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dwaekkistar · 5 months

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Chapter I

I abruptly woke up from my sleep, as I was currently lying in my bed at my family home. I carefully lifted my arm to look at my Apple watch to see that it was 5 a.m. Surely that would give me enough time to get ready before heading off to the JYP headquarters, both of which were in the Gangdong district of Seoul. I was fortunate and happy to live close to the company HQ simply because my commute would be easier than most other trainees. I quietly went to the bathroom connected to my bedroom, I was an only child but the only bathroom in the house shared 3 doors which were the hallway door, the door to my parents' office, and my room. I carefully turned on the shower and took a warm shower all while washing my hair thoroughly. After my shower I excitedly made my way over to my closet, picking out my outfit for practice today, unlike most of the other trainees in the company, I was the oldest having been born earlier half of my generation, which meant I had long since graduated from school and could dedicate most of my time to training and brushing up on new skills. I quickly slipped into my bra and panties, before sliding a short-sleeved black crop top over my head and onto my body. I put on light orange cream-colored sweatpants and my vans with some white ankle socks.

After putting the outfit on I sat at my desk, which was like one of my safe spaces as I spent most of my time there doing my make-up and hair, South Korea was one of those places strict on grooming and the health of your appearance so I gladly took advantage of that. I pulled out my light caramel/almond-colored foundation and applied it, my skin was a Light caramel color as I was biracial coming from a Black American mother and Korean Father, simply put I was blasian. I put on a light but dark nude eye shadow near the edge of my eyes trying to keep it as natural looking as possible and put some pink-tinted lip balm on. I then took out my blow dryer and diffuser connection, as I was gonna wear my long curls out today. After drying my hair all the way, I carefully styled my hair with a side part and headed downstairs to the rest of my house. I practically skipped to the kitchen fridge pulled out some leftover Dakjuk and heated it, swiftly eating the bowl of food as I didn't want to be late. I finished the food grabbed a water bottle and a light soft coat and headed out, locking the door behind me.

When I finally got to the HQ I swiped my Trainee ID at the entrance and went upstairs to the practice room. A few other girls around my age were in the practice room already going at it practicing whatever choreography came to their mind. I set my bag down, as it contained my water bottle, a small cute blue agenda with butterflies on it, and some other necessities I packed for the session today. A girl from the group walked up to me, and I quickly recognized that it was Nata, who was the only Korean trainee besides me who was bilingual.

"Hey Jade," she said softly, "wanna practice Mamamoo's HIP with us ?" I softly nodded as I walked over trying to figure out their formation and placements.

"How do you feel about doing Hwasa's part?" one of the other girls I wasn't all too familiar with asked. I put my thumbs up and smiled, "I'll take it." Nata then put the song on, and we all four got into our positions and began dancing full out while singing. By the time we were done with the song, one of the girls was coated in a light layer of sweat, indicating that this was probably the highest intensity in choreography she'd done.

"Can we do Dalla Dalla next?" I said excitedly, as the previous song had gotten me a bit hyped. "It's been a while since we've seen the girls since their debut, and we're not gonna see the others until they leave school."

"But Dalla Dalla is even more intense!" the same girl who was sweating blurted out.

" You can sit this one out if you want, " Nata said trailing off a bit in response, "the rest of us want to do this one." The girl then sat off to the side pulling out her phone. I quietly thought to myself that the girl wouldn't debut any time soon if she kept that mentality up. Yeah, it's good to know your limits, but you would never be able to know what performance intensity you're able to reach if you don't even bother trying. I thought to myself some more, realizing I wanted to practice My facial expressions, as duality was becoming a big thing in the industry at the moment, I noticed stans from some of the groups I followed liked when their idol was able to switch their demeanor in the blink of an eye, and deemed that a quality and effect I wanted to have on any of my future fans. Nata then quickly started playing the song, me and her and the last girl who I vaguely remember as Seumin getting into position, they allowed me to take the role of Yeji, who I dearly missed training with, if only I was as good enough to debut with her and the others. We started dancing full-out and singing, eventually reaching the part of the song where Yeji says My Life where she does her iconic dance move while also giving my best facial expressions when Bang Chan silently entered the practice room witnessing us.

"Oh!" he said taken back a bit with his hands raised. " I didn't know all of you girls were capable of this intensity"

"This was expected from you though Jade," he said beginning to point at me. "Speaking of, JYP sent me to come and get you— we were discussing some things and he wanted you in his office." Confused I got up and picked my bag up following quietly behind Chan. He was one of my seniors who was pretty comfortable with me as were both around each other occasionally whenever he interacted with Ryujin and Yeji. He viewed the members of Itzy like they were his little sisters. But he also liked being around me when he had the chance because I was one of the few female trainees who spoke English, so it gave us something in common when we first met. He swiftly turned towards me as we walked to Jyp's office and shot me his usual soft smile.

"I hope you know you have nothing to worry or be nervous about," he said gently patting my shoulder. His words seemed to calm my nerves down a lot as I was worried that maybe I was being kicked out of the company. It made me think about how Chan's group had recently just lost a member, as Woojin decided to leave the group and company for some odd reason. The other girls tried to find out for weeks what his reasoning was, but the gossip dropped dead when they couldn't get any leads on info. We finally got to JYP's office and Chan carefully opened the door letting me go through first.

"Hello Jade," he said quickly, " I have some good news for you Today you're debuting in a group." "What do you mean?" I said confused, as Chan took a seat in one of the chairs in front of us. Following suit, I sat in the chair anxiously tapping my foot. How could I be debuting if he just debuted a girl group and told the rest of us that he didn't think we were ready to be seen by the public yet? At that same moment, Chan looked over at me with a big grin. "I think I'll let Chan tell you!" Jyp said eagerly. "You're debuting into Stray kids Jade, " Chan said softly with a chuckle. I stared wide-eyed at Chan for some time, trying to fully process the info I had just been told. "No way this has got to be a prank?!" I said still in shock, Chan shook his head signifying that he was very serious. "What did I even do to deserve such a thing ?" I said trying to regain my composure while also figuring out how they came to such a decision.

"You're like the only current female trainee close to our age besides the members of Itzy who can match up with our stamina and intensity in performance Jade," he said nonchalantly with a smirk, "that and you have the vocal range to complete us."

"He was telling me that the next girl group he was planning to debut was going to be a cutesy spin on girl crush," he continued, "and I didn't want him to waste your visuals and vocals on a group concept I don't think you fit." I softly mouthed Oh, finally catching on to why this took place. "So what do I or what do we do now?" I said unsure of what the procedure was after being debuted.

"You sign your contract, and begin to move into the group dorm," JYP said butting back into the conversation as he placed the contract on the table in front of me with a pen next to it. I quickly but thoroughly read the contract, not wanting to sign myself into a deal that fucked me over. When I determined that I liked what was on the paper I swiftly Signed it eager to go back home and pack my things.

"Do you want me to help you get your stuff or would you prefer staff do it?" Chan said shyly with a soft smile on his face.

"I think I'll let the staff help me," I said softly with a light blush at his offer, " I don't want to burden you with helping me settle in."

" I don't mind helping you Jade," he said softly, " Especially since you're now my group member and my full responsibility."

I carefully got up from my seat, thanking Chan on my way out. I quickly headed home, excited to tell my parents the news. I got to the door of my home, pulled my keys out, and unlocked the door. I quickly slipped inside, calling out for my parents as I closed the door behind me.

