arms bleeding?" I quickly silenced myself, a scowl on my face as I gripped my sleeves again, my muscles tightening as I tried not to panic. "Why would a bunch of strangers care?" I snapped, my eyes starting to glow again. I wrapped my hand around a stone resting against my chest, feeling it grow freezing cold. "Because- EEEK!" I tensed at the loud noise, my eyes glowing a dead looking purple. I grabbed a black cloth from my pocket and wrapped it around my eyes. "Now I understand why animals always have those on hand...." I glanced at where the voice came from, and quickly stepped back. "Hey! Don't run away from us." I glared at the one who spoke this time. I took in his red-brown hair and light green eyes, which I saw anger in. I quickly crouched in fear from his gaze. I scanned his prince-like clothing and whimpered quietly. "Hey. It's okay." My eye bandage glowed lilac and flowed off me, folding and landing in my open palm. I grabbed it and tucked it in my pocket.
"You're a freak." I flinched at this and glanced beside me, seeing a person with narrowed, one yellow, one brown eye and light yellow-green scales crisscrossing a side of his face. "You're not much better yourself, Deceit!" I flinched as he grabbed my arm and held me above the ground. He slammed me against the wall and I barely even flinched, noticing rapid steps running away. I felt a punch to my face and a kick to my gut. I saw another person walk over and start beating me up until I fell to the ground, winded.
Nothing I wasn't used too. I took in choppy breaths and grinded -YOU WILL NOT GIVE UP WITH THAT, HUH GRAMMARLY?! Anyways- my jaw. I sighed and stood up, examining my body. I would be fine.
Glancing around the almost-empty hall, I heard the bell ring and turned to a nurse. "You okay? Do you think you'll need to go home?" I furiously shook my head. "I'll never need to go home. It's worse....." I whispered the ending, but I guess they still heard it, as they rested their hand on my shoulder. I bit my lip and wiped away the blood that trickled from it. Sighing, I grabbed my schedule from my pocket. I had art next. At least it was something I was 'okay' at. I thought I was horrible, but my opinion doesn't matter. I don't matter.
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Phantoms' Soar {Up For Adoption}
Fiksi PenggemarSorry it sucks, this is my first story. Virgil has no friends at his school, and his abusive family doesn't help. He has wings and animal qualities. He's the odd outcast at school, and the only person who he has to protect is his sister. The only pe...
