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Assistant: Title: Natural (You And Me)
        Author: forthegiven forthegiven 
        Chapter: 1/1 
        Summary: Treated like an outsider his whole life, Hyunjin has hatred built so deep within him that it's impossible to crack.Until Seungmin does the impossible.
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              Treated like an outsider his whole life, Hyunjin has hatred built so deep within him that it's impossible to crack.Until Seungmin does the impossible.
            
        

        
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      welcome to the first work in my new series where i base each fic on a song from NOEASY!(yes, that means a total of 14 fics in this series) (hope you are excited as i am!)this fic is based on track 1: CHEESElyrics: I am used to being treated like an outsider // An alien, I am that boldenjoy!
    

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  It started when he was young.

  With the feeling of the soft rubber flooring under his feet, Hyunjin entered the playground with the excitement of any other 5-year-old. His mother had finally allowed him to play outside, after years of longingly staring out their living room window, wondering why he wasn’t with the other kids. His mother had always given him a pitying look when he asked, and a vague answer that never really made sense to Hyunjin.

  But who is he to say, right? He’s five. His mother clearly knows better.

  He stopped asking after a while.

  All that doesn’t matter now, when Hyunjin can finally feel the sun on his face and be right with the screams and laughter of the other kids around him. Tentatively, he walks towards a group around his age, eager to make friends and hopefully join the game they’re playing.

  “Hello?” Hyunjin shakes his head, gathering all the courage he needs. “Hi! My name is Hyunjin! Can I play with you?”

  From all the years he’s stared out the window, he learnt that the other children here are always making new friends. Hyunjin would spot new people, and the next thing he knows, the kid would be playing with the rest like they’ve known each other all their lives.

  So of course, Hyunjin expects just the same.

  The other kids are just - 
  
    staring
  
  , though.

  “Hello?” He tries again. Maybe they didn’t understand him the first time. “I saw you guys were playing with the ball, can I-”

  “What’s that on your head?”

  “And your b@tt?”

  “Are you an alien?”

  “Mom told me never to talk to 
  
    animals
  
   like you.”

  The last kid said 
  
    animals 
  
  like an insult. Hyunjin doesn’t understand why.

  He pats the top of his head, where two pointy ears are sat. Something in him is sending signals of 
  
    danger danger danger
  
  , but he ignores it. Why would he be in trouble at a playground?

  “These are my ears! And this is my tail,” he lets his tail wrap around his leg, showing off just how long it is. Hyunjin likes his tail. “And I’m not an alien! Those don’t exist.”

  Hyunjin, still naive as ever, believes the other children are just curious. Maybe they’ve just never met a cat hybrid before.

  Hyunjin wonders what kind of hybrids the others are. He doesn’t see any tails like his, nor any ears on top of heads.

  “You’re a monster.”

  The small sense of danger intensifies. His tail stiffens, hair standing up. 
  
    Run away
  
  , a voice inside him says.

  “I’m not- I’m not a monster! What are you guys talking about?” Hyunjin’s voice wavers, every cell in him begging him to just give up, that this isn’t a fight worth having.

  “My mom told me 
  
    things
  
   like you aren’t good! You’re unnatural!”

  “Get away from us!”

  “Don’t come here ever again!”

  The screams and shouts continue, but Hyunjin doesn’t get to hear the rest of them as he sprints away, legs carrying him all the way back to the safety of his home where he locks himself in his room and cries his heart out, body shaking unlike ever before.

  The kids’ words ring in his head, getting louder and louder until Hyunjin feels like he needs to scream.

  
    Animal. Alien. Monster.
  

  
    Unnatural. Unnatural. Unnatural.
  

  He doesn’t scream.

  Hyunjin only cries and makes a promise to himself that he’s never going out there again.

  
    The world is a scary place
  
  , his mom had said. 

  Hyunjin started learning just how true those words were at age five.

  
  

  xxx

  
  

  It takes him three years to finally dare to step out again, and another five to accept that the world is always going to be this mean.

