Thread: New Kid [Amigar & Fox Writer]

John would turn as he was looking for a table at lunch, trying to find somewhere that didn't look too crowded, not sure about these big city kids. Especially since a lot of them so far had been pretty well involved in their own little worlds and only seemed to be worried about what was 'cool'. His intentionally styled and semi-long spiked hair, his bangs in particular, draping over his face and glasses from the turn. At first he would start to offer a smile to the guy and the group behind him, thinking maybe someone was finally making an effort to talk to him. What?! No! My mom doesn't do anything like that, she just works a lot! His forehead creased as he frowned, amber eyes taking on a sad tone, while he cringed away. Why would you say something like that? He would glance down when Nathan grabbed his crotch, then back up with a slow shake to his head and taking half a step away from him. Of course that would work against him when he was shoved, unbalancing him enough that he lost a fork and his carton of milk off of his tray. No! I'm not like that either, what is wrong with you? He would stumble back again as he was shoved a second time, bumping into a table, while other students moved away so as to avoid getting caught up with John's predicament. John would collect his dropped items, and then easily find a spot to sit by himself, as anywhere he looked to sit would quickly be vacated, even the 'loser' table not wanting to take themselves anywhere near ground zero that was the new guy. The rest of the day he'd move around the school slumped and glancing around, trying to avoid running into his tormentor. Though despite his best attempts, he didn't know the new school well enough to escape unscathed. Any time that he is confronted about his girlishness he would hunch in on himself and try to turn away, even going so far as to put his thumbs into his ears to try and block the mocking and insulting of his mother. During the bathroom incident, he would be stunned as his shirt got pulled off, revealing a toned, but not highly muscled chest and very mild abdominal definition. Simply the result of good eating and a small amount of exercise to keep fit, but not enough to seem overly masculine, and yet not at all dispelling the signs of femininity that the other boy picked up on. But when before the teacher showed, and when his tormentor tried to remove his pants, is when he would finally start putting up a fight. He -can't- let that secret out, his mom told him that people probably wouldn't understand. That what he usually has to put up with might not be anything compared to what could happen otherwise. By the time the teacher showed up, John would actually have tears wetting his cheeks as he retrieved his shirt and tried to escape without being humiliated any further. Since he figured he was already a big target for Nathan, John would, when Nathan was done with tormenting the other kids, and wasn't focusing on them any more, he would do what he could to try and help mitigate their suffering. After all, it couldn't get a whole lot worse for him, right? He'd heard the teachers say he'd get expelled if he touched him again.