yea i took that basic bitch route and made a one shot for pride month lmao enjoy
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jc
i drape my gay flag over me like a cape and tie it around my neck. i double knot it, just in case. hey, you never know if you're probably going to leave your cherished flag that you've had for god knows how long somewhere on the ground in the tangle of people in the streets during the parade. it's happened before with one that i had just bought not too long ago at a different parade and i wasn't all that happy about it. so, i brought this one with me today.
currently, i'm at my boyfriend's house. his name's kian and he's super cute. the minute i laid my eyes on him at this one fair was the moment that i fell in love with him and vice versa. we introduced ourselves, got on a few rides together, and grabbed a couple of philly cheese steaks when we eventually got hungry. oh, and, between you and me, let's just say those rides at the fair weren't the only thing i rode that night, if you know what i mean.
i keep looking at myself in this full length mirror kian's got in his room, making sure i didn't miss any important detail about my outfit for today. i have on one of my favorite shirt. this white shirt has a heart in the middle with the words that almost everyone has heard by this point, which is "love is love." inside the heart are the colors of the rainbow. the letters themselves are white. my bottoms are not as simple as the shirt. i have denim shorts that i splattered with different colors of paint and i also drew some flowers and rainbows on the back. for my shoes, i put on my platform shoes that have the colors on the rainbow around them. the shoe laces are black. the shoe itself is a plain white color with some glitter. lastly, i have on my knee-high rainbow socks. i also painted my nails a purplish holographic color last night to make them pop a little. yea, some people will think it's a little much, but, it is pride. plus, this is very simplistic compared to some of the other outfits kian and i are bound to see today.
speaking of the devil himself, he comes out of his bathroom with an outfit that's as simple as mine. the only major difference is that he did his makeup. quite good, too. he's even got glitter on his face. mainly on his cheekbones. then, he spreads his arms out and turns around so i can see his entire outfit. now that he's got his arms like this, i can see many pieces of fabric with different colors, specifically from the rainbow, hanging from the sleeves of the white faux leather jacket he's got on. i take a closer look at his hands and see he's painted them, too. his are painted with different pastel colors such as yellow, blue, pink, and lilac. he's got on a very shimmery tube top underneath his jacket along with knee-high boots that, surprisingly, have glitter. he's got some shorts like i do, just with different designs. he has "love has no limits in our community" written on the back with the letters in different colors. how he had enough room to write all of that is beyond me. on the back of them. i take a closer look at the top of his head and see tiny specks of glitter in his strands of hair. this bitch even copied my idea of tying a flag around my neck. except his is the bisexual flag, with "i go both ways" sewn onto it. scratch whatever the fuck i said earlier about his outfit being simple because that was an understatement.
when i finally meet his eyes, he breaks out into a huge grin. "you like it?" he asks me, giving me another twirl. i see his blinding outfit twinkling in the sunlight from his bedroom window.
"no," i say back at him. his mood changes immediately. i catch it and clarify. "i love it."
his mood goes back to the way it was just moments ago. "i knew you would."
i smile as big as he does. "it looks so fucking flamboyant."
"good. that was the plan."
i laugh at his crazy ass. "i see that."
he checks his phone for the time. "time to go to the pride parade."
i stand up. "let's go and have a great time."
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kian and i get out of car. when we step out, we walk towards the huge crowd of many people who are a part of the lgbtq+ and some straight allies. everyone looks so damn happy and i love it. everyone and anyone can be themselves at these events and it's absolutely everything.
everyone here is ready to start the parade. what i fear is that some homophobic assholes are going to come and cause a huge commotion with us. i look to my left and see kian still grinning wide, looking around at everyone with actual glee. i grab a hold of his hand and interlace our fingers. so what if they don't like us or anyone who's in this wonderful community? they'll open their eyes one day and see that there's nothing wrong with us. that we're just normal people living our lives.
i match kian's grin. he finally turns his head away from the crowd to face me. we both start to smile bigger than before. we look back at the crowd and walk a bit faster to meet some new people and have a great time.
we get engulfed by the crowd, people swarming around us, saying things such as "we deserve rights!", "love is love!" and many other phrases that are too true. some people even brought poster boards with the same thing written on them. kian and i should've done the same thing ourselves, but we chant with them instead. we get a few compliments on our outfits, too. mainly kian, though. i'm not shocked. his outfit's amazing and i'm sure he tried so hard to put this entire look together just for today.
soon, we're walking down streets after street in west hollywood. as we pass certain houses, people poke their heads out of their windows and way their flag as high as they can in the air like everyone else in the huge crowd. people all around us are in goofy yet stunning outfits, singing, dancing, having a fucking blast. there's even a few parade floats going along with us. both of them have many different gay icons on them and i'm living for it.
when we turn to march down the final street and go back to where we started, a man approach's kian and i, an angry look on his face.
"something wrong, sir?" kian asks the older man.
"yes," the older man says back with no emotion in his voice. "you people. i'm sick and tired of your kind."
he smiles widely at the old man. he probably noticed this man was a homophobe from the moment he spoke. "well, then i guess you won't enough seeing this." kian tells him.
out of nowhere, kian grabs me and starts kissing me. i kiss back, knowing exactly what he's doing. we separate and take another look at the man. he's cringing so hard and, from the looks of it, trying not to puke in the middle of the street.
"sweet mother of god, that's absolutely revolting! how can you two do such a thing?!" the man screams at us.
now i speak up. "you know, what i don't get is why homophobes just don't shut the fuck sometimes. we get it, you guys hate us. but, you don't have to keep dragging us down with your hate. we've done nothing to you or any other homophobic prick that's come our way. so please, can you just leave us alone for once?"
the man gives me a death stare. "no. never. you're all abominations!"
he says it so loud that some people around me stop what they're doing. i may not have eyes in the back of my head, but i'm pretty damn sure the people who stopped are giving this imbecile some pretty dirty looks.
"that was fucking rude," i hear someone say somewhere near me.
everyone else agrees with them. the man just grunts something incoherent and walks away.
"we need less people like that guy in the world," kian says from beside me.
i look around. i'm surprised no one else noticed him. well, besides some of the people near us. they give me encouraging words, like to ignore whatever he said. even if they didn't tell me this, i would've ignored it. i turn to face kian. he's not mad. neither am i. in fact, he seems elated with what he did.
"glad about what you did in front of him?" i ask kian.
"i sure as hell am," he responds.
i can't help but laugh. "so am i."
he laughs too. he picks me up and kisses me again.
"i love you. i would do anything for you. always remember that," he tells me when we stop.
i smile. "i will."
"good. now, let's enjoy the rest of this wonderful pride parade without anymore disruptions."
we do exactly that. we sing, dance, and laugh with everyone else. somehow, we manage to get on one of the parade floats and dance and sing with the drag queens.
all too soon the sun starts to set. kian and i say goodbye to all the wonderful people we met today and head home.
"did you enjoy today?" i ask kian as we get into our car.
"other than that prick bothering us," he says, closing the passenger door, "it's been an awesome day."
i smile wide. so does kian. "it sure has."
"let's go home," he says.