"Eomma! Appa! I have some good news for you!" I yelled, not sure of their location within the house. I was starting to get slightly giddy at the thought of being with stray kids, not that I knew them that well.. but just the thought of having a group of people I would spend the next few years with, that would potentially become like a second family gave me a warm soft feeling in my tummy that I couldn't explain.

" Yes sweetie," my mom said coming out of the kitchen. She smelled a little of soul food, which let me know she was most likely making macaroni and such and those happened to be my favorite foods. My dad came down the stairs a few minutes later with a huge heart-warming smile.

"How's my cute little daughter?" he said as he engulfed me in a soft hug.

"Well," I said not able to contain my smile anymore, " I'm debuting!" I softly jumped up not able to contain my excitement.

"You Are?!" Both my parents said in shock as they almost broke their necks to look at me.

"Yes, I am!" I said with the biggest grin on my face, "I just have to start packing to move into the dorm soon."

" Well that's great!" my dad said enthusiastically, "What's the name of the group? I didn't think your company would debut a girl group so quickly after Itzy."

"Uhm..." I started nervously, "About that, it's not a new girl group."

"Why'd you start speaking Korean sweetie?" my dad gave me a confused look. " What do you mean it's not a new group unless he debuted you as a new member in itzy or something?"

" He didn't, He debuted me in Stray Kids." I blurted out quickly. My parents looked at me shocked my mom's mouth wide open and dad's eyes wide.

"He debuted you in a group with 9 boys ?!?" Both my parents yelled in unison.

"8 boys. Woojin left the company a week or two ago. " I said sheepishly

"Are you sure you're gonna be able to handle that? " My mom asked slightly concerned. "Wouldn't their choreography be a bit more stamina-draining since they're boys? "

"I think that's why they chose me to debut with them." I said confidently, " I'm like one of the three Female trainees in the company that can keep up with the boys stamina-wise. Even Bang Chan thinks my stamina and performance is intense."

"Okay if you say you can handle it then we will leave it to you." my dad said with a proud smile before hugging me one more time. "Just come eat dinner before you start."

After eating my dinner I quickly went upstairs and started packing my things. I didn't have much like most people would, I had like 6-9 pairs of jeans and 6 pairs of skirts all of which I packed in my suitcase. I packed my sweatpants as I was definitely gonna need those, and all of my sweaters, hoodies, and tops. I then packed all of my shoes, from my Converse and vans to my high-top retro 1's and my Demonia Camel 305 boots which practically took up all the leftover clothing space in my suitcase. On the lid area of the suitcase I packed all my undergarments such as my bras and panties and 2 boxers I acquired sometime during high school when I wanted to be more comfortable. I then removed my smaller travel bag from my empty closet and packed all my makeup, my flat iron, phone accessories, chargers, jewelry collection, and laptop into it. As I was placing my bags by my bedroom door, assuming I would move in first thing tomorrow I got a message. It was from one of the managers of my trainee teams.

Chat: Sua.mgt

Sua.mgt: Hey Jade, the company and stray kids wanted you to move in by tonight, It seems they have a lot of work to do for their postponed album comeback and they wanted everyone to be able to get right into their schedule first thing in the morning. I also got promoted as I'm now your individual manager so I'll be walking around with the other managers and staff stray kids have in public.

Crystal_Jade:

Oh okay that's cool, I thought I was gonna be able to rest in my bed at home one more time but that's fine.

I smiled as I sent the last message a bit excited about what was to come soon, immediately heading to my parents to tell them the update. Upon hearing it they hugged me tightly and wished me good luck before helping me bring my stuff downstairs to wait for the staff to come get me. I looked down at my phone and it was about 9 pm which was kind of late but not really late, I assume they all must have eaten dinner before deciding to come get me.

Sooner or later I heard a soft knock at the door. I got up excitedly opening the door to Sua at my doorstep and a black van with tinted windows parked in front of my house. As I did so she pointed. "Welp, here's your ride and your help," She said with a giggle. As she finished her sentence about 2 people came out of the van followed by Chan who seemed to be wearing a mask and cap. Probably a safety measure to not be recognized in public by saesangs.

"Hey Jade," he said quietly as he walked towards me and Sua, " that's the other manager and our bodyguard, I really wanted to help you move into the dorm." I couldn't see his mouth but I'm sure if I could he would have had the biggest and cutest smile on his face. I then carefully pulled out my luggage and travel bag and tried to walk to the van before Chan stopped just a few steps out the door.

"Hey I told you I wanted to help you," he said excitedly as he went to grab my suitcase accidentally coming into contact with my hand, and then carried it into the van. I quietly followed him as I tried to hide the blush on my face. When I got into the van the managers all sat in the back next to my belongings leaving the only available spots next to Chan. I looked back at Sua to see if she wanted to sit between me and Chan but she instead ushered me into the car and told me to prepare my to put my mask on for when we got to the dorm in case of any saesangs being around. I carefully sat next to Chan as my anxiety was at 100. ' Why am I even feeling like this next to him, I'm usually never this nervous around Chan, I mean before this I was only really seeing him here and there but still.' I thought to myself. To calm my nerves I pulled my phone out and started scrolling through my social media. Sometime during the ride, I could feel someone's eyes on me so I looked up to see Chan carefully glancing at me. It's like he was trying to make sure I was okay or something. We eventually got to the dorm after two hours it was about 11 p.m. so I put my mask on.

Everyone got out of the van and before I could pick up any of my things myself Chan was already picking them up and bringing them inside for me. I followed behind everyone shyly to the elevator to get to the dorm not knowing what to expect when I got there. We eventually got to the dorm and Sua gave me a little pep talk before the other manager and bodyguard told us they had to part ways until tomorrow. Sua and Chan walked into the dorm after he unlocked the door so I followed them until they both stopped. It seemed like we were in a common room, which was probably the living room of the place.

"Hey guys," he said sheepishly with his hands softly rubbing the back of his neck," this is one of the new managers, Sua, and behind her and I is our new member Jade." As he finished saying his statement Sua waved and then moved to the side so I could greet everyone. I shyly waved, cowarding a bit kind of afraid to look up and not really knowing what to expect. Bang Chan then took off his mask and inched closer to me softly resting his hands on my shoulder.

"I Know you're nervous but you should still look up and at least greet your members," he whispered a bit worried, " I don't want the guys to get the impression of you y'know?"

In response to what he whispered I carefully looked up at the rest of the group and greeted them properly introducing myself.

"Woah she's pretty!" they all said in Unison, their voices dripping in shock.

"Oh by the way Felix," Chan said stepping forward a bit, getting closer to the group, "She speaks English."

"Oh? Really?" the lavender-haired one said looking a bit more shocked than he was a minute ago.

"Yeah, I speak English, " I said with a giggle, " I was born in America and moved here when I was like twelve." "Oh shit you guys weren't bluffing," he said wide-eyed. One of the boys with dark-colored hair snapped his head in Felix's direction upon hearing the curse word and it made me immediately giggle. " Well, I should probably carry Jade's things to her room," he said gently, " let her get settled in." All the boys nodded in response, and Chan began to walk off to my room gesturing for me to follow him. We eventually stopped in front of a black door and he opened it. The room was very plain like they left it that way so that it could be decorated the way the occupant wanted it to be. Chan carefully set my travel bag on my bed and my suitcase at the foot of the bed. "Uhm would you like me to help you unpack so you can go to bed quicker, It is getting pretty late," He said timidly, his face slightly flushed. " You don't have to, I'll probably unpack when I get the chance," I replied softly, a yawn following immediately right after as I covered my mouth. "Thank you though." "My pleasure," he said with a cheerful smile as I could now hear the Australian accent of his clear as day, "I'm gonna let you get ready for bed now then." And with that Chan left the room. I carefully unpacked my travel bag as it was much easier since everything was already separated, deciding the suitcase would be dealt with whenever I had a break in my soon-to-be chaotic schedule. Opening up my suitcase I pulled out my pajamas, soft silk shorts, and a tank top along with some underwear. My phone then buzzed in my pocket, so I set my clothing down and checked it.

