Kyungsoo likes math, and he gladly tutors it. It's direct, always has a solution, and will tell it to him straight so that he can do the same for his tutees—help them solve their mathematical woes.
Except, he can't do the same with how the school sees him. Life complicates even more when he finds out that his friend is a bit out of this world and his new tutee is making him face problems he would rather leave unsolved.
Hello people!
I wanted this story to be something short and comedic, like a 5-shot of crack and wack to help me through these Covid times. Long story short: that didn't happen but in a good way. Converse grew into something more serious and possibly triggering, so beware as this story quite intensely describes emotions and panic. The story explores a form of bullying that I feel is not talked about enough, and it doesn't hurt to create awareness for such unacceptable acts in the first place.
That being said, there is a bit of crack and wack (and swearing), and I hope you enjoy and/or get something out of reading Converse! This is my second story for public eyes, and so I hope you enjoy it as well!
Plagarism is not a form of enjoying or getting something out of my story. Do not plagarize or reproduce elsewhere without my explicit permission.
Drop upvotes, comments, and the like! I enjoy questions and feedback!
Laugh, Cry, Laugh, my peops.
Kiwi-C
September 25, 2020
Disclaimer: The names, events, and places in this story are either used fictiously or made up by me. The "Qiao'uyi race" and its language is something I made up (Don't plagarize). Although, like with the sequence of events of any story, I'd like to think that somewhere in the universe there walks a people like the Qiao'uyi.
And no, I don't actually believe that any of the people's images I've used here are accurate representations of the person in real life.
Another Disclaimer: Any similarities to another story is entirely coincidental. I attest that I pulled the writing style, words, and plot events out of my own (figuratively speaking), and the universe likes playing its mischief of coincidentalism on humans. That's why please no plagarism as that is deliberate and uncreative.
Note: Although this story bases its cultural and social customs with Korean honorifics ('-shi,' 'hyung,' 'oppa' —those kinds of things), I modified it for the purpose of this story, because remember that this is a work of fiction. I KNOW that students in the same grade/class wouldn't use '-shi' with each other in real life. Also, I never said that the setting was in South Korea. I use English titles (Mx., Ms. Mr.) and even sprinkled in some Chinese titles and words too. The setting is meant to be vague and unspecific in order to simulate a universality of the events and experiences of bullying.
QIP - Questions I'll Preempt
Q: Is there romance?!
A: Sure? It's not the main driving point of the story, but there is some feel-good things written in, especially near the middle and end.
Q: Why did you pick the characters for their roles? Wouldn't Baekhyun's image be a better fit for an excitable best friend?
A: If enough people are curious, I'll make another Q&A. But for now, that question has too long of an answer for here xP
Q: Do I need to understand math to read this?
A: LOL
A2: Nah, but it might make certain parts more enjoyable. I've put explanations at the bottom of the chapter too though.
Q: Do you like math? Since you made a story with it?
A: LOLOL
A2: Hell no but hey that was how the idea formed and I worked around it so tak-ka-bal!
Q: What's the update schedule?
A: Likely pretty regular but maybe not always. Most likely weekly releases.
My other stories, and I don't know how to make fancy graphics so links it is:
Strategem (Complete) - A secret unit of the military must walk a labyrinth of the afterlife to redeem their souls, but only one of them can be redeemed. [EXO - Tao]
Converse (Complete) - Kyungsoo's a math tutor. There's always a solution, but what's the solution when the entire school scorns him and his new tutee is making it harder to keep that scorn a secret? [EXO - D.O x Kai]
The Ambiguity Of Selfishness (Ongoing) - Kim Minseok doesn't want to become a demon, especially if it comes with a spiteful demon guard and said demon guard forcing him to unpack all his guilt towards living and the dead. [EXO - Xiumin x Chen]
Messorem Corporum (Completed-M/TW) – Graduating and becoming a doctor consultant becomes a hell of a lot harder when Jongdae’s assigned caretaker is the center of all the town and school’s suddenly replaced body parts. [EXO/SM – Chen x Xiumin]
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