  By age 21, Hyunjin still doesn’t leave the apartment unless strictly necessary.

  He lives alone now, too guilty about depending on his parents so much as an adult. Being home-schooled since the start means the only friends he has ever made are from the hybrid-friendly centres he was sent to, his parents insisting he has to interact with others even if he felt perfectly fine on his own, developing his own hobbies to keep him occupied.

  The centre, is also where he meets Seungmin.

  Seungmin, who seemed quiet and reserved at first, but soon enough opened up to Hyunjin to show his true colours.

  Still quiet, sometimes reserved, but never fully 
  
    silent
  
  . Seungmin always had something to say - either a patient explanation about something Hyunjin learns about way too late due to being sheltered too much, or a smart comeback about a mean comment made by someone else. Seungmin is always by his side, knowledge so jam-packed into him that Hyunjin finds himself staring in awe at him most days, all starry-eyed and tail quivering with excitement.

  Seungmin had a completely opposite upbringing to Hyunjin. He interacted with the ‘outside world’ as Hyunjin would refer to (
  
    They are called humans, Hyunjin. You are part human too.
  
  ), and he went to public school all his life. He told Hyunjin stories of good people, non-hybrids who wouldn’t make demeaning remarks and threaten to kill him the moment they had their hands on him.

  Hyunjin still doubts that there are people like that, even though some of the people working at the centre are also full humans. Hyunjin would always be scared of them, establishing a clear distance, even if they are nice and welcoming.

  
    Changbin hyung is super nice, Jinnie. He couldn’t hurt a fly even if he tried.
  

  
    I don’t care.
  

  
    You’ll have to one day.
  

  Hyunjin and Seungmin’s friendship can be considered unconventional, if you paid attention to the difference in their ears and tails and mannerisms. A cat hybrid and a dog hybrid, stuck to each other like a 2-for-1 set.

  Hyunjin wouldn’t have it any other way.

  That dependence scares him, some nights. He would lose sleep and have panic attacks of the possibility of waking up one day and Seungmin just deciding he doesn’t want Hyunjin clinging onto him like this all the time.

  Safe to say, the days following those nights are spent at Seungmin’s apartment instead, and sleepovers spanning a week.

  And in those quiet nights, when Hyunjin can look at Seungmin under the moonlight and wonder just how lucky he feels despite it all - he falls in love a little bit more.

  
  

  xxx

  
  

  “I still don’t understand why you can’t try to be friends with Changbin hyung.” The two are at the cafe nearby the centre for their weekly dose of bingsu, the owners not paying them any mind no matter how loud they get.

  “I just don’t want to.” Hyunjin shoves another spoon of shaved ice into his mouth. He can’t believe Seungmin still hasn’t dropped this topic yet.

  Seungmin gives him a 
  
    look
  
  , one too determined for how long they’ve been having this argument. “How long have you known him?”

  “5 years.”

  “And has he done anything even remotely dangerous?”

  “Well no,” Changbin is a nice guy. He always gives 110% into his work at the centre, and has been nothing but respectful of Hyunjin’s unreasonable disdain towards him. And yet. “But he’s still one of 
  
    them
  
  .”

  “Hyunjin you are also part of 
  
    them
  
  . You can’t live your entire life hating humans if you’re mostly one too.” Seungmin is everything but a man who gives up easily, Hyunjin learns.

  Maybe his hatred isn’t entirely external. Maybe he hates himself, both the cat and human side of him, that he projects it out instead. Years of despising who he is turned into unhealthy coping habits. Hating others is easier than realising just how much your own existence bothers you, Hyunjin thinks.

  But that’s a thought for another day.

  Seungmin sighs like he expected Hyunjin to bend. “You trust Chan hyung, right?”

  “Of course.” That’s a no brainer. The only other friend that he has allowed himself to get close to. The single most kind, giving and responsible wolf-hybrid Hyunjin has ever met. He trusts him almost just as much as he trusts Seungmin.

  “You know he’s best friends with Changbin hyung, right? Do you think Chan hyung would befriend someone who might hurt him?”

