Pairing: Top Minho | Bottom Jeongin

Genre: Fluff and Angst

Scenario: Minho has many body modifications, including facial piercings, tattoos and even a split tongue. Jeongin is a cross-dressing, pastel wearing, openly gay individual. One comes from a dysfunctional family, and the other comes from a 100% supportive family. Both are outcasts in society, but both think the other to be beautiful...

Warnings: Mentions of suicide, self harm, and attempted suicide

Mentioned Side Pairs: ChanJiLix (Chan x Felix x Jisung) and 2Jin (Woojin x Hyunjin)

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Lee Minho is a very active individual. He loves to dance, he loves going out on the town with his closest friends and lives the party life to his full capabilities even if at the end of the night he's the only one sober enough to drive his loud and drunk friends back to his house to sleep, and is also the one to help with their hangovers.

However, he still remains an outcast to most of society. He loves the city; he works there as a bartender at Club7 Sunday to Thursday, but he lives on the outskirts where people with extreme taste such as he aren't accepted. He was always the weird kid in school; befriending all the weirdos and the outcasts and people who had humours darker than their souls.

There was Woojin, who had an odd obsession with researching American serial killers and likes to spout random facts about said killers every so often. Then there was Jisung, a fellow party goer, had more facial piercings than tattoos and if you wanted quality dirty jokes, Jisung was the one to go to. Lastly, there was Felix. Felix was more like Minho; so much so, people would swear they were brothers. Felix was adopted at a very young age and had a adoptive brother called Chan.

Chan owns a clothing store in the city that sold everything to do with the weird side of life; pastel, lolita, goth-all the alternative stuff. One Yang Jeongin worked there.

Jeongin is a fun loving, bubbly, pastel wearing, openly gay individual that has no problems with dressing up like a female in public (sometimes to fuck with people, other times just because he wants to). He's been called all sorts of nasty names, has been cat called, and when he was younger (and sometimes still to this day), his parents would get berated by other parents who would tell them that they aren't raising their child right, but they guessed it was only normal for Jeongin to be so out-of-the-box considering his parents were both girls.

Yep, he had two mom's, and he was quite proud of that. Jeongin did have a younger brother who was a brainy kid, but his younger brother would always rave and rant and boast to hi friends about how 'cool and confident' his older brother was.

Society were assholes though.

Both Jeongin and Minho would always be the outcasts in society, so maybe that was why they fit so well together...

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"You got what done now!?" Woojin exclaimed.

"I got my tongue split" Minho spoke with a slight lisp.

"Did it hurt?" Felix asked curiously, promptly getting smacked over the head by Jisung.

"Of course it must have hurt you fuckin idiot!" Jisung scoffed.

"It hurt like hell broke loose, but it was worth it" Minho chuckled, "maybe I'll get the whites of eyes tattooed green" Minho made a poor attempt at hissing like a snake, to which Woojin snickered at the failed attempt.

"Dork" Woojin rolled his eyes, "anyway, I need to head back home. I have a night shift tonight and I promised Hyunjin I'll see him before work"

"Lix and I gotta go too" Jisung grinned, "it's date night tonight and Channie hyung's gonma treat us to a lovely home cooked meal, ice-cream and Disney movies!"

Minho rolled his eyes, "y'all are children"

"Awe, you're just jealous because you're a single pringle!" Felix snickered.

"Well, for now maybe" Minho glanced over at a nearby shop, staring at the familiar figure of Yang Jeongin folding and stacking clothes.

The boy was wearing a simple white skirt, white thigh high socks, pink and white converses and a pink shirt with the words 'I.D.G.A.F' written on it.

"Oh my god, you should totally ask him out!" Felix exclaimes.

"Shut up!" Minho hissed.

Jeongin, who overheard them yelling, glanced over in their direction and grinned. Both Felix and Jisung waved at the youngster enthusiastically, Woojin wiggling his fingers as his way of saying 'hello' and Minho refusing to look anywhere but at Jeongin.

Admittedly, Minho had his eyes set on Jeongin for a while now, and it was getting to the point where it was painfully obvious to everyone except Jeongin.

Or so it seemed.

Jeongin does notice Minho's stares, however he chooses to play dumb and instead waits patiently for the day that Minho gathers up the courage to go to him first.

