Color Me Deaf (Re-Writing)

Extremely talented artist, Maxus Slayer, was born deaf; refusing to use sign language he reads lips. After being home schooled for the first sixteen years of his life, his mom finally decides to send him to a public high school. High school life doesnt go as he plans and he does whatever he can to try and escape it. He uses his artistic talent to release the emotions hidden inside of him. But what happens when that art is taken from him? Will he be able to survive the long high school days alone? Or will he catch the eyes of someone he thought would be the last person to fall for him.