Features || Junhan

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"Take a 5 minute break and then we'll get back to practicing." I call out as I set my guitar on the stand, smiling at them as some of them leave the room which left me with Gunil, Jiseok and Junhan.

They've already shot their debut music video so now we're back to practicing for their debut stages.

"Nari, how're you doing right now?" Jiseok calls out as he then gestures to my heart. I shrug as I then sigh.

"Wait, you also know about her heart condition?" Gunil asks with wide eyes. Jiseok nods his head with a smile. "I thought I was the only one who knew."

"I also know." Junhan calls out, not looking up from his phone. "Found out a while ago."
"I found out yesterday." Jiseok shrugs with a small smile as he then turns to me. "So how're you feeling right now?"

"I'm fine, don't worry about me Ji." I laugh with a small smile, going over to him and ruffling his short purple hair. "Still don't understand why you don't like your hair.. I think you look cute."

"Go away." Jiseok laughs out as he brushes my hands off of his head with a smile on his face. I laugh as I walk back to the front of the room and look at some sheets which have the lyrics to their debut song.

"Oh right, Nari." Gunil then calls out. I lift my head up and hum in response, raising an eyebrow. "Are we still going to your studio later?"
"Yeah of course, after this practice session." I smile, it then dropping as I hear Junhan scoff. I turn to him with a small frown as I see him stand up from his seat and leaving the practice door with a frown on his face.

"What's gotten into him?" Gunil asks with a confused face. Both Jiseok and I shrug our shoulders.
"He'll probably be back before we get back to practicing." Jiseok says.
"If you say so.." I mumble as I continue looking over the lyrics.

He didn't..

"Where's Hyeongjun at?" Jungsu calls out, pointing over to the empty spot behind him which is where Hyeongjun usually is. Jiseok and Gunil both shrug.

"I'll go look for him, meanwhile you guys will have to practice without him." I place the sheets of paper on a table before heading for the door and leaving, then going around the whole company looking for Junhan.

Xdinary Heroes studio? Not there. Was he in any of the 18 vocal practice rooms? Nope. I even had a member of Stray Kids look through the men's bathroom to see if he was there but no luck at all.

I groan as I take my phone out, opening my barely used chat room with Hyeongjun.
"I hope you find him soon." Minho from Stray Kids says with a small smile, waving over at me as he goes into Stray Kid's practice room. I wave back to him with a small smile, then looking back down to my phone and texting Junhan.

"Hey, where are you? Practice is starting now."

No answer, and next thing I know his status goes onto quiet mode. I groan out of frustration as I put my phone back into my pocket and going to the last place in the company that I haven't checked.

The rooftop.

I quickly go over to the elevators, calling one and entering in it once the metal doors had opened. I then press the button to go to the roof top. If he isn't there, then I'll have to tell his manager that he's gone missing..

The doors then opened again. I rush out as I go over to the doors that lead to the rooftop, pushing them open. I let out a sigh of relief as I spot Junhan seated at the table near the edge of the rooftop.

"Junhan." I call out, walking over to him. He turns over to me with wide eyes.
"How'd you know I was here?" He asks, taking both of his AirPods out of his ears and into the case.

"I didn't." I say. "I looked all over the company for you. I even asked a member of Stray Kids to look in the male bathroom for you!"
"I'm sorry.." He mumbles, looking away from me and to the view. I sigh as I frown.

"What's wrong?" I then ask, taking a seat in the chair beside him. "You just stormed out of the practice room earlier and didn't come back for practice."

"It's nothing.." He says with a low tone.

"Hyeongjun." I groan out, hiding my face in my palms. "You're making me worried now."

"Well you're making me jealous!" He calls out. I lift my head up and looks at him with furrowed eyebrows.

"What?" I scoff, raising an eyebrow at him. "How am I making you jealous?"

"You play around with Jiseok, meet up with Gunil in your studio, you even have Jiseok comfort you when you're down!" He shouts, standing up from his seat and brushing his fingers through his hair, sighing as he turns to me again. "I want to spend time with you too, but you never pay attention to me!"

"I do!" I shout back. "I pay equal attention to all six of yous."
"You always go and help the others when you notice that they make a mistake, but you never do that for me!"

"That's because your members call me over when they made a mistake, you never do. You guys have to figure out what the mistake was either way, I can't tell you." I say as I look him up and down, crossing my arms over my chest. "Why are you suddenly acting like this?"

"What do I have to do to make you pay attention to me..?" He then softly asks, his eyes tearing up. My shoulders then drop. "I want our relationship to be like yours and Jiseok's. You guys are always seen laughing and smiling together. You were even hugging him yesterday when you cried." He then wipes a tear that was going down his cheeks, sighing deeply. "I want to have that relationship with you. I want to have you coming to me and playing around with me, coming to me when you're sad or stressed."

"I didn't go to Jiseok when I was sad, he found me like that." I say sternly as I then bite my lower lip slightly, hiding my face in my palms.

There was then silence between us two, the only sound that was filling it was either the birds chirping or the noise from the street below.

I then lift my head up and look at Junhan with a frown, sighing deeply.

"Come back to your practice room and practice. We can talk after." I say as I turn around, heading for the door.

"I don't want to debut anymore." Junhan then calls out. I stop in my tracks as I turn to him with wide eyes. "When I debut I'll have a dating ban."

"Why does that matter?" I scoff as I go back up to him placing my hands on his shoulders, turning him to look at me. "Look, you're debuting in 3 weeks, you can't just throw away all of the work we've just done. Why does the dating ban matter right now?!"

"Because I want to be with you instead, ok?!"