"Okay buddy, I gotta go. See ya tomorrow" Woojin stands up and leaves, the others saying goodbye to him.

"We gotta go as well. Channie gets off work soon" Felix giggled.

"You'd think that since you two are legally brothers, you wouldn't date him. Guess I was wrong huh?" Minho grinned.

"He's my adoptive brother. We aren't related whatsoever, so it's fine" Felix smiled, "and anyway, you know what happened; Channie and Sungie were together first, Sungie got a little bit of a crush on me, Sungie was willing to be in a poly relationship, and Chan was too even though we're 'brothers' as you say"

"And both Channie and I love you very much, Little Lix" Jisung kissed Felix's cheek, smiling softly.

Minho shook his head, smiling at the two. All in all, he was glad that Felix found people who loved him for who he was. It must have been traumatic to lose both of his real parents at a young age and being bullied both physically and through the internet for nearly all of his school life, thinking he'd never be loved. It was why he thought of Felix as his closest friend out of all of them, because they could relate to each other on some level. He very nearly lost Felix to suicide, however there had been three people in the past that he had actually lost to suicide.

First there was his older brother, who took his own life after his girlfriend was killed in a car crash. Next, there was father who couldn't handle the loss of his son. Lastly, there was his best friend before Felix; Jungkook. On the right side of his face, he has three roses, and those three roses represent those three losses in his life. Minho himself went through a period of self harm, but he has a whole sleeve of tattoos that cover those scars.

Minho shook his head free of those thoughts when Jisung said his goodbyes before pulling Felix away in the direction of their house. Minho kept stealing glances over at Jeongin, but out the corner of his eyes he saw a small group of fuckboy and fuckgirl looking teenagers whispering and throwing him disgusted glances.

"What the fuck are you looking at huh?" Minho spat, turning his head in their direction.

"Because you belong in a circus, freakshow" one of the girls shit back, the others laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world.

"You know what they say baby; freaks belong together" One of the guys said to the girl who insulted Minho.

Minho gritted his teeth together; how dare they bring his friends into this!? However, before Minho could say anything, he was shocked to see Jeongin heading out of the nearby shop and walking towards the small group of idiots.

"Don't talk shit about people you don't know" Jeongin scoffed.

Minho was confused, as he was sure Jeongin was meant to be working. The girl who insulted Minho looked at Jeongin disapprovingly.

"Aren't you a guy? Why are you wearing female clothes, you sicko?" the girl shuddered.

"You gay or something?" One of the other guys asked, smirking as he high fives one of his friends.

"Gay and proud, and I wear whatever I wanna fuckin wear. At least I have a sense of fashion" Jeongin smirked right back, "so, I suggest you run along little piggies before I drop kick you to Hell"

The girl's boyfriend stepped forward then, cracking his knuckles, "you're nothing but a sissy bitch. I can take you down any day of the week" the boy growled, swinging his fist.

Minho stood up, ready to step in between Jeongin and the other guy...before he soon realised that Jeongin wasn't kidding when he said he'd drop kick the dude.

One minute the guy took a swing at Jeongin, and the next the younger had his foot on the guys back and had his arm in a tight grip, ready to break it if anyone tried anything.

"You were saying?" Jeongin grinned.

To say Minho was in shock would be an understatement. Jeongin glanced over at Minho, before looking back down at the guy.

"I'll say this again; don't talk shit about people you don't even know" Jeongin snapped.

The guy nods slowly, and Jeongin allows the boy to get up and walk away, taking his friends and girlfriend with him. Jeongin hums approvingly, before turning back to Minho.

"You gonna stand there with you're mouth open or are you gonna thank me?" Jeongin snickered.

Minho closed his mouth, clearing his throat, "thanks...for standing up for me"

"They don't know you at all, so it was very rude of them to speak down to you like that" Jeongin huffed.

"They spoke down to you as well" Minho frowned, wanting nothing more than to bash those fuckers who dared to talk down to his crush like that.

Jeongin giggled, "I've gotten worse Minho, trust me" the younger grinned, "and I only know your name because I overheard you and Felix hyung talking one day"

"Well...I know yours because Jisung and Felix won't shut up about you" Minho chuckled.

"We go to the same school, ya dumb-dumb, of course they know me well" Jeongin giggled again, and Minho decided that he somehow had to make Jeongin giggled more often because damn, his giggles were so fricking cute!

