home away from home [samhwi]

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Daehwi avoids him like the plague. Either way, Samuel always finds his way to him.

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It's not easy being a minority. It's not easy being a minority in a small town in Oregon, and it sure isn't easy when you're gay. And Korean.

Daehwi likes to call himself a super minority

His mother had always told him, he was going to be alright. That the U.S was a whole lot more accepting than Korea. He believed them, hell, he still does. Still, he had not expected what he got, when he arrived here 5 years ago.

Daehwi finds himself adjusting quickly, learning English like it's nothing and quickly finding friends to play with. At his preteens, Daehwi was at his happiest, and he likes to believe that at sixteen, he still is.

For Daehwi, life in Winston, OR, is relatively plain and boring, (Just like the chicken they serve in the school cafeteria) so he enjoys spicing it up a little bit by being himself. Getting older, Daehwi finds out a bunch of things about himself. One of those things being that he is gay, so instead of being ashamed of it, he embraces it. He's somewhat out at school, but of course he doesn't avoid the comments that follow of not being ashamed.

He deals with it. Daehwi deals with it, because he'd rather be highkey and proud than lowkey and ashamed.
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"Have you seen the new kid?"

Daehwi turns his head at the voice of his friend. "You haven't?", she asks her eyes wide. They shake their heads, and Daehwi lets out a chuckle.
"Oh god, he's so hot, I can't", Justine exclaims burying her face in her hands. She's most likely being her hysterical self once again, Daehwi thinks to himself.
"He can't possibly be hotter than this", Daehwi says pointing to himself, puckering his lips. "Uh, sorry Daehwi, but this once I'm gonna have to disagree", Justine says dramatically.
"Impossible", Daehwi mutters under his breath.
They walk towards their homeroom class, and as they step into the classroom, the bell chimes signalling for them to go find their seats.

For some reason, Daehwi finds himself fiddling with his fingers. As much as he does not want to admit it, the guy Justine had spoken off had really piqued his interest.
He watches the door carefully, and when their teacher comes walking in with a boy on tow, Daehwi feels his breath getting stuck in his throat.

Justine hadn't lied. He is so hot, and so much hotter than himself.

He looks over at Justine who is alternating her looks between the boy and Daehwi himself. The teacher signals for the boy to introduce himself, and he goes to the front.

"Uh, my name is Samuel Kim. I just moved here from Los Angeles", he says, obviously nervous. The statement seems to satisfy the teacher and tells him to go sit down next to Marcus.

"Marcus, you'll show Samuel around and help him get all his books, right?", the teacher proposes. Marcus nods in confirmation and greets Samuel quietly as he goes and sits next to him.
The class starts and Daehwi can't seem to keep his eyes away from the boy.
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Daehwi is walking the halls with his friends. Putting one foot in front of the other, he is determined to get to the cafeteria and eat something. He had gotten late out of bed this morning and didn't get a chance to eat any sort of breakfast.
To Daehwi, the unseasoned chicken seems like it's the most appetizing thing in the world. He's walking ahead of all of his friends, desperate to just eat something. They get to the cafeteria, and he is nothing less but delighted to see that the queue for the cafeteria quite hadn't grown its usual full size.
Daehwi and his group of friends get in the line, securing their rights to eat. They get in the queue and the talk amongst them begins.