By your side, until we die.

This is a story which include my characters Dominic, Atticus, and Charolette. At first, I was going to try and incorporate this story into my one-shot book, but I decided that book will contain simple stories without much plot behind them (not like this one will have a strong plot buy y'know...).

Dominic, a 16-year-old boy whose forced into work at a young age. It's a common practice that children work instead of adults, it was never explained to the children why the adults didn't work. But Dominic thought of adults as lazy, selfish. Along with that, the one thing he loved so dearly, they believed was the devils work, art. painting specially. Once he publicly displayed his love for the art of painting, he was socially isolated, except for one boy, Atticus. The two boys' bond over the love of art after Atticus sought Dominic out after he found someone like him, he felt seen.

As these boys bonded over their love for art while being in their forest, a looming presence overwhelms them. Their bordering village is fighting over who had rights over the lush green forest. And if their village loses, their comfort place with be stripped from them, as if they lose, they lose the rights to enter the forest entirely. Along with that, Atticus' father, whom he loves dearly is at risk of being forced to fight in the war between villages.

At first, they were hopeful, always saying, "they'll handle it without getting physical" and "I'm sure they'll come to a civil agreement" but they both knew, they were just lying to themselves. So, while they try and savor their forest with the potential small time they have with it, some things will be discovered between them, and separately. They'll go through changes, but as they promised to each other "I'll be by your side, until we die."