"But anyway, shouldn't you be working?" Minho asked.

"Nope. My shift just ended for today, so I'm completely and totally free for the rest of the evening" Jeongin winked.

A silence fell over them, and Jeongin started to wonder if he was maybe a little too forward just now.

"I mean...I'd ask you put on a date but I'm working night shifts all this week" Minho sighed.

Jeongin shook his head, "that's fine MinMin. Maybe I'll visit you at work. Yes, I know where you work"

"I know you know. I've seen you there a few times with Hyunjin and Chan. Aren't you still underage?"

"Eh, fake ID and I look older than I am so" Jeongin shrugged.

"Oh, the cutie is also a baddie" Minho smirked, "I think I just fell for you even more"

"Glad to hear that. But, how about we go on an actual date when you're free then?" Jeongin asked, a hand on his hip.

"That would be ideal" Minho agreed, "how about a night picnic in the park?"

Jeongin smiled widely, "that sounds very romantic, but yes, that would be nice"

And so, the two went there seperate ways...until that night whilst Minho worked probably one of his busiest nights ever, and Jeongin turned up with dinner.

"Channie hyung gave me a recipe so I decided to try it out" Jeongin said to him.

"I didn't...I didn't think you'd actually-" "you didn't think I was being serious when I said I'd visit you?" Jeongin giggled, "I'm always serious, especially with people I like. Well, enjoy your break and enjoy that food"

Jeongin kissed him on the cheek then, before sauntering away. Minho gawked at the retreating figure of Jeongin, before touching his cheek and smiling to himself.

'I think I might love him...'

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1 month later...

After at least 6 dates and two very heated make-out sessions that almost led to sex, Jeongin and Minho finally came out as an official couple. Both of their friend groups couldn't be happier, and Minho finally got to meet Jeongin's childhood friend Seungmin and Seungmin's bubbly and funny girlfriend Yuna.

"Well, I'm glad Jeongin's found someone who loves him for him" Seungmin smiled.

"I'm glad I've found someone who doesn't hate what I do with my body" Minho sighed, glancing over at Jeongin who was chatting with Yuna with a look of complete love and adoration.

Seungmin smiled widely, "wow, you're totally whipped"

Minho turned back to Seungmin, "who wouldn't be? I mean, look at him, he's absolutely stunning"

Seungmin chuckled, "oh yeah, you're definitely the one for him"

Minho smiles softly, "I'm glad I have his best friends approval"

Seungmin nods before he notices some of the looks by people in the cafe they were at looking at them. Some were glancing out of curiousity, but most were looking at Minho with disgusted or disapproving looks. Minho noticed that he was getting a lot more looks like that over the past month, more so than usual, and it wasn't good for the sake of his mentality. As someone with a past of self harm and who was still struggling with depression, it wasn't looking good.

"Excuse me, I need to use the bathroom" Minho piped up in an unusually quiet tone.

Jeongin looked up just in time to notice his boyfriend fast walking towards the bathroom, also noticing the looks he was getting. Jeongin already knew what was going on with Minho mentally, so he decided to follow Minho, catching up with him just outside the bathroom door.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Jeongin asked softly.

"Nothing, I just needed to go to the bathroom, that's all" Minho forced a smile, but the younger saw right through it.

"That's bullshit, and we both know it" Jeongin huffed, "c'mon, let's go sit back down" Jeongin grabbed his boyfriend's hand and led him back to the booth they had been sitting at with Seungmin and Yuna.

Seungmin and Yuna were now sitting next to each other, holding hands with Yuna's head resting on Seungmin's shoulder. Jeongin and Minho sat on the other side of them, however Jeongin decided that he wanted to sit on Minho's lap. Minho chuckled softly, wrapping his arms around Jeongin's middle to hold him in place.

He was glad he had finally plucked up the courage to ask Jeongin out, because he wouldn't know where he'd be now if he hadn't. In some ways, Jeongin reminded him of the people he lost in the past; his boyfriend had seemed to be combined of his older brothers, his father's and Jungkook's personalities, but he wouldn't have it any other way.

Both were outcasts in the majority of society, both for different reasons, and perhaps one of them suffered more than the other, but then again, that was why they were made for each other....

Wow this was a fuckin long one, oops 😂