_{Jongin and Kyungsoo had never had any reason to think that their relationship was anything besides that of a friendship so strong it bordered on brotherly. That is until one day Jongin had pestered Kyungsoo into giving him a piggy back ride and someone observing it said something so hateful it made them stop in their tracks.}

_{“in’ Fags.”}

_{Neither of them got a chance to ever confront this random person because they were so shocked at being called such a slur.}

_{Yet, despite what that random man said it changed nothing between them, not really. Later that night they would cuddle together as they tried to get over pain of being hated without even being known, but Jongin and Kyungsoo refused to let it change how they acted around each other. If they did then they would be giving into the homophobic hate directed at them for just being friends.}