Unknown number: Hey this is Chan, I just realized I forgot to tell you where the bathroom is. Uhm it's the White door in the middle of all the black doors. The towels and stuff should be in the toiletries cabinet. With that, I immediately saved his number picked my clothes up, and headed to the bathroom. I pulled out a towel and washcloth and took a thorough shower, feeling refreshed, and put on my clothes turning the bathroom light off as I walked out. It was pretty somewhat dark in the hall but I remembered where my room was. On my way there I slightly bumped into someone and despite being confused about who it was since the person was a lot taller than me than Chan was I immediately apologized not wanting to offend them. It was then that they used a phone to create a source of light and I could see it was Hyunjin, the idol that I usually avoid in the company because his visuals made me way too giddy to think straight. I could never have a normal conversation with him when I first met him because it's like my brain would just temporarily shut down. I one time forgot how to chew food and choked in the company cafeteria when he sat about a foot away from me and said hi. He softly smirked when he saw that it was me.

"Oh it's you," he said smugly, " I should have realized it was since you have such a petite-sized body compared to me." "Oh" was all I could make out, and it was at that moment I was so glad that the hallways were dark and that I was more tan than the typical Korean as I was blushing madly. "Did you just come from the bathroom?" he said curiously. I couldn't quite tell his intentions with that specific question so I answered anyway not wanting to assume he had any ill intent. "Yeah, I did. Why?" I said sheepishly.

"Oh, nothing, I should probably let you head off to bed then it's pretty late and we have a lot of music recording to do tomorrow," he said smirking once again as he walked off. All I could do was stare at him wide-eyed. I wasn't really prepared to be recording music so soon. I walked back to my bedroom and quickly headed to bed setting my alarm on my phone for 5 am.

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dwaekkistar · 5 months

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Chapter V

While on our way home after hours of shooting for the music video, our managers decided to buy us takeout for dinner in person instead of paying extra to have it delivered. They had the boys and I dropped off at our dorm and headed back out to get our food for us after asking what we all wanted. As soon as they left I quickly headed for the shower with some pajamas I picked out, as I was pretty tired and sweaty from the day's activities. I quickly took a shower, and after drying myself and putting my underwear on I slipped into a pair of purple pajama shorts with clouds on them, a black crop top, that had the moon phase design, and put on some socks.

I opened the bathroom door in a hurry to get to my bedroom when I almost bumped into Changbin, who seemed to be heading toward the bathroom I just left. I softly blushed before apologizing, rushing to my room before he could respond. Despite being older than Changbin by a month, I still felt the need to be polite and formal with him, especially after I noticed him and the rest of the 'hyung' line staring at my butt when Chan commented on it earlier.

'I would have to be extra careful going into the future with those three' I thought to myself, as I finally sat on my bed waiting for Sua or one of the boys to get me for dinner. I carefully picked up my phone and started playing some games on it to keep myself occupied. Well, it seems I had become too occupied after 20 minutes of playing because I eventually failed to realize my door had opened and closed. I failed to notice the dip in my bed, as I was lying on my stomach and facing opposite of my bedroom door. It wasn't until I felt a hand on my lower back that I jumped in fright, calming down when I realized it was Felix in my bed.

"Oh, it's just you..", I said softly, laying back down next to him.

" So do you know why Changbin was smiling from ear to ear when he came out of the bathroom?" Felix said with a soft chuckle.

" He was?" I said in confusion as I furrowed my eyebrows at him. All I did was apologize for bumping into him, that surely couldn't have been the cause of him smiling that much I thought to myself.

"I thought you would know because you were near the bathroom earlier, my fault," he said softly before assessing what you were wearing, " I swear it's like you have a wardrobe full of these," he said as he tugged on the fabric of my shorts, his eyebrows furrowing as he smirked. "every time I think you're gonna wear something else you pull out another pair of these shorts..."

"Is that a bad thing? I don't want to make you guys uncomfortable," I said responded, softly pouting. I didn't want to make the guys feel weird around me if that's what he was trying to insinuate, maybe I would have to stop wearing them.

"No.. no there's nothing wrong with it," he said gently, "you just look adorable when you're wearing them like you have the perfect body shape for it if that makes sense."

Upon finishing his sentence all I could do was blush in response. How do you react to your group mate of the opposite gender telling you that you look cute?

"Thanks," I said with a soft smile, not wanting to make it too obvious that his compliment was getting to me.

"Hey uhm, are you a fan of video games by any chance?" he said raising an eyebrow.

"Felix if you're looking for someone to play with, I'm down," I said softly chuckling as I playfully pushed his shoulder, to which he giggled.

"Cool, then I'll just send a text whenever I'm playing," he replied as he checked his phone, " I should probably head back to the living room though, Sua and Jun will probably be back with the food any time soon."

Felix left my room as I continued to lay on the bed, the game I was playing not too long ago grasping my attention once more. Eventually, I got a text from sua saying they dropped off the food and were leaving again, so I got off my bed and headed to the living room.

When I got there most of the boys were already chowing down a variety of different food placed on the table. As I inched closer to the boys, Leeknow noticed me and pulled me into the empty spot between him and Han, handing me a pair of unused chopsticks and a plate with a soft smile. I carefully put a decent amount of food and began to eat it, softly crooning when I realized how good the food tasted.

A few seconds later as I was eating, Leeknow tapped my shoulders. When I looked up he had a piece of chicken in his chopstick and was moving the food towards my mouth. Not wanting to be rude I carefully opened my mouth and let him feed me it. He smiled widely, and gently ruffled my hair, which was still straightened from the video shoot, not wanting to mess it up too much. He then silently went back to eating his food.

Most of the boys were talking about random things, stuff that I couldn't pick up on as they most likely happened before I joined. I couldn't help but get this nagging feeling of being left out, so I ate a little more food before telling everyone good night and heading off to do my nightly routine. I went to the bathroom with my toothbrush and skincare, starting on my teeth as I brushed them, before moving to my skincare, quickly speeding through them.

I quietly headed to my bedroom and lay in bed, returning to my phone. I get a text from Sua saying how the company wants me to be a little more active on the group's social media, seeing as I haven't posted anything myself. Still lying in bed I fixed my hair and snapped a quick cute picture.

I then asked Sua for the login and posted the selfie with a caption saying 'getting some beauty rest'. I thought it was a really cute selfie and was hoping that maybe just maybe the fans would think so too. I was about to get ready to text the boys that I posted when many notifications started pouring in. I clicked on the notification and took me to the picture I just posted.

There were already a few thousand comments on it, and I began to scroll through them. Some were saying things like 'Jade is so cute OMG' or 'OT8' which I assumed was them saying they didn't want me there, a lot of comments saying different variations of I'm beautiful while others were calling me a 'Pick me' and fat-shaming me. I tried to not pay attention to the negative comments and carefully placed my phone on the nightstand, not being in the mood to continue staying on my phone. I completely hid under my blanket after turning off my bedroom light. It was only 7 p.m. but I just had the urge to go to sleep, that way I wouldn't have to deal with the emotions that would surface because of the comments.

