Futurx12 (Chan X OC)

When JYP asked two of his most popular groups about becoming the first-ever collab-unit in K-pop, the obvious choice for everyone was to say yes.

LEVELꜛUP, the first mixed gender group under JYP, and StrayKids, the aces of 4th-generation K-pop, were no strangers. Many of the members spent time together as trainees, and they even debuted around the same time. From some of them MCing shows together, to seeing one another in the JYP ent. Building, it was safe to say they all knew each other relatively well.

As with any group, shipping was to be expected. Mira, leader of LEVELꜛUP, and Chan, leader of Stray Kids, were no exception. Fans clung to every public interaction they had, clipping fancams of the two standing next to each other during idol awards, to zooming in on screenshots from Kingdom to point out how they were leaning on each other while giggling backstage.

Chan had always been aware of the Chira ship, but never paid it any mind. That was until they became a collab-unit. They were together almost all the time, and when one of them was traveling for something or another, they were always texting and calling to talk about their days. At first, he chalked it up to them already being very close friends, but then he started to realize that he thought about her in ways friends typically didn't.