06.01 || PIRATE KINGDOM || C.S. SMAU
→ SS NUMBER. 02.
→ WORD COUNT. 10,214.
→ IMPORTANT. pure domestic fluff and platonic relationship. stray kids are the most adorable humans in the world. kinda prof read, focus is to show the dynamics between the reader and the Skids.
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Today was the day and it surprised you how easily you woke up considering how late you and Hyunjin had slept. You were the first to wish him a happy birthday, then the boys started to knock on his room to wish him one as well, but you two only actually went to sleep at almost four in the morning. Although your night hadn’t been the easiest since you were scared of missing the clock to make breakfast, you felt alive when you felt the vibration of your phone, quickly taking Hyunjin’s and dismissing his own alarm as you crawled yourself out of bed to go get ready.
You took a quick and quiet shower, putting your clothes on and trying not to make sudden moves that could potentially be a problem to your plan. Although Hyunjin has always being a heavy sleeper and extremely hard to wake up, nothing was impossible, and you were a firm believer of “Murphy’s Law” to go on with just luck. Your phone quickly met your back pocket as you opened the door to the room, eyes focused on your childhood best friend sleeping peacefully in his bed and you smiled before closing the door with a tiny “click” before heading towards the kitchen.
You thanked the boys in your mind as you started to gather everything you would need to make the perfect breakfast, not only for the birthday boy, but also to the other members who had accepted you and have been taking care of you ever since the day you moved in. Since you’ve been living with them for almost a month, you manage to get your way around, quickly finding Chan’s favorite coffee, Changbin’s protein and all the tea Hyunjin liked to drink from time to time. You also manage to get Jeongin to bring to their dorm the coffee that Minho usually drinks, and make him leave a post-it behind telling him to go to the others dorm to eat breakfast.
After a while you manage to get when each of them would wake up and go to sleep, with some exceptions here and there, so it wasn’t a surprise when you heard some sounds coming from Chan’s room and you were quick to start making his coffee, also organizing everything for him to eat, like making pancakes, heating up some of Felix’s baking’s that you convinced him to give it to you in exchange for some anime watching while you played with his hair, which was a fair trade in your vision.
The laugh was stuck in your throat from the way Chan eyed you being awake and with a small breakfast table set for him in front of you, who were cutting some pieces of fruit for each of them. He was mid way of putting his shirt, but that was something you were already used to, especially after finding him in the kitchen shirtless putting some coffee for everyone the morning after the day you arrive to their dorm. As he stayed in his place you pointed to one of the chairs in front of you before going back into cutting the mangos.
“Why you awake?”
“Couldn’t sleep,” it was a white lie and you both knew, but since you didn’t look tired Chan just nodded and took the coffee mug starting to walk to go your way, but you stopped him midway. “Don’t you dare get out of this house without having a few bites of the pancakes, taking the fruit salad and tell me if I did the coffee the way you liked, Christopher!”
After that, his eyes grew a little bigger and you both kept staring at each other.
“You never call me Christopher.”
“That’s me letting you know you have to do what I say, I don’t care if you are three years older than me, you understand?”
He chuckled slightly putting the coffee mug on the table before going towards you and hugging you, leaving a small kiss on the top of you head before going for the seat in front, putting some of the pancakes on a plate and observing you focusing on doing all the things that were all over the place at the kitchen, which was when he finally noticed what you were doing and couldn’t help but smile and having his heart warm a bit at everything he noticed.
The pancakes you knew Chan, Han, Hyunjin, Jeongin and Felix loved. Felix baking goods that everyone loved it. Three different coffee jars, each with a post-it: “Chan’s favorite”; “Minho’s favorite”; “Regular”. You quickly went to one of the mixers and he noticed Changbin’s protein jar right beside it as you put a bit of bananas and blueberries, turning the shake color into a slightly pink color that got darker as you added a bit more blueberries.
When you opened the refrigerator door, he saw nine cups with post-it’s and saw each one of your names in them before you quickly close it and go back to the shake adding a few ice cubes to it before running to the pan that had a few more pancakes being made before grabbing a honey jar and putting in front of Chan, who eyed you with sparkly eyes as you poured a bit on top of his pancakes before heading back to the protein shake and, as on cue, Changbin came through the corridor of the rooms towards you with the same expressions that Chan knew he had from the sly smile you had on your lips.
Changbin quickly came and gave a small kiss on your left temple as he went for his mixer and protein jar, stopping in his place as he saw them all being already out and used. Chan laughed loudly as you petted Changbin’s back and went towards the mixer turning it off and putting a bit of it on a cup and handing him to try. His eyes averted from you to Chan, then the cup and finished on Chan who lifted his coffee cup before drinking a bit more.
“Just tell me if it’s good, because if it’s not I’ll have to do take it all out, clean it and do it all over again,” you pouted as Changbin smiled as Chan noticed his ears turned slightly red as he turned the cup drinking the protein shake, taking a loud laugh from the oldest that noticed how his eyes opened up slightly before putting the dirt cup of shake on the counter. “So?”
“I don’t know what you did, but you need to teach me, that’s so good, what the fuck?”
The three of you smile and the two guys exchanged looks as they saw you jump slightly in happiness as you filled one of the cups Changbin always took with him to the gym with the shake and handing it to him.
“Now seat and eat a bit, I cut a few fruits for you, but if you want, there’s pancakes and some of Lix baking, I’m just about to put the bacon, but I didn’t think you’d like it yet, but I can do it a bit with eggs if you want-”
Changbin’s arms around you made you stop quickly before he whispered a shy “thank you” in your ear before joining Chan in one of the chairs in front of you that turned back into focus, although both could see how red your ears and face were.