A few minutes later I heard a soft faint knock at my door, and I'm sure it was because the boys could see the comments on my post. I heard another faint knock followed by someone speaking.

"Can I come in?" someone said softly, and I instantly knew it was Chan based on the accent alone.

"Yeah, you can..." I responded feebly still hiding under the cover.

A second later, Chan opened the door and walked over to my bed. I couldn't see him as I was still hiding under the blanket but from the sound of it, I was sure he stopped just right next to the bed. He carefully pulled the blanket up to reveal me lying in a fetal position.

"I saw your post, it was quite cute," he said with a soft smile as if he were trying to reassure me. "I also saw the comments... and I know you're most likely questioning yourself so I came here as emotional support I suppose."

I couldn't help but sigh at the situation I was in, because I honestly wanted to just isolate and cry but I knew that Chan wouldn't be leaving any time soon. Just based on my trainee days around him, he wouldn't leave people alone until he knew for sure that they were okay.

"Do you mind if I lay next to you?" he added after not getting much response from me. I softly nodded and he slipped under the blanket as he silently watched me. I closed my eyes and turned my head away from him, as I tried to fight my tears back when I felt Chan carefully wrap his arm around me. "It's okay Jade, let it out," and as if on cue I turned back towards him and began to bawl my eyes out, not being able to hold back any of the hurt.

I had bawled until it felt way too draining to continue doing so, eventually transitioning into a more silent cry. All the while Chan softly rubbed my back as he comforted me. I cried until I pretty much fell asleep in Chan's embrace and I knew when I woke up that my face was going to be puffy and red for sure.

Time Skip

I woke up softly groaning, trying to sit up to stretch but was very surprised when I couldn't. I opened my eyes to see that Chan was still next to me and holding me very close. I thought he would have left sometime during the night after I fell asleep but was surprised to see that he didn't. I softly poked his side to wake him, seeing as I wanted to brush my teeth and I had a really strong urge to pee. In response, Chan faintly groaned before going right back to sleep, to which I poked him again. He finally woke up and released me from his arms with a soft yawn and stretch and that's when I noticed Chan was shirtless. 'Was he shirtless this entire time?' I thought to myself. He couldn't be, because he came into my room last night with a shirt on. That's when I noticed how toned his torso was, and I realized I had been staring the entire time he was stretching. I shook myself out of my thoughts and headed to the bathroom not wanting to get caught looking at Chan.

With my toothbrush in hand, I finally made it to the bathroom only to realize that Han was in the bathroom currently brushing his teeth. He turned towards the door and looked at me before gesturing to come in. He moved over a bit giving me room to use the sink as I quickly got to work on my teeth. From my peripheral view, I could see that He was looking at my lower body, most likely my ass, but he was trying to be respectful about it so I said nothing not wanting to embarrass him. He smiled and patted my back when he was done before heading out of the bathroom. I soon finished after and headed back to my room, to find an empty bed. I got a text from Sua saying I had a photo shoot scheduled today. I carefully brushed out my hair seeing as it was still straight and quickly put on a rushed outfit because I got another text saying sua was going to be at the dorm in 10 minutes to pick me up.

Sua eventually came and left with her. During the entire ride on our way to the photo shoot, she went over my schedule for the next month, as I had more recordings, a few photoshoots, and practice sessions with the group as a whole. We eventually got to the photoshoot venue. My scheduled bodyguard and sua rushed me inside as a few tabloid journalists were waiting outside for some odd reason, trying to get anything out of me.

Upon getting inside I was taken to a dressing room where they showed her her first outfit. It was a black-and-white ensemble with black heels and they had press one with metallic detail.

I quickly got dressed in the outfit when a Male worker on the set quickly walked over to me and started touching me. At first, I thought it was normal as the worker seemed to be resting his hand on my shoulder and fixing my accessories and such. But I started to become heavily uncomfortable when I noticed his hands lowering to other parts of my body that I was sure he wasn't supposed to be messing with so I tried to move away not wanting to cause any commotion. He kept softly groping me on areas like my boobs and ass and each time I tried to push him away hoping he would get the hint and leave me alone. But he continued and it got to the point I was almost in tears. I'm sure I would have to redo my make-up. Eventually, I started making my way over to sua.

" Hey is that guy supposed to be touching me?" I said nervously to her as I nervously rubbed my forearm, "he keeps touching me in uncomfortable places."

Upon my words, Sua looked over at who I was talking about and sighed heavily when he came into view. "He's not supposed to be here... he's had a past of inappropriately touching female idols inappropriately and now he's banned from showing up at the venue when celebrities are on set..." she said as he rested her hands on her temple before turning around.

" WHO LET THIS GUY BACK ON SET?" she yelled at the production team, and when they saw who she was mentioning security quickly removed him from the premises. Soon we returned to the shoot, having my makeup touched up. We took plenty of great shots, ate lunch, and then took even more pictures after an outfit change before leaving to go back to the dorm.

When I got back I was faced with a living room of chaos as all the boys were practically playing and fighting. I softly chuckled as I closed the front door and locked it before making my way to my room, the guys greeting me on my way there. I softly smiled at them and continued my way wanting to get out of the outfit as the fabric started to feel weird against my skin.

As I got to my bedroom closet I pulled out a pair of gray pants and rested it on my bed before looking for a crop top and one of my tube bra tops as I was too lazy to put on anything else and a pair of panties, before rushing to the bathroom and taking a 20-minute shower. I headed back to my bedroom to drop off anything extra I didn't need to be lugging around the dorm before heading to the living room. I looked around realizing the only empty seat left was next to Changbin. I softly smiled and walked over to the seat but before I could Jeongin rushed to sit in the seat, causing Chan to speak out.

"You can sit next to me Jade," he said excitedly as he patted the seat next to him. Felix just so happened to be on the opposite side of the empty spot so I gladly sat. Upon sitting down the two Aussies curiously looked at me as if waiting for me to say something when Felix spoke this time.

"So how did your day go ?" he said curiously furrowing his eyebrows with a smile. "We heard you had a photo shoot."

"Oh it was great," I said with a sheepish smile wondering if I should tell them about what happened. I decided I would because they're my group mates and I was supposed to be able to trust them. "Except some creep kept inappropriately touching me, and then I found out he's not even supposed to be on the set when idols are there."

"What?" they all blurted out although Changbin was a bit louder, his face deadpan, but as I maintained eye contact with him, he seemed to get angrier and angrier. "How the fuck did they allow that to happen? Why weren't they enforcing stricter precautions to prevent that? "

At this point, Changbin was beyond livid and I couldn't understand why, I mean I was barely close to any of the members minus Chan so I couldn't process why he cared so much, it wasn't like I was hurt or something. "Changbin it's okay, it's not like he hurt me," I said trying to de-escalate the situation, but that seemed to make him even more upset.

"But he could have— he could have done so much worse had he been given the chance Jade! How can you not see that?" he said as he rested his hands on his temple. "He could have violated you way worse than that or possibly injure you—"

" BUT HE DIDN'T," I yelled out nervously, the emotion of the situation getting to me way more deeply than I anticipated. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. I closed my eyes causing whatever tears were welling up in my eyes to finally fall. Not wanting to embarrass myself in front of everyone I ran to my room and slammed the door behind me. I plopped down into my bed shoving my face into the pillow, as I continued to cry silently. I eventually stopped when my throat began to hurt, and I wiped my tears away. I decided soon after that I was going to take a small little nap.

