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Alexi couldn't remeber when he'd last stopped running.
From everything, really.
Las Almas was no place to grow up in, especially as a gay teen. From the shitty parents, Abuelas who shook their heads and cousins who looked away, he always knew he would run.
And he did. Eventually. After eighteen years of abuse and neglect he ran.
He ran to the jungle, through vines and thorns and flowers that burnt his palms.
He ran like the world was chasing him and he could outrun it if he went just a little faster-
**THUD**
He tripped and faceplanted. Into mud. Wonderful. Fucking wonderful.
"Hijo de puta.." he grumbled.
A giggle sounded from somewhere above him.
"Y' look fuckin' stupid, mate." Said a girls voice.
His head shot up so fast he go whiplash.
In a tree, perched on a branch like a demon from hell given human(ish) form, sat a girl.
She had long, messy and matted brown hair tied back in a braid, freckled cheeks and a grin that could earn her a smack with a chancla if she wore it in town. She also looked like she should be in a warm bed being read a story, not climbing trees like a possessed monkey.
"First time runnin' away?" she said, jumping the twelve feet to the ground easily.