Love knows no boundaries now does it?

I was openly gay. I was made fun of at school and even my own parents didn’t accept me for who I am. I never felt like I belong. I had never felt at home. So  I had been spending a lot of time in my room alone. One day I decided to take out stuff from under my bed. As I peeked under my bed, it looked like an old and forgotten construction site. There were old socks, balls I had lost, scraps of paper, things that I presumed I had lost, and lots and lots of dust. Between all of the junk, I saw a small little blue dot moving around rapidly.

The blue dot was alive and was moving around rapidly. It seemed like something out of the movie. It was as if the smallest gust of wind would make it move. 

I ignored it and came up when the blue dot also came out from under the bed. I looked closely and saw that the creature was no longer than my index finger. It was bald and had sunken cheeks. His clothes were crumpled and torn. His whole body was a shade royal blue and his clothes were also in shades of blue 

As I inched closer, to my surprise, the creature spoke and said in a rude voice “ Hey, what are you looking at? Go along! Come on!! Why are you staring at me?”

I was totally taken aback. The blue creature was speaking!! I pinched myself to make sure that it wasn’t a dream. 

“Uhh.. who are you? I have never seen anybody like you? Ahhh…. Where do..do you co.....come from?” I tried to say as calmly as I could. I was buzzing with excitement.

The creature replied " Why do you want to know? Go away! Leave me alone!!"

I knew that I shouldn't be taking risks with a creature who looked like it was from a different world. But I couldn't help myself. This was my chance of having a Narnia like adventure!! So cautiously I said " I am not going to hurt you. Please. I just want to know where you come from. I haven't seen many people like you here. Can you please take me to the place where you come from?"

Before I knew it, I was face to face with the creature. I looked around and everything seemed smaller. I had been shrunk!! The creature had shrunk me!! 

Without saying anything, the creature started walking and went under the bed. I had to run to keep up with it and by the time I reached under the bed, I was gasping for air.

He gestured me to this huge box. To me it was huge, but since I was the same size as the creature, I imagine it's just a teeny tiny small box.

We entered the helicopter and the creature pressed ‘2940’ and suddenly everything started spinning. Finally, the spinning stopped. I walked out of the box and saw blue. I literally saw blue. Blue trees, blue birds, blue grass everything I saw was blue. Even my bright yellow T-shirt and my black pants had turned shades of blue!! 

That was not it. The sky was filled with small little car-like mechanisms buzzing around. There were no roads or cars. It seemed like a place from a higher civilization. Like something out of a movie.

There were many other creatures like the blue one I saw. I was informed that they were called ‘Blithes’. 

I was taken to a vast building where I saw many ‘Blithes’ lying on beds with various blue bandages wrapped around wounds. Some of them had just been brought in and I could see their ghastly wounds with blue blood oozing out. 

There was a nurse who was changing a bandage of a young-looking girl who had been severely injured. 

“ Why are there so many people who are injured? What is happening?”  I asked the people who were escorting me.

“We are not qualified to tell you anything. The king will only tell you.” replied one of the people escorting me with absolute seriousness.

After walking through some more hallways filled with injured blithes, I was presented in front of the king.

“You are required to be searched and then have your memory erased. I apologize for any inconvenience I might have caused you. Usually, we do not have any contact with your breed but it seems as if our security lapsed.” the king told me this without any emotion in his voice.

“I was told you could tell me why so many people are injured.” I asked with some hesitation.

“Well, I do not see any harm as your memory is going to be wiped anyway.  We are at war with the Mites…”

“ Mites??” I asked, perplexed.

“ They are tall creatures who are purple in colour. They have physical strength but have no mental capacity. They are incapable to understand anything unlike us Blithes, who pride ourselves with our wit. For years we have tried to explain to them to not keep intruding in our land and destroying everything. But as you can imagine, since they can’t understand anything they keep doing so. We have decided the only way they would understand was through war.”

“I want to participate in the war.” I said. This surprised me too. I was not sure what I was saying. There was no reason to have this war but still, I was going to go to war? I really don't know what had gotten into me.

I am pretty sure the king was as surprised with me as I was with myself. But he managed to keep a steady voice and say, “ We believe in freedom and letting everyone do as they wish. If it is your wish to fight in the war, then so be it”

And with that, it was decided. I was to fight against the Mithes. 

I was woken up early the next morning. I had been given blue gear and had been assigned to a group of Blithes.

When I went out to the battlefield, it seemed as if the Blithes were winning and the Mithes were really as dumb as the king described him.

I fought against the Mithes, using my speed and short height to constantly trick them. After about a week of fighting, the Blithes won as there were no more Mithes to fight. 

All soldiers were to be taken to the king. We were given fancy clothes and were asked to report to the palace the next day.

When I woke up, I felt different. As I was taking a shower, I noticed a tattoo on my forearm. It seemed like an incomplete tattoo and around the tattoo my skin had turned blue.

I told myself it was probably because I had been spending so much time with the Blithes. 

As we were lining up to meet the king, I noticed several other Blithes to have tattoos on their arms. They didn’t look finished but the designs were not the same. 

I asked one of the blithes “ Why do all of you have such a tattoo?”

He replied “ Each Blithe has a unique tattoo. It is only part of the design. The other half is on the hand of your soulmate.”

I was freaking out. I had just become a Blithe then!! I mean it was kind of cool. To be a part of another civilization. But do they recognize gay people? 

As I thought this, my name was called. I was to receive a special medal as a thank you token. As I reached to shake the king's hand, he looked astonished. He was staring at my tattoo. 

He didn’t blink or move for a few seconds. Then he immediately called his advisors and ministers and started talking in hushed voices. 

I was taken to another room where one of the king’s ministers came in and said “ I believe you might be utterly confused. The thing is that never before has a non- Blithe been given a tattoo. The king and his assistants are looking and referring at holy books to see what should be the next step” 

Before I could say anything he exited the room. Five six hours went by and no one came inside the room. Then finally, the king entered.

“ We have been presented with very uncertain circumstances. The books say that you are now officially a Blithe and cannot return back to your world. You see I also have a similar tattoo. All Blithes have such a tattoo and each one is unique. The tattoo is only half and the other half is on the hand of your soulmate.”

The king pushed his sleeve up, revealing his tattoo. “ I have not found my soulmate till……” he abruptly stopped and ordered me to show him my tattoo.

He roughly grabbed my hand and put it near his, completing both the tattoos. The tattoos immediately lit up.

“ This has never happened before.” the king expressed.

“ What?” I asked

“ Two men have never had the same tattoo. It is always a man and a woman. Well, I don't think anyone would approve of this.”

“ Well you see in my world when men are in love, they are called gay. It is not a bad thing but it is highly frowned upon. I am gay and I can tell you all the Blithes will welcome this with happiness after all you do believe in freedom.” I replied trying to convince the king.

“ Well, then I guess all that is left is to tell the public” replied the king.

“ The public gathered outside the castle and said “ There are two announcements to be made. First, Matthew came to our world as a non -Blithe but the holy spirits blessed him with a tattoo. I now pronounce him a citizen of Blithe” The crowd started cheering.

When they stopped he continued, “I have too found my soulmate. I have found the person who had the other half of my tattoo. Matthew has the other half of my tattoo. I am aware this is unusual but love knows no boundaries now does it? Please welcome King of Blithe Matthew!!” The whole crowd erupted into cheers. 

And finally, Matthew had found a place where he belongs. Matthew had found home.