“How long has she being awake?”
“No idea Bin,” Chan said under his breath, turning the rest of the coffee on his mug before going for the jar that had his favorite coffee. “When I came out she was already here.”
“She caught you mid way leaving?”
“Midway of putting my shirt,” he pointed to the shirt on the back rest, folded and waiting to be used by the oldest, “and she didn’t let me leave before eating some breakfast.”
“And those post-its?”
“So you guys don’t get confused,” both heard your voice a though the frying of the bacon, “also, there’re some smoothies for each of you in the fridge, so you guys can take whenever you want, mine is only half up, but if you wanna try it, be my guest!”
You smiled from above your shoulder to them and managed to catch them both smiling and you with sparks in their eyes before they heard the door opening with Minho and Seungmin entering the guys’ dorm. Your smile widen as they came towards you with shocked looks. You quickly cover the bacon and lowered the fire so it wouldn’t burn until you explained what was for each of them.
Both the other ones only smiled behind their drinks as they observed the new arrivals looking through everything you had done, laughing loudly as you handed Minho a coffee cup and a pancake plate, while handing Seungmin a few slices of fruits and putting fresh done orange juice in front of him with the “Regular” coffee jar in front of them to chose, as you put “Minho’s favorite” in front of him and poured a bit more of “Chan’s favorite” on the oldest cup that kept eyeing you with sparkly eyes.
“Is good to let people take care of you from time to time, don’t forget that Christopher”
All the other three laughed loudly, while you just smirked as Chan lowered his head hiding how red he was. He knew you were right. All of them knew. He was always so busy taking care of the Stray Kids as a group and people, that he constantly forgot about himself and God he was enjoying having you around. All of them did. You were taking care of them, helping control the boys, always reminding him to eat and drink and scolding him whenever you caught him sleeping on the couch instead of his bed.
But the actual shock came from Seungmin taking a few of his fruits and putting in front of you making you eye him curious, but he didn’t back down until you took the fruit pieces, making you blush slightly and notice how your stomach welcomed the pieces of fruit as the smoothie was already leaving your stomach empty. All the four observed you going one place to the other putting the newly fried bacon with the eggs on a big plate and putting in front of the four of them, giving Chan and Bin a knowing smile before starting to make some more for the other guys.
As Chan was leaving, it was like on sync, Jisung, Felix and Jeongin entered the space you five were, but on contrary to the others, they were considerably louder. Felix being the first one to run towards you and hug you tightly spinning you around. Jisung not too far behind, came and hugged you from behind making a sandwich of you between the two of them, getting laughs of the others, before Chan telling them to keep it low since Hyunjin was still asleep and you didn’t want to wake him up yet. You smiled at him thankfully before turning to focus on the eggs and bacon, quick met with Minho by your side taking the pan and smiling at you before giving you a quick and shy kiss on the top of your head, making you redder than you already were.
Jeongin shyly came to your side as you cut a few more fruits for you and Seungmin, since he shared all his fruits with you, a full “I eat one and you eat one, or no one eats”, so you complied. Your smiled widened as you felt Jeongin’s head on your shoulder as he stole a few pieces of the freshly cut fruits, getting scolded for Seungmin and Changbin, making you laugh as he giggled and lifted his head from your shoulder, making you turn yours to touch his, quickly receiving a little laugh from all the others.
“Guys, I need to talk to (y/n), can I trust you guys not to destroy what she did for a few?”
You and Chan laughed as the others complained at Chan’s remark. He quickly put his shirt on as you approached him, realizing he was about to leave to the studio.
“Was it good?”
You bit your lip not wanting to meet Chan’s eyes, but his small chuckle made you eye him, finding him already looking with the most adorable look towards you before hugging you tightly.
“It was wonderful, baby girl” his lips met your forehead as he let you go a bit, his eyes focused on yours. “I know it’s Jinnie’s birthday, but please don’t forget to take care of yourself, ok?”
“You think he’ll like it?”
“Of course he is! But you also didn’t need to do all of this for us you know?”
“How could I not, Chan?” You pouted like a spoiled kid as you crossed your arms. “You guys have been taking such good care of me, this is the least I could do! I just used Jinnie’s birthday as an excuse, I wanted to do this for a long time, I just couldn’t because you guys don’t let me lift a finger in here!”
“But you are-“
“I’m not a guest! I’m living here with you guys! At least y’all let me help with the supermarket, but still, I just wanted to treat my boys”
The words came out before you could realize, it was the silence as Chan’s gave a sly smile that made you realize what you just said. You were quickly found involved by Chan’s arms, feeling his chest against you followed by a large amount of voices and a lot of bodies around you that you quickly realized to be the other kids and you couldn’t help but smile widely as your arms involved Chan’s waist.
In such a short amount of time, they had become your new family. You now understood why Hyunjin always told you not to worry, that he was never alone, that the other boys always took care of him, you saw it everyday, you felt it towards you, they treated you as one of them, even though you literally forced yourself into their lives.
You knew them before all of this, of course you did. You participated through the whole process, the practices, the survival show, the crying calls from Hyunjin with his secret phone, the escapes you two would do, the time you’d appear at their first dorm and you two would hang out late at night just so he could breathe a little. When Chan first caught you two, he didn’t know you were you, but he knew that you helped Hyunjin through it and he believed when your best friend said you weren’t his girlfriend, but his best and oldest friend. Since then, you started to understand the appeal that Chan carried with him.
