SIDE STAGE TECH

Chapter 25

/// Ive come to the realization that I'm a ftm trans boy. uh you can call me Adam and my pronouns are he/him. so yeah! man I feel so free now I love this. don't worry ill still be writing I just use a different name and pronouns! also thats for 19k read holy shit am I this ok at writing.

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"Hey Tony?" Mike said, coming into our room about an hour after I got back from camping with Jaime. It was Saturday so u could get away with sleeping in until 1pm. "Mhm." I grunted, not raising my head from my pillow. "I'm really sorry for what I said yesterday. I don't even have an excuse. I fucked up." He said apologetically. "It's fine. I know you're upset. Come cuddle me." I said in my slightly hungover state. Soon after I said that I felt Mike's weight on my bed and his arms wrapping around me, pulling me against him.

When I woke up again it was around 4:30 and my hangover was practically gone. Mike was up and working on his essay on To Kill A Mockingbird right next to me and it had begun to rain. I could hear it pattering against the window of our dorm and it reminded me of rainy days watching Star Wars with my parents when I was a child. I yawned and stretched, rolling on my side so I could look at Mike, compassion flooding my heart as I looked at him. He was definitely the one for me. "It's about time you got up. I'm taking you out for dinner." he said.
"Sneaking off campus or are we getting permission." I asked, changing into some decent clothes. "Sneaking." He replied, shutting off his laptop. "Mmk." I said, grabbing my wallet and a hoodie. Although I could tell Mike meant well, there was something off with the way he was acting...He was a little too carefree.... I shrugged it off and followed Mike to the school parking lot where we piled into his tiny car and drove quickly off school campus before anyone saw us.

Mike took me to a wonderful authentic Mexican restaurant in San Diego that we both ended up loving. And that night was wonderful. I felt normal again, and I hadn't felt that way in ages. Since Vic killed himself.

But troubles don't end that quickly.