this is sth i don't think anyone's noticed which i get, i didn't make it obvious AT all - dk is trans in the earth laughs in flowers. stemming from 'oracle' soonyoung and the fake gf-->bf he made up for wonwoo when they were kids (if u want, read over that scene again at the start of chapter two and see if u think anything.....) also why he makes such a big deal abt being shirtless and - much quieter reference, especially since the fic isn't in his pov - seokmin who was very insecure abt his body back when he was 19, just over a year on t, and then comes this perfect guy who keeps complimenting him despite there being a language barrier and tells him he looks pretty without clothes (makes sense why seokmin had such a massive reaction to that). minghao ofc knew this abt him since their one night stand and though that made seokmin nervous at first when they met for the second time, it was also a catylist for him to easily become comfortable with hao again <3

it was more like. not a big part of the fic bc i just had in my head that dk was trans while writing, that was it rlly. i do this sometimes, like ace wonwoo, and in just the right height when i talked abt soonwoo giving each other facepaint when they were teens and hoshi is implied nb + bi because wonwoo paints one of his cheeks purple and yellow and the other blue and pink

i was wondering if i would ever explicitly say it and i did decide to mention it in the dreamwidth post that im going to make abt the series once i finish everyone's stories but im taking wayyyyy longer to do that than i thought lmfaoo so here we are! it will also be referenced in later fics in the series <3