Three sided square (editing/revision period)

Scissors beats paper

[L.JN]

I got this awful feeling inside my body when I looked at the walking corpse that was Jisung. We were practicing for the fall dance show since the summer one was a flop and he couldn't keep up. He was one of the strongest dancers in the class. Our teacher had yelled at him a few times and it looked like he could fall apart at any second.

"Hey asshole, you alright?" I called out to him after the bell rang. He glared at me with dead eyes.

"Why do you care?"

"You look shittier than usual. You're probably gonna say no but, do you wanna talk about it?"

Jisung wouldn't look me in the eye as he nodded. He followed me to an abandoned bathroom. It was abandoned because it was, allegedly, haunted. Either that or it smelled so bad people just stopped using it.

"We can't talk anywhere else?" Jisung held his nose.

"No. For some reason I stand out in crowds so teachers tend to catch me if I'm skipping. Tell me what's wrong."

"I fucked up." He let go of his nose and cringed. "I fucked up so so bad and I don't know how to fix it without making it worse."

"Tell me more."

"My closest friend told me something and I overreacted and I tried to apologize the other day but ended up making it worse."

"What'd you say?"

"'I'm sorry but I can't be friends with someone like that. You'll ruin my reputation if you tell other people.' And then he slapped me and I totally deserved it but he felt so bad and he hugged me and told me he was sorry and I pushed him off of me. Because I'm an asshole."

"If you don't mind me asking, what was the thing he told you?"

"He told me that he liked boys and later said that he was g-gay. I didn't know how to handle it as if I wasn't a fucking child so I told him I had to go. He tried to stop me from leaving and I told him to get off of me in a really shitty way. I haven't slept or eaten properly since."

"Do you think- I don't mean to assume anything but, do you think that maybe you're projecting?"

"What does that mean?"

"You might have your own things that your insecure about so you misinterpret that feeling as hostility? What were you told about gay people when you were younger?"

"That they were bad and sinners and that I should stay away but he's my best friend and he has been for years. I was told if I was gay or had any 'faggot friends' there's something mentally wrong with me. I've been told stuff like that since I was like, four." He sighed and messed with his hands, obviously uncomfortable.

"That's awful..."

"I t-think I liked someone for a bit but I felt like there was something wrong with me for liking him? I think I took my own fears and shoved them down my friends throats. Well, some of them are just like that. The thing is though I still had crushes on girls. I just...I don't understand what's going on Jeno."

"Do you know what Bisexual means?" Jisung tilted his head. "It mean you like both boys and girls."

"I thought it had to be one or the other?"

"No dude. Being bisexual is the shit. You have like, the biggest selection of people to have a crush on. That's also the worst bit. My friend is pretty chaotic and he goes on and on and on about girls and boys constantly."

"Wait wait wait. You can just...d o that?" I nodded. "But it feels wrong!"

"You have to figure out how to accept yourself. If you like boys it's not a choice. If you like girls it's not a choice. That's just you. You can like whoever you want Jisung. Your goal in life should be to make yourself happy."

"I was raised to think I had something wrong with me. It's difficult." Jisung glared at the ground.

"I can't understand where you're coming from but I really want to help you. I see now that you're not a bad person and you just have internal struggles. I really really want to help you."

"Thank you Jeno. I won't forget this. I'll work hard on trying to make myself a better person...can we get out of here now? It smells like shit."

(I don't know if you can tell or not but I've nEver had this conversation so I hope I did a good job)
(All of my friends are gay lol)
(also, where is Chenle I'm feeling deprived)
[C'mon SM I'm planning a riot if he doesn't do anything in the next three days it's been like 15]
(Also also, thank you for reading)