I napped way longer than I expected, as it was now 11 p.m. and I had fallen asleep around 7, practically missing dinner. My stomach softly growled and I decided to eat a small snack and go back to sleep, too tired to dish myself out a full meal. I walked over to the kitchen but was stopped in my tracks when I saw Changbin sitting in it all alone. I didn't know if I was ready to speak to him after what happened earlier, but I knew I would eventually have to sooner or later. I continued walking into the kitchen and headed to the fridge, which seemed to catch his attention as he silently watched me, his face having more of a sad expression to it.

"I'm sorry..." I said before carefully grabbing a pudding container from the fridge and turning to him. " I didn't mean to get like that earlier. I'm just not used to people caring about my well-being..."

His expression changed as he looked up at me trying to process what I said. "Oh... okay. I was going to apologize for getting angry... I notice you don't respond well to it."

"No it's okay, I know you weren't angry at me and more so the situation I was put in," I said softly as I walked over to him. " Thank you for caring," I followed behind that with a soft hug.

He carefully reciprocated the hug and gently stroked my hair, earning a soft hum in response from me. His touch felt very warm and safe, and I honestly didn't want to let go any time soon. He softly pulled away from still stroking my hair before grabbing my hand, pulling me towards one of the drawers, and pulling a plastic spoon out. He then began walking towards the room which had me a bit confused. A few minutes later he had me in front of my room and opened the door pulling me in before handing the spoon over to me and closing the door. I raised my eyebrow in confusion, not sure what was going on. He carefully sat on my floor before pointing at my bed.

"Sit," he said with a smile, softly licking his lips. "Enjoy your pudding."

Listening to him I carefully opened the pudding and sat on my bed as I began to eat it. I finished it within a few minutes, satisfied I put the empty container and spoon in my bedroom trash can. I looked back at him furrowing my eyebrows once more.

"You're not gonna just sit there for the rest of the night, are you?" I said softly, catching his attention from whatever thoughts he was having. He got up, getting ready to leave my room, when I grabbed his hand pulling him back. "You came all this way to my room, and you're gonna leave already?"

"Don't you need to sleep?" he said gently, his voice sounding stern but caring, " I don't want to keep you up."

"I don't mind you sleeping here for the night if that's what you're worried about Changbin..." I said softly smiling at him as I reached my hand out. He gently placed his hands in mine with a smile and walked over to the bed. I quickly slid under my covers, Changbin following behind me a few seconds later. I turned on my right side, looking at him, which caused him to smile a bit wider. I moved closer to him and gently wrapped my arm around him, trying to get comfy as I cuddled into him.

"Can I hold you?" he asked calmly as he gestured trying to show me that he wanted to reciprocate the hand placement. I quickly nodded and he cautiously wrapped his arms around my waist seemingly not wanting me to get uncomfortable. I softly hummed in response, as his embrace once again gave me a safe warm feeling. Without realizing I began to nuzzle my face into the crook of his neck, too which he slightly flinched and pulled away. His action took me off guard but when I looked at his face while sitting up, he was staring at me wide-eyed, eyes filled with nothing other than confusion.

"Changbin, I'm just trying to get comfortable..." I responded now just as confused as him. He seemed to calm down a bit at my words pulling me back into his hold. But now I felt quite nervous to repeat my previous reaction as I didn't want to receive the same action twice in a row, so I just went back to sleep while he continued to hold me close to him.

I woke up the next morning, still being held by changing except he was up, wide awake quietly watching me. We both smiled at each other before he carefully pulled away sat up and he continued to watch me.

"Good morning," he said enthusiastically, the smile never leaving his face. Someone seemed to be happy after sleeping in the same room as me.

"Good morning Changbin," I replied still a bit sleepy as I rubbed my eyes, "I'm gonna brush my teeth and get some breakfast." I carefully hug him before getting off the bed, and quickly shuffling to the bathroom. This time Chan and Minho were sharing the space as they both brushed their teeth when they looked towards me upon hearing my footsteps coming towards the opened door.

They both quietly shuffled a bit allowing me into the bathroom before going back to what they were doing. I thoroughly brushed my teeth alongside them before finishing up and leaving the bathroom. I headed to the kitchen and ate a quick bowl of cereal before heading to the couch and sitting on it. Today was another free day so I just turned the TV on to some random channel and watched whatever was playing. Sooner or later the other group members started to come out from their rooms and head to the kitchen or sit in the living room.

Hyunjin sat right next to me as I picked the remote up and flipped through more channels trying to find something better to watch. He gently rested his head on my shoulder, as it was apparent he was still somewhat sleepy.

"Did you sleep well Hyun-jin?" I said aloud as I finally settled on a channel showing this cute animation.

Hyunjin softly hummed before speaking when he realized I didn't know what the hum signified.

"Not really, but it's nothing to worry about now..." he replied softly, not moving an inch. Jeongin sleepily situated on the couch adjacent to the one I was in to my left. So was Seungmin, and Felix had just made himself comfy in the one to my right. Sooner or later the rest of the boys filed in and we all watched TV for most of the day just trying to forget about the events that took place the previous day.

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Chapter IV

Jade's POV

I woke up to my bed empty, any signs of Felix sleeping in my bed long gone. I pouted still half asleep before carefully getting out of my bed. I picked my phone up off my nightstand, seeing a notification that I had an event added to my schedule. Upon further inspection, I realized the event was that we had a music video shoot today. I softly sighed out of anxiety because I didn't expect a video shoot so soon. The thought of having to record a video that I knew the entire public was going to see whether I liked it or not scared the living daylights out of me. What would happen if I messed up during the shoot, would the fandom notice? Would they drag me and call me an incapable idol, talentless like all those people back in school expected me to be? Or worse would the company void my contract and kick me out? So many negative what-ifs spiraled through my brain, my anxiety rising with each second.

I tried to take a few deep breaths, which did help a little before deciding to stretch. I then opened my door, only to be met with a very sleepy and grumpy Minho.

"We have a video shoot for Levanter today. Don't make us late," he said with a strong glare before walking off. I stared at him in surprise, wondering where the attitude suddenly came from when he was so nice on our day off. I then made my way to the bathroom which was not in use. I assume because everyone was already up and ready, as I heard distinct chatter coming from where the kitchen was. I quickly head in and shower, brushing my teeth while I'm at it. I figured straightening my hair was definitely out of the question as I most likely didn't have the time. I quickly placed my pajamas used previously worn garments into my designated dirty laundry basket, before quickly heading back to my bedroom with a towel wrapped around my body hoping to god I didn't bump into the boys in this state. To my great luck, I avoided everyone, locking my bedroom door behind me. While searching for my undergarments, I got a text from Sua, telling me to just wear a simple tube top and black spandex-like shorts, as the stylist was gonna style me in clothing very quickly, and having to undress and redress was going to take up to much time that could be used to shoot more content for the MV.

I opted out of wearing a standalone bra, for one of my tube tops that had a strapless bra built in. I wasn't one to have gigantic boobs, but they were about a decent size thanks to my mom's genes saving my dad's, and filled the top out pretty well. I'm pretty sure my body type though, especially the bottom half all came from my mom as everyone always made it necessary to point out that had an ass bigger than the average native Korean woman. I quickly pulled out one of my safety shorts and to keep things still publically decent I put an oversized graphic tee on. I then put on some socks and slipped on my vans before walking out of my room just as Sua texted me that she and jun arrived.