Since then, whenever you encountered Chan you started to say “hello” to him, which was cute how he looked whenever that happened, but since it was only at random places, he didn’t realized the reason, but seeing you do it with others, he just thought you were a good person. He didn’t know you had seen him several times but was too terrified to talk to him, after all he was one of the most known trainees. You had talked to the GOT7 members when you were MC from time to time, you heard BamBam say the most amazing things about Chan, but it was only after that day that you knew how of a good soul he was.
After that day you paid more attention to Hyunjin and the Skids. Now you understood why some STAY’s said they were soulmates, why they were always meant to get together and create this whole group and grow the way they did. You were proud of your best friend, you were proud of his best friends, even though they probably had no idea that you existed nor knew who they were, but you knew everything, you just kept quiet.
You noticed how Minho would take care of all the others, he wasn’t cold as everyone wanted him to look, and all you could think about was all the times he sacrificed himself to them – just like Chan – just to see a smile at the others faces. You noticed how Changbin would always protect them from whoever, you noticed how he would eyed people that were around them and got in between this person and whoever they were talking about the members, the pure mean face with the heart of gold. You noticed how Jisung and Hyunjin’s relationship grew and became tighter and, in all honesty, you understood both sides, the both had a lot of feelings stuck inside, yet they always leaned towards each other for better or worse, so seeing them become beat friends warmed your heart the most, because you knew they also brought the best out of each other, always bringing the best of compliments about the other asked or not.
Felix, God he was an angel, but you still had your doubts, there was no way a person was that pure and cute, and yet, here you were, calling him a “sunshine” and “angel” to Hyunjin whenever he came up during your late nights conversations, all the time you saw how the guys smiled because of Felix or when you saw him smile you thanked he was one of them, taking care of all of them silently. Seungmin was always the hardest for you to figure and yet, just like Minho, his exterior was nothing compared to what was inside, how sensitive we was to everything and everyone around them, how, with very few and gentle movements or phrases, he managed to change the atmosphere and help whoever he wanted to help. You still remembered the time Hyunjin called you crying his eyes out, but you couldn’t go to him because you were working and you heard Seungmin, he didn’t say a word, just stayed there with Hyunjin until he calmed down, ‘till this day you were grateful for him, even more after living with him these past few weeks.
Last, but definitely not least, the baby, Jeongin. Hyunjin never spoke a lot about the youngest, but you knew how deeply he cared for him, during the survival show, you understood why, you understood the charm, you understood how not only your Jinnie, but everyone seemed to care about Jeongin. He was like Felix, a pure soul but with a bit of Minho and Seungmin within, bringing his menace and quirkiness out, which only made him bring more eyes to him. It was during the survival show you realized how and why Jeongin was so important to Hyunjin, he always loved to care for others, he always was there for you regardless and Jeongin is one of those people that are naturally clumsy and all you want is to cuddle them and never let anything bad happen. The fact he always kept a smile and felt bad for his young age hurt you the most, you understood that a lot, you saw that in you and you knew Hyunjin did too. He couldn’t protect you from everything, but you knew he would do his best to do that for Jeongin and you knew, the youngest would do the same for the older ones.
They were all a family, they were each others found family.
You had seen some STAY’s commenting on how Chan had lost parts of himself during his trainee days, how every single one of the guys brought back this piece he lost, and, in all honesty, you could see that for all of them. They all completed each other in a way, didn’t matter how badly they would disagree or fight, they loved each other, and that’s what family is like. You knew each of them would die and kill for each other in their own way and you just felt grateful to have experience that feeling, even if indirectly by living with them.
As you felt them all back away, you noticed you had cried in Chan’s shirt, feeling him holding you tightly for a little longer until feeling your own arms let go of him. His hands cupped your face and you felt his thumbs brush the few tears that had fallen lastly, smiling at you fondly before giving you another kiss on your forehead.
“Thank you again baby girl, see you later tonight, take care, ok?” You nodded quickly with a sly smile that he mimicked. “Call me if you need anything, ok?” You opened your mouth but he was quicker. “I mean it! Anything, ok?”
You sigh and nodded in defeat as you felt another pair of arms hold your waist, meeting Changbin’s fragrance in your nostrils and a smile came back to your face as your arms met his in front of you.
“Thank you pretty, see you later,” his lips quickly found your cheek and your smile grew. “I’m taking the shake, I’ll get the smoothie after I come back and shower, ok?”
“It’s yours Binnie, just don’t forget it, I don’t think it will be good if you take it tomorrow though.”
“Noted!”
Both boys smile and let go of you heading to the door as you went back into the kitchen. Minho and Jeongin were already putting everything inside the sink to wash, Seungmin was getting the tray they used to bring you breakfast in bed the week before when you had your period and you smiled at the memory. Jisung was finishing putting everything on the plates and Felix was already separating the things you may need for after lunch to make Hyunjin’s birthday cake.
You surprised all of them by giving each a small kiss on the cheeks as a thank you. Even though physical touch was your own love language, you knew that Chan, Changbin, Jisung and Felix were the most comfortable with that, except for Hyunjin that was already used to it and always expected, quickly knowing when something was off by how you avoided or asked for the physical touch. Although you knew Minho, Seungmin and Jeongin weren’t the most comfortable with skinshipping in any way or form, you knew they didn’t mind and missed it whenever you didn’t do the same with them as you did with the others, surprisingly way more than the ones that did enjoy the skinship.
The realization came one day when you all were watching a movie at the Minho and maknae line’s dorm and Hyunjin was literally laid between your legs as you brushed your fingers slightly through his hair and you found Jeongin staring at the two of you with a sad face, so you made him seat beside you, one hand on Hyunjin’s head and the other making smooth movements on the middle end of his hair and a bit on his neck. It was only when the movie stopped you realized how you three were. The boys teased Jeongin a lot once they saw it, but all you did was kept stroking his hair and he quickly let that go and enjoyed. Since then, they always fight about who would be the two ones that you would stroke their hair. The only thing that never changed was the fact that Hyunjin was always gonna be laid between your legs, that was the one thing he did not accept to change.
