The Foreign Fanboy || Hwang Hyunjin

Chapter 6

It's a minute before going live. I sit at the table with my twin brother on the right of me. At the head of the table is the host of the talk show. There are two people sitting on the other side of the table, opposite of us.

Stray Kids are waiting on the raised podium behind the people sitting opposite of us to perform their new song.

An assistant is retouching my makeup and going through the schedule of the talk show. I take a look at the eight boys on the podium opposite of me. I catch one of them their attention. It's the boy from before. We look at each other and I give him a smile, which he politely returns.

The assistants leaves and the cameraman does the countdown before we are live.

"Okay everyone, we will be live in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1," the cameraman shouts out so everyone can hear him.

I breath in and out and look at the host of the show.

"Welcome everyone and welcome back to the tonight show. I'm here with some new guests. We're here with our own news presenter and James Corden is joining us today as well. (Please don't hate on me, I didn't know anything better) We are also joined with the most famous twins in the world, Ian and Nikki Rose. They will also perform for us today. But first, we have a K-pop group of eight boys who will perform a song of their latest album '5-star' for us: here is Stray Kids with 'S-Class'!"

The lights dim, the audience cheers, and I look over at the eight boys on the podium. The lights set on them and they begin their performance.

I am honestly shook of how good they can sing, rap, and dance. One by one, all of them have their own unique style, but it matches really well together. I'm honestly surprised I never heard of them before.

They deserve more credits than they already have.

Once the song stops, the audience and us around the table give them a warm applause. They bow to us and then join us around the table.

The guy who I've bumped into before sits down next to me. "That was so good, I wish I heard earlier about you," I encourage the guy next to me. He blushes a little at the statement. "Thank you. I'm Hyunjin, by the way," the boy introduces, a little nervously.

"Nice to meet you, Hyunjin." I give him a smile before turning back to the host.

Time skip

The talk show continues with talking about politics, Stray Kids, us, and some random topics that are a real happening at the moment.

It's finally time for my and Ian's performance. I get up from my seat and hear the guy next to me say something. "Good luck." He gives me an encouraging smile, which I return.

I walk with Ian to the stage, grab the microphone which is meant for me, and stand in position.

I look to the table and the audience in front of me one last time. Everyone is waiting patiently for us to start our song.

The song starts to play and we begin our performance.

[Felix's POV]

The members and I have already streamed 'All Waves Eventually Pass' over 10 times, but seeing them perform the song, makes it even better.

They dance beautifully. Their voices are heavenly, they really don't need autotune. The backup dancers match Ian and Nikki's moves perfectly.

I look over to my member's reactions. Everyone is mesmerized and watches with wide eyes to the twins on the stage.

You really can tell that Chan, Changbin, and Jisung are producers when they listen to a song. They listen to it completely differently than the rest of us does, focusing on different parts of the song.

Minho, Hyunjin, and I always watch the dance moves the most when we see a performance. Firstly, because we already know the song and want to focus on the dance steps now. Secondly, because we are the ones in charge of the choreo for our group.

Seungmin and Jeongin always just enjoy the show and look wherever there is something interesting going on to look at.

I look over at Hyunjin. He's really into the performance before us, but he's watching it differently than most of the times. He looks more, like he's in a trance? I don't know, but he looks different.

I follow his gaze and my eyes land on Nikki. He's been looking at her the whole performance.

Maybe that celebrity crush of his will turn into a real crush anytime now.

Once the two are ready with their performance, all of the people in the area give them a heartfelt applause. The twins smile brightly at everyone and return to their seats to continue the talk show.

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[Nikki's POV]

The talk show is over and Ian and I are changing our clothes in our dressing room. Ian is the first one to be ready and sits on the couch, scrolling through Tiktok.

"We haven't posted a tiktok in a long time. Our followers must think we're dead." He looks serious, but I can't take him seriously now.

"We released a song and we've been on interviews. There's no way they think we are dead, Ian." I'm finally ready with changing and sit next to my twin on the couch, resting my head on his shoulder.

"But we really should record a tiktok soon." I proceed.

Ian and I have a tiktok account together and post every week. We want our followers to see something of our life at least every week. That's why we spend a lot of our free time on social media, to entertain and inform our fans.

"But we should go now. I think they want to close this building soon." The boy beside me stands up and offers me his hand. I take his hand in mine and he helps me up. We collect our stuff and exit the room.

When we arrive at the sitting area in the building, we see Stray Kids with their manager, I suppose, sitting at a table.

Ian grabs my arm and leads me to their table.

"We need to be social today, right?" He looks at me, me cocking a look at him. "I never said I'm not in a social mood today, did I?" He rolls his eyes and continues his walk to the table like nothing has happened.

"Hey guys, how are you doing? We couldn't talk properly to you after the show," my twin brother begins, causing the 9 guys to look at us.

The one with the sweet smile, and I guess the leader of the group, smiles at us. "Oh yes. Your performance was amazing. We've seen you on a screen before, but in real live it's even more mesmerizing."

The remaining eight boys nod their heads, agreeing with the leader of the pack.

"We should hang out sometime. Are you guys free now?" the boy next to me asks.

With that I totally agree with my twin brother. I may not be that social, but these guys really look nice and would make some great new friends.

The eight boys look to their manager, hoping for an answer to Ian's question.

"You guys are free. I have to do some things, though. Don't let the paparazzi get the best of you," their manager answers, causing the eight remaining boys to smile.

"Then let's go to my house, shall we?" I state, causing the boy next to me to smile proudly at me, happy with the fact that I want to become friends with the eight guys.