The year he was fifteen, Park Jimin realized he was gay, and that he fell in love with a hot guy the same gender he was! Jimin spied on the other's online friend group, payed attention to that person's every move, and privately, started his fanatical fanboying actions. Unfortunately, the hot guy he liked was someone who changed girlfriends like he changed clothes, a pretentious and straight male.
A few years later, Jimin and the hot guy he was secretly in love with got into the same university and became good friends. In order to prevent his beloved from hating him, Jimin repressed his true feelings and forced himself to pretend to be a 24k, pure gold straight guy.
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Having high-spec looks, Kim Taehyung was a networking expert, but in order to preserve his all-around shining and popular hearthrob image, he always hid his true sexuality, that he was gay. He got himself (fake) girlfriends all throughout school, literally playing himself into being branded as a skirt-chaser.
Until one day, he met his true love. The other looked delicate and gentle, cold and out-of-reach, as if the ideal lover he'd dreamed of in his heart.
Except, there was just one thing. That guy also looked completely straight......
In short, this is the love story of two scared, in-the-closet gay guys pretending to be straight while mutually trying to feel the other out.
"Have you ever looked in the mirror and had gotten sick to your stomach because you hate the reflection staring back at you? Imagine feeling like that every time you looked in the mirror. How can anyone love me when I don't even love myself?"
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Yoongi and Jimin have never spoken to each other until their professor paired them up to do an assignment together. Jimin was the quiet kid. He never really spoke to anyone and didn't have that many friends. Yoongi was the complete opposite, a relaxed, social butterfly. Both of the boys wanted to get the assignment done and that be the end of it. However, it wasn't that simple. Working on the assignment together forced the boys to become close, which blossomed into a friendship. As they get closer they learn more about each other than they ever thought they would, one of them bearing a sad and potentially fatal secret.
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
- Mature content
- Potential triggering/upsetting scenes
- Mental Illness/eating disorder
- Strong language
- Sexual content (boyxboy)
- Emotionally distressing/sensitive scenes and topics