[benji/mint] squish
The thing is, Benji knows they’d get along. They’re both good dancers, they both use nicknames because people tend to fuck up their real names. They’re both cool, is the thing(shut up Jimin). So Benji doesn’t understand how they still don’t really know each other, despite running in more or less the same social circles for years now.
“You have a dick.” Jimin states, not for the first time.
Benji’s eye twitches. “Astute observation.”
“What I mean is,” Jimin says, waving a stack of papers around because some people still haven’t finished college, ha. “What I mean is that you’re just too… guy for her. Mint likes to hang out with girls, if you haven’t noticed.”
“Yeah, yeah, she likes to hang out with girls, she likes to date girls, I don’t understand what that has to do with anything!” Benji exclaims. Why does it have to always be about that kind of relationships? He just wants to be friends, goddamn it.
“Well,” Jimin says placatingly, patting him with the papers. “I heard she’s into photography these days. Why don’t you try to bond over that?”
Why not, really?
*
Benji prepares. He does some google searches, scrolls through a few wikipedia articles and by the time the next party Mint is bound to be rolls around, he’s confident he can hold at least a five minute conversation about cameras and photography in general.
So he goes in, finds Mint and -
“Oh, you!” she exclaims before Benji can even say hi.
He does his best to take it in stride, of course. “Me?”
“Yeah,” she says, beaming up at him. “I’ve wanted to talk to you for a while now.”
“Really?” Benji asks before he can stop himself. “What for?”
“You seem like a cool guy,” Mint starts, her grin turning a little mischievous. “I was hoping you could introduce me to your friend? The funny one,” she clarifies.
Now, in Benji’s opinion, none of his friends are particularly funny. But he’s pretty sure who Mint is talking about anyway.
He sighs. “And here I thought you actually wanted to be friends with me.”
“Hey,” Mint says, patting his shoulder much like Jimin had before. The coincidence is not entirely appreciated. “I told you, you seem like a cool guy. And besides, I don’t exactly wanna be friends with her.”
“I figured,” Benji sighs again.
Why does it always have to be about relationships, goddamn it.