Fluffy SKZ Oneshots EP.2🧸

Late Summer Night🍼🩹

Little: Chan

Caregivers: Stray Kids

No one's POV.:

Glancing out at the reddening night sky as he walked from the studio to the dance rooms, Chan noticed how bright it still was despite it already being late evening. The fact that it had become summer and the days were much longer, had completely passed the leader by. He was working as late into the night as he always did, maybe even a little later with how busy they were at the moment. It was always dark by the time he left the company building and headed to the dorm to sleep. Chan barely noticed the seasons change, spending most of his time inside the building with the aircon running, so it came as no surprise that he was still as pale as ever, which seemed sickly now that most people were developing a slight tan. The Aussie felt his heart tightening. How much he'd love to go outside and just enjoy life for a bit but their tight schedule didn't let him. Summer always reminded him of home and being unable to enjoy it made him feel homesick.

Chan barely noticed how he had started to pout until Jisung asked him if everything was alright. The younger was exhausted but he still picked up on their leader not acting like himself. 3racha had been in the studio all day and was now on their way to a dance practice with the entire group. It wouldn't be that much of a surprise if Chan was feeling little, considering how tired he was and how long it had been since he had last had the time to regress. The leader was surprised that someone had noticed him growing sad but insisted that everything was fine. Changbin and Jisung exchanged a look, well aware that something wasn't right but all of them were tired, so they couldn't really blame their hyung for being tired. The trio joined the rest of the group and started to warm up, Minho shooting Jisung a questioning look before nodding towards Chan. The rapper only shrugged but looked at their leader too. He was still pouting and continued to sulk throughout the entirety of their dance practice.

When they were ready to head back to the dorm way past midnight, Minho decided to approach his oldest hyung. It turned out, the older had barely been able to resist slipping and the moment, Minho softly asked him what was wrong, he broke into tears. The dancer told the others to go ahead back to the dorm and already start taking their turns showering, him and Chan would follow them later. When they were alone, Minho pulled the little onto his lap, ignoring how sweaty they both were, and patted his back. "What's going on, Channie? What's got my baby so upset?", the caregiver asked, running his finger through the messy curls. Whining, Chan scrubbed at his eyes and shook his head. It was silly. Minho nudged him gently, reminding that he always had to talk to one of his caregivers when something upset him. They knew the Aussie had the tendency to hide his feelings and pain, so they made the rule for when he was in his headspace.

Hiding his face, Chan sniffled: "Channie jus' wealized ish summew. An' me miss summew at home." – "Sweets, it's been summer for a while already, did you not notice?", Minho cooed, cupping the little's cheek. It earned him a heartbroken sob, which made his heart clench. How could their hyung be too busy to realize it was summer? "Let's make a deal, Channie", the dancer offered, "Our deadlines are over soon and we'll have some more time then. Just hold on for a little longer and hyungs will take you out to play, yeah? We'll all enjoy summer together." Chan gave a sad nod, wiping his tears as he continued to sniffle softly. Minho kissed his forehead, praising: "You're doing great, bubs. Our baby is so strong, hm? You'll be rewarded at the end, I promise." When Minho had the little mostly calmed down, he took the other's hand and walked him back to their dorms. The dancer took Chan to his dorm and while Hyunjin guided the leader to the bathroom and asked him which jammies he wanted to wear afterwards, Minho explained what was going on to Changbin and Jisung, so they could all do some brainstorming on how to entertain little Channie when their deadlines had passed.