Protest

Chapter 10.

Narrator's POV

I woke up to an alarm, a phone alarm. I looked at the desk next to me, everyone's phone on the charger. My phone was going off, I turned off the alarm. 5:20 A.M. Everyone groaned, but no one got up. I turned on the tiny lamp next to me. It was very dim, I liked it. I reached into my bag and pulled my clothes and a toothbrush/toothpaste out. I walked to the bathroom and washed my face. I changed and brushed my teeth. I fixed my hair, I looked at my hair in the mirror. I smiled, Ren always said I looked dashing with teal hair. My smiled faded, I walked back to Nate's room. I looked downstairs and saw everyone's shoes, I saw a white light. Nate's mom is watching TV. I unplugged my phone, and shoved the charger in my bag. I sat back down in the chair. I saw the note on the desk, I pulled a folder out of my backpack. I placed the note in it, I shoved it back in my bag. I hit the power button on everyone's phone, to see when their alarms would go off. Liz-5:45, Trav-5:55, Nate and Cass-6:00. I looked at the time, 5:30 A.M. I unlocked my phone, I checked Instagram. Nothing interesting. Twitter, a specific tweet caught my eye. A tweet from Noah, something about furries. I clutched my phone tightly, I stepped into the hallway and called him. I have his number from a long time ago. "Hello?" He answered, as if he'd just woken up. "Fuck you." I said, "Woah, chill out. Is this Beau?" He asked. "Who the hell do think you are, posting that tweet?!" I questioned angrily. Nate's mom started coming upstairs, "Everything okay Beau?" She asked. I put my phone on speaker, "What does it matter? They're dead now." He said. "Ren was one of those 'furries' you were talking about." I told him. "What? You're fucking with me." He said, "Bullshit! I stuffed his body in a coffin last night. A bullet in his head!" I almost yelled. Mrs. Harris placed a hand on my shoulder. "I-I--" he stuttered before hanging up. He deleted the tweet, "Are you okay?" Nate's mom asked. I nodded slightly, "I'll be okay." She nodded. I heard an alarm go off in the room, after a minute it turned off. She went back downstairs, I went back in the room. I heard quick footsteps coming up the stairs. Nate's mom came in waking everyone else up. "Ren is on the news." She said, everyone got up and ran downstairs, Liz still had her toothbrush in hand. We all stood in front of the TV. Nate's dad was sitting in a chair. Cass and I kneeled down, we listened anxiously. "We all know the story of the furry protest that happened yesterday." The reporter said in her annoying robotic like voice. "Many people were victims killed in the crowd, but by far the most interesting person is, Ren Azhura Wakaba." She pronounced his middle name a bit wrong. A picture popped up next to her, there was no red in his hair, he was smiling. "Mr. Wakaba, was shot in the crowd." A different picture popped up, we was with Liam, flipping the camera off with his tongue out. "From what we understand, he was an exceptional singer. Here we interviewed a few people, who claimed to have known him." Daniel popped up, "How would you describe, Mr. Wakaba?" A reporter asked. "I would describe him, as an amazing person. He was very loyal, especially to me, his boyfriend, and a few other specific people. He had an amazing voice, he was always embarrassed when someone heard him sing. It was adorable. He died a hero." He said. "If you could talk to him one more time what would you say?" They asked again, "I'd say: Ren, you're an amazing boy. I wish you were here with me and Liam." He said, about to cry. "Thank you. We are very for your loss." The next person to be interviewed was Liam. "I'd describe, him as beautiful, big hearted, loyal, and amazing." He said, "I'd tell him that: We miss you, and you will not be forgotten." The last person was, Ranji. "I would describe Ren as nice, loyal, a good singer, persuasive, protective, and loving." He said, his response made Liz 'aww'. "I'd say: I love you, Azhu. You were the best person I've ever known." They cut back to the lady in the studio, here we have a clip of him singing." They played a clip, of Ren singing an old song called, Chandelier, by someone named Sia. His voice could lure even a siren in, his back facing the camera he sang. I covered my mouth, I took this video. I posted it a long time ago. I remember, I captioned it 'I'm besties with a fucking siren. Love you, Ren.' My eyes started to water. Just then the video cut off, "We also managed to find a clip of him dancing." They played the clip. He and Cass, were on a stage their dancing completely unison. "Hey, I took this." Liz said. Cass looked up and high fived her. Their dancing went out of sync, when the turned their backs to each other. They linked arms, Ren flipped Cass over him. They continued to dance, Ren jumped into the splits. The crowd started cheering, you could hear Liz, Nate, and I screaming behind the camera. We chuckled at our loud cheering, the camera zoomed in a smile appeared on his face. He popped up, and did a jumping deathdrop, more intense cheer from us occurred. The video ended there, we were chuckling at our intenseness. "In short, this young man will surely not be forgotten anytime soon." She said. They went to commercial, we hugged each other. "Those videos were amazing, but does anyone else feel like, they're going to make us even sadder later?" Liz asked. We all agreed, after a while of talking we went back upstairs, everyone got ready. Nate was wearing Ren's jacket, with no shirt underneath. We sat there for a while, "It's about time we get going." Travis said, we nodded. We went downstairs and got our shoes on, "Thank you, for everything you've done for us, Mrs. Harris." I said, "You're very welcome." We left. We started walking to school.