You knew how jealous Hyunjin could get, so you would always watch a drama in his bed after that and would play with his hair while watching the movie or episode, on occasion, some of the boys would come over and watch over with you two, but they knew that at that moment, Hyunjin had your undivided attention, so they would just be happy with being close to you. Felix was the one that “broke” that rule by doing the same thing you did to them with you, while you were doing it to Hyunjin, him being the only one that would do that when you were watching dramas in Jinnie’s room.
When you watched together, usually the boys would exchange between each other who would play with your hair, most of the time were Chan, Minho, Changbin or Felix. With everything closing thanks to covid, the nine of you were staying in the dorms most, only leaving if necessary, even Chan had brought his producing stuffs to the dorms and would work on it instead of leaving to the company. You had gotten used to that and you just kept thinking about when the three months limit hit and you’d have to leave. You knew none of you wanted to think of that, but you couldn’t stop yourself from questioning that when situations like the ones of that day happened.
The same way you had adopted them, they adopted you.
It was a different dynamics then with the ASTRO guys, it was the type of dynamics you had mostly with Moonbin and Dongmin, and like with them, you didn’t want to give that up.
After the final kiss, which was on Seungmin’s cheek, you joined him and Jisung organize the tray with a shy smile. You had told them what you wanted to do for Hyunjin, how you wanted that day to be just the two of you like it had been for years before you two turned into teenagers and starting your careers the way you two did, they understood that. So now, Felix would start with organizing the things necessary for the birthday cake you two would make after lunch, when Hyunjin went to the company to make a VLIVE, Chan and Minho would stay at the company to monitor him and letting you know when and where he is so you all could be prepare.
While you would stay in Hyunjin’s room with him for the rest of morning, the boys would organize the kitchen and – since you had already ordered your best friends favorite foods – they would put everything for you two to eat lunch once it arrives. In the meantime, they would also make a fort blanket, mainly Changbin, Jisung and Seungmin, with the occasional help of Felix, Minho and Jeongin. And once Hyunjin left for the company the six of you that stayed would organize the 3RACHA+Hyunjin dorm for a little party between you nine with a homemade cake from you and Felix.
You smile widely as you saw the tray ready in front of you, hugging both Seungmin and Jisung before heading to where you hid your second present of the day, since you had given Hyunjin a personalize sketch book at midnight for his birthday and pretended that was the present you were going to give, even though you both knew you had more up your sleeve. Neither of you only gave each other one present when you spend the midnight birthday together. That has been the rule since you two were six and it would remain until the end of your days.
Your second present would be hidden under the tray. You knew how Hyunjin had decided to definitely focus on his drawing hobby, so you bought him the most complete object an artist can have, with the biggest amount of pencils, erasers, and – since he told you he wanted to try watercolor – a set of paints and brushes to try it out. It was an expensive gift, you knew that, he knew that, you also knew he would probably scold you for it, but you didn’t really cared, it was worth it, he deserved it.
The boys helped you with the tray and entering Hyunjin’s room. It was just like you left it, a little dark from the curtains, the space was clear for you to walk around and not face planted the floor and he was sleeping peacefully. Minho put a small stall near the door so you could put the tray and the present and closed the door behind him, leaving you alone with Hyunjin. You thought for a second about what to do, so you thought the best course of action was to wake him up by jumping in the bed, consequently on him.
“What the fu-” his eyes found your face berried in his chest as your legs were crossed on top of him and your arms held his neck. “The fuck you doing? What time is it?”
“Good morning to you too birthday boy!”
“Morning as in, lunch is ready or we just slept three hours? Because I’m honestly feeling the latter more”
“So I guess I should take the tray of breakfast I made for you back into the kitchen and let the boys eat it,” you walked your way to the door, the tray slightly hidden, but still visible in a way, which was what made the boy lift his upper body and hold his weight on his elbows, eyes focus on the tray hidden away. “So, should I?”
When you finally took the tray in your hands, doing your best to hide the present underneath it, you saw him raise his eyebrows and a sly smile appear on his face.
“You did that for me?”
His eyes were sparkling and you knew yours were no different. He seated himself in a proper position as you headed towards the bed.
“It’s your birthday after all, I needed to treat my best friend!” You chuckled and gave him a small kiss on his forehead as he took the tray and put on his lap, quickly noticing the present underneath it and eyeing you for help. “I’ll hold, you pull.”
You were lucky the tray was huge to hide the present, but you also knew Hyunjin had an idea of what it was as he saw the size and the noises of some of the pencils. All he did was eye you in awe before ripping the paper open, making the present visible to both. You were more than thankful for the girls to help out with the gifts, especially Jihyun for this one, she manage to track down a place and got it on the one day they would be open, even with her schedule full. You own her a lot, not only for paying for it, but also to keep it hidden for the long she did, and bless Chan for being so kind and take the present at the company here and hide it from Hyunjin.
It was all worth it once you saw his eyes shine, you knew that he was about to cry, once he pulled you closer you felt the tear on your neck as you hugged him back.
“Happy birthday princeling” you pulled him closer turning your head slightly and your lips found his right temple. “I love you Hyunjinnie.”
