It was well past midnight by the time (y/n) found his way home.

He ended up passing out on the couch as soon as you walked in through his door.

He didn't know how he would have the energy in fhe morning for school, but there's nothing he can really do about that.

*****

(Y/n) walked down the halls after all of his classes were over.
He had almost fallen asleep in his first block, but luckily his coffee was enough to keep him awake.

He paused when he heard someone suddenly shout "YOU GAY FAGGOT!"

He turned to look in all directions thinking someone was calling him that, but he realized that wasn't the case when he saw Kris violently grabbing some guy by the hair. The poor guy looked terrified, he was crying as Kris yelled at him.

(Y/n) took a deep breath before walking hesitantly up to the two.

He couldn't believe he was actually doing this, he knows he's gonna get beaten up for it.

"Kris let him go." (y/n) calmly told him in almost a tiring voice like he has had to do this several times before, even though he hasn't.

Kris's head snapped in (y/n)'s direction. He had wide angry eyes.

"WHY SHOULD I? Why are you even defending him anyway? Are you a gay faggot too?" He boomed. You quickly shook your head 'no.'

"Just let him go please, he did nothing to you." He tried to reason.

"YOU KNOW NOTHING!"

"Then what did he do?" (y/n) questioned with a hint of attitude.

"You trying to make me mad?" You could see the frustration in Kris steaming out of him.

"Just go and leave me, you don't even know me." The boy in Kris's grip whimpered.

"Im not leaving you. Kris and his stupid gang has bullied several people, including me, for a while now and I think its about time for that to stop." He stated bravely.

He saw the boys eyes seen to glimmer at his words, he felt as if he had possibly sparked a bit of hope in him.

"And what if I don't stop?" Kris pressed.

(Y/n) groaned. He didn't think it would be this hard to stop a bully.
He gripped onto the textbook in his hands, then suddenly he had gotten an idea.

"This is the last chance I'm going to give you before I take action." (Y/n) told Kris.

The bully laughed and only gripped onto the boys hair harder, making the poor guy cringe in pain.

"I think i'll continue what I was doing before you came and decided to inturupt me, i'll deal with your annoying ass later." He chuckled before turning hus attention back to the cowering boy.

(Y/n) took a deep breath and mustered all of the courage he could possibly gain, before stepping closer to Kris.

Kris slowly turned his head to (y/n) as he saw him getting closer.

"What are you doing?! You better step back before I-" In one swift movement (y/n) didnt even hesitate as he raised his book up and swung it into the tallers face making the beast let go of the smaller boy and stumbled backwards holding the side of his face.

"RUN!" (Y/n) told the boy who was now free.

The boy quickly snatched his bookbag off the ground and slung it on his back before bolting in the same direction as (y/n) had ran.

"YOU ASSHOLE, YOU WILL REGRET THAT BIG TIME!!" Kris chased after the two at lightning speed.
Baekhyun, who was on the other side of the hallway hitting on some girl, saw the whole dillima and decided to follow on Kris's side as backup.

"QUICK FOLLOW ME!" (Y/n) panted as they both ran out of the school.

They darted down the streets,
(y/n) knowing exactly where he was going and the boy following blindly hoping he could trust (y/n).

(Y/n) turned a corner and saw his target. He started to feel a little releived as he ran closer abd closer. He bursted through the doors of the coffee new shop and scurried over to the very back where his wide eyed tutor was sitting waiting for him.
(Y/n) and the boy both quickly stumbled into the chairs across from Suho and panted heavily.

"(Y/n)! What-" Suho was cut off when a loud and rather tall man slammed the doors open.
"PARK (Y/N) AND KIM JONGDAE WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU TWO BASTARTS!? I KNOW YOUR IN HERE!" He yelled. Baekhyun soon came in behind him.

Everyone in the cafe starred at him in silence. "Excuse me sir. I think you need to leave." Said the barista, Sehun.

Kris spotted the two boys in the back sitting with Suho.
"YOU TWO! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID!" He stormed towards them, but was held back by the barista who had jumped over the counter and rushed towards him.

"HEY MAN! I told you to leave." The barista stood up strait and looked Kris in the eyes.

"Kris. Leave." He firmly said.

Baekhyun stepped up and shoved the barista away before mumbling to Kris, "Come on man, lets just go. Those two nerds aren't worth it."

Kris huffed and glared at the two in the back before slowly turning around and leaving with Baekhyun.

The barista turned around and made eye contact with (y/n).
"What did you do?" He questioned with a strong tone of annoyance.

When everybody in the cafe went back to doing what they were doing before, the barista walked over to the table in the back with the two cowering boys and the confused tutor.

"Seriously tell me. That guy is BIG trouble and you shouldn't even be associating with him at all." Sehun ranted.

"Its not like we want to." Said the boy next to (y/n). "He torments me."
"Same here..." (Y/n) mumbled.

"So....he's bullying you two?" Suho questioned with a raised eyebrow.
They both nodded.
"Who are you?" Suho asked the boy.

"My name is Jongdae." He then turned to (y/n), "Thank you for saving me by the way. He does that to me a lot. He likes to call me 'gay faggot' because he found out about my crush on a guy in a grade above me."

"That's terrible, I'm so sorry... and (Y/n), why have you never told me about him bullying you?" Suho questioned.

(Y/n) just shrugged even though he knew exactly why, Kris would just bully him more if he was a snitch about it.

"Well I'm going to do something about it."

"NO  PLEASE DONT!" (y/n) exclaimed, he shot up from his seat.

"Why shouldn't he? If you wont let him do it, then I will. I'm not letting that jerk get away with bullying anybody!" Sehun huffed as he slammed his hands on the table.

"Why would you care though? You don't even know me..." (y/n) mumbled.

Sehun's furious expression softened. "Well then I'm Sehun. Your (y/n) right? Your in my biology class. We're friends now." He stated.

(Y/n) rolled his eyes, "Well okay then..." This guy just literally declared himself his friend, but there really was no point in rejecting him. He seems stubborn and a little rude, but obviously he has a heart seeing that he cares so much about the topic of bullying.

"Great, Jongdae your a friend too, don't ever think your alone in this. I want both you and (y/n) to feel protected. Don't just let people bully you." Suho's voice was sweet and sincere.

Jongdae's eyes lit up. "T-thank you."

(Y/n) felt s feeling in his gut that he never thought he would feel for a person ever again...it was something that he has felt before a long time ago.

It was a feeling directed more towards Suho, he couldn't quite put his finger on this feeling. Suho really did seem to remind him of someone.

He was happy though, he has friends now. Friends who can keep him safe, and a friend who he can relate with.

He couldn't help but have a giddy feeling at the thought that he actually has a friend group now, he had only ever dreamed of being a part of something like this, people caring for him and always being there for him. At least...that's how he hopes his new friendships will be.

For once in his life, (y/n) felt safe.