3rd person POV

As they walked to school, their chatter gradually died down. Everyone split up to go to their classes. Each of them were straight faced, unless they were with each other. On his way to his first class, Nate encountered a few girls who took his boyfriend's death, as their chance with him. Every time he responded with, "I'm gay, you 'oughta know this by now." Occasionally he encountered a stubborn girl. When they persisted he responded with, "This my boyfriend's jacket." "I think looks good on you." They'd say touching his abs. "He does too." And with that he'd walk away. He said nothing else to anyone that wasn't in his group. After 6 classes, everyone met up for their last class. All of Ren's artwork was hung up, even his building, his name was written neatly on the board. They sat together silently, one more girl tried with Nate. "Hey, cutie--" Nate slammed his fists on the desk, he stood up. "No! My boyfriend was murdered last night! So I'd appreciate it if you'd at least, give me time to heal!" He yelled at her.

Nate's POV

I sat back down, she walked away. Tears fell from my eyes, I covered my face with my forearms. I sat there, silently letting tears fall down my face. Ms. Deinter was standing in the door way, when that whole thing went down. She walked over to me,
She placed a hand on my head. She ran her fingers through my blue hair, "Do you need to step outside for a second?" She asked me. I shook my head, my face still shoved in my forearms. The bell rang, she started class. "First things first, welcome back. I'd like to have a moment of silence for Ren. Everyone bowed their heads, I started sobbing silently. The intercom came on, "We will now have moment of silence for, Ren Wakaba." The principal said. I continued to sob, after about three minutes of silence the intercom came back on, "Thank you." I immediately stopped my sobbing, class went on. "Today, we're just going to free draw. Yes, you may listen to music." Ms. Deinter said, everyone got up to get a piece of paper, except me. "Nate, can I talk to you for a sec?" She asked. I got up and walked to her desk, "Is there anything I can do for you?" She asked me. "Do you know how bring someone back to life?" I asked, "I'm sorry, I do not." I grabbed a piece of paper and walked back to my desk. I pulled out a pencil, put my headphones on, and started sketching. I sketched a face, now the hair. I finished the hair, I started sketching the facial features. Ms. Deinter was walking around seeing what everyone was drawing. I didn't know what I was drawing, my eyes just followed the pencil. I finished the sketch, I leaned back holding the back of my neck. I rolled my head stretching my neck. As I was rolling my head back and forth, Ms. Deinter walked up to me. She turned my drawing around so she could see it. She smiled, "It's beautiful." She said. "It is?" I asked, not looking down. She turned it toward me, "Look for yourself." She said. I had drawn Ren, I smiled slightly. "May I?" She asked, I nodded. She stuck it on the board with a magnet. I walked up to the board and wrote something next to my drawing. '사랑해.' I smiled, "사랑해" I said out loud. I could've sworn I heard Ren's voice say, "I love you too."

Narrator's POV

Nate sat back down, the class went on. After class Mrs. Deinter, asked him if he would like Ren's artwork, she gave him everything in a portfolio. She wished him a happy day. We saw Dan so we followed him, he was pushed up against a locker by Noah. People we're just walking by, he was telling Dan off. "You're little boyfriend isn't here to protect you now is he?" He said. Dan retorted, "Fuck off." He kneed him in the stomach. Noah punched him in the face. "He was MY boyfriend. Back off, dirtbag." Nate interrupted him. "Get outta here gay boy, or I'll beat you up too." He said. He took off Ren's jacket, "Beau, keep my boyfriend's jacket clean please." He tossed it to me. He let go of Dan, he ran to Beau. Noah threw a punch, since he's very beefy his weight pulled him forward. I sidestepped him, and pushed him into a locker. "I will show you, all the moves Ren taught me." After a few of Ren's moves I walked away, with Noah on the ground. I put Ren's jacket back on, "Thanks babe." I whispered to myself, sniffing the jacket. We started walking home, we agreed to go out to eat later then go bowling. When it was just me and Nate left, "I want you to know how much I appreciate you." He said. "I-I know I a have boyfriend, but I need to do this." I kissed Nate, I wrapped my arms around his neck, he placed his hands on my hips. "I love you Nate, but not in the way you think. I just need-..... Wanted to do that." I said, embarrassed. I struggled with my words, he placed his finger to my lips. "It's okay, I forgive you." He said, lovingly. His hands still on my hips, I hugged him. He walked me home, we got to my front door. I hugged him again, he kissed my forehead. I went inside, and when I got to my room, I stuck the note Ren and I made with the coffin to my bulletin board.

That's the last important thing I remember...

Heyy! I really hope chu enjoyed, the next chapter will be the epilogue. Don't worry there WILL be a volume 2. Anyway that's all for now
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