Distict 9

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I was roaming the city streets in the middle of the night.I had run away from home.

I was never considered normal.That's why I had very little friends all my life.I was somewhat anti-social,always wore black,oversized T-shirts and hoodies and looked depressed half the time.I was the black sheep in the family.

My siblings were the polar opposites-extroverted,social butterflyes,liked to work out and wore more fitted clothing,the smile never left their faces.But,more importantly-they were as straight as a broomstick and I....wasn't.

I fell for a guy and he fell back for me.We didn't fully realize what can happen because of a relationship like this.My parents saw me kiss him one day.They were really homophobic.After they witnessed it,my dad dragged me home and beat me up.Badly.

"How could you be like this,Youngbok?!My own son is one of these faggots!I knew there was something wrong with you when you hit puberty,but I didn't think it was that bad!"My mom non-stop spat as my dad was bashing me.

My brother tried to stop him,only to be pushed away.My sister was crying,begging my dad to stop and my mom held her back.I could only look up at them before curling into a ball again as the next hit came,tears streaming down my face.

After my dad was done,he threw me on the hard floor in my cold room and locked the door so my siblings couldn't come in.I knew my parents hated me.but this was on another level.And I had the feeling it was only going to get worse.I took a backpack,packed only the essentials and opened the window.I tied the curtains and blankets together and used them to get to the ground.It was scary,but I did it.

When I reached the street,I ran.I ran until I was sure I was away from there.I didn't know where I was going,neither where I was going to spend the night.My only friends weren't home,so I couldn't go to them.I was thinking about what to do next when I heard yells coming from somewhere near me.I turned around and saw a large group of people coming my way

"Shit."

"There he is!"

The men started charging at me.I booked it in the opposite of their direction through the shady-looking neighborhood.

"How did I even end up here?!"

I ran to a bigger street that was also mad shady.There were little barricades all over the place.I neared them and hid behind one right as,from behind the wooden planks they were made of,jumped out dosents of men who were pointing guns.They started firing.

"Ah shit!Hide!"

I heard yells,grunts and gunshots everywhere around me as I was curled up in a ball,crying and shaking uncontrolably.

"No,no,no,no,this can't be happening!"

"Hey,why aren't you shooting?And where's your mask?"Someone had come over to me and shook me.I shot my head up to look at them.

"What's wrong,why are you-"He went quiet,grabbed my head and turned it to the right.

I was frozen in fear and crying harder.He let go of me.

"Who are you?!What are you even doing here?!"

"I don't know!"I yelled trough tears and yellped as a bullet made a hole in the planks an inch away from my head.

"Shit."The inknown person cursed as they looked up from behind our barricade and fired some shots,then sat back down and started realoading the gun.

"Why is this even happening?!"I asked them,panicked.

"Sorry kid,private info.You shouldn't have even been here.You have some fucked up luck,I guess."

He went back to shooting and occasionally ducking back down while I was crying my eyes out.Soon,we heard a yell and saw a man from our side fall down,holding his right middle torso.
"Fuck."The person next to me cursed,then quickly stood up."Get the injured and go!We're out of here!"He shouted.