@unshepherd / sacrifice
after gym, the boys tend to congregate in the locker room for a bit before returning to class. these periods typically consist of predictable locker room happenings; flagrant language, rude humor, and the occasional brawl, which kogami does his best to ignore most of the time. there are days where he joins in just for the hell of it, just to see what might happen, but he has a reputation to upkeep. that doesn’t mean he doesn’t listen, though. so he becomes concerned when he notices the tone change around the corner where some boys have been talking. they had sounded as though they had been taunting someone, probably all in good fun, but now they sounded nasty.
❛ oi oi, ❜ warns kogami, stepping forward from the place at his locker. he’s only half - dressed, pants buttoned and a towel hanging over his bare chest, but he’ll worry about his shirt after he takes care of this situation. he tilts his head to the side, squinting slightly as he assesses the situation. they’ve backed some scrawny four - eyed kid up against the plaster wall, and he looks scared to death. ❛ you know that’s not allowed, right ? ❜ kogami cracks his knuckles, stepping in front of the biggest of the guys, who he can definitely pummel if worse comes to worst. ❛ leave him alone, or you’re gonna have a lot to deal with after school, okay ? or ... or i could take you here, if you’d prefer it be in front of everyone else. looks like you’ve already drawn a crowd, anyway. ❜ he steps back and reaches a hand over the skinny guy’s shoulder. ❛ so what will it be, huh ? ❜ finally, the bullies back off, stalking off to slam the locker room door shut. kogami turns around to face the guy he’d just helped.
❛ sorry about them, ❜ he mutters. he sort of looks him up and down. the kid has a few inches on him, now that they’re standing face to face and he’s not all slouched over, afraid. ❛ they’re a bunch of motherfuckers, i’ve dealt with them before and they’ll know not to mess with you now. i’m kogami, by the way. kogami shinya. ❜
















