"Who's that?" I ask my new group of friends. I'm a new student at this school, so I don't really know anyone.
"Him? That's Kim Seokjin. You don't wanna talk to that dude, he's weird." Yunhyeong says.
"He looks kinda cute." I smile softly. "I'm gonna talk to him."
I stand from my table and walk toward Seokjin. He's the only person at that table, so I take a seat across from him. "Hi. I'm Namjoon."
He snaps his head up, looking a bit shocked. "What's wrong? You look shocked."
"N-No one here likes me. You're basically ruining your reputation by talking to me." He mumbles. His voice is so angelic....
"So?" I scoff. "You seem pretty cool. Your name is Seokjin, right?"
"Yeah." He smiles slightly.
"Those people I was sitting with were kinda cruel. Does everyone talk bad about you? They said shit like, 'you don't want to talk to him, he's weird.'." I tilt my head.
"Ah." He frowns. "Um....I'm nonbinary. I prefer the pronouns they/them but people here don't like that. So they use my old pronouns just to spite me."
"Oh! If I would've known earlier I would've used the correct pronouns! I'm sorry." I frown. I feel guilty now.
"No, it's alright! You're new. But thanks for being accepting." They play with their lip piercing.
"You have a lot of piercings." I comment.
"Yeah. My dad let me get them." They blush. "I have a nose piercing, two lip piercings, an industrial piercing, a belly button piercing, and about....five more ear piercings?"
"That's cool though. I like this chain thing you wear too." I grin.
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"Thanks." They giggle. "And....thanks for being supportive. That's the bell, I have biology. I'll see you around, Namjoon."
They stand and leave the cafeteria. I smile as I watch them go. They're adorable.
*4 Months Later*
"Where's your boyfriend?" One of my 'friends' ask.
"My lover will be here shortly." I narrow my eyes at him. Seokjin doesn't like to use the term boyfriend. He prefers lover or significant other.
"Seokjin is a little bitch. He's weird too, why are you even with him?" Chanwoo chuckles.
"I'm dating them, because they're absolutely perfect in my eyes. So keep your fucking mouth shut bitch." I say.
"Oh my god, he can't be 'nonbinary'. He's either male or female." Yunhyeong groans.
"They can be whatever the fuck they want to be. I'd love them regardless. You guys are going to end up alone because of the way you act. Fuck you both." I storm out of the locker room, accidentally bumping into Seokjin on the way to my locker.
"Ow. Oh, Namjoon." They grin. "I was just gonna meet up with you."
"Sorry, I needed to leave that place." I mumble. "Those people fucking suck. The jerks continued to use wrong pronouns and call you 'he'. I got fed up with it and yelled at them."
"Aww. Well thanks for defending me." Seokjin wraps their arms around my neck. "I love you."
