Fangs Under The Full Crimson Moon: Chapter 1

Striving to fit in...a vicious gathering of those who exist to rip apart your soul and laugh as they do it...kindergarten...ya know? I remember it like it was yesterday...The good old days where all you needed to know was how to play in the sand box, how to not eat paste, and how to beat up the snot-nosed brats that teased you.
I was five when I realized I was gay...which isn't really something most people can say. I blame my best friend...and, unknown to me that day,...my first boyfriend. It was back then, on the swingsets, on my first day of kindergarten. My classmates and I were outside for recess, running around as if the claws of the devil himself were chasing after us. With no friends to talk to, and no where to hide, and walked to my favorite outside activity: swings. I looked curiously at them, as there was someone on one of them...only...he was lying on his stomach. He stood up abruptly, making me shriek slightly. He whirled around and faced me with his gorgeous blue eyes and giggled. "Did I scare you? Sorry! HI!" he blurted out at once. I just stared, unable to say a single word. He turned his head to the side and just kept smiling.
"Wanna swing with me?" I nodded slowly. He flopped onto his stomach and began pushing himself forward in an airplane-like motion as I sat down. I looked at him and blushed.
"Whatcha doing...?" I stuttered.
"Swinging, stupid! Try it! It's like an airplane!"
I paused for a second, then copied his pose and began to push. I slowly began to smile, and closed my eyes; it felt like I could fly. As if he read my mind, the friendly classmate spoke.
"Feels great to fly, huh?" he giggled watching me. I blushed and nodded. "By the way, I'm Alex! What's your name?!"
"C...Cole..."
"Well, Cole, lets be friends!" he smiled extending his pinky finger. I took one look at his face and, for the first time, felt my young heart pound.
"...Yea..." I said, linking my pinky with his.
Five years passed, and I was still best friends with Alex. Each day that passed, he appeared more and more lovelier. Those gorgeous blue eyes and dark brown hair...with every glance and smile, I fell in love.
When I was thirteen, Alex, and a bunch of my other friends decided to form a gang. We named it: Crimson Blade. At the time, we had no idea that our gang would get into fights with others...but we figured that out when we made our first enemy: Blood-Shed. One night, they jumped one of our members, and ever since, we have been getting into fights, going to the hospital, and getting sent to jail. It's not a chosen path, but it's life.
It was the anniversary of our friendship, 8 years, when I told Alex my feelings for him. His blue eyes widened, then softened. He smiled his handsome smile and pressed his pink lips against mine.
"You should've told me sooner..." he said. Although it was early in our relationship, that day, we made love. Although it was soon, I do not ever, even for one second, regret it. I made the right choice; I know this for sure....because....he loved me up until the day he died.
Fourteen years old, me and Alex were cornered by four members from Blood-Shed.
"Hey, what are you doing in our territory, you faggs?" one member questioned; he didn't know we swung that way, but it hurt all the same.
"Just passing by, jack ass. This is the way to our houses. So, we'll be back to kick your asses later." Alex replied confidently. The swish of their blades filled the air, seeming to echo. It seemed to be over before it barely started...All I remember is that fatal stab to Alex's chest...and the sounds of the ambulance barreling down the city streets. Barely a year together, my lover, and my best friend, died after speaking his last sentence: "I love you..."
I cried myself to sleep that night, and every night after that for a year. It's as if I did a total one-eighty. My grades dropped, I began sleeping with any girl I could get my hands on to prove to others I was straight, and I felt ashamed. Why I did it is unclear...why my life has had to end up like this is also unclear...But it's all I could do...
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