An Indescribable Feeling

I'm the Charmer

"Hello, and welcome back to Anneong Anna! Today is Friday 18th March 2022 and the time is almost 1 pm. Do you know what is about to happen?"

Anna was recording a reaction video for her YouTube channel. Most of her week after her fan meeting had been spent working on her album and recording future content. Other than working with Yoongi and on her own in the studio, she had officially recorded one of the finished songs. She also had meetings to discuss the feedback from her fan meeting and plan what should happen next.

"Yes, that's right. It's time for Stray Kids' comeback, ODDINARY! Who's excited?"

The answer was Anna. She did a little dance to show her excitement.

"Apparently some of you enjoyed my other reaction video so much that you asked for more, particularly of other artists. So, here we are!"

There's a pause while Anna checks the time and fiddles on the computer in front of her.

"You'll be watching this later, but I'm wondering if anyone else was also early in case of any pre-release shows? It's my first Stray Kids comeback, so forgive me. I guess I'm used to BTS comebacks. Will there not be a party on V Live later either?"

Anna had been sitting there for the last half an hour. She was just glad that she was in Korea because if she had been in the UK the album would've been released at 4 am. For someone who wasn't accustomed to being up at all hours of the night, getting up at that time was hard, so you didn't want to set your alarm for the wrong time.

"Okay, it's one minute to go and the video isn't showing yet. I'm on the JYP channel..."

Although she tried to internalise her panic, it showed plainly on her face.

"Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. There it is!"

As soon as the music video for MANIAC appeared, Anna clicked on it and made it full screen before it could start playing. Liking the video would have to wait until afterwards. It all felt very sudden without the YouTube premiere countdown she had become familiar with.

She squealed and clapped her hands in excitement as the video started and Hyunjin appeared on the screen.

"I love his red hair."

"I love Felix's outfit with the green jacket and the purple hat."

"Chan's wearing cropped tops again!"

"Lee Know! Did you hear his voice just then?! So beautiful!"

"Look at Han's fluffy hat!"

"Woo! Go Changbin! Dance!"

"There's Jeongin's smile. So cute!"

"Listen to Seungmin's ad-libs in the background."

"The more I watch it the more I love this dance."

After the music video ended, Anna watched it one more time before listening to the rest of the album. From watching the teasers, she was most looking forward to Lonely St., but after listening to it, the unit song Waiting For Us instantly became one of her favourites.

Once she had finished recording the video, Anna had a break until later in the day. So, she decided to go join her soulmates.

When Anna got to the practice room where she knew her soulmates were meant to be rehearsing their performance for the Grammys, she found them doing something else. It took her a minute to realise that the voice they were listening to was her own. They were watching a video of her fan meeting.

Although she knew that her show had been recorded, she also knew that the videos hadn't been released yet. That meant that BTS must have gotten these, especially for them to watch. Did someone send them to her soulmates, or did they ask for the videos?