Blood Baby

The Sleeping Pride Within

(One shot cause don't ya love trans Chet? In this world mythical creatures don't exist and Chet is trans male)

Today was like any other day for Chet, except for the fact that he had this overwhelming feeling of dread. As if outside he'd find destruction or worse death. He cautiouslyade his way out of his room and went in search of Toma. He checked his room, living room, the kitchen and finally the bathroom. But there was no sign of Toma and worst of all he saw a person in the mirror that hung in the bathroom. Usually you'd see a reflection in the mirror but all Chet would see was a girl with long white hair and almost dead red eyes, it was Cassidy. " No... No you don't exist anymore. Why are you still here... " He rubbed his eyes roughly hoping to just be seeing things. He looked back at the mirror only to see himself once again, a sigh of relief left his lips as he made his way out of the bathroom. " I'm probably just seeing things cause I'm tired... " He decided to just wait for Toma to return. He set himself in the living room and turned on the TV and noticed the news celebrating the first day of pride month. This confused Chet, what exactly was pride month? And why was everything so rainbowfied? As he continued to be engrossed in the news for once, he failed to notice that Toma had snug back inside or that he was now standing behind the couch where Chet sat. " I've never seen you be so into the news before baby" chet jumped from his seat and turned to Toma" Ass! Dltm sneak up on me like that! You scared me!" He glares at the grinning male only to notice the bag he carried. " You should have told me you were going shopping. You do realize how stupid it is to not tell your... Boyfriend that you left?" That only made the male's smile grow even bigger. " Awe are you telling me that you missed me? That's so adorable." Chet blinks and scuffs. " Fuck off I didn't mean it like that. I just hate. That you... Whatever what did you buy?" He crosses his arms and stares at the bug Toma was holding. Said male chuckles and pulls out what looked to be merch. There were two shirts, some rainbow bracelets, even some small flags. " This is adorable boyfriend is pride merch. I know your family basically burned any idea that being apart of the lgbtq+ was ok so you probably don't know what pride is. Bit today our town is having a day wide celebration. I think there's even a parade. " Chet was frozen for a minute until his attention turns back to the tv. There was a place people could go to express their love of being different? " It's real? Like pride is a real thing? Can we go to it?" He looked back at his boyfriend with pleading eyes. He didn't usually ask for much but the idea of being around people like him was too good to miss. " Of course we can baby boy. That's why I bought all of this stuff. Chet was handed one of the shirts along with the black bracelet and was nudged towards the bathroom. " Fine no need to push me" he pouts but goes into the bathroom to change. He tried not to but he kept glancing at himself in the mirror and grimacing every time he saw Cassidy. So he rushed to put on his binder along with the shirt and bracelet them quickly exited the bathroom only to bump into a very happy looking Toms who was also changed.

" Now don't you look handsome today. I knew that shirt would suit you. Not to tight on the skin but not big enough that you swim in it. And look " he grabs the male's hand and made their bracelets touch. " We have matching bracelets" Chet stared at Toma's matching white bracelet. It was cute in a way. It was subtle but still kept them connected, he liked that. He let a small smile formed on his lips and as he pulled Toma into a hug. " I know I don't say it often... But I love you.. I really do. " Toma was stunned at first. He knew Chet had trust issues with saying that he loved anyone but the shorter male had actually said it to him. " I love you to baby. My beautiful baby boy. " He wrapped his arms around the albino male and squeezed him gently. It too about almost half an hour later for Toma to finally let Chet go. And then they were off to the town that looks as if it was puked on my a unicorn. Rainbow flags were far as the eye could see, there were also other flags with much different colors on them. But one seem to stick out to him. It was the same one of the flag that Toma tried to give him. It was the trans flag. There were several different people who wore that flag somewhere on them. Either it be in clothing, painted on them, or them holding a flag. For some reason it brought tears to the boy's eyes. " Chet. Baby are you ok? " Toma turned the male's face away as he ran his thumb below the white haired male's eyes catching the tears that escape his red orbs. " Yeah... I just.... Everyone looks so happy.... They looks so free. As if there is nothing to be scared about... Can I have that? I want that." He has this strange bubbly feeling in his chest as if he wanted to scream out. It was a good feeling but it felt so foreign to him. Toma sighed gently and grabbed that crying males hand. " Yes baby. Here you can be free. You don't have to worry about those who will try to disrespect you for just being you. So stand proud. Just remember even when this day, this month is over, we are always ok to be ourselves even if others try to deny it. Cause it's not this life. It's yours and you deserve to be happy my little trans baby. " He kissed Chet on his cheek which the other male just groaned at but didn't stop him from giving any other signs of affection. The duo continues to walk down the streets. It was a bit unfortunately their town wasn't big enough to have a parade bit they did serve a lot of colorful foods as well as merchandise made right there in town. And that's when Chet has it, a large version of the pride flag. For so long he had wanted to hide being trans due to feeling Less of a man. But here, he felt safe as if it didn't matter and he would just me Chet. Cythnia would be no more. Toma bought the flag for him and Chet wore his around his neck as if it were a fancy cape. Toma smiled at his boyfriend and bought out his pride flag waving it around proudly while he held hands with his Transgender pride wearing boyfriend. They stayed in town until it grew dark, everyone had an amazing time even with the few rude people that showed to try and cause chaos. But both Chet and Toma felt refreshed being in such a safe place. So refreshed Chet became so tired he ended being carried by Toma. " I think this is the first time I've ever carried you before. Although I wish it would have been bridal style but a piggy back is still pretty good. " Chat just groaned in response too tired to argue with the male. " Let's just get home. I wanna take a shower and go to bed it's so hot... " He buried his head into Roma's neck and mumbled something that barely reached Toma's ears before falling asleep. " Happy pride month Daddy." A grin grew on Toma's face even though he had grown a bit tired form walking around all day, that sentence gave him a boost of energy causung his pace to quicken. " Happy pride month little one. "

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Happy pride month everyone! Hope you are all enjoying this month in some way or another whether you are apart of the LGBTQ+ community or a supportive ally. This is my part 2 of trying to make pride themed oneshots. Part 3 will continue on When Lost It All. But for now hope you all can feel happy and safe during this time of rainbow shit everywhere. And remember even when pride is over that doesn't mean you need to hide. No matter how you identify, you are free to be who you want. Don't let anyone stop you. 🏳️‍🌈