open the doors.
@nshaewon, from this post.
“You mean the first time? Like, to my family?” She clarifies, recalling a few different events in her mind. “I mean, the very first person I came out to was my boyfriend at the time— because… that was important. But then I just… came out to my dad and my sister over the phone, since I didn’t really have the money to go see them in person any time soon, and I didn’t want to keep secrets from them like that. So… yeah, that’s it. No dramatic story or anything.” It suddenly occurred to her to wonder why the psychologist was asking her about it— not that she didn’t get asked often. In fact, she got asked this exact question more than one would think. Mostly from straight friends and colleagues who couldn’t find anything in common to start a conversation, so they resulted to asking about her life story. “Why? Just curious, or…?”
The filter Minjae usually has over everything he says is suddenly gone now that he’s had a few more drink than he should, always with the support and encouragement of his friends --- even though he promised himself he wasn’t going to drink too much. He failed, at this point in the night he already feels lighter, his mind is affected by the alcohol already and so does everything he says as well. And that’s the main motivation behind his strange behavior ( very strange compared to how he acts into the buildings of NIS ) and his indelicate question towards Haewon. Part of him is curious about her own experience with the whole coming out situation, and another... He also wants to be prepared.
He listens to her with attention, the glass of whatever drink Hajoon had chosen for him in his hands and he looks at the female with a small smile on his lips, nodding once she’s done talking. But her response isn’t exactly enough for him: he wants to know more, he wants to know what the reactions were, he wants to know how everything was after she did it --- and no, he doesn’t wanna know just because he’s NIS’ psychologist, but because he is discovering himself. He’s trying to figure out the best way to deal with his feelings, once he found out he’s part of the community as well.
“I... I’ll be honest with you, Haewon. I might or might not have feelings for another man, but I have no idea how to approach my parents about it.”
