Burnt Skies | Stray Kids 9th Member (Hwang Minaki)

Stray Kids Protecting Naki Part 2

#2: When Minaki wore a really uncomfortable outfit to an interview

"Today we are joined by... Stray Kids!" the MC announced happily, clapping his hands. The other MC followed suit.

"Hello~," Chan began. "We are Stray Kids!"

They all went around and introduced themselves, until they finally got to Minaki.

"Annyeong, I'm Naki, the cat-like evil maknae of the group," she said, striking a little pose. Once she was sure the camera was off her, she pulled down the bottom of her dress.

The stylists, who stupidly decided to ignore the fact that Minaki wasn't even 18 yet, forget her being underage completely, had given her a short red dress that was extremely uncomfortable for the young female.

"Naki-ssi, may I just say that you look absolutely stunning in that dress," the first MC said, snapping her out of her thoughts.

Naki smiled awkwardly. "Oh, thanks."

Throughout the entire interview, Minaki sat down with a towel on her lap and shifted her hair multiple times so that it would cover her chest.

"You know, I don't understand why kids these days wear such revealing clothes like that," the second MC said after a while. "Though it does look good on you, Naki." Naki gave him a fake smile in return.

They continuously brought it up every few minutes, but by the fifth time, they had all had enough.

"Naki, your dress-" the first MC began.

Fuming, Minho stood up and stormed over to the MCs. "Listen here, you two," he hissed, his voice low. "Your job is not making comments on a young teen's clothing throughout an interview that is supposed to be about our music. We all see the way you're looking at her. So shut up about her dress." Then he whirled around and looked at the staff behind the camera. "And you! Stylists! Why would you give a 16 year old girl a dress like that in the first place? Of course people are going to talk about that! Do you even see how uncomfortable she is? Do your job right next time!"

Of course, after that, the MCs shut up about Minaki's dress, they reshot all the parts up until then and after in a much prettier, more comfortable outfit, and no one ever knew about Minaki's dress except the people present at the event.

#3: Hyunjin pretending to be Naki's boyfriend

Minaki was walking down the streets with Hyunjin, swinging her arms happily. Then she saw something.

An ice cream stand.

She gasped and tugged on Hyunjin's sleeve to get his attention, then pointed to it. "I really want a cookies n' cream, please," she said. "Can you get one for me?"

Hyunjin's eyes widened and he looked away. "No, not today," he said, but Minaki still continued tugging on his sleeve and whining like a baby.

"Pleeeaaasseee," she begged. She pouted and then gave him her best puppy eyes. "Please, oppa? For me?"

And that's how Hyunjin left Minaki waiting for him on the sidewalk while he crossed the road to go buy ice cream. Minaki grinned happily and leaned against a building. A few seconds later, a man sauntered up to her, a drunk-looking grin on his face.

"Heyyy baby girl," he said in a deep voice, getting unusually close to her. "How you doing?"

"F-fine, thank you," Minaki stammered, shuffling away slowly. The man persisted and walked even closer, placing one hand on the wall of the shop and leaning on it.

"Aw, comere' sweetie," he chortled, stopping her from moving any farther. "Why you movin'? It's just me." He gave her a really ugly pout and laughed when she winced.

"P-please move, sir," Minaki said. "I-I have to go."

"Gimme a kiss before you leave, babe," he growled lowly, as if he thought he sounded seductive.

"Hey, who's this?" a voice came.

Minaki looked over the man's shoulder to see Hyunjin come up behind him. Hyunjin pulled the man's shoulder and pushed him away from Minaki. He then grabbed the female's hand and pulled her behind him.

"Was he bothering you, babe?" he asked. Minaki bit her lip, trying to control her tears, and nodded quickly, trying her best to hide behind Hyunjin. Hyunjin glared at the man. "Get the fuck away from my girlfriend. Right now."

The man, who was even shorter than Changbin, found Hyunjin incredibly intimidating and ran away whimpering, as if he had his tail between his ears.

Quickly, Hyunjin whirled around and gathered Minaki up in his arms, hugging her tightly. "You okay, muffin?" he whispered.

Minaki took in a shaky breath. "Yeah. All good. Thanks."

Neither of them knew this at the moment, but the ice cream man turned out to be a STAY and had recorded the whole scene and later posted it. The clip went viral, even reaching Stray Kids themselves, and when asked about it, Hyunjin and Naki retold the story the way they saw it.

Oh, and about what happened to the ice creams, Hyunjin had bought the ice creams, and when he saw the man and Minaki, he rushed over after paying and didn't take the ice creams until Minaki asked about them.

#4: The Airport

Minaki was never a very big fan of airplanes or airports. So whenever she had to travel somewhere, it wasn't a great experience for her. But one time, the first time they had to take a flight somewhere after they debuted, that dislike of airports was taken to a whole new level.

Minaki had entered the airport, and they were almost immediately flooded by fans. She panicked; she had always found airports too crowded, and now people were surrounding her, trying to touch her and her members, and being overall too close.

It was too much for her, and she stayed close to Jeongin and Chan, holding the latter's hand as tight as she could.

But somehow, she was seperated from them. All she could think of was the hands reaching out to try and make any sort of interaction with her.

Suddenly, something made her trip and she fell down. She was vaguely aware of Chan calling out to her and attempting to help her up. She accidentally rested all her weight on the elder male and lost control of her body. She couldn't recall what happened.

Meanwhile, Chan was panicking at the sudden loss of his only female member (read: daughter), and quickly helped her up, not paying attention to how unfocused and panicked she was. He didn't realize until Felix slid his arm around Minaki's waist.

"Hyung," he called. "Something's wrong with Minnie."

Minaki stumbled alongside them, and after a while, Felix was pulled away and Chan had to help Minaki all the way to where they were supposed to go.

After that incident, Minaki was always in between at least two of the members and refused to let go of whomever's hand/arm she was clutching for dear life.