You both stayed like that for a while, the tray forgotten at the end of the bed as he pulled you to sit on his lap, face still berried on your neck. Neither of you remember exactly the last time you had spent such a long time together, but it was definitely before you two were fourteen. High School was difficult for the both of you, while you were trying to sell yourself as an actress, not only a child actress, he was starting as a trainee and trying to make his name while Chan asked him to join in his little boy project that would turn out to be Stray Kids. Since then, neither of you had the biggest time to spend together.
If you two were honest, you both spent more time together at SOPA then at any other place, and yet, neither of you could stay close for long, being from different departments didn’t really help, it got easier once you started taking some lessons at the dance department, but still, it wasn’t enough, it wasn’t the same and you both knew neither could afford a possible rumor about you two, not only because he was dating someone and she was jealous of the relationship between you two, but also because you were a known face and famous people in Korea don’t date, at least not in the public eye. Being in your late teens and linked with a boy, could bring you trouble, you both knew, so text messages and late night calls were the best option for the both of you, and facetime whenever you two were learning a new routine – him specially – and you two would help each other out, even not being at the same place for that to happen.
That was the real test to your friendship and yet here you two were.
Roommates for the time being. Spending the most of time together since forever. The friendship didn’t change, it matured yes, but never changed. The love you two had for each other remained. He knew the real you and you knew the real him, no one could take that away from neither of you. That was what mattered in the end.
Once you two stopped crying, you went to grab your laptop as he started to eat the breakfast, you giggled as you saw him make him traded marked face while eating. You loved it, it was one of his charms, one of his quirks, that was one of the ways you knew he liked the food he was eating and that was enough for you. As your laptop was starting, you took your phone to tweet on your official twitter page about Hyunjin’s birthday – as previously checked with your company and his – before closing it and turning to open the drama so you two could maybe finally finish it.
As you paused the drama, your phone lit up with a few notifications, including Hyunjin’s secret account commenting on your official post, alongside the other guys’ comments. The two of you exchanged looks laughing loudly before he pushed the tray away a little and reaching the wall behind the bed, pulling you close to him as you pressed play so the drama would continue. Your phone lit a few more times and you saw Seungmin’s name and you knew the fort was probably almost done. They said they would keep you updated, but never bother you for real.
It was your and Hyunjin’s day, everything else could wait.
It didn’t matter how many times you thanked the boys; it would never be enough in your vision. You gotten used to their presence the more the hours passed. You were currently at the others dorm, Changbin, Jeongin, Jisung and Seungmin were taking down the fort and organizing the space for the “surprise” party for Hyunjin, while you and Felix were doing the cake for the celebration.
At this point, both of you were covered in flower and cake mix, among other things you used to embellish the cake, which would definitely make you take a good shower before Hyunjin, Chan and Minho arrive back at the dorms. Whatever it was you had to do, was easy with them, especially Felix, it was weird how in sync you two were, how you three were. Felix and Hyunjin were exactly like Jisung and Minho, soulmates.
You decided to take a break for a glass of water and decided to stop and observe Felix a bit more. It had become a habit of yours to observe the boys, to see how different and yet similar they were. The quirks each had, what they liked, how they treated each other. You liked to observe people because that had always told you more about who someone was than their own words, or of someone else. When you saw a smirk on Felix’s lips you knew you had been staring for quite some time, making you feel your ears burn a little while drinking more of the water in the glass, while the freckled boy went closer to you with a smile.
“Why you like to observe us so much?”
You chocked on your water and eyed him in surprise.
“Guess I wasn’t as secretive as I thought” you cough a little and put the glass inside the sink, eyes everywhere but Felix. “Since when you know? Everyone noticed?”
“Seungmin and Minho noticed first, since it’s something they do themselves a lot,” you both chuckled and you nod, “that was when me and Jeongin started to notice as well, so probably everyone knows by now, but I can’t be sure.”
“It’s fine, I should’ve known” although you giggled, Felix eyes were still on you with a shy concern. “When you observe someone, you see who they truly are, what they try to hide, no one can play a character for long without breaking at the least expected hour.”
“You were scared that we were someone else behind the cameras?”
“You know how innocent Hyunjin can be, but-” it was how his eyes shone with understanding and concern that showed you he understood. “Thank you” you said after a while and the aussie pulled you into a hug. “Thank you for taking care of him when I can’t.”
“Thank you for taking care of him when we can’t,” he whispered back into your ear and you hugged his waist tighter as you felt his face towards the crock of your neck. The two of you stayed like that for a while, until the cake started to smell and the two of you notice. “If it’s smelling like that, I can only imagine the taste though.”
Both your laughs mixed between each other as you parted from the hug. You watched as Felix went to the oven to look at how the cake had grown. A shy smile was still in your lips when Jisung, Seungmin and Jeongin entered the dorm.
“Where’s Binnie?”
“Shower, is the cake done already?” Jisung asked as he passed you leaving a small kiss on your temple. Seungmin and Jeongin close behind him, the first getting a tissue and wetting a little before kindly whipping something out of your cheek, making you smile and lay your head on his shoulder as a thank you. “Wow, you guys made two?!”
“Actually it was one but,” you started making your way to the other two in front of the oven, “we ended up making a bit more of the recipe and ended up turning into two cakes, but one is considerably smaller, so we will use it as test to see if it was good and what will taste better,” your hands pointed to the amount of things on the counter making the three pair of eyes spark as your and Felix’s smile grew. “Any ideas?”
You and Felix had already a few things planned to do with the cake, but some of the others’ ideas were actually quite good, specially Jeongin’s, which was the first one you decided to give it a try once the cake was done.
“Noona,” you heard Jeongin’s voice from the counter and turned to him finding his eyes curious towards you. “How is the house hunting?”
