Eight is Fate (Stray Kids Soulmate & School AU)

She's Not Yours Alone

Hana's POV

"Jisung!" I whisper-shouted, I couldn't yell because the next performer was getting on the stage. "What the hell?"

He stared at me with wild eyes as he looked up from his own wrist. My name was written in my own handwriting.

I gasped, immediately rolling up my own sleeve - which took longer than I'd like to admit, as these sleeves were tight - and noticing Jisung's handwriting about 3 inches from Chan's as if there was a gap for more writing.

"Oh my god," I murmured.

"I knew it!" Jisung cheered, throwing his hands in the air.

"Chan is going to kill me," I mumbled, my jaw agape.

"Why is Chan going to kill you?" The man in question asked, approaching me with a gentle smile.

"Oh! Chan!" I nervously chuckled. "Nothing!"

Chan approaches me, wrapping his arms around my waist, embracing me.

"You did amazing, Babygirl," He quietly says, then suddenly kisses me, letting the moment linger for as long as he could.

"Thank you, Channie," I smile, staring deep into his eyes.

Chan takes my hand and leads me around lots of corners and to the audience. We quickly find the location where all the performers are to go and after that, we locate the rest of Stray Kids.

Wide smiles and proud expressions are what I'm greeted to when I finally sit down next to them.

"Oh my god, Hana," Changbin began. "That song was beautiful! I almost cried!"

"I did cry," Minho added with a laugh, wiping his eyes once more. "It was amazing, Hana. You really let your talent shine."

"Thank you, you guys. I really hope I win," I chuckled. "And even more so, I really hope you guys win!"

I sit between Chan and Jisung; Chan takes my hand and strokes his thumb across the back of my hand gently.

The rest of the performances were mesmerizing, I was in awe at all the talent the school had to offer.

Jisung eventually grabbed my other hand and did the same thing as Chan. It made me nervous, but I couldn't say I didn't enjoy it.

What I didn't expect was a surprise appearance from IU herself, in which she sang a prerelease single called Celebrity. The lyrics really spoke to me and I hope to add it to my playlist as soon as it's officially released.

"This is boring!" I whine loudly, slouching further in my seat.

"Hana, you have to get up," Chan urges with gentle eyes. "There are cameras on you, this isn't our normal setting."

I immediately sat up, fixing my posture as quickly as I could. I had completely forgotten this was a televised event and any sort of camera could fall on me at any second.

It was after all the performances and the judges and all the online votes had to be tallied. Instead of doing this in a multiple-day system like any sane person would've done, JYP decided to make this happen all on the same day. This meant a bunch of to-be idols in their section of the audience, waiting for the votes to be tallied and counted for what felt like hours. We couldn't have our phones on us, it just had to be ourselves entertaining ourselves.

"What to do, what to do..." I pondered.

Well, I didn't have to wait long because suddenly a loud announcement burst through JYP's microphone.