The Loving Silence
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It's never easy being an artist. No matter what, you have to create. But Rue wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. The world didn't understand him. He didn't belong anywhere. But art? In the world of art, he was free and he was happy. Nothing felt better than to set his emotions free and simply create, without rules or restraints. He was fine, even alone, as long as he had art.
Or at least he was, until he met him.
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