“Get him!!” I heard them shout. The boys all rushed passed the alley way I had ducked into. Thank go they didn’t see me run in here. I placed my hand on my chest, my heart was still pounding and my breath was still uneven as I struggled to calm down. I gulped, hoping a little saliva would help with my dry throat.

“Ugh…why do they always insist on chasing me after school?” I whispered, checking to see if the coast was clear. I grabbed my brown school bag, getting up and dusting off the dirt from my school uniform.

“My mom is probably worried…” I said to no one but myself, making my way back to my home slowly. I kept checking over my shoulder like a paranoid person, checking to see if they were there or not. My hands were shaky as I reached into my bag grabbing my keys and unlocking the door to walk in.

“Umma! I’m home!” I shouted in a mix of Korean and English. My mom walked out into the living room just as I had set my bag down onto the chair.

“Kevin! How was school today?” She asked me a sweet soothing tone.

“It was good. What’s for dinner?” I asked, smiling up at her. My mom didn’t know about my bullying troubles, and I didn’t plan on telling her. She knew about them in the states, but when we moved, and the bullying continued, I didn’t want to worry her again. The night went by as normal, we ate dinner, I lied about how great my day was, and then I got ready for bed. Lucky for me, all my wounds hadn’t appeared where my mom could see them.

Brown, black and blue bruises marked all over my small weak frame. Today they chose to stuff me into a locker. Yeah that was fun, standing scrunched up in that small place for almost an hour, thank god the soccer coach walked by or I don’t think anyone would’ve saved me.

“Kevin! Go to bed! It’s getting late!” I heard my mom yell from the living room.

“Ok mom!” I shouted back, pulling on my grey sweat pants and a t-shirt. I winced when I curled onto my side in my bed.

“Why did they have to be so rough with me..?” I whimpered closing my eyes tight, drifting off into a restless sleep.

“There you are Kevin.” Taekyang said with a smirk, pushing me back against a locker. I let out a loud gasp, wincing at the pain that was sent raging through my body from the contact with the cold metal.

“You know what happens when you run away from us.” He said, leaning in close to me, a grin tugging at the side of his lips.

“Taekyang…please leave me be..” I said with a small whimper, my attempt to be tough failing miserably. Taekyang let out a low chuckle, slamming my shoulders against the lockers, pushing me down onto the floor and leaning over me.

“Since when did you talk back Kevin?” He said with a hiss. “You know how I get when little ers like you try to talk back to me..” he leaned in close, his arm pulling back to punch. I squeezed my eyes closed, covering my face with my arms, bracing myself for the pain to come. But it never came. Instead I could feel Taekyang’s weight being lifted off me. I opened my eyes slowly. All of Taekyang’s friends were gone. I looked over to my side, seeing a somewhat large man punching and kicking TaeKyang, throwing him to the side. The man leaned down whispering something to him before pushing him away. Taekyang ran off, stumbling. The man turned around, flipping his blond hair out of his face. He gave he gave me a cheesy grin before walking over to me.

“Hey you ok?” he asked, kneeling down offering me a hand. I blushed slightly, taking the boys hand as he helped lift me onto my feet. I looked the boy up and down. He was new in this school…I had never seen him before. I looked back up to his face, bitting back a small chuckle. Though he was handsome, I couldn’t help but picture a pigeon when I looked at him.

“You ok?” he asked again, snapping me out of my day dream.

“Oh..yeah I’m ok..” I said, giving him a small smile.

“Yah! Eli! We couldn’t catch up with the others!” I heard someone shout. I looked over to see five very handsome boys rushing up to us. The man who saved me, I guess his name is Eli, turned to look at the others.

“It’s ok. I got the main one to run away.” Eli said, setting one of his hands on top of one of the boys’ head.

“You ok kid?” One of them asked me. His hair was a dark red, his eyes were big, and he had a round face. He reminded me of one of those Ulzzang models that you see on the internet all the time. I gave him a small nod.

“What’s you name?” Eli asked me.

“I’m Kevin..” I said softly, looking down at my hands that were still shaking from Taekyang’s attack attempt. Eli gave me another cheesy smile.

“I’m Eli, and these are my friends Kiseop, Dongho, Soohyun, AJ, and Hoon. We’re knew here.” The boys all nodded, smiling and giving me small waves.

“Does that happen a lot?” The boy named Dongho asked. I could tell he was the youngest of them by his blue uniform, while all the others had black ones, like mine.

“Does daily count as often?” I joked.

“Well, you won’t have to worry anymore Kevin. You have us to protect you now!” Eli said happily, draping his arm over my shoulders. I gave them all a smile, a true smile. I had people who were going to protect me now. Maybe I’ve even made some new friends. Already I could tell that this was going to be a very interesting year.

Author's Note: Tell me what you think, I'm actually really excited for this story but starting it was difficult xD