Ch. 4

"This is a big problem no da. If the school finds out Flint's a girl, who knows
what they'll do with her no da." Chichiri looked at the girl as she slept. "Exactly. That
leaves us with only one option!" Tasuki sprung to his feet, "We have to escape from
here!" "WHAT!!!!!" Chichiri almost fell out of his chair. "I've been thinking about this
for a long time. If we manage to get past the alarm system, we're home free. I have
some money that I've been saving up, and we can take the next train out of this town. All
three of us. It's the only way to save her…." "Tasuki, are you sure we can get past the
alarms? I mean they are there to keep us from escaping no da." "I figured out how we
get out of here without even going near the alarms. We go out the window!" At this,
Chichiri really did fall out of his chair. "Tasuki! Are you crazy?! This is the third floor.
There's no way we can get out that way no da!" "Oh yeah? Well look at this," Tasuki
opened one of his drawers, and produced a long cord of rope. "Where did you get that no
da?" Chichiri tested the rope to see if it was strong. "I stole it from the janitor's closet a
few days ago." "So you've been planning this for a while no da?"
The two of them talked about the escape plan for a while longer, until they
decided to wake up Flint so that she knew what was going to happen that night. They
were going to escape that night, and they had to pack what they needed to survive out in
the world. The three of them managed to pack one bag a piece, so that their load
wouldn't be so heavy. The plan was set, and all they had to do was wait until nightfall
before they could start their escape.
"Tasuki…. Hey Tasuki!" Flint poked at the sleeping boy. Tasuki stirred a little
before rubbing his eyes, and turning to meet the girl who was sitting on his bed. "Flint?
What is it?" Flint hesitated a little, looking over to where Chichiri was sleeping quietly.
She finally managed to speak, "I was just thinking about the other day…. Do you…. I
mean…. I really…." Tasuki waited patiently for her to sort out her thoughts. "Tasuki….
I think that I…. I …. I love you!" She clasped her hands over her mouth. Tasuki's eyes
widened. 'She loves me? She really does! I just wish she knew how long I have wanted
to say those words to her.' Flint turned and was ready to be rejected, but a hand on her
shoulder stopped her. "Flint…." Tasuki stared into her eyes lovingly, "I love you
too…." Flint didn't know what to say, but nothing needed to be said. Tasuki leaned up
and kissed her gently. Tears ran down her cheeks. Not tears of shame or fear, but tears
of joy. Tasuki wiped them away, and hugged her. "Now, I think it's late enough to put
our plan into motion." Tasuki said as he looked at the clock. Flint nodded, and went to
wake Chichiri up.
The three prepared for their venture out the window. Each of them secured their
bags, and Tasuki opened the window. "Chichiri, you go first, then Flint, you go after
him. Then I will follow." Tasuki anchored the rope to one of the dressers in the room.
Once he made sure it wasn't going to come undone, he nodded for Chichiri to start his
decent. Chichiri let the remainder of the rope fall out the window, and hit the ground.
He gripped onto the rope, and carefully lowered himself out the window. Once he got
about half way down, Tasuki motioned Flint to start climbing down. She gave Tasuki a
quick kiss before she started her descend. Chichiri was nearly at the bottom, and Flint
was a good deal of the way down, so Tasuki started climbing down the rope himself.
Chichiri was at the bottom, and motioned for Flint and Tasuki to hurry. There were
searchlights wandering over the courtyard of the school, and he was worried that they
were going to get caught. Flint got to the bottom, and Chichiri helped her down. Tasuki
was faster, and he was at the bottom soon enough.
Tasuki gave the signal to move forward. They cautiously stalked through the
shadows, and towards the fence. Once at the fence, they all started climbing over it.
They made it. They were almost out. All they had to do was climb over, and they were
free. After reaching the top, they jumped down. There was no need to spend time
climbing down the other side. They were free! Tasuki hugged Flint, as they ran as fast
as they could away from that horrible school.
It took them about an hour to reach the nearest train station, and they bought
tickets with some of the money Tasuki had. They were going as far away from the
school as possible. In fact, they were going to an entirely different state. They bought
ticket to Florida. It would take about a day to get there by train, but the three of them
were ready to go any distance. Tasuki, Flint, and Chichiri all hugged each other in their
successful mission. It was now time to start a real life.
As they boarded the train, Flint gave one last look out over the horizon, and
smirked. Her life as a boy was over, and now she could show her true gender. She
grabbed onto Tasuki's hand, and they waved goodbye to their old lives.

~ Owari




Rant: I finally finished it!!!! Sorry it took so long, but I hope you all enjoyed it. Thanks
for reading, and please review. =^-^=