#mincle

- Mink is an astronomy/biochemistry double major, Clear is an art major

- Mink never really knew what happened to her parents; all she knew was that when she was three, she was left at an orphanage and bounced from foster home to foster home as she grew up.  She was openly defiant and never seemed to care about her foster parents’ reprimands.

- She quickly made friends with the local delinquents and unintentionally became their “leader”.  She didn’t even notice until they started calling her “boss”.  She was chill with it

- College wasn’t even a thought in her mind until she was told by a counselor that she was eligible for an academic scholarship to Platinum University, aka Midorijima’s most prestigious university.  She didn’t have any housing tho so she and her friends repurposed a small abandoned warehouse into a home! There were already walls and rooms big enough for bedrooms, they just needed to furnish it, get some wifi installed, and fix the lighting

- Mink was the only one that lived there full-time.   word about it spread pretty quickly, and it soon became a safe haven for teenage runaways that needed shelter (which was cool and all, but she got pretty tired of seeing some random kid sitting on her fucking couch every other morning)

- Clear, on the other hand, grew up in a mansion with a crazy rich dad that rarely remembered that he existed and two brothers that hated his guts

- You’d think that’d make him an evil little brat but luckily he had positive influences from his grandfather, who pretty much raised him and attended every important event

- Clear got to know Noiz and Koujaku early on through Rich Boy connections, and met Aoba through Koujaku during high school.

- Clear’s dad (aka toue, aka bastard) was Platinum University’s primary donor, so Clear got accepted easily and was even given a discounted tuition! But him being out of the house AND majoring in art pretty much severed all ties with his family

- Mink and Clear met at a freshman-only party, saw each other’s aesthetics, and immediately went “that’s my best friend now”

- Mink showed up in her nicest black leather and her newest fishnets while Clear showed up looking like an emotionally stunted art kid (as seen here) and for some reason that had them both ENTRANCED

- Mink liked that Clear was outgoing and kind to everyone he met.  Clear liked that Mink was quiet but firm and knew exactly what she wanted.  they balanced each other out

- Since Clear was raised COMPLETELY outside of normal Human Society, Mink got to introduce him to a lot of fantastic things, like the dollar store, drive-thrus, homemade meals, social media, regular human interaction, and so on and so forth.

- Clear also got to introduce Mink to the world of rich people, but the flagrant displays of excess wealth disgusted her, and over time, they would disgust him, too

- Mink’s friends are absolutely AMAZED that Clear makes her smile because they’ve never seen a boy make Mink do anything other than be disappointed

- They were both unaware that the other was trans until Clear asked Mink to help do his shots.  It was like a rite of passage.  A baby step in their relationship

- They started dating pretty easily but now they were in REAL unknown territory.  Neither of them knew how to love another person, so they just went with what felt right.  Mink resisted the urge to shut herself down and push him away and Clear resisted the urge to say “i love you” on the second date

- They text like they’re best friends (”where the fuck are my keys” “i ate them” “you fucking whore”) which throws people off pretty often! In person, they’re touching each other, leaning on each other, showing each other funny things, etc. but when texting it’s like they’re trying to kill each other

- Mink meets Koujaku, Noiz, and Aoba through Clear, Clear meets Mizuki through Mink, they all have a grand old time :)

- sike again Mink is very uncomfortable with the fact that Clear’s friends are so far removed from “common people” that they were surprised when she showed up.  They were expecting someone they knew from their inner circles and it was NOT a fuckin vibe