Fictional | Yang Jeongin

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We were all sitting at the kitchen table, each working on something, when Jeongin looked up. "Love? Can I ask you something?" he said. I hummed softly, crossing out a line in the notebook Jeongin had gifted me a few days ago. I was writing a new song, and some lines just sounded weird. "You were a fan of Stray Kids before we met, right?" he continued. I nodded. "Yes, I was. But you know that," I answered, changing a few words in another line. "Who was your bias before we met?" he asked, looking at me curiously. I looked up, shocked, feeling the other boys' eyes on me. Well, all but Chan's because he was working intensely on his laptop with earphones on.

"It's not important," I quickly said, looking back down in hopes of hiding my blush. "So it wasn't me!" Jeongin pouted. "You are now," I said. "You're like the biggest bias wrecker!" "Who was it?" Changbin asked, starting to grin. I looked at him. "I'm not telling you because you tease me enough already!" I protested. "It's probably Seungmin! I.N always wrecks the Seungmin stans," Felix said. I crossed my arms in front of my chest. "It wasn't Seungmin," I said, annoyed.

"Then it was Lee Know!" he exclaimed. I shook my head. "Nope," I said simply. "As long as it wasn't Hyunjin," Jeongin mumbled, still not over the brief dating rumors about us. "It wasn't Hyunjin either," I answered, taking his hand and squeezing it slightly. "Why do you care? You know I'm with you." "I just want to know. It's a little bit funny," he said, a slight smile on his lips.

"Was it Han?" Seungmin yelled. I was silent a little too long, thinking about my answer because he was totally right. It was Han. Han's mouth fell open, and he stared at me, shocked. "I can't believe it!" he said loudly. Everyone started to laugh. "Well, you're not anymore, so calm down!" I quickly said. "Hey, I.N! Did you hear that? I was her bias!" Han laughed. Jeongin started pouting. "Now they will tease me about that forever!" he said. I looked at him, confused. "You asked me in front of them! It's not my fault!" I protested.

"I finished your song," Chan said as he took off the earphones, looking up from his laptop. "Chan Hyung, guess what? I was Suki's bias before she met Jeongin!" Han said. Chan furrowed his brows. "Really? Han?" he asked me, confused. I rolled my eyes. "Just show me the goddamn song," I said. Chan disconnected the earphones and pressed play so we all could hear.

"That's so good! Thank you so much, Channie!" I cheered after listening, standing up to hug him. "It's practically ready to release, but first, I would promote it," he said. I nodded. "I have no idea about things like this," I mumbled. "Maybe think of a dance. You could make a dance challenge with just the chorus... people will beg you to release the song then," Felix suggested. "I can help you with a choreo," Lee Know suggested. "Yeah, and I'll make a video with you!" Jeongin said. I smiled as Lee Know stood up and walked into the middle of the kitchen. "You can dance, right?" he asked. I furrowed my brows.

"Well, not on your level, but I would say I can do the basics," I said. "It will be more than basics," Lee Know said. "I can practice it for sure," I answered. Lee Know motioned for Chan to press play again. I was fascinated by how he just moved along to the melody. "This is so crazy," I mumbled. Jeongin laughed. "Just go along with it," he said, slinging an arm around my shoulder.

***

"Go more like that," Jeongin said, showing me the move. I nodded. We were in one of the practice rooms, a camera for my new TikTok dance already set up. I had picked out a cute outfit that matched Jeongin's, who would do the dance challenge with me. Well, he had picked out the outfits; he had the better fashion sense. I tried the choreography again, finally nailing it. It wasn't hard; we wanted to keep it simple because it wasn't a really fast song, and people could dance along better.

"Are you ready?" Felix asked behind the camera. I nodded. Jeongin stood slightly behind me, and we started dancing the steps Lee Know had shown me for hours over the last few days. Then I looked at it again. "I think we should do another one, and I want to change up the choreo," Jeongin said, smirking. I sighed. "I've been practicing that for days! What do you want to change? It's something stupid when you smirk like that!" I complained.

"Just trust me. I only want to change something at the end," he giggled. I rolled my eyes but felt a little excited. "Can you start that again, Felix?" I asked. "Yes, boss!" he fake saluted and started the video again as soon as Jeongin and I were in position. I did my little dance exactly the same as always, but in the end, when Jeongin and I were supposed to change positions, he grabbed me by my waist and pulled me in, smashing his lips on mine. I was so shocked that I needed to catch myself before finally slinging my arms around him. "Guys, I'm still here. Don't start making out now," Felix said, disgusted. I pulled away and giggled.

"Show me the video," I said excitedly. Felix handed me the phone. I laughed so hard when I saw it. It all came together perfectly. My shocked face, Jeongin smirking, obviously proud of himself, Felix's comment, which was still in the video, and my giggle at the end made it perfect. "Just post this. It will blow up," Jeongin said, grinning. "I can't believe you did this," I mumbled, finally posting it without thinking twice.