The Rainbow Flag That Hung From A Tree: Chapter 1
#1 of The Rainbow Flag That Hung From A Tree
A fox teen's life is turned upside-down, when he comes out of the closet in a city filled with prejudice and hatred towards gays. The situations he's caught in becomes unbearable, and he starts to question whether his troubled life is worth living. Will he ever be able to find peace?
~~~Author's Notes~~~
I wrote this story a while ago, and it's complete, so I'm going to be uploading a chapter each day. I also have a new story that I am currently working on, and I'll be posting chapters of that, as I finish them. I hope you enjoy this story! Thank you so much for reading!! ^w^
Chapter 1
I'm not wrong, I know I'm not. But as much as I'm not wrong, I'm not right either, or so the furs believe. My town has a vile point of view. My life is troubled. I tend to avoid Imagining what a perfect life would be like, because it always leads to emotional pain, and depression.
My name is Tobi. I'm a fifteen year-old red fox. I live with my Mom and Dad, who are very over-protective. "Time for school!" My mother calls to my room. They both worked long hours, and were exhausted by the time they got home. But they somehow never seemed to be exhausted enough not to pester me all the time.
I bring myself onto my hindpaws. I'd been up late last night. I was in bed on time, but each night I seem to have more and more troubles falling asleep. Maybe I shouldn't even bother making it to bed on time tonight.
I start off to my normal morning routine. I get dressed, have some breakfast, brush my teeth, and sling my backpack onto my shoulders, and head out the door, waving my parents a good bye.
I live about ten minutes from school, so it's an easy walk. I glance around the city. It was fairly populated. It has its crowded, busy times, and it has its dead silent moments. But usually, the business remained at a medium level.
My school comes into view, and I sigh. I don't think the government could create something more painful for me, even if they tried their damn hardest. Full of bullies, stress, judgement, and every other agonizing factor possible.
I pull open the school doors, walk in, and find my locker. I quickly gather my supplies for the first three courses, and hastily make my way to my first course, Math.
I do what I need to do to get by. I listen until they bore, I complete the worksheets, and I stare at the clock awaiting the release.
School bell after school bell, I float along the day. The bell for Lunch time chimes, and I head to the cafeteria, dodging furs' hindpaws sticking out in an attempt to trip me, and shoving away the insults. I find the table my friends sit at. I have just two friends. Aiden, and John. "Hey, Tobi." The say, expressionless, and notice my empty paws. "Don't you have a lunch?" They ask. "No." I say, sadly. "I've learnt to just forget about getting lunch here. Assholes can't take from me what I don't have." They nod, frowning. "Want my Lunch?" Aiden offers. "Nah, you enjoy. I can eat when I get home." Aiden slides me an apple anyway without asking. "Here." He says. "Thank you, Aiden."
We have a nice lunch break. They talk about girls mostly. I tune them out, uninterested. I haven't told anyone that I'm gay. It's just another thing that itches inside my brain, depressing me to no end. Like a dark, stormy rain cloud that just follows over my head every moment of the day.
The next three classes crawl along the length of time, seemingly in slow motion. When I finally hear the dismissal bell, I head out quickly to my locker.
I see Kalen walk past me. He was the only other gay man I've known. And he just so happened to have stealed my heart. He was the cutest thing I've ever seen, and his kindness never ceased to occur. I had a humongous crush, but I could never muster up the courage to talk to him. And so I stare. Longing for his love.
I walk home alone, and immediately go to my room. I flip open my laptop, and browse around with no purpose, killing time. I have to make my own dinner, my parents would be home at 8:00 tonight. I was bored, but it beat anything else in the world.
Time walks. It's 8:00 now, and I wait for my parents to get home. They walk into the house, and start yelling at me. I had left my dishes out, which annoyed them. I nod at them, not paying attention. They yelled so much, I tend to ignore them now.
Time crawls, once again. I lay in bed, with my eyes shut, in an attempt to fall asleep. Hours later, I finally drift off. It was an average day. I felt lucky...