“Yah! Jeongin-”
“He’s right Ji,” you said quickly as you felt the others stiffen a little beside you, your eyes going to the youngest of all, who still eyed you. “It’s going… I mean, the girls found a few, but there’s always something wrong with one or whatever, and Jiwoon has sent me a few apartments as well, but I haven’t seen anything yet.”
They all nodded as you got closer to Jeongin pushing your body up to sit on the counter beside him, petting his head slight before play with the end of his hair before eyeing the others. Jisung was the first to come to your other side, his head lingering on your left shoulder.
“Is it too selfish to ask for you to stay?”
“Oh Lix, you know I can’t,” you sigh and he nodded, Seungmin actually came closer and put his hand on top of yours that was on your thigh and started to draw circles there, making you giggle a little, catching everyone’s attention before holding Seungmin’s hand. “Also, think like this, ok? If I have a place for myself, whenever there’s something bad happening here, you guys can go there and crash!”
“That’s actually not a bad idea…”
“Of course it’s not, it’s hers!” Seungmin’s voice was cheerful as he squeezed your left hand eyeing you with a smile. God, you loved his smile, you wish he smiled like that more often. “Also Jisung, it’s not to crash there whenever you are bored, just when something happens!”
“Yah! I know, ok?!”
Jisung’s head lifted quickly at Seungmin’s words, making everyone laugh.
“You can crash there when you are bored too, but just not to frequently, since I don’t know if I’m gonna share on be alone, yet.”
“Or…” Felix started staying between Jeongin and Seungmin, his hand on your right knee. “I mean, it’s your house you can bring whoever you want, so we don’t disturb we need to at least ask you if it’s ok.”
“Felix, you know I’m single, that’s highly unlikely to happen!”
“For now,” Jisung said quickly as he straightened his back looking at you. “I mean, have you seen yourself?” You laughed loudly along with the others, but that didn’t faze Jisung one bit. “I mean, of course you do, you look in the mirror every day, but I mean like, actually seen yourself?!”
“Ji…”
“He has a point, noona!” Jeongin’s voice took everyone by surprise, and he noticed as he lowered his head a little, trying to hide the redness. “You are beautiful, it’s no surprise why so many people have a crush on you.”
“Us included,” Jisung was quickly to add, taking everyone’s attention off Jeongin. “I mean, we know Hyunjin told you about it and showed you the interview” you smiled lowering your head, which was a simple ‘yes’ to the statement Jisung had done. “Also, you have any idea how many idols had asked us for your number since they found out you and Hyunjin were childhood friends?”
“And when the ‘Hellevator’ cover was out, it got even worse” they all laughed and all you wanted was a whole to open on the ground. “But seriously angel,” you raised your head finding Felix’s eyes on you, “we know you are not with Eunwoo, we know you are single, Hyunjin may have hinted a few things here and there, but you shouldn’t deprive yourself of that you know?”
“I’m not depriving myself, I just…”
The words lingered on your tongue.
What exactly was it that kept you from going after love? You had people giving you attention, flirting, asking for you number, even making conversation with the intention to get with you, so what was the problem?
“No one has actually caught your eye?”
Although you and Felix had a great connection, Seungmin could read you way easier then all the other, exception of Hyunjin. Once your eyes met you simply nodded.
“You could say that…”
“But how exactly?”
“I don’t know Ji, it’s just that like, I can see that someone is attractive, but most of the times is like I can’t really see how that person would like me, others we just get along so well that I’m scared of giving it a try and loosing that connection we created, I don’t know…”
It was like your whole life flashed through your eyes.
You had a boyfriend before, you had crushes, flings (in a way), but since you and your boyfriend had broken up two years ago, it was like no one actually made your heart feel like it did, no one made you feel like he did, and that sucked.
“Why did you two break up?”
You sigh, you didn’t know if it was Hyunjin who had told them or if you were so transparent for Seungmin to see through everything.
“He was an introverted, he didn’t really like attention, through all our dating only our closer friends knew about it, but once I did School 2017, it was like all eyes were on me and eventually people found out about us and he couldn’t take it, so we broke up.”
Your voice was flat. You knew what you were signing up for when you decided to follow your dream, but that didn’t mean anyone else was ok with it. You were in love with you ex, you knew he loved you, just not enough; it was like it was never enough.
You were a good actress, but not great. You were a good dancer, but not great. You were good at a lot of things, and yet, it didn’t seem enough.
“Have you…” Jeongin started, but quickly finished once he felt all the guys’ eyes on him, but he swallowed hard before continuing once your eyes laid on him. “Have you ever considered dating an idol?” You smiled sheepishly, but the boys understood it wrong as he started to talk on top of each other. “It’s just a question!”
“Yes” once they heard you, it was like the whole dorm went silent, you could even hear the cake grown if you paid close attention. “Actually, the girls made me start to think about it, I mean, you guys are used to everything, you know everything, so it couldn’t be that hard, right?” They all eyed you and all you did was sigh before your eyes met Jeongin’s. “I mean, I get the appeal, just I don’t know… No one has actually made me think twice about it…”
“No one?”
“Like, at all?”
“C’mon!”
The other three said in a row and you giggled as you shook your head.
“I mean, I have eyes, I can see how good looking you all are, it’s just, I either friendzone someone when get along quickly or I never even try! You guys can be intimidating you know!”
“Yeah, you mentioned in one of your tweets that” you pushed Jeongin making everyone laugh before pushing yourself out of the counter. “We can be your wingmen, noona!”
“God no! I already have seven wingmen and five wingwomen on my ass about this, I don’t need seven more wingmen!” Your feet were quick to get the glass you were taking from earlier and filling with water to not eye the boys behind you. “Besides, why is everyone so interested if I’m dating or not?”
