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(Right after last ep of Skz survival show, but Felix and minho don't get added back into the group)
"Stray Kids" walk into the backstage area silently. They stand awkwardly, not knowing what to say or do.
Bang Chan nods his head in the direction of their dressing room. All 6 members enter the room.
Felix and Minho become hesitant to go inside, because of the number said by JYP *6*.
Chan opens the door for them, and they finally come inside. The boys disperse around the room as Chan quietly closes the door.
It is absolutely silent. *6 members* goes through all their heads. *6 members instead of 8*. *6*.
Suddenly, there are quiet sniffles filling the room. The group snaps out of their trance, and looks around the room.
Felix.
Felix is crying.
Chan immediately starts towards Felix. The others are too stunned to speak. The elder cups the younger's face in his hands. He wipes away the concealer from Felix's face, revealing the meadow of freckles decorating his cheeks. Usually, this would be very hard to do with just his bare hands, but the sunshine's tears made it a little easier.
Felix's body jerked as he sobbed noisy. Chan softly wiped his cheeks.
"Shhhh.... shhh.." is all Chan could say at the moment.
He had taken care of Felix many times before, but this time... he didn't know If he could make it better.
Chan wraps his arms around Felix. Bringing him into a tight embrace. "You'll always find me, yeah? I-I-I'm... sor-ry I-I have to leave y-you be-hind.." Chan whispered into Felix's ear with hics and sobs.
The boys wept into each other, holding tighter and tighter until they could barely breath.
None of the other members noticed them, as they too, were weeping. Jisung embraced Minho tightly. Minho silently wept as Jeongin joined their hug.
Changbin crouched down in the corner of room. You wouldn't be able to tell he was crying unless you knew him well.
Hyunjin and Seungmin went to the silent dark haired boy, and sobbed with him.
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Chan finally released his grasp from Felix, and wiped his eyes. Hyunjin came up to Felix, and hugged him.
Chan walks towards Minho, who was still being clung to by Jeongin. Chan lightly grasps Jeongin's shoulder.
"You need to let go now, Jeongin." He says in a soft voice.
The maknae nods his head, and slowly releases from Minho.
He goes to Felix and Hyunjin.
"Minho... I..." Bang Chan was at a loss for words.
"T-Thank you for the opportunity, Ba-Bang Chan" Minho stutters. He then bows to Chan.
"Oh c-come on, don't be like that. Come here." Chan's voice breaks as he hugs Minho.
They both start crying, again.
Usually, Minho rejects Chan's advances, but now they clung to each other as if that would help them stay together.
"I-I'm so s-sorry Minho. I wi-sh I co-could have helped y-you. I'm sorry I f-failed you as your l-leader." Chan sobs into Minho's shoulder.
The dancer pats Chan's back.
"It-it's not yo-your f-fault, Bang Chan."
" S-stop ca-calling me t-that! I'm your hyung! You know who I am, don't a-act like a strang-er!"
Chan looked up at him angrily. Until, he saw the expression on Minho's face.
Complete, and utter, self loathing.
Chan was stunned! He had seen that look on his person many times before, but never had he seen Minho look so down. Their eyes were locked as Minho's lip quivered. Chan grabbed the arms of the dancer.
"Listen Minho. It is NOT your fault. You did the best you could, and it was ENOUGH. It was enough for me, it was enough for our members, and it was enough for your parents." Chan squeezed Minho's arms, as he shook violently. Tears streamed down his incensed face, never breaking eye contact.
"You ARE enough, Minho! I-I nev-ver want to s-ee y-you loo-king at yo-yourself lik-e that AGAIN!"
Chan once again brought Minho into a tight embrace, but this time Minho wailed. He cried out, unable to keep quiet. No one had ever seen him cry so loudly in his entire life.
"Th-thank y-you so-so mu-much, hy-ung."
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After many minutes of crying, Chan called for a group hug. Still holding onto Minho, their leader motioned for them to come forward.
Quickly, Felix joined the hug. Hyunjin followed pursuit soon after. Jisung came up behind Minho and embraced them all tightly. Then, Seungmin and Jeongin joined them. Finally, Changbin slowly walked over to them. Chan grabbed the back of Changbin's shirt.
The Stray Kids group hug was complete.
But... Stray Kids would never be complete again. It would always be... *6*.
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Work in progress(Chanlix)
Fanfictionthis is just snippets of my upcoming fanfic that consists of the members during the Stray Kids Survival Show. I unfortunately will not have Woojin in this, because I don't know him very well or how to write him💙. This is similar to the skz survival...
