_(Hope you have a great day and happy pride!)_

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“She is wearing those pride Converse.”

“The white ones with the, like, rainbows?”

“Yeah!”

“But, then why does it look like she is just wearing those plain white Converse with black?”

“It looks like she used sharpie or something to cover up the rainbow parts. Why do you think she’d do that?”

“I dunno, unsupportive friends or family? Maybe?”

“Maybe.”

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_You look down to your shoes and try to hold back your tears as you remember you dad’s reaction to the Converse. You blink rapidly and walk out of the bathroom stall you were just in. _

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“OMG, is that her?”

“I think so.”

“Kinda feel bad, she probably wasted, like, 100 dollars. Just to erase the part that made the Converse different and stand out.”

“True!”

_You wash your hands and tap water on your face. You can’t stop thinking about how your mother yelled at you and said you were disgusting for liking women. _

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_You telling yourself you just have a few more weeks till you turn eighteen, _

_You’ll leave then. _