I walked to the front door, completely ignoring all the guys as they said good morning to me, which caused them all to slightly frown except Minho, who gently scoffed in response. I opened the door allowing Sua and Jun in, both smiling at me and wishing me the best of luck behind the camera today. I kind of needed that as I had been ignoring the feeling all morning, and realized the entire time the feeling was settling in my tummy. Their smiles and pep talk immediately made the feeling disappear. Jun headed to the rest of the boys to talk before the shoot while Sua stayed next to me.

"Well how have things been since I last saw you?" she said sweetly, as her energy radiated from her. "Do you like things in the dorm?"

"I mean besides sharing the bathroom with like 8 guys," I softly chuckled as I handed her my phone, " I think I'm good. The constant chaos might take some time to get used to though."

"Ah, I can talk with Jun and see if we can have the company get something worked out with the bathroom situation," she said while chuckling along with me. I nodded in response, my brain immediately thinking about the shoot when I realized nobody had gone over the choreography with me, which made my anxiety come back tenfold. Is that part of why Minho was being so rude? maybe he thought I was gonna mess everything up. The weird feeling I had in my tummy returned and felt way much heavier than before. Sua then got a text message and she quickly read it before looking back up at me.

"Uhm," she says calmly with a soft reassuring smile, "Jun says the reason why we're leaving so early today is because the boys need to go over the choreography with you."

"oh.." I said feebly, my voice dripping with worry and anxiety, becoming even more anxious than I had ever been and my breathing becoming uneven. My body felt like it was violently shaking, although I'm sure to everyone else it looked like I was perfectly still. The last time I ever got this anxious was during my audition period for the company. It seemed like she noticed the worry in my voice so she quickly gestured for me to put my mask on and grabbed my hand as we left the dorm to head to the van.

When we finally got to the van the driver automatically opened the door from his seat as I quickly headed into the farthest seat in the back, my anxiety constantly nagging at me as I tried to hold back tears. Sua followed in after and handed me a box of tissues she had in her bag insinuating that she wanted me to have them in case the tears building up at the corner of my eyes decided they did want to fall. I quickly take one and pat my eyes dry not wanting all the boys to see me so vulnerable, and it's bad enough I let Felix see me that way last night. The boys eventually came downstairs to the parking lot and filed into the van, confusingly looking around until they spotted me in the back. I'm sure my eyes were somewhat red and puffy even if I didn't give myself the chance to cry because I knew that was how bad my anxiety tended to become. They all sat in their usual seat in silence as Jun slipped in the back with me and Sua and the driver began to drive to the shoot location. I gently poked Sua and asked for my phone remembering I asked her to hold it as I had no pockets on my outfit. She carefully handed it to me, and I carefully grabbed it going to play some random games as I tried to take my mind off Minho's attitude and the anxiety for the shoot.

Small Time Skip

The driver eventually reached the location which was a modern industrial-looking building, Jun and all the boys rushed out of the van to go in. Sua got out once the van was empty of the boys following Jun and I quietly followed behind them. Our bodyguard was quietly waiting for us at the door making sure we all carefully got in. Everyone then got into an elevator and went upstairs to what looked like a small dressing room with stylists already waiting in it. I quietly followed everyone inside pulling my mask off like everyone else, when a Stylist just as tall as me walked towards me gently grabbing my wrist and pulling me towards the area where she and a few others were already set up. They pulled out this garment bag that contained various pieces of clothing and accessories in it prepping to dress me in. I tried to get a better look at it before when one of the stylists spoke up.

"Hi, we're your stylist for the shoot, could you put this on for us so we can see if we need to make a quick alteration before we start makeup?" She said with an energetic smile.

"Yeah," I quickly nodded and responded grabbing the bag and pulling the clothing out as I stopped paying attention to my surroundings. It was a pair of brown jeans with a leather belt, a brown cropped shirt, a white/cream cropped sweater vest, a brown beret, platformed boots, a necklace with a cross pendant, a black and silver bracelet, a channel bracelet, and pearl earrings. I quickly removed my graphic tee and current shoes and slipped everything on quickly, all the stylists smiling as everything seemed to perfectly to their liking. They then led me to a chair, one of the stylists swiftly pulling out a Flat iron. Had I known they wanted me to have straight hair for the shoot I would have done it myself, but that would have been a bad idea seeing as time wasn't on my side when I woke up. Minho and the words he said and the face he held replaying in my brain a few times when I shook myself out of it deciding to focus on what was currently taking place. It seems in about the few minutes I zoned out the hair stylist was almost done. She finished the last section of my hair when another stylist zoomed to my side and started applying light natural makeup. She began to finish up, carefully applying this soft pink lip tint before gesturing her hands away from the chair to let me know she was done. The hairstylist then came back and carefully placed the beret on my freshly straightened hair before applying a decent amount of hair spray.

When I finally got out of the chair, my attention was brought back to the room, Changbin and Han were already done and sitting on a couch going through their phones as they waited for the others to finish. Changbin looked up from his phone to see I was done and softly smiled as he took my appearance in.

"You look really cute Jade," He said with a soft chuckle, " I see they put you in platform boots...How does it feel being the shortest member of the group now."

Han slapped Changbin's arm in laughter causing the other members to look over as some of their stylists fidgeted with the accessories of their outfit. All I could do was stare with my mouth agape in amazement at how boldly he said it. 'Two could play at that game' I quietly thought to myself. If he was gonna roast my height, then I would just have to use my baby face visuals to my advantage.

"Meanie~," I said as I softly pouted with puppy eyes and tried to walk opposite the couch, but before I could even get anywhere someone grabbed a whole of my wrist.

"Noona, please don't ever do that again," Hyunjin said visibly cringing and furrowing his eyebrows as I turned around, realizing it was him holding my wrist, " I understand you're cute but that was so...no."

"Okay I won't do that again," I said as I softly giggled at his reaction. The other members minus Minho were smiling at me at our shenanigans and quickly joined in. We got deep into joking around when Minho harshly grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the dressing room, causing me to wince in pain. He pulled me to a small empty room before closing the door behind us and looking at me with a deep scowl.

"We're gonna go over your moves in the choreography," he said as he turned towards a wall and rested his phone against it playing a practice version of the song, " you're mostly going to be in the back since you joined very last minute... But you better get it right other I'm just going to request to have you removed from the group."

What actual hell was his problem? Why was he treating me like this, I softly furrowed my eyebrows as I stared at his back, but quickly changed my face deciding to put it behind me. I wasn't going to let Minho down my mood before the music video, it would just negatively affect my performance, and prove him right and everyone else right. The music started and he started demonstrating the dance moves that I was gonna be doing, and to his surprise, I was picking up on it very quickly and attentively following behind him. His eyes furrowed the more he continued to watch me as I followed him, doing the choreography with the same energy, mannerisms, and passion as he was. The song eventually came to an end as we finished the choreography. "How did you get all of that down so quickly ?" Minho said softly as he furrowed his eyes in confusion.

"Dude I know you didn't just ask someone who auditioned for a dance position..." I started sarcastically, "How they're able to keep up with a decently complex choreography.."

He looked down at the floor, softly pouting, as he seemed to regret being so hard on me. I know he wanted our comeback to do good, but to act like that to me with no logical reason was uncalled for.

"That my honestly my fault." he said sincerely with slight guilt as he stepped closer to me and gave me a soft hug, " I know Chan chose you to join the group, but he never told us your positioning in the group... we all just immediately assumed you were mainly a vocal position and I didn't want the music video to go bad.. I'm sorry. " I quietly accepted his apology by hugging him back just as tight before we left the room to join the rest of the boys.