  No. The answer is a very clear no. But Hyunjin doesn’t want to say it.

  “Why are you so insistent on me being friends with him, Minnie?” Hyunjin realises he has long placed his spoon down, appetite for his favourite dessert gone.

  His stomach twists and turns, like how his heart does.

  “You need to realise people out there aren’t always going to be mean.”

  
    Aren’t always going to be mean
  
  . After years and years of hiding himself from people that have only ever tried to hurt him, catch him, 
  
    kill
  
   him. After years of fearing the world, of hating how everything turned out, of hating 
  
    himself
  
   - Seungmin wants to tell him that it’s all not as bad as he thinks?

  “I don’t know what kind of f@ck@d up fantasy you’ve built in your head, but the world 
  
    is
  
   that mean, Seungmin. You think I willingly isolated myself from the world 
  
    for fun
  
  ? That I wanted to become like this? Clueless about everything and having to bother you every second of your life like an annoying leech?”

  Hyunjin is just f@ck@ng tired, at this point.

  “Jinnie, you aren’t a bother-”

  “Why? Why do I need to make friends with them, with other people?”

  Hyunjin finally looks up at Seungmin, staring straight into his eyes.

  “Can’t I just be happy being with you? Having just you is enough for me, Seungmin. Aren’t I enough for you?”

  
    Of course, you aren’t. Seungmin is made for bigger things. He doesn’t need baggage like you.
  

  And for once, Seungmin is speechless. For the first time since Hyunjin met him 8 years ago, Seungmin has 
  
    nothing to say
  
  .

  He takes that as an agreement.

  “Fine. I knew this would happen one day. I’ll get out of your life just like how you’ve always wanted, then. Goodbye.”

  And once again, just like all those years ago, Hyunjin runs and runs and runs until he’s back home, shaking and crying and feeling alone in this whole godforsaken world.

  His mom was wrong when he told him with a soft voice that the world was a scary place.

  It’s not scary.

  It’s f@ck@ng 
  
    terrifying
  
  .

  
  

  xxx

  
  

  Surprisingly, it’s Chan who knocks on Hyunjin’s door a few days later.

  “You okay?”

  Stupid question to ask, given the bloodshot eyes and stiff tail of the younger.

  “Yes.”

  An even stupider answer, because Hyunjin is anything 
  
    but
  
  .

  Hyunjin knew the fallout would happen one day, but 
  
    f@ck
  
  , does it still hurt like his heart just got ripped out of his chest.

  “I’m just gonna get straight to the point here.” Chan makes himself right at home, settling down on the couch and signals Hyunjin over. “You need to talk to Seungmin.”

  “He doesn’t want anything to do with me”

  “Now I know that’s a lie.”

  “How? Did you ask him? I doubt you did.” Hyunjin doesn’t sit down. He paces his living room, pent up energy in him needing to be worn off before he snaps at Chan.

  “I didn’t.”

  But before Hyunjin can scoff, the words ‘I knew it’ at the tip of his tongue, Chan continues.

  “He told me.”

  That gets Hyunjin to freeze in place, silence suddenly filling the room.

  “What?” His heart that is already going a lot faster than it should only speeds up, but now for an entirely new reason that Hyunjin hates.

  Hope.

  “You’re lying, right? There’s no way Seungmin said that.” Hyunjin finally sits down across from Chan, staring right into his eyes just like he did to Seungmin the day before. “Hyung, you can’t lie to me right now.”

  The only emotion Hyunjin can sense behind those eyes is fondness. “Hyunjin, have I ever lied to you? Especially for things like this?”

  
    Chan hyung is the only other friend he trusts almost as much as Seungmin.
  

  “But,” Hyunjin is still shocked. “Seungmin said he’s tired of me. He wants to get rid of me.”

  Chan, still with the same fondness in his eyes, shakes his head. “Did he, though? Did he actually say those things or did your silly little head put untrue words in his mouth?”

  Hyunjin wants to hiss at Chan for that, but the looming truth behind those words stop him.

