Fluffy SKZ oneshots🧸

Scary face paint🍼

Little: Minho

Caregiver: Hyunjin

No one's POV.:

Stray Kids had been preparing for a private Halloween party for weeks already. It would only be them and their closest friends but still, they wanted their costumes to be on point. Most of them already had their costumes picked out, planning in advance. Minho however, didn't like any of the ideas his friends offered him, while not being able to decide on anything by himself. When it came to styling Minho, they were all aiming for a similar style, something the dancer would look hot in. That wasn't what Minho himself wanted though. His members didn't know but their second oldest was actually a little and the thought of celebrating Halloween brought out his little side, no matter how hard he tried to hide it. It only made sense that little Minho wasn't comfortable with any of the costume ideas he was offered. What made it worse was that he followed a lot of agere aesthetic accounts online and saw what other littles planned on wearing for Halloween. It wasn't necessarily a costume that caught his eye but rather a picture of a child with face paint. The boy's face was covered in countless black, yellow and orange stripes, making him look like a tiger. Oh, how badly Minho wanted to have his face painted like that. It wasn't an option for him though, considering none of his friends knew about his little side and even if they did know, would they support one of their oldest wearing face paint like that?

Halloween was only a few days away but Minho still had no costume in mind. Or well, he did have something that wouldn't leave his mind but that was not an option for him. He was currently sitting in the living room, scrolling through his phone in search of other costume ideas, occasionally glancing over at Hyunjin, who was working on another one of his paintings. The gentle brush strokes captured Minho's attention. He couldn't help but try to imagine how it would feel on his skin. Would it tickle if his friend painted his face like that? 'It's not like you're going to find out', he reminded himself, turning his attention back to his phone. His eyes stung as his little side tried to come to the surface. It would be his biggest dream to have a caregiver, who would support him with things like that, who'd tell him it was okay to dress up whichever way he wanted and who'd paint his face the way Minho had seen online. Getting up from the couch, the dancer fled to his room, afraid he'd slip if he continued to overthink and watch Hyunjin paint any longer. Fleeing to his room was a bad idea though. The moment he plopped down on his bed, his eyes landed on his plushie, a stuffed cat with incredibly soft fur. Hugging the plushie to his chest, the little slipped into his headspace and instantly teared up. His heart was longing for the look he had seen and no other costume felt right anymore. He wanted to look like that for Halloween or not dress up at all. If only he could tell his friends, he wouldn't have to hide anymore and could go through with whatever his little heart desired. Afraid that someone would walk in on him regressed, Minho decided to take a nap, hoping he'd wake up big again.

Hyunjin had noticed his hyung disappearing, no matter how focused he might have seemed on his painting. Minho walking off just like that felt off to the younger and when he didn't return after a while, Hyunjin decided to go check on him. Quietly entering their shared room, he found his hyung asleep on his bed, facing the wall. Hyunjin was ready to leave and go back to his painting but then noticed the tearstains on the other's face. He knew his friend wasn't one to cry easily, which instantly had him concerned. Worriedly feeling Minho's forehead for a fever as he knew the older would get easily emotional when he was sick, Hyunjin's brows creased when he couldn't detect one. He decided whatever it was, his friend would probably appreciate the sleep, so he left and went back to his painting, his thoughts never leaving his hyung though. What could have made the older so sad that he cried?

Minho's nap ended up much longer than he had planned and when he woke up again, he wasn't fully big either, somewhere in between close to slipping fully again but knowing that would be very inconvenient if he wanted to keep hiding it. For the rest of the evening, he hung around his members, trying to distract himself as much as possible, afraid he'd slip and feel sad again. It all went well till Chan asked if he had already decided on a costume because Halloween was only two days away and he had nothing prepared yet. Claiming he already knew what he wanted to be, Minho tried laughing it off but to Hyunjin, the other's laugh sounded hollow. He didn't get to ask his hyung about it though as they all went to bed considerably early. To his own surprise, Hyunjin fell asleep easily, earlier than his two roommates, missing his chance to talk to his hyung after their roommate, Seungmin fell asleep. The only one of the three, who couldn't fall asleep, was Minho, having napped too long in the afternoon.