“Just tell us your ideal type, we won’t do anything you don’t want to!”
“We promise!” All four raised their right hand as Jisung completed Felix’s previous phrase and you just laughed. “So, will you tell us?”
“I don’t think I have a type though,” your eyes went for your feet. That was something you had never really thought about it. “I also don’t think I have a physical type…”
“Think about it! You can tell us once you know” Seungmin said clapping his hands and finishing that subject, receiving a thankful smile from you as you put more water in the glass. “How about the cake?”
“Probably thirty minutes or less,” Felix’s feet were quick to stand in front of the oven as you washed your glass, watching all the four go to the oven, bringing a smile to your lips. “I think I’m gonna take a bath in the meantime, is it ok, angel?”
You nodded and felt Felix’s lips on your left cheek as you heard his quick steps on the floor of the dorm. The same moment the others were putting some of the used items in the sink, Changbin entered the guys’ dorm, his nose already high up following the smell of the cake making you laugh as his eyes quickly found you among the other three.
His lips quickly found your right cheek as he started to help the others, your hands already cleaning the dirty dishes as you heard the boys talking. You were so immerse in what you were doing that you only realized Jisung was beside you when you saw his hand take some of the washed items and dry it out. You met with his cute chubby cheeks and bobba eyes, making you smile and lay your head slightly to the side, touching his shoulder slightly.
“You do know you can stay as long as you want, right?”
“You know that I know JYP talked to all of you that activities will take a pause because of the pandemic, I doubt he’ll allow us all to stay here at the same time, he can’t take the risk of loosing his golden boys of the moment.”
You giggled as Jisung rolled his eyes despite nodding.
“We haven’t properly thanked you for breakfast though-”
“Don’t even start!” You cut him quickly splashing a bit of water on him, bringing that cute smiled you loved on his face. “I did that as a thank you for everything you guys have been doing for me, so shush, your ‘debt’ or whatever you wanna call it, it’s paid!”
You both stayed quiet for a while, finishing cleaning the dishes as the others’ voices was loud on discussing how and what to use on the cake, bring small chuckles out of your mouth, that were followed by Jisung.
“Jeongin, you’ll get burn!” Your voice was loud and worried as you step away from the sink and eyed towards the oven, finding the youngest looking way too close to the oven. At your words, all the others eyed him that just took a step back, lowering his head. “Didn’t anyone tell you to never stay too close to a functioning oven?”
You looked at his hands and then cupped his face, meeting with his startled eyes of being forced to look at you, but all you did was sigh let go of his face to look at the cake who was apparently ready, although the timer still had some time left.
“Sorry noona,” he whispered shyly looking at you who just brushed it off and petted his head lightly. “I was about to call you, because it looks like it will fall off…”
“I know, it’s almost ready, but please Innie, be more careful!”
He smiled widely as he heard his nickname out of your mouth, but you had barely realized that. All the other noticed how you started to use nicknames with them, not only on the group chat, but also in person, some you even had a personal way of calling them, like you calling Felix, “angel” or Chan, “boss”. You had noticed, mostly after Hyunjin would point it out for you in any way, or just by how the others would glare, but you always brushed it off, especially once you realized they didn’t really mind it.
After the cake was done and taken out of the oven, didn’t take long for Felix to emerge from the rooms with a wet hair and towel around his neck and shirtless, which was something you had started to get accustomed to. Hyunjin, Chan, Changbin and Jisung were already walking shirtless around the dorms, just the others were still not entirely comfortable and you were constantly vigilantly on yourself to not drool over them or something, even when they made it difficult as of now.
“Hold it,” Changbin’s voice was quick as he went for the hem of his shirt about to lift it, making you laugh and the other complain. “You think you’ll be the only one shirtless here? You either put a shirt on or I’m taking it off!”
“Oh, sorry (y/n),” Felix almost instantly realized the situation and went to apologize to you before starting to turn back to his room. “I’m sorry I forgot, I jus-”
“Don’t worry Lix, I’m used to it already” you said quickly eyeing Changbin and Jisung who smiled at you. “3RACHAJin dorm they are always shirtless, so I don’t really mind anymore, plus, you guys are home, I’m barging in, so make yourselves comfortable!”
You saw the boys all exchanging glances before Felix gave up on going back to his room and stayed in the kitchen with the others, still drying his wet hair. God, why they have to be so handsome and hot?, you think to yourself as you tried to focus on not breaking the cake as you took out of the tray.
If Hyunjin told you about their crush on you, he also probably babbled on how you found them attractive and at the realization of that, a whole opening up under you felt even more tempting by the second. All of them then decided to cut the smaller cake and divide it in between the six of you so each could create however they liked and they would try it out to see which taste better for the final decision on what to do with the cake.
You looked around the room one last time after organizing Hyunjin’s last present.
A blank canvas, a few new brushes and some oil painting, as he had talked to you he wanted to explore oil painting next. The anxiety creeping in your stomach as you heard Jisung’s knock on the door with a quick ‘come in’ coming from your lips, meeting one of your favorite bobba eyed member. Your hand called him towards you before pointing at the bed.
Jisung’s left hand found your lower back and you felt his thumb brush there on top of your clothes, quickly eyeing him and finding his smile big enough to make you squeak on your spot. Everything was perfect, you just had to get the present in perfect position and, from Jisung’s smile, you manage to do that, thankfully.
“You think he’ll like it?”
