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PHASE EIGHT: I BELONG!

Author: Fansom Writts'
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-29 06:26:00

WARNING: HOMOPHOBIC SLURS, READ WITH CAUTION!

Crickets hummed a song, slightly soothing the trembling heart of Travis that was in the creaminess of melancholy. Cracks seemed to decorate his heart as he searched for answers.

The moon was shining brightly in the sky like a sparkling diamond thrown in the ocean of pulsating tiny fish. The breeze gently kissed his skin, trying to help his body cool but that was a mission impossible. His blood was wildly boiling; veins had long protruded everywhere on his sweat-drenched skin.

He nervously clenched his teeth while swallowing deepily; trying to get rid of a lump that was dancing in the chambers of his throat. His dilated eyes with shock sharply darted up and down the blue screen of his phone that for some reason proved to be heavy for his sweating hand.

A frown had long glued itself across his forehead, shamelessly finding a temporary home immediately when he had switched his phone on. Questions and thoughts raced in his head, making it
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    Later that night:A finger rhythmically tapped on the table, filling the whole room with ominous air. Arthur sat in a chair opposite his grandmother, whose head was leaning back on the chair, looking up, lost in thought.Her eyes were closed while her chest heaved, releasing the heaviness from her lungs. Right there, Arthur’s eyes were glued to the tongues of the fire, which were vigorously crashing into each other in the fireplace, not far from where he sat. From the fire, he shifted his glance to his grandmother, whose figure was slightly buried in the dark.He watched as the brightness of the fire illuminated her fairly wrinkled face, her pursed lips that were painted by a deep crimson lipstick, and a forehead that was decorated by the wrinkles of deep thought. “Just what are you thinking?” Arthur silently asked, whilst his eyes glided down on his grandmother’s figure, reading and following all her steady, yet anxious movements as she swayed in the chair.His eyes dilated as he beg

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    Air at last!Breathing heavily, Travis expressed through his clenched teeth, his eyes closing tightly as soon as the sun touched his face. Tears stung his eyes, making his vision blurry as soon as he opened them. He unconsciously lifted his head at the azure sky and allowed the wind to carelessly leave traces of kisses on his blushing skin.The heart? Well, it was flattering violently with long, suppressed happiness. Eyelids trembled as he tried to fight his tears, and in the end, he won. This…is freedom. This is the taste of freedom. This is where he could breathe.Freedom, the most important thing his heart has been yearning for, and finally, it could embrace it as if it let go, life would not make sense. Of course, it would not. “This!” He whispered to himself, his lips quivering into a smile while his fingers slowly balled into a pressure-free fist. “This is what it feels like to breathe!” He thought, a chuckle flying out of his trembling lips.There, his figure began to quake; a

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  • The Brightest Shadow: Teenage Days   Dearest Halmeoni

    TRAVIS FUJIRIKI PARK“Travis-s-s!” An omnipresent voice whispered in the depths of Travis’s ears, whose vision was blurred and swam, as if the ground would not stay still. There, his feet heavily dragged on the floor with lazy thuds that shyly fell after the other, afraid that further steps would mark the end of his journey. No, the journey did not have to end yet; it had to continue until he reached his bedroom, where he would be under its warm embrace. He had to!“One…more s-step…!” His lips refused to part. They were as heavy as lead. No, he could not feel them, but in his mind, words played hide and seek. “I can’t f-feel my face…! Help-p me…!” Words buttered themselves against the cages of his throbbing brain. He tried; he definitely tried to open his mouth and scream, but the only part of his body that seemed to obey him was his feet. His tongue tingled as he felt every corner of his body start to fail. “Not there yet…!” A desperate whisper, only he could hear. The world arou

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