[ WP ] Write a story utilizing the phrase `` We all wear many masks , '' in a literal sense .

`` What the fuck is wrong with you, you fucking faggot!'' The good looking guy in a crowd of his friends shoved Aaron in the chest as they passed by him on the street. 
 
 The wind was knocked from Aaron's lungs as he stumbled back from the force of the blow. He quickly regained his footing and continued walking until he came to an alley that he could duck into for some privacy. When he reached the darkest corner of the alleyway, he bent forward to lean his hands on his knees and catch his breath. He reached up to the mask he wore and as he pulled it up to expose his face in the shadows, he grabbed his handkerchief out of his jacket pocket to wipe the sweat from his brow. Damn, these masks got hot. He straightened back up and put everything back in its place. 
 
 He left the alley to head home, getting many strange looks but thankfully that was all. When he was safely inside his house with the door locked he removed the mask and hung it on its specific hook, in between the raccoon mask with real fur and the dog mask with long whiskers. 
 
 He stood looking at the mask he had just taken off, it was n't anything, just a sickly green color with black around the eyes and along some creases and cracks that had been manufactured in to it. It was one of his favorites. When he wore it he always liked to dress up, today he had chosen to wear a black suit with a black vest and tie and a royal purple long sleeve shirt. In his mind, he felt like he looked sharp wearing it. That was only in his mind, he had n't looked at himself in a mirror in over a decade, since the day he bought his first mask. His house was full of mirrors, twelve, to be exact, but they were all covered in expensive black leather. 
 
 Aaron sighed and looked around, then grabbed carelessly at a mask that looked like a field mouse. He put the mask on and pulled his shoulder length hair up under a black knit hat before heading out again. 
 
 This time, when he ran into the asshole on the street, he would n't hesitate to show the little punk that he carried a knife. Or that a benefit of wearing a mask is that no one knows what the fuck you look like.
