Tiny

Tiny was a person who just wanted to disappear! Tiny would always be a child. Tiny did not even know what they were - sometimes a girl sometimes a boy and sometimes neither. They chose to never grow up or get older because they knew to do so would mean losing the innocence of childhood and require that they interact with other people. Interacting was the last thing Tiny wanted to do!

Tiny never talked, never shared and tried very hard to never listen! For the world was too painful a place for Tiny. Everything about it hurt, somehow. The brightness of the sun, the sound of the rain, the bite of the wind or snow were all too much for Tiny to handle. People confused and scared Tiny! For people rarely noticed Tiny and Tiny tried hard not to notice others. Tiny thought this was the way it was meant to be. Tiny could not, would not change! For changing meant facing the possibility of growing up and that was never going to happen to Tiny if they could stop it.

Tiny usually curled up in a ball and hid from the world but sometimes, Tiny would uncurl from that ball and look around. Usually the pain always drove Tiny back into hiding swiftly. So, Tiny will always remain Tiny and never grow up.