Hellscape High

Calm before the storm

(this chapter is so long wtf)

Ji and Min loved eachother and life was bliss.

Obviously they had become the most popular couple in the whole school. People counted down the days to Jisung's supposed affair being found out and others theorized Minho had threatened to murder Ji's friends if she didn't agree to date him.

They still munched on addys like there was no tomorrow, now sharing cigarettes too since somewhere in the process Min had gotten Ji addicted to nicotine. Maybe as a jab back for getting him addicted to the addys in the first place...

They made out in the bathroom at the sixth floor and had amazing sex in Ji's room almost once a day. Or they simply staid in bed, teasing eachother indefinately without ever getting to the actual act. Or getting bored of it all.

They loved color matching their outfits and vibe mismatching their presence. It was perfectly normal, for example to see them pull up to school in Minho's menacing black car blasting "It girl" by Aliyah's interlude.

Somewhere in mid march Felix came back around. He had been staying with his parents for a while, needed some time for himself.
Him and Ji had a long talk in Jisung's room where they both apologised for the lack of communication that had caused their falling off in the first place. Slowly but surely, they went back to being best friends.

"I never thought I'd be happy with this sort of life..." admitted Jisung on a hot night, from the edge of his house's roof.

"Yeah? This sort of life is exactly what I was hoping for" Minho answered, cig in hand, looking as hot as always.

"Dating the school nonbinary slut? No way"

"Ok maybe not that exactly... but I've always wanted to settle for someone I truly love despite what my parents always told me..."

"Is that why you got yourself expelled from Christian school?"

Minho turned to them with a bemused smile:

"Even after all this time you want to know the whole story"

"Of course I do"

"Fine... Yes. I was actively trying to get expelled. I had been doing that for years. I hoped that, seeing how not one Christian school worked my parents would give up and send me to public school. It worked but it took a while...and like 10 different schools"

"10!?!?"

"Yeah... at first it was small things. Like starting arguments with the nuns about the bible, stealing things or breaking property. But this last one... they had been informed of my previous stunts and just refused to expell me. They wanted to fix me, that's what they said"

"Ugh... thats so bad"

"Right? So I needed something just as bad. I befriended this kid there, Jungwoo. Well Jungwoo was gay and had a boyfriend but his boyfriend had piles of internalised homophobia to get over and well...he was a pretty bad boyfriend"

"Don't tell me-"

"Yep, I started a fling with him. Nothing serious I swear. At first it was just for the plan, to get expelled. But well... I started caring for him. Actually caring. That's why when we got "caught" making out in the school church I drove all suspition off of him, saying it was all me and he didn't even want to do it"

"Wait. WHAT?? You made out with a boy in a church??"

"You wanna try?"

"NO??? Well I mean..."

"You're considering it..."

"Shut up. Just go on"

"They still didn't expell me, wanted me to try conversion therapy. But they did say that if I pulled one last thing, they definitely would. So when his abusive as fuck boyfriend came asking for receipts, I broke his ribs in front of the school gate. For everyone to see"

"Fuck's sake Min"

"I'd do the same and more for you..."

"Ah, yeah? Well it seems you had quite some fun out there... meanwhile I was here getting used by people for this...fame I had gained"

"Bet it was hard..."

"It fucking was! All the gay guys treated me like a guy or sometimes not even that, like a toy to play with. I even got a few straights who convinced themselves I was a girl just because they were curious. Noone ever got it right...apart from the girlies and that other enby I topped once. There were few of them who approached me though... I mostly got douchey guys. But at least I was popular and people would leave me alone if I wanted to be alone"

"Well... you're still popular and you aren't being used anymore. So...dare I suggest that maybe you're popular because you're gorgeous and iconic and not for other things?"

"Maybe you're right"

"Thanks, I know I am"

Jisung pushed him a bit at that, smiling big.

"Wanna go back inside?" he asked:
"The moon is high and we have gym class tomorrow... if we get there late miss Shin will kick our ass"

"Does that mean you won't fuck me tonight?"

"Did I say that? I don't think I did..."

Hand in hand they slipped back inside from the window, ready for some fun.

From the street, a tall figure let out a disgusted groan at the scene and left.

It would be for another day, yet again.

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