Minho held my hands and quietly led us back to the managers and boys, and it was quite a feeling. I couldn't help but blush as he somehow managed to make me feel 180 from just a moment ago. The stylists swiftly stepped in front of me when we finally got back to everyone while Minho let go of my hand and headed to the others, double-checking that I still looked good before they ushered me to head to the set. When I walked closer to the boys, the director quickly instructed us that the specific set we were on was for the performance version and that some parts of the recording would be used in the main video. We were then told to go to our marked starting positions, and upon reaching our spots the music was cued and the director yelled action. We passionately danced until the song was over, and relaxed a bit while the director and staff team at the shoot went over the footage.

"That was a good take but I think I wanna do another one just in case." the director spoke out through the speaker. We all returned to our spots as before when the music started. Despite remaining in the back and barely being seen by the camera due to Felix being taller than me, I was still somewhat very happy because it oddly felt like I finally belonged somewhere. I know I barely knew most of the guys, but while we were going through the choreography once more for the camera I couldn't help but get this strong instinct that this was where I was meant to be, that these boys were who I was meant to spend the next few years of my life and hopefully more with.

The directors congratulated us on the first part of the shoot, and then told us to get changed because we had to get ready for the acting part of our music video. All the boys began cheering in response as they were finally able to be unserious for the first time today, their usual chaotic energy exploding everywhere.

The boys began playing and joking around as usual as we headed back to the dressing room. Han jumped on Changbin's back earning a loud help from the latter which made us all laugh and chuckle at his expense.

"We barely got through a third of the shoot, and I already feel like I've been hit by a massive truck." Chan jokingly blurted out as he held his back with his right hand.

"Chan hyung is an old man" Seungmin spit out in response with a chuckle causing everyone to laugh.

"YAH I'M NOT OLD!" Chan yelled at him as he began to chase after the younger. They both ran back to the dressing room, Chan on Seungmin's tail. Suddenly Felix took it upon himself to slide under me and lift me onto his back essentially giving me a piggyback ride. We all continued joking with each other. When we got to the dressing room finally, Seungmin was accepting defeat as he pleaded with our leader who was currently sitting on top of him. Our stylist soon followed in pulling out 2 more garment bags per each person in the group. They told us to pick out scene 1 outfit, and upon doing so I pulled out a garment back that contained a black and white blouse, skin-tight black leather pants, a different pair of black boots again, and a velvet choker. I quickly slid out of the outfit I had on, as Jeongin waddled over to me with pleading eyes.

"Noona I can't see behind me to put the necklace on," he said pouting gently before turning red in the ears at the sight of me in just the small tube top and safety shorts, " the necklace keeps unclasping somehow." "Aw, come here my little Innie, I'll help you," I said with a smile as I took the necklace from his hand and carefully put it on him. He turned around once more thanking me as he blushed even harder than he was a second ago and ran off across the room to one of the other members. I carefully and swiftly put on the leather pants with minor struggles as I had to do little hops to get it past my ass. However, once it was on- the fabric was super comfortable to move around in. I slid the blouse over my head and quickly went for the choker and clasped it around my neck carefully, not wanting to experience Baby Bread's distress from earlier. I chuckled to myself as I thought I would have to call him that from now on because he truly did resemble a human personification of bread. I fixed my hair once more before putting the shoes on and walking towards Hyunjin, Minho, and Chan. They all lifted their heads to look at me as they heard me approaching, Hyun-jin and Minho watching attentively both biting their lips in slight shock at my outfit, when Chan spoke up.

"The stylist seems to know what they're doing if they've got you walking around like that." he softly chuckled, his little dimple making a sudden appearance at the moment.

"Chan! What does that mean?!" I said with a slight whine not appreciating his sudden flirtatious teasing. The boys all laughed at my response and I blushed heavily. Knowing how shy Chan was back when I was training, his boldness at the moment had genuinely caught me off guard. As the boys continued to laugh and joke about other things Jisung, Changbin, and the maknae line joined us. I sat in a corner near Chan as I was starting to feel somewhat self-conscious, and it seemed like Chan took notice of it. He turned towards me and gave me a soft gentle hug, squeezing me to give me extra reassurance.

"Don't be so nervous cutie pie," he softly whispered in my ear, " you got this, I wouldn't have picked you if that wasn't the case you know." He gently rubbed my arm as he held me resting his head on top of mine as he continued to try to calm me down. I took in a deep inhale, catching a whiff of Chan's scent, noting he smelled strong of sweet fruits like strawberries and such which only added to his attempt at calming. It helped as I was able to get my thoughts back to normal. I took a quick look around the room, noticing that all that time some of the members shifted from talking to going on their phones, even the stylists and our managers were using theirs.

A staff member eventually came in and told us the director was ready for us, so we all quickly headed out. If I was being honest, now that I've taken everything in, the boys all looked pretty hot in their current outfits. For some odd reason that gave me a big wave of reassurance, because if they looked hot, I must have looked hot as well. And that's when I noticed my and Chan were slightly matching as we both had stripped shirts on.

"Channie," I said tenderly, tugging at his sleeve as I walked next to him. He looked down at me in response, "Did the stylist intend to make us match?" that's when he took a step back and assessed both our outfits. When he finally looked up, he wore a huge grin on his face.

" I guess so," he said as he gently held my hand as we continued our way to the set.

"Why are you two matching ?" Changbin said his eyebrows creasing in confusion once Chan and I caught up with everyone else. The boys all turned to look at us upon his words, realizing he was indeed right about our outfits.

"Did they do that on purpose?" Jisung added his voice taking on a mischievous tone, "Cause that would honestly explain Jade's ass in those pants." Everyone including me groaned in response to Jisung's taunt, which earned him a thwack on the back of his head from Hyunjin. We honestly should have expected it from him sooner or later but we got our hopes up thinking maybe he would quit it for one day.

The boys and I eventually got to our instructed spots and the rest of the shoot went by in a blur, as we constantly acted out scenes and changed outfits a few more times. I knew that being an idol was gonna be stressful, but I honestly didn't take into account this much work had gone into the outfits, all the small things that were usually taken for granted. We quietly finished up and headed back out of the building to go home.

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Chapter III

I woke up to the feeling of someone softly running their finger through my hair. I groggily lifted my head to see Hyunjin quietly admiring me as he played with my hair. He gently smiled when he realized I was awake.

"You're so adorable when you sleep," he said softly, not wanting to irritate me with the volume of his voice as I just woke up. He then carefully caressed my cheeks, softly pecking my lips.

"How'd you sleep ?" he said gently, still softly caressing my face. It was honestly fascinating to see this side of Hyunjin, considering that before my addition to their group, he was the very goofy jokester type.

" I slept well," I replied carefully stretching in bed, " what time is it?"

" I figured you'd ask that sooner or later." he said with a soft chuckle, " it's 1 pm."

Upon hearing his response I instantly shot up, sitting up in the bed, upset that I stayed asleep for so long on my day off. I enjoyed being with Hyunjin, but I wanted to be a little more productive today since I had the time.

"Hyunjin, why didn't you wake me sooner!?" I said pouting at him.

"You looked so adorable sleeping," he said, grabbing my hands, "How could I do such a thing? It's not like you had anything to do."

"You don't know that.." I softly whined. "Maybe I did have something to do!?"

"Like what Jade?" he said raising an eyebrow. He seemed genuinely confused by my current behavior.

" I don't know," I playfully replied, " maybe I wanted to read a book, go for a walk, practice my dance skills, or something?"

" I mean I have some books in my room if you'd like to read them," he said enthusiastically when he finally started to catch on to what I meant. I was going to take the offer but before I could respond, Leeknow busted into my room opening the door a bit too swiftly and smoothly.

