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Swing Upon A Palm
Chapter 5 Part B:
What About Fuiiyu?
“Fat pig! Fatty Pig!” the circle of young adolescents chanted at the plumped, long-haired 12-years-old Fuiiyu as she covered her ears and cried. The rude name callings turned into laughter as they threw crumpled papers and disposable food remains at her. “Pig!” they yelled at her once more.
Through the crowd of the cruel teens, Shou made his way through quietly as he came into the center with the overweight Fuiiyu. She buried her chubby face onto her knees as Shou bent down to pull her from the dusted ground. However, she reluctantly refused to get up from her older brother’s 13-years-old friend’s help, who she knew since she was small.
“Let’s go, Fui,” Shou eased with a gentle pull on her wrist, making her lift her heavy weight off the ground. When she was fully on her feet, Fuiiyu followed him as he tried to make an opening for the both of them.
“Ew! You’re dirty! You touched that ugly, fat pig!” one of the boy yelled and threw a crumpled paper at Shou. It battered against his head, but he showed no expression of being bother. The chanting continues as Shou led Fuiiyu away.
“I-I only wanted to be strong like Miho….” Fuiiyu cried through tears after Shou released her wrist. “……I only wanted to be strong enough to bare what others say about me…”
She cried harder, pulling her long, braided hair. Shou gazed at her and handed her a handkerchief. “……Don’t pull your hair,” he said calmly after she accepted the handkerchief. “If you do that….You’ll become bald and the others will find more reasons to tease you…..Besides, long hair is more suitable for girls.”
“H-Help!” a bruised familiar boy from the teasing crowd ran across them. Their gaze followed him in puzzlements as he eyed them. “T-that scary girl! She just suddenly started beating everyone up! T-that scary friend of yours! Sensei!” His screaming vanished behind the turning wall as both Shou and Fuiiyu paced quickly towards the playground.
From where they stood, a school teacher already pulled Miho away from the fallen teens who moaned and cried of pain. “You brat!” the teacher yelled loudly. “Why did you pick on those innocent kids! I’m going to take you to the office and who knows what will happen to you from there!”
“Hah! Beside that idiot brother of yours who can’t even pass arithmetic at the age of 16 and that useless guy who you tried to make him seem like your boyfriend! You’re a big time loser! An ugly, fat loner! Shame on your cowardly brother who can’t even stand up for you! And that guy who can’t even raise his fist to block a punch! you’re powerless without that poor scary-face girl who can’t even afford a penny to continue high school!”
The self-confidence girl strikes another kick, but end up hitting her head sharply onto the staircases. “Freaken whore!” she shrieked in pain. Fuiiyu breathlessly helped herself up before the other three tried to pull her hair.
When Fuiiyu stood up straight, she bashed her knuckles against their eyes and noses as they fell back, crying. “Ugh! Freaken pig! You broke my nose!” they cried.
“You can call me whatever you want!” Fuiiyu shouted at them through tears, pulling her sleeves up. “But, you guys don’t even know a thing about my brother nor my friends! I’m not going to let you call them names that they do not deserved to be label as! If I hear a single thing about them again, I will make sure every single bone in your body will shatter from the crackling of my knuckles!”
“Hamada!” Rei Sensei yelled through his tooth picked teeth. The surrounding students turned their heads towards the young, P.E. apprentice instructor who was still in college. He coolly walked towards the injured girls with his hands tugged inside the pockets of his sweat pants. With one glance, he looked up at Fuiiyu’s usual innocent face.
“Weren’t you going to the first track race today?” he continued as a cool breeze blew his long, brownish hair across his lighted eyes. He shook his head in disbelief.
“We’ll discuss this later,” Principal Yoshita suddenly appeared. “I can tell that Fuiiyu didn’t mean any troubles, but rather those four were looking for troubles. In the mean time, let’s make sure Hamada get to the track field.”
“I’ll take her!” the new school nurse, Nurse Noe raised her hand into an okay sign. “She’ll definitely make it in time if I take her!”
“...Ts..I can’t stand that woman,” Rei muttered upon seeing the advanced school nurse, who graduated from her health college at an early age.