30 Day BSD Pride writing challenge!

chapter 27

Day 27: leaving a homophobic household behind
(DazAtsu)

To most people, turning eighteen meant a lot of things. You're officially an adult, moving out, college, etc. A start to the next big chapter of life.  But to Atsushi it was a chance to start over. A chance for a 𝘯𝘦𝘸 life. He was finally leaving this hell hole. You see, his was gay, and had a lovely boyfriend, but his family was very unsupportive. It had gotten to the point where his parents would keep him from school just so he couldn't see his boyfriend. His family would often throw slurs to him and his boyfriend, talking about how it was '𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦' and all that.

But all that would change today, because he was finally leaving. He had packed gus bags, said his giodbyes to the people who even cared to say it back, and left. The plan was to walk to his boyfriend's house, and stay there until college started. So he headed out, getting on a bus and texted his boyfriend on the ride there.

'𝘐'𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘉𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯.'

'𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺? 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦?'

'𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩. 𝘕𝘰-𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦.'

'𝘈𝘸𝘸.. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴.'

'𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶❤'

'𝘔𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺❤ 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯'

'𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯❤'

Atsushi put down his phone and decided to rest his eyes. The ride would take almost an hour, so he had a little bit of time to catch up on the sleep he did not get that night. It was all fine and dandy, until his phone buzzed again. Expecting Dazai to be asking where he is, he picked up his phone. It wasn't his boyfriend. It was his parents.

'𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩.'

Atsushi took a deep breath, preparing himself for the coming conversation.

'𝘐'𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦.'

'𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰.'

'𝘐'𝘮 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵.'

'𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵? 𝘐𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵.'

'𝘔𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺.'

'𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘎𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.'

~𝘋𝘢𝘥 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧~

"Phew.." Another deep breath. That went better than expected, to Atsushi's surprise. He put his phone down, after deleting all of his useless contacts, and relaxed for the rest of the ride.

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The train ride was over, he was in a different part of the city, and he was standing on his boyfriend's doorstep. Bag in hand, he knocked on the door.
A few moments later, Dazai opened it, smiling once he recognized the boy.
"Atsushii~~! I missed you! Come in come in!" Dazai ushered Atsushi in, helping him with his bag. The two made their way to Dazai's room, where Atsushi could finally relax for real this time, and not on a bus.

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"So, how'd it go?" Dazai asked, running his fingers through Atsushi's hair as the boy layed in his lap.

"Okay. I'm safe at least, but that didn't stop my dad from saying his usual shitty things.. He texted me on the bus, but I just blocked his number before it got too bad."

"I'm glad for that at least."

"Yeah.." Atsushi's eyes started to droop, noticed by Dazai, who gently layed him down and tucked them both in. Atsushi yawned, although Dazai would call it more of a mewl. It sounded cute.

"G'night Dazai.. Love you.." Atsushi dozed off.

"Good night, Atsushi. You're safe here.." Dazai soon followed into unconsciousness.

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Hey! Sorry if the next few fics seem a bit rushed, I'm preparing to go somewhere and am pretty busy, so some might be late.

Thank you for reading!

Happy pride!

Julian/Onyx🏳‍🌈

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