“If you ask any of us that one more time-”
“But Ji!” He lifted his index finger, but the smile creeping on his lips made you know that he wasn’t mad, but you were also aware of the amount of time you asked them that question on the past three days. “I’m sorry, I just want to make him smile and feel loved and-”
“And you are doing that!” His arms involved your waist as he rested his head on the crock of your neck, both still looking at the last present on the bed you and Hyunjin have been sharing. “You have any idea how happy he is since you moved in?”
“I just… Don’t know…”
“Good thing we know” you felt and heard his giggle, making you mimic him slightly before turning to him, making him take a step further away from you, one of his hands not leaving your waist. “Stop over thinking! Everything is set and ready and beautiful, he’ll love it every single thing, now let’s go, Minho just texted saying they are on the elevator.”
You squeezed his hand going out of the room, turning the lights off and closing the door, all the others were already set hidden somewhere in the living room. The cake was centered with a single candle waiting for the fire, with a small box of matches beside it. The lights were gonna be off, you would be seated on the couch with the cake in hands waiting for Hyunjin and the others.
You would start with the “happy birthday” chant and the boys would progressively join you. You knew he hated loud noises, even more so than you, so you thought this was the best way to give him a surprise. Once you seated and lit the match, Changbin turned the lights off, you were nervous and it only got worse once you heard the voices and steps of the three missing Skids outside the door. You knew Chan and Minho were being particularly loud so the rest of you could hear them.
Hyunjin was the first to enter the apartment and by his face slightly illuminated by the outside light you saw his eyes big in surprise, which only grew as you started to sing “happy birthday” and Minho pushed him, while Chan closed the door, the others quickly joining the chant as you got closer to your best friend, the light of the fire already illuminating his face and you could see the water in his eyes while he smiled slightly, only growing bigger once he noticed the others, making his eyes quickly vanish and you knew he was genuinely happy when that happen.
Once you all stopped singing, he blow the candle and Changbin turned the lights on and you could see the shy tear lines on his face. Chan then took the cake from your hands and Hyunjin quickly hugged you tightly against him and you two stayed like that for a while as the other boys started to organize the cake position and the plates for you all to eat it.
“Thank you princess, truly.”
His voice was muffled by your neck and you felt a few tears against your skin as your hand wandered from his head to his back a few times, until he felt he had thanked you enough for now to separate each other. Once he did, you could see the spark in his eyes before his lips met the top of your head as his arms tighten around your waist before lifting you up and twirling you around before you felt your feet back on the ground.
“Go cut your cake birthday boy, me and Lix made it ourselves and the others help decorate it!”
You giggled at how his face lit up at that as he jumped towards where the others were.
“He wanted to go out to eat,” Minho’s voice was right behind you and you eyed him laughing, “it took him some convincing from me and Chan not to do it, but we couldn’t say anything, so Chan pulled the leader card.”
“Poor Jinnie, he probably felt bad…”
“His face wasn’t the happiest, I guarantee that,” you both laughed as eyeing the other members. “Thank you,” your eyes traveled to Minho’s face, his eyes still on the boys around the cake, “having you here has been fun and I haven’t seen them so happy in a while.”
“Well, you guys did have just finished a tour when I came over.”
“But it’s different, the feeling of being with STAYs, being around ourselves, the idol life and who we are when we are not in front of cameras, it’s different,” you understood what Minho was saying, not to a certain extent, but you could relate a considerable amount. “You won’t lose any of us, you know?”
It took you a moment but then you lowered your head with a shy smile.
“I should really talk with Hyunjin about his big mouth…”
“He didn’t really say anything,” your eyes made Minho chuckled before nodding, “ok, maybe he did say a few things, but I just want you to know that you were already special to us before, now it just makes you part of the family.” Your eyes met and you lowered your head again feeling your cheeks burn as you felt Minho’s arms around you, making you hide your face on his chest. “You are stuck with us unfortunately.”
“Once I have my own place you promise to visit?”
You lifted your face looking at Minho who had a sly smile, before nodding.
“Will you give us a key?” You pretended to think for a second, making him laugh before pointing to Jisung, Felix and Hyunjin. “Think carefully, because those three might as well consider your house theirs!”
“Well, what is mine is Hyunjin’s, so that’s already a problem, but,” Minho’s laugh caught everyone’s attention, even more after you joined him, “but, I guess I’m stuck with you guys so…”
“You most definitely are, princess!”
Hyunjin was soon in front of you with a peace of the cake you and the other did earlier, but as you took the plate, his fingers went to the icing and towards your face, making everyone laugh as you pretended to be shocked quickly doing the same to Hyunjin, putting some icing on his nose and cheek before he pulled you close to a hug.
Thankfully, for Minho’s quick reflex, he took the plate before you either dropped or the cake got stuck in yours or Hyunjin’s clothes. You all went to the living room, Chan bringing the cake and you all sat down eating cake and watching some random program that was on. You were so happy that you honestly didn’t care. These boys had become your family in this short period of time, having them laughing, stuffing their faces in the cake you and the others had made, just enjoying their lives, that was what mattered to you. Your hands quickly met Hyunjin’s head between your legs, as you were on the couch and he was seated on the floor in front of you, making you play with his hair after you finished eating.
That was what happiness had become for you since leaving the apartment you shared with the girls. These small moments with all the Skids in the house, and that were enough.
06.01: happy birthday princeling.
pirate kingdom || choi san || smau
It all starts when you and your friends are kicked out of your shared apartment, causing you to ask your childhood best friend (and idol) for help, which leads you to live with him and the other members of his kpop group. From there on, you completely enter the world of kpop, creating the best friendships you could ask for, and, as if working with kdramas wasn't enough, your life ends up becoming the best example of one with each passing moment. and your best friends are the main spectators and commentators of all the drama that has surrounded your life since it all began.
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