Together We'll Be Strange

Description

Kim Jongdae, a schizophrenic, meets Park Chanyeol, an elementary school teacher, on a scary night and there's a lot more to Chanyeol than meets the eye. 

 

- A story about secrets, happiness and meeting people with secrets, fears, unhappiness and everything inbetween.

Foreword

  

 

Hey guys!

This story actually serves three purposes;

1) writing more platonic EXO because I enjoy friendship-stories. 

2) writing more Chenyeol because I absolutely love them. 

3) showing that a mental disorder doesn't make you less of a human and that even when you think you're alone, there will be someone who might not fully understand but who will support you with everything you need nonetheless. 

It's a friendship story, not only because I genuinely like friendship-stories but also because a supportive friend can be exactly what you need in times of distress; you don't need your one and only love to get better. 

I do not suffer from schizophrenia myself but I hope with research that I have done it just a little bit justice. 

This story began as a collaboration with heclgehog but I was allowed to continue and finish it on my own. Thank you for the opportunity! 

Winner of Struck By You. It was an honor to join and an even bigger honor to win. Thank you. 

I hope you enjoy! Comments and feedback is always welcome. 


// Kim Minji


 

 

 


 

together we'll be strange

written by kim minji
 

characters

           * Kim jongdae
           * park chanyeol
           * kim joonmyun
           * do kyungsoo
 

pairings

           * chenyeol
 

genre

           * friendship
           * slife of life
 

contains

           * schizophrenia
 

copyright belongs to missminew and this story must not be redistributed  or translated without my permission.
 

credit

           * poster // Shirotakashi

 

 

 

 



 

 

 
 
Author's Thoughts
MissMinew
there'll be four chapters in total and a prologue. and im almost finished so the wait will soon be over. <3
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Nobodysgirl11 #1
Chapter 4: this is so good!!! Esepcially how, you showed his illness. i felt so much how he feels. I read it all at once because its so intersting to see how it feels to have his illness. then, when he describes how it feels to have pschosis, it sounds so scary. actually i have a friend who has bipolar nd recently he had to go into the hospital because he was having psychosis. i felt so bad for him. so this was really helpful to read and understand better.
also can i just say...
...FLAWLESS MIN
I LOVE FLAWLESS MIN :D
have you writtne anything special about him because I would read that :D
FishFish7 #2
Chapter 4: A well written piece, Dae with his illness just wants to be treated like another human being, I'm very happy that he somehow stumbles upon Chanyeol who totally accepts him with all his flaws and introduce him to a world when he's treated as a friend who can have hopes n inspired to better himself.
Even without any apparent flaws, everyone just wants to be accepted for who they are. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful n well written piece.
dks-dks-dks #3
Chapter 4: Soo, omg Kyungsoo!!! (BECAUSE HE'S MY BIAS AND I WAS LAUGHING MY A** OF!!!)

I love the way you write mental illness so well, the way you portray not only the dissease but the character as well, because that's unfortunately how sometimes people with mental illnesses are portrayed, only as their disease, but there's so much more behind that, there's a real human being struggling and trying their best to get better!

As always, I loved it!
dks-dks-dks #4
Chapter 1: WHAT'S WITH HIS PARENTES!!! UUUUGH
dks-dks-dks #5
I came to AFF after a super long type of hiatus due to school, and I can only say THANKK GOD I DID! Because you have new stories!
I'll read this NOW!
ADAMANTIUM #6
Chapter 4: This is the most humane and best fanfic I've ever read. I often have this fear towards schizophrenic patients because I thought they're going to kill me if they have their episodes. But in the end, they're just like us. I love how you potray Chanyeol's sincerity and Jongdae's effort to get better.

Oh god i love this so much. I'm here from Struck By You when I saw your ff getting the first place.

You really deserve this. Keep on writing more masterpieces like this. I'm your fan now!
godspeed1 #7
Chapter 4: you have no idea just how much i'm in love with this piece of work, and how so realistic it was in such a way that we can relate this to actual situations of mental illnesses to a better degree. i love how jongdae's parents weren't blatantly villainized - it was clear that they just wanted to make a better life for jongdae but what they needed to know was that pretending that his illness doesn't exist is not the right way. i'm so happy at how jongdae's mental illness wasn't romanticized here, and how he's able to function even better in daily life because there are people around him who care for him, make sure that he's functioning (proper hygiene, social interaction etc), makes sure he takes his medication, and not some kind of "ill kiss you and youll get better" . this is the kind of support that many mental health patients lack due to the stigma that surrounds them. i love you so much for emphasizing this. great job!!
beokeo24 #8
Yaaaaaaaaaaaas❤
beokeo24 #9
I miss uuuuuuüuuu❤
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