Harmless || Stray Kids ✔️

1

Minho

I slip away to my bedroom, my younger team member passing by with a wave. It was almost two in the morning and we were walking around like it was ten. Such a bad habit.

My bed is cold when I dive under the covers, but it heats quickly when I lock myself in. I plug in my phone, not wanting it to be dead in the morning, and quickly turn on my alarm.

We had a late schedule, so it was nice to sleep in. I definitely regret not going to bed earlier, though. Extra hours would've been nice.

I turn off my lamp, enveloped in complete darkness. That's how I liked it. Even a hint of light bothered me too much, unless it was morning.

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I press myself back against the rooftop entrance. The shoot today was on the roof, hundreds of feet in the air. If you know me, I'm deathly afraid of heights. Even now, where I can barely see off the edge, was sending me into a flight mode. I wanted to leave.

The managers knew of my fear. They had convinced me to try this out. I called them crazy, yet here I was.

"Hyung, it's okay," Jeongin pries, grasping my hand. I let him, squeezing it tightly as if I could fall any moment.

"Minho, I'm sorry, but we have to start," a manager says, pity on his face. He was the only one against the idea. He was also afraid of heights, but he didn't have an intense phobia. I had an intense phobia.

"Okay."

I let Chan and Jeongin pull me over to our positions. Everyone kept an eye on me, reassuring me a million times. I reminded myself to take deep breaths even though the air up here was heavy.

The music echoed, and we began. I was trembling from the moment my foot left the ground. I had to do this. I couldn't let them down. It's perfectly safe up here.

We move to switch our positions. I had to go to the left side. Why were we so close to the edge? Couldn't they have found a bigger roof?

As I step to move, my foot catches behind my other leg. I stumble back, a gasp escaping my lungs. I reach out for someone, anyone.

I grab onto nothing.

Air is flying past me. I can't catch my breath to scream. Falling. Falling down so far. Pure, utter fear is at my fingertips. Colors swirl together above me. No-