Clueless Boy - Minsung

Chapter 7

Arriving back at his dorm, Jisung thought for a moment.

He replayed a few times what Felix had said, and he didn't know why but he bugged him.

Jokes were hard for him to understand. Nonetheless, he knew something seemed to be playful about the way Felix's was talking.

He wanted to sit on the couch and study for more hours.

But he couldn't.

He froze into his thinking, and was only disturbed from his head when his roommate finally arrived

"Hi" Minho said awkwardly, greeting the boy on the couch.

Jisung didn't answer, he was staring.

"You good ?" Minho frowned, not hearing Jisung's unnatural 'Hello' was strange.

Jisung nodded, before closing his unread book and putting it aside.

"You only have male friends ?" He stated out of nowhere.

Minho was taken aback. And was almost used to it now.

"No" He chuckled, the question kind of funny "I have a few girls in my friend's circle" He added, sitting at the table and watching the boy "Do you have any friends ?"

"I have my mother" Jisung responded, seriously.

Minho got creeped out, and moved on.

"And I think Felix is a friend" He added.

Minho now remembers the text Felix sent him earlier during the day.

'Just realized your roomie is the same weird guy that has been talking to me in class'

'Talked about you'

'Anyway, good luck living with him'

He had forgotten about it, too busy to mind it.

But now he gets it, and he's now worried about what kind of things they talked about.

"Why are you asking ?" Minho asked, curiously.

"Felix said you only hang out with males" Jisung continued, still neutral.

"He was teasing me" Minho chuckled, shaking his head.

"Why ?" Jisung asked

"Because I only date males" He responded, and watched the slight frown on Jisung's face.

"Huh ?"

"I'm only courting males. I like males. My only love interest is males. I'm gay. Homosexual" Minho repeated, not caring the slightest.

"Oh-" Jisung said, not moving anymore.

"Is it a problem ?" Minho asked tentatively, noticing Jisung's uncomfort.

He didn't like the fact that Jisung's frown was still pretty apparent.

 "I don't want to date you" He said, innocently.

Minho frowned.

"Who said I had any interest towards you ?" He scoffed, standing up and crossing his arms.

"You said you liked males. I'm a man" Jisung stated, as a matter of a fact.

"And it's not because I'm gay that I would try to sleep with every man that I see or hang out with" Minho defended, annoyed and hurt.

"Oh, I thought" Jisung nodded, sincerely.

"How the f-" He breathed out, trying to keep his calm "Are you straight ?" Minho asked

"Straight ?"

"Heterosexual" He corrected

"Of course" Jisung nodded proudly.

So Minho sighed loudly.

"Spare me..." Minho mumbled, shaking his head.

"What ?" Jisung asked, not understanding Minho's sudden anger.

"Don't tell me you're a homophobic ?" He asked, annoyance lacing his voice.

"A what ?"

"Do you hate gay men ?" He asked again, not even patient.

"I don't" He shook his head  "But I don't like them either"

Minho scoffed loudly.

"So, tell me" He started, sassily "Because of a religion ? Because of your insecurities ? Because you're actually gay and don't have the courage to admit it ?" He asked, squinting his eyes at the boy

"Well, I don't believe in God" Jisung shrugged  "I don't have a reason, it's just like that. We all know that the gays aren't normal"

"Normal ?" He asked, finding it surreal.

"Like... not natural" Jisung continued, still very much serious.

Minho has been openly gay for some time now.

He face homophobia in any kind of context, from any kind of people.

But that one slightly hurt more than others.

It wasn't hidden, it was so natural he felt terrified.

And angry.

"...Are you saying I'm not normal ?" Minho asked, frowning more.

"There are therapies for it, you know ?" Jisung only asked back, ignoring his last question "Some of them can be a good help"

"... That aren't legal anymore" Minho sassed back, completely baffled.

And then, Jisung froze a bit.

"Oh ?" He tilted his head to the side, thinking for a moment "In my town, they are"

"Fuck you and your goddamn town" Minho scoffed, pushing the chair under the table pretty loudly and walking towards his room.

"Hey ! Don't curse !" Jisung said, slightly irritated.

"Then don't bring your fucked up morals in my peace !" Minho responded, turning back to him.

"I'm sure you can change, don't worry" Jisung only responded, smiling softly.

Minho only rolled his eyes, Jisung's arrogance pissing him off.

He walked back to his bedroom, closing the door rather loudly.

Jisung only looked at the door, disappointed Minho didn't want his help.

He thought about their conversation a bit more, and realized that Minho must have thought Jisung hated him.

So he felt bad.

He doesn't hate him, he would rather help him.

He thought for a minute, and had an idea.

He smiled to himself, running to his room to search for a specific thing.

He'll offer him a gift. Maybe he'll understand Jisung doesn't hate him.