Boys of Freedom

[11] 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕯𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒𝖘

(Chasing Dreams)
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Hey, this is not real. I hope someone's reading, though.

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"Just shut up and eat your vegetables, star boy," Gray muttered, glancing at me with his chocolate eyes, while resting his head in his hand. He looked look like someone who hadn't closed his eyes for weeks, even though I knew he had slept way more hours than me the last couple of days. I was having trouble falling asleep, and woke up several times through the night, usually from nightmares, or just my own thoughts disturbing me. I had found it unusual, that Gray was able to sleep so peacefully outside, without waking up all the time, but I guess he was used to it.

Our little journey to find Gray's brother was going just fine. We had stopped by one of the local taverns in Odanon for a proper meal. I was tired of eating whatever we could find around in the forests, and Gray was too. I hunted down a deer with my bow one time, and the meat had been pretty good, though we were both desperate for some correct prepared food.

I still couldn't believe, that I wasn't the only trans boy in this world. It felt amazing to know that I wasn't alone about this, and that I could finally relate to someone else.

The dusty lights above the table we were sitting at, reflected my face in my plate. What about me made people think; 'Hm yeah, that's a girl'?
I placed my fork down, and pushed my chair back.

"I won't shut up, until you tell me more about him!" I shouted, jumping up and down. I didn't even care about the other people and creatures at the tavern beginning to look in our direction.

Gray groaned, and rolled his eyes at me.
"Can't you just eat your food, so we can leave? I'm tired, and it smells like shit in here," he complained, pulling his hood over his head again, so he wouldn't get caught because of his pointy ears, after running a hand through his hair.

"Fine, but promise me you'll tell me more about him, before you pass out tonight," I said, maybe a bit too loudly.

A chair from one of the table behind us was scraped back, and I shivered, as a big minotaur approached us. It was gigantic, almost mountain-like, with big horns, and jet-black hair all over it's body. It's eyes were like lightning and it breathed heavily.

I quicly pulled my hood over my ears as well.

Let me just be perfectly clear that this was not my fault.

"What are two young boys like you, doing at a tavern, at this time of the night?"

Gray gave me a sharp look, and I tried not meet the minotaur's eyes.

"And who's this 'him' that you are talking about?"

The minotaur sat down on a chair next to us, and took a sip of some weird, purple liquid in it's cup.

"Better not be any trouble," it laughed, showing it's yellow teeth.

"It's not, and we're leaving now," Gray announced, swiftly packing our stuff away. I froze again, like I always did, and couldn't speak at all.

"Right, Elion?"
Gray nudged my shoulder and I nodded.

"Elion," grinned the minotaur, taking another sip of the purple stuff he was drinking.
"You're that half-breed from Emerald, aren't you?"
It laughed again, and rubbed it's hands together.

I took a step back, heart sitting in my throat. How did it know all that..?

The minotaur somewhat hummed, if you could even call it that. It sounded more like it was being choked, in my opinion. I was panicking and began sweating like crazy, while my eyes flickered across the room. Multiple faces were staring at me, and my heart was racing.