Family? (Stray Kids OT8 x Reader)

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Minho sat there in silence, trying to process what he just said. That confidence that he had when he confessed his feelings had disappeared the moment he said it out loud. Minho stood still, his heart hammering against his chest. He was regretting his choice. Minho closed his eyes and sat still, hoping that by some miracle, the rest hadn't heard him. The silence lasted for a minute, but damn was that the longest minute Minho had ever experienced.

The silence was broken with a bunch of snickers from all of the hybrids, causing Minho to open his eyes annoyed.

"What's so funny?" Minho mumbled annoyed, even though he was literally shaking from the embarrassment.

"Your face..." Hyunjin whispered, "it's red."

Minho furrowed his brows. There was no fucking way. He had confessed his feelings in a moment of confidence and now his face was evidently blushing. How much more embarrassing could this day get? They all probably thought of him as someone who was obsessed with Y/N or even worse, as someone who was a... simp. Minho clenched his fists, 'I swear if they call me a fucking simp, I'm crying, screaming and running,' he thought to himself.

"What..." Minho started, covering his face, "no it's not."

Changbin, Hyunjin and Jisung pursed their lips together, trying not to laugh, knowing damn well Minho would beat them up if they did. Seungmin, Jeongin, Felix and Chan sat there with smiles on their faces. Y/N stared at him, her eyebrows raised and a small smirk evident on her face.

"We're not dumb, you know?" Chan said, ruffling Minho's hair. Chan was the only one who could get away with doing that because he was older, but that didn't stop Minho from glaring at Chan.

"We all knew you liked her, that's why we told Changbin to ask you that question," Felix said, smiling.

Minho looked at Felix in confusion. He could almost swear he wasn't obvious with his feelings. He would always joke with her, but that was some friendly conversation. He would never get as angry with her as he would with the rest, but that was cause she was a girl and he was a gentleman. He would always hug her, but that was because he loved physical contact and would hug everyone else.

"I wasn't even obvious..." Minho whispered, causing everyone to burst out laughing.

"Look, you would almost always hug her. You always joked around with her, ruffled her hair, kissed her cheek and more. Also, most importantly, you never yelled at her for touching your hair, but would yell at us," Jeongin stated, feeling happy for having observed everything.

"Oh..." Minho whispered, feeling slightly embarrassed at the fact he was extremely obvious.

"Well the question for you now is," Jisung started, facing Y/N.

"Do you like him back?" Seungmin asked, finishing Jisung's sentence.

Y/N looked at them and smiled, "Of course I do..." she stated, "as a friend."

Minho looked at her with wide eyes. She didn't like him...? Minho pursed his lips and could practically feel his heart being ripped. Tears were threatening to well up in his eyes, but he could control them for a few seconds.

Everyone started laughing once again, some of them high fiving her.

"You're so..." Chan laughed, holding his stomach from the pain the laughter was giving.

"FUNNY," Felix wheezed, high fiving Y/N.

Minho stared at them in shock, his heart still hurting from the fact his one true love didn't like him back.

"What...? Why is she funny?" he mumbled, trying not to cry.

"She was obviously joking dumbass," Changbin said, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't cry now, it's alright you poor baby," Jisung said, cupping Minho's cheeks.

Minho furrowed his brows and pushed Jisung back.

"That's gay," Minho said, glaring at Jisung.

"I know. I'm actually really happy," Jisung replied, a small smirk on his face.

"Ha ha, very funny," Minho sarcastically mumbled.

"Wait, so... you were joking?" Minho spoke as his glossy eyes locked onto Y/N's sparkling eyes.

"Minho... I'm sorry, but you're just so... oblivious," Y/N replied, hugging Minho, "of course, I like you dummy."

"Not as a friend right? You like me-"

"Romantically, yes," she said, hugging him.

"Thank God," Minho mumbled, hugging her back, burying his head into the crook of her neck and kissing it.

"Minho, calm down. You just confessed-" Jeongin whispered, trying to pull Minho away.

"You know what," Minho pulled away from her, "I think I want to ask Jeongin a question now."

Jeongin's eyes widened, "No thanks, continue hugging her."

Minho smirked, "Where's the confidence you had when you told me how you knew I liked her?"

Jeongin sighed, "Fine..."

Minho looked at the rest of the hybrids and nodded. The hybrids all smirked, their eyes turning into small crescent moons as they understood what Minho was going to do. Y/N pursed her lips and tilted her head, a smile growing onto her face. It seemed as if everyone but Jeongin knew the question Minho was going to ask.

"If you're going to ask me-"

"I'm the one asking questions here Jeongin," Minho interrupted, placing a hand on Jeongin's shoulder.

Minho smirked as he heard Jeongin's heart start to beat faster. He brought his head closer to Jeongin's face and smiled.

"We all know you like her. Even she does."

Jeongin's eyes widened in surprise, "WHAT?!"

Hyunjin giggled and walked over to Jeongin, hugging him, "My little Innie has grown up so much!" he stated, fake crying into his shoulder.

Jeongin stood there frozen, unaware of what to do. Should he push Hyunjin off of him, or continue to deny these accusations?

"Was I that obvious...?" Jeongin mumbled, hugging Hyunjin back.

"No offense, but even a newborn baby could tell how whipped you are for her," Felix smirked, shaking his head.

"I am not-"

"You're a terrible actor Jeongin," Seungmin interrupted, smiling at Jeongin as he ruffled his hair.

"Now, I've been wondering this for a long time," Jisung spoke up, walking over to Jeongin.

"I'm sure Y/N has been too," Jisung continued.

"What...?" Jeongin asked, looking at Jisung and Y/N nervously. He wished that his heart wasn't beating as fast as a damn racecar. He was sure even Y/N could hear it beating.

Jisung looked at Y/N and nodded his head, signalling her to continue the question.

"Tell me Jeongin," she started, placing a hand on his shoulder comfortingly, slightly pushing Hyunjin off.

"How long have you liked me?"