real boy ➝ taeseok

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; taeseok ♥
warning ! cringe [AHEAD]
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taehyung buttoned up his flannel shirt, (careful to cover his binder), and quickly placed his jean jacket over it, the tops pairing well with his newly purchased jeans and converse. he wanted to make sure he looked good for this date with jay.
he made sure to shower, eat and put on his binder.
today was the day he was going to meet jay, the operator that has been there for him since the day he decided to call the trans hotline. 
he was nervous and anxious because what if he doesn't show up?
it could happen. something could come up, he could suddenly decide to make plans with someone else, he could contract the flu-
but that wouldn't happen, right? jay was a great person from what taehyung could tell, and he was completely comfortable with taehyung and his preferred pronouns. 
god. get it together, tae.
he was an all around angel and taehyung couldn't be more thankful for him.
they talked again late last night and finalized the details of their date- no, "meet-up." (namjoon specified that it was indeed a date)
namjoon and his girlfriend, jimin were coming along with them to make it a double date.
they've been dating for about almost a month.
surprisingly enough, jimin also works alongside jay at the trans hotline. she and taehyung have spoken before and she's really excited to meet him in person.
"i told you about her, right?" namjoon mentioned last night. "jay is her best friend and i mean, what are the odds that we all finally meet this way?" 

it was a coincidence, really.
but taehyung was glad everything was finally working out.
he's taking testosterone, he's moved out and into namjoon's apartment. he's working, and planning on starting college soon. even his dad has started using the right pronouns.
he slips up every now and then, but quickly corrects himself. who knew the day would ever come?
taehyung understood that his dad needed time to figure out and accept that taehyung was finally happy and comfortable in his own skin; there was always a boy inside of him, and now he's free to express himself better.
"tae! jimin is here, let's go!" namjoon yells from the front door.
taehyung grabs his phone and wallet, just in case jay forgets his, and rushes to the front to meet jimin and namjoon.
he's not at all surprised when he comes face-to-face with jimin.
she's shorter than namjoon with pretty full lips, short blonde hair, and a fair figure.
she's beautiful and taehyung can see why namjoon likes her so much.
"hi, i'm jimin! it's so nice to meet you, taehyung!"
he blushes a little.
"uh, thanks. you, too. should we get going?"
god, he's so awkward.
jimin nods and smiles warmly, "of course, jay oppa should be there by now. he really wants everything to be perfect for this date."
date? why is everyone assuming it's a date? jay doesn't even like me like that, taehyung thinks to himself as he and the others get into namjoon's ugly ass mint green kia.
sure, hoseok said that he loves taehyung but he could've meant that in a platonic way like, 'you're my bro, i love you.'
but even that sounded weird because who likes to be bro-zoned? is that even a gay thing? taehyung doesn't even like or say the word bro, why-
"taehyung," namjoon says from the front seat, looking at taehyung through the rearview mirror.
"you're overthinking it. relax."
"right," he says. "it'll be fine."

[ time skip to that gay shit♂ ]

"oof!" is the word that taehyung mutters when he, namjoon, and jimiin walk towards yuri's yogurt stand.
taehyung has been here plenty of times with namjoon but this time it felt different.
he'd be meeting someone who basically knew all about him and his transition and the way he feels, thinks, and talks- fuck, this was nerve-racking.
he stood there awkwardly next to namjoon and jimin who were holding hands and whispering things into each other's ears and blushing.
maybe jay wouldn't even show up. why would he? taehyung knew that the boy would realize that taehyung wasn't worth his time.
"guys, maybe we should go- he probably won't even show up-"
"jiminie!" someone with red hair and bright smile yells not too far from them. jimin breaks out into a even bigger smile and waves the boy over.
taehyung narrows his eyes at the stranger and suddenly recognizes who he is.
it's the worker from the yogurt stand! what the hell was he doing here? 
who would've thought he and jimin would be so friendly?
"hobi, hey!" jimin says, hugging him. "this is namjoon, my boyfriend and taehyung."
he shakes hands with namjoon hyung and smiles at taehyung, all warm and shy.
woah, this shit is uh, gay.
"waddup."
taehyung scoots over because his anxiety is [HIGH].
"hello, i'm-"
"taehyung, i know! it's me."
"me who. .?"
jimin laughs nervously, "this is hoseok."
taehyung is a very confused, panicked gay.
"tae, it's jay. from the hotline? hoseok is my actual, actual name."
the fuck kinda bullshit?
"you- jay? you're yogurt boy?"
"yeah, and you're that cutie who asked for extra gummy bears with his yogurt cup."
taehyung is [RELIEVED].
"oh. oh."
namjoon and jimin leave the two gays alone, quietly walking off to go enjoy each other's company in peace.
"you should have told me that your real name isn't jay," taehyung says quietly, feeling like booboo the fool.
"you never asked, taehyung. plus, it's part of the job. keeping my name confidential and all that. i'm sorry."
". . are you even trans? i mean, i never asked but. . you were so understanding, i thought maybe you were. . ."
"no, tae, i'm not trans. jimin is, though, as you probably already know. when she first told me, i lacked the proper knowledge i needed to be able to give her my full support. so, i joined an lgbtq youth group and decided to work at the trans hotline afterwards."
taehyung nodded, eyes slightly glossy. "that's nice of you. i'm sorry i didn't, like, ask?"
jay, hoseok, smiled gently and stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"it's okay. so. . .the ducks? i remember how you said that you loved feeding them. would you like to?"
hoseok smiles again (he did this quite often), his cute ass dimples popping out and taehyung swears a big uwu just came out of his fucking ear.
taehyung grabs hoseok's hand out of pure [BOLDNESS] and laces their fingers together.
"or do you wanna go join jiminie and namjoon?" hoseok asks, as he and taehyung slowly walk over to the lake.
"nah, i wanna feed these fluffy ducks," taehyung replies, pulling a bag of ripped bread out of his ass- uh, his jean jacket pocket.
"gimme some of that," hoseok says, giggling a little bit because taehyung is precious and cute; his soft hours are [ON]. 
then they stay till sundown and continue holding hands and being the proudest gay couples ever because that shit is [ICONIC].

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uh, that was horrible, but i decided to have some fun w/ this,
challenge [FAILED]
anyway, thank u for reading & uh,
u are valid no matter what, so be proud
& don't believe anyone who tells u otherwise !
i love u awesome nerds !!
♥