"just because they are ahead doesn't mean that they are first, baby." - lee minho.
a collection of random stray kids one-shots by yours truly. dm me for requests!
a/n: this is a short story I wrote based on chan's mini-vlog at 07:57 in "skz-talker go! season 3 ep. 15 manilla" (linked above). enjoy!
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"we did it, boys!" i cheered while we watched our performance in the waiting room today. felix grinned at me.
"yes, we did, chan hyung!" felix cheered back to me with the same energy.
minho cracked a smile as he told me, "well, we only did one day. we still have to do the rest, not to mention filming skz-talker."
i made a mouth with my hand and moved it around. "blah, blah, blah. we did day 1, and we did amazing," i said, and i noticed they all smiled, even if they were pretending to be super focused on watching our replay.
and that's another point for leader bang christopher chan, i thought to myself with a grin, mentally patting my back. out of the corner of my eye, i noticed hyunjin pouring some coffee for himself.
"hey, hyun," i said, walking over to him. "please don't drink that."
he raised an eyebrow at me. "why?"
"you already had a lot of caffeine before the performance."
hyunjin's jaw slacked a bit. "how did you—"
i rolled my eyes playfully. "the staff caught you drinking some on camera, and i was watching the playback earlier," I explained. "you can have more later, but i don't want to deal with an extra-hyper jinnie in the hotel room."
pouting slightly, hyunjin put down the coffee on the counter, but then something must have crossed his mind, so he looked at me and smirked slightly as he said quietly, "not like you'll be hanging out with us tonight. haechul is coming over to your room, isn't she?"
now it was my turn to be surprised. "how did you—"
hyunjin laughed, and I had to admit that his laugh was beautiful. no wonder stay loved it. "i saw the notification on your phone before we performed." he looked around dramatically before whispering, "you get ready to leave. you haven't hung out with her in forever. i'll cover for you with the guys."
i smiled softly. "you'd do that for me?" i asked, touched. he was right; I hadn't hung out with haechul in a while. I was surprised when she told me that she was watching my performance today.
hyunjin nodded, "of course. anything for my favourite leader."
i deadpanned, "hyun, i'm your only leader."
he grinned mischievously, "well, actually, jyp pd-nim is also our leader..."
i bumped his shoulder playfully. "glad to know you like me better than the big boss," i laughed with him. "anyways, thanks a lot, hyun. text me when you all get to the hotel, okay?"
hyunjin nodded again. "yEs DaDdY," he replied in a high-pitched voice, leaving me speechless. "gO gEt YoUr GiRlFrIeNd!"
"and that's my cue to go," i muttered before leaving for the changing room. i changed quickly, trying to avoid walking shirtless in front of any cameras (but i had a feeling at least one caught me in the background).
