Grayscaled Hue

Abstract

Winar might not expect that he would go through his teenage phase while seeing his family torn apart by the deed of his father who was seeing another woman. When his big brother, Henri, attempted to mend the bond, and everything seemed to be going well, he found out that he would be the next harbinger of destruction to the family by being gay. Knowing that the family could not tolerate people like him, he kept it a secret from anyone but his best friend, Hannah. Winar told Hannah about everything, including about Erik, the guy he met on Grindr and who he had hope to have a relationship with. Although he had to keep many secrets, Winar was pretty contend to have Hannah, Erik, and his family that began to regain their happiness. It was no longer until Hannah had an issue with her boyfriend that made her opened Winar’s secret to everyone in campus. Crying over the spilt milk, Winar accidentally told his brother about what he had been going through which resulting the rest of the family knowing about the secret he kept. Getting pressured from his friends and family, he went to Erik to look for solace, but ended up learning the truth that Erik had been lying to him. Winar did not know what to do or where to go, and at the end he chose to end his life as there was nothing left to be fought for in his life.