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Summary:

The one where Minho thirst-tweets about Chan on Twitter, assuming that he's a famous idol, only to find out that he's actually a student from his uni.

- Or: the Mangomite AU (the AO3 edition).

Notes:

it's finally here! my magnum opus! my baby! the mangomite au!!! this is the third of my twt socmed au back-ups. like always, it reads better on twitter so if you'd prefer to read it there, you can follow this link to do so, but either site is fine really! i'm mostly posting this here as a back-up because if i somehow lose this au to the internet void, i will throw myself into the toilet, no lie.

a few notes before we begin:
- this was originally called fansites, friendships and further inconveniences on ao3 bc for some reason, i didn't want to name it what literally everyone called it on twt (the mangomite au). on 9 feb 2024, well after i finished backing it up, i have now renamed it to its god-given title 😤
- this au includes themes and depictions of unhealthy, emotionally abusive relationships, anxiety, panic attacks and implied/reference alcohol intake/substance use. the emotional abuse does not occur within the endgame couples.
- there have been a couple of minor changes made to the au. namely: contact names change based on who's the POV character on the right hand side (e.g. minho or chan). in the twt au, i indicated this via different message colours but we can't do that here so contact name changes it is!
- there are also a couple of messages or tweets added into the early chapters to make the later chapters flow better (since i didn't solidify the plot until further down the line so some reactions might not make as much sense without these here). it really is just one or two lines though, definitely not a drastic change.
- some reaction images might not stay the same if i can't manage to find them online but i'm going to do my best lol
- also i wrote this au before i realised that not everyone starts uni in september lmao so it does follow the english academic year system (with semesters beginning in september). yes, this does mean that some of the ages don't make sense (hyunjin and jeongin's) but please don't analyse it too closely or else i'll be in physical pain

minho and jisung are foils to each other in this au which is why there's a strong focus on jisung too. this is ultimately a story about healing from toxic relationships and learning to be kinder to yourself so it does deal with difficult topics but is ultimately an optimistic and happy story about growth.

it's also very, very long. whoops?

Chapter 1: Introductions & Social Media Profiles

Notes:

an introduction to the group chats and twitter handles for this au

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

INTRODUCTION TO THE CAST

(as well as their twitter profiles and relevant group chats)

GROUP CHAT 1: ‘NONSTOP TROT PARTY’
consisting of Minho, Jisung and Jeongin

minho @mingo
who likes the mingo, they like the mingo
dance undergrad @ snu

sung @itshannie
god made me short to try and stop me from being too powerful (it didn’t work)

jeongin @iyenie
paypal me 100,000 won and i’ll send you an aesthetic picture of my big toe

 

GROUP CHAT 2: ‘SMALL & SPICY 🔥’
consisting of Chan, Changbin and Jisung

bang chan @channiesroom
check out my soundcloud here: https://m.soundcloud.com/cb97

bin. @seochangbin_
20yo// music production @ snu
also known as spearb.

 

ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS:

felix @yongbokgamer
stop saying i look like i’m on tiktok when you damn well know i am

hyunjin @itshyunie
hip hop is my passion! i love to pop and lock and jam and break

seungmin @kimsky
kim wonpil, if you read this, i’m free on thursday night and would like to hang out. please respond to this and then hang out with me on thursday night when i’m free.

Notes:

actual story starts in the next chapter!