Being a Hero

I was a hero. Yes, I "was". To be perfectly honest to myself, I know no one cares or gives a shit about it. But it'd be lie to say even I dont. Although it is yet another truth that I never really did, when I actually was because now is when I'm realising that and not at the time when I actually was; when I really was someone's hero; her hero; even she probably didn't realise that and nor did anyone else I tried being a hero to.
You know what seems like a sad and failed love story right now, wasn't and even isn't, what it seems like. It was merely story of a guy who pretty much felt what heroes might do; the pain or the anguish or the suffereing, but they can be seen directly. Hoever in my case, it was the sense of discomfort; deep but unseen and unnoticed. I met her out of the blue, just because of a friend who wanted her to be the part of his play. The play had boys mostly. Boys who were trying to impress a pretty and beautiful face. To be honest I too wanted to get to know her but it was nowhere close to how the others wanted it. And then it happened. I felt it. I was way too away at my house and she was at hers and yet I felt it. The discomfort, the uneasiness, what she must be going through in her mind, being around a bunch of boys, each of whom were trying to get a hit on her. I am a guy so I obviously had never felt it and even never ever saw or heard anyone's feelings in situations as this. Yet I felt it; and the feeling was a first person feeling. Something that felt as if it was happening directly to me. It was way too suffocating to be honest. It was then and there I decided to stand up for her, to be there for her and keep her protected from everyone else. It wasn't love, no love at all. Because I knew she had a boyfriend and to add to that I cherished and was happy listening to her sweet love story. And I wouldn't be wrong to say that it was the first ever love story I cherished, unlike the few others that did make me feel bad for myself for not having one. But not this one. And for the record, I'm a thin and lean guy who gets scared as shit even when a figh like atmosphere is built. Although I'm ashamed, yet I'll admit, I get scared as shit when it comes to fighting, so there was no way at all for me to take on even the weakest of them all. Yet the heroism began...