Texting | A leeknow ff | A SKZ FF

Lee Know pov

~4 days later~

"Hyung, i've been thinking about this for the past...4 days. That night...you asked me to be beside you." Hyunjin said. I kind of wanted him to forget about it and I thought he had...but *insert a sigh*

"Forget it"

"No" Hyunjin said firmly. "Tell me what is bothering you. Is there something else other than these nightmares which is bothering you?"

"No" I said as I stood up. I thought I had masked it well for years but I guess I'd let myself loose this time. "Hyung..." he started but I glared at him and asked - "Do you have a death wish? Say this to someone and you'd be microwaved."

As we were the only ones in the practise room Chan was on the door already - "What were you guys doing?"

"Nothing" I said as I walked past hyung like nothing bothered me. Felix saw me coming from afar and ran towards me - "Hyung where were you?"

I smiled at the worried boy in front of me. "Nothing...just a little more practise. Wanted to perfect that hook" I said and he believed me. He nodded as he held my hand and we walked towards the car. Honestly, I felt bad to lie to him. He trusts me easily and I'd been hiding a lot of things.

We reached our dorm and Felix decided to bake brownies. I decided to rest my back on the sofa when Felix's phone pinged with a message. And Felix - who always runs to check messages - did not check it.

"Lix! Message" I informed him and he groaned - "Hyung, forget it."

"Why?" I asked him and read the message. It was from instagram and a girl with Felix's name as the username. It said how much she loved him and how much she wished she could meet him. 'He's been getting a lot of messages like these...now I know why he ignores these messages' I thought and placed the phone back where it was. Felix came back minutes later with the tray of fresh brownies.

"I'll text the others to come here..." I offered just as Felix ran to call Hyunjin who was spending a lot of time in the washroom. Minutes later, all eight of us were in my dorm (the danceracha dorm). Our dorms were just feet apart so it did not take long.

"Wow, Felix, these smell amazing!" Seungmin exclaimed, eyes wide with anticipation.

Felix beamed proudly, "Thanks, guys! I put a little extra love in these ones."

Plates were passed around, and the first bite sent a wave of pleasure through us all. My taste buds danced with delight as the chocolatey goodness melted in their mouths.

Laughter erupted among us as we sat around the table, sharing stories and inside jokes. With each passing moment, the dorm echoed with the sounds of our camaraderie and joy.

Chan, being the thoughtful leader, initiated a game of charades. Han was animatedly acting out a scene, causing everyone to burst into fits of laughter. Hyunjin, with his infectious energy, was next, imitating each member's signature dance moves, causing uproarious amusement. Then when it was my turn, I decided to act out my favourite scene from FRIENDS-

"Hey, Ross, I got a science question: If the Homo sapiens were, in fact, HOMO sapiens...is that why they're extinct?" I said and everyone burst out in laughter. Changbin decided to say - "Joey, Homo sapiens are PEOPLE."

"Hey, I'm not judging" I said and everyone laughed more. Suddenly I got a headache and I held my head in agony. The others slowly realised that something was wrong - as slowly they stopped laughing. "Minho...you okay?" Chan asked and I nodded - "Need fresh air."

We all went to the balcony and sat down over there. The night sky looked beautiful as I rested by back on the wall ahd gazed at it. It was rare for us to get such a break - to relax and talk fun things together.

"My flight is in 7 hours from now." Chan said looking at his phone. 00:00 it said.

"Go and sleep Chan. The flight would be tiring." Felix said looking at the sky. Chan was flying to LA for a solo-project. And so was Changbin and Jisung. Basically the 3racha were flying to LA. Chan got up and so did Jisung and Changbin. The 3racha went inside to sleep and I noticed the others sitting with me.

"What would it feel like to be anonymous for a while. Like a commoner. A nobody..." Seungmin dreamed as he looked at his phone with dreamlike eyes. "Being just Seungmin and not Kim Seungmin from Stray Kids."

"It would be great" Felix said looking at his phone. He groaned as he counted the number of messages he got. 341 today. "Yeah Felix would want to be that more" Hyunjin said, mirroring my thoughts. Then just like that one by one all of them started to fall asleep, right on the balcony. Soon Felix was cuddling Hyunjin. Jeongin and Seungmin were resting their neck on each other as they slept. I was left gazing the stars, unable to sleep. I was afraid my demons would be back to haunt me. I took my phone and scrolled through instagram. Then an idea struck my head. A masterplan to get a breath of fresh air from this hectic life.