  “Seungminnie loves you very much. Just as much as you love him. Let him explain that to you.”

  So, as Hyunjin stands in front of Seungmin’s door, heart in his throat and all five of his senses heightened from nerves, he hopes Chan is right.

  “Hyunjin?” The younger is in the same state as him. Red eyes, tail permanently planted to the ground, and ears droopy. Hyunjin still thinks he looks beautiful.

  “Hello, Minnie. Can I come in?” It’s been a while since he has had to ask Seungmin that.

  The puppy seems to think that too, if the slight stumble in his words are any indicator. “Of course, yeah.”

  Hyunjin feels like his heart has taken residence in his throat, his heartbeat so fast that he has to physically remind himself to breathe. To slow down. To be present.

  There’s an awkward silence, one only filled with the sounds of their breathing and the busy road outside. Hyunjin has a million things he wants to say, things he wants to ask Seungmin, but he has no idea where to even start.

  In the end, it’s Seungmin who breaks the silence first. “I’m guessing Chan hyung didn’t actually listen to me when I told him 
  
    not
  
   to tell you?”

  Hyunjin can let out a chuckle at that, and just as simple as that - his body starts to feel lighter. “No, he didn’t. But I guess we do have to thank him for it, because I was very convinced you hate me. I’m still not completely sure you don’t.”

  At that, Seungmin’s ears perk up again as he rushes to be close to Hyunjin, taking the older’s hands in his. “I don’t. I could never hate you, Jinnie. It’s impossible.”

  The smile on his lips makes Hyunjin believe him. Now that they’re close again, Hyunjin realises just how much he has missed Seungmin. Missed his scent, his warmth, his presence. He doesn’t want to ever leave his side again.

  “I’m sorry I overreacted. I really shouldn’t have let my own dumb insecurities blind me from the years we put into this friendship.” The word friendship stings a bit while coming out of his mouth, but Hyunjin knows Seungmin is his best friend first and foremost. No matter what.

  Seungmin places one of his hands on Hyunjin’s cheek, the gentlest of touches making his ears twitch. “I’m sorry too. For not listening to your insecurities and not doing all of this in a better, more mature way.”

  Hyunjin tilts his head towards Seungmin’s touch, and he revels in the comfort and warmth. He’s safe here.

  “Why did you actually want me to be friends with Changbin hyung so badly, then? I’m curious.”

  Seungmin blushes at that, face turning a pretty shade of pink that Hyunjin wants to copy to use in one of his paintings. “I just care a lot about you, Jinnie. I thought if you could make friends with at least one non-hybrid, then all that hatred about yourself would fade.”

  Maybe Hyunjin really shouldn’t have underestimated just how much Seungmin loves him too.

  He shouldn’t have forgotten the amount of times Seungmin 
  
    had
  
   dropped the topic, the second Hyunjin felt any kind of discomfort.

  The days when Seungmin would be the one talking about how f@ck@d up the outside world can be, especially when he would spot a dirty look being thrown at Hyunjin.

  All the moments and instances where Seungmin proved he didn’t actually believe the world wasn’t mean, just that there are other good people in it. Good people like him. Like 
  
    Hyunjin
  
  .

  He has always been enough for Seungmin.

  “I love you.”

  The words spill out of him involuntarily, but he doesn’t regret it.

  Especially when Seungmin gives him the biggest smile, places his other hand on Hyunjin’s other cheek, and announces proudly like just won an award, “I love you too. Always have.”

  The melody of Seungmin’s tail wagging excitedly in the air and the high purring at the back of Hyunjin’s throat turns both their smiles fonder - softer.

  Both of them finding comfort in each other, confessions said like it was the most natural thing in the world.

  And as they both lean in to place a soft, tender kiss on each other’s lips like they have always meant to do this - the words that Hyunjin had always associated with himself changes, twists and turns just like the way his heart flips in his chest.

  
    Natural
  
  . 
  
    Natural. Natural.
  

  Always have been. Always will be.'
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