"Jinnie stop arguing with Jade before I pinch you." Leeknow playfully threatened the younger, just wanting to idly tease him because he could.

"STOP DON'T PINCH ME!" he yelled at the other in terror, " I wasn't even arguing with her!"

But it was too late as Leeknow began to pinch Hyunjin, evoking loud yells and laughter from the latter as he tried to squirm away from the older grip. All I could I was giggle in response not wanting Hyunjin to snap at me for leeknow snipping at his dignity.

"STOP!" Hyunjin screamed as he ran out of my room from leeknow laughing. The latter ran after him, hoping to tease him some more. I took that as a chance to finally shower and change out of my pajamas, as I had been wearing mine for too long. It didn't help that I had Hyunjin's natural body scent all over them. As I searched for clothes, I concluded that I would wear my hair straight just for today, keeping a mental note to take out my flat iron. After searching, I made my up on a brown crop tank, pink cargo pants, crystal bracelets, and a black choker with a pendant. I then went into my closet and pulled out my flat iron, not turning it on but setting it on my bed as I didn't have a desk. I would probably have to ask Chan how I would go about buying stuff for the room. I picked up my phone and Bluetooth speaker along with the clothes I picked out and a pair of pink undies to match my pants. I made my way to the bathroom, happy to see that it was unoccupied. I quickly went in, locking the door behind me before setting my phone and speaker in a shower nook where it wouldn't get wet. I set my clothing on the sink counter and turned the shower on so I could let it warm up to my desired temperature while I undressed. As I began to slip out of my pajamas I could hear the rest of Stray Kids out in the hallway, laughing and playing around as they teased each other, one of them even accidentally bumping into the bathroom door. I laughed to myself about it, 'The way they were playing they would one day break that door' I thought to myself. Finally ridding my body of any clothing item, I stepped into the warm shower, my body completely relaxing in response as I quietly turned on some music. I grabbed my washcloth and body wash and began to lather the substance all over my body, making sure to get into every nook and crevice. I even washed my hair, and upon getting out quickly dried it to the roots. I slipped into my outfit and put my dirty laundry in the basket dedicated to our clothing. I put everything back where it was initially before heading back off to my room to straighten my hair. It wasn't until I finally got to my room and plugged the flat iron in after putting away my speaker that I saw a notification on my phone. It was a group chat with the rest of the members.

StRaY kIdS

gnabnahc: What was that noise in the hallway?

i.2.n.8: Hyunjin hyung was running away from Minho, and pushed me into the bathroom door.

Crystal.jade: Oh, so that's what that was while I was in the bathroom? I thought you guys were going to break the door down honestly.

Jisungamericano: YOU SHOWERED WITHOUT ME????

gnabnahc:YAHWHAT IS WITH YOU AND HYUNJIN! STOP BEING PERVERTS.

hynjinnnn: This is coming from the guy who slept with her last night.

gnabnahc: So did you Hyunjin—

yong.Lixx: And nobody thought to invite me— YOU GUYS KNOW HOW MUCH I LIKE CUDDLES.

jutdwae: 👀

Youknowiknowleeknow: Jade look at the hellfire you've caused-

Crystal.jade: All I did was exist—

miniverse.__: well damn, maybe don't exist then? ...OH FUCK I JUST REALIZED HOW BAD THAT SOUNDS. NOONA DONT KILL ME!

i.2.n.8: HYUNG LANGUAGE!

gnabnahc: I genuinely shouldn't have said anything I think.

Youknowiknowleeknow: You think hyung?

Crystal.jade: Mingo, why tf is your user so long?

Youknowiknowleeknow: Mingo? Tf is that?

Crystal.jade: Minho, you know what I meant- I give up I'm going to flat iron my hair.

gnabnahc: COMING JADE <3

jutdwae: hyung she didn't even call you tho? seen by everyone @ 2:02 p.m

Without fail, as I began to apply the flat iron to the first section of my hair, Chan came through the door, eagerly sitting right next to me. I curiously looked over at him wondering why he decided to come into my room.

"Let me help you with that," he said gently, extending his arm out to me, waiting for me to place the flat iron in his hand. I hesitated a bit at first but then handed it to him, sitting still enough for him to straighten my hair. He became super focused on my hair for the next 30 minutes, ensuring every last Strand of curls was straightened before setting the flat iron down. He then picked up something he had on the bed, a mirror, before placing it in front of me to show the results. I was honestly quite surprised by how good my hair looked as I didn't know that Chan had the skills to do such things. I usually just figured that it was the stylist's doing.

"Do you like it?" he said softly as he leaned over my shoulder. I couldn't help but smile at his action. He looked so cute at the moment that I could almost kiss him, but after the events way earlier this morning I figured doing so would be overkill.

" Yes I do," I said smiling even more, I'm pretty sure I was cheering super hard at this point. I got up off the floor, carefully stretching my legs while Chan got up and sat up on my bed, seemingly watching me. His gaze then fell on my lower body, presumably at my ass and legs as I continued to stretch until I felt a small crack.

"Chan, my eyes are up here," I said jokingly, wanting to tease the latter. Upon hearing my words he was snapped out of whatever thoughts occupied his brain and blushed a deep red, as he didn't think he would be caught red-handed.

"Shit. Sorry about that. I'm gonna go now." he said quietly while quickly shuffling out of my room, the shade of red never leaving his face. 'What was that about ?' I silently thought to myself as I walked over to my flat iron plugged it out and put it back up. At that same moment, my stomach softly growled so I decided to go to the kitchen and get something light to eat. I walked over to the kitchen, only to see that Jisung, Felix, and Seungmin were in there. As I got closer to the kitchen island I could smell the strong aroma of chocolate as if someone was baking brownies.

"Are those brownies I smell?" I said gently furrowing my eyebrows waiting for confirmation. I was hoping there was still a lot more as the kitchen smelt good and it was making me want brownies more than ever.

In an instant Felix shot his head up from the oven, shock plastered all over his face. "That's the first time a member has been able to sense I was baking brownies before," he said holding his hands on his chest, almost as if he thought the hand would hide his shock.

"Really?!" I said as it was now my turn to be just as shocked as he was. "Do the others just not know what brownies smell like?"

"No, I think they do, they just don't frequently eat it enough to recognize the smell off the bat," he said as he leaned over the island to converse with me as he set a timer up.

" Interesting," I said as I placed my arm on the counter resting my head on my hands, "Are there still more brownies?"

"I just started making them There should be enough for everyone," he said softly chuckling before he finally looked up at me from his phone. He briefly paused for a bit before tilting his head taking in my appearance. " Did you do... something? You look different and I can't place it."

"Felix, I straightened my hair!" I said moving my head in a way that emphasized my hair texture.

"OH! THAT'S WHAT IT WAS!" he said as his eyes widened with the sudden realization. "I'm so stupid."

"No you're not Felix, don't say that about yourself." I sternly replied.

"Okay, I suppose you're right," he said with a soft smile, "You know you don't always have to call us by our name right? It feels wayyy too formal, to be frank."

"Okay I'll keep that in mind, Felix," I said teasingly, which earned a chuckle and eye roll from the lavender-haired boy.

"Are you guys done speaking English noona?" Seungmin softly interjected, pouting, "You guys speak like we're not even here." The pout from the younger softly pulled at my heartstrings, It was odd as I realized that I probably couldn't bear to see any of the members sad and mentally made a promise that I would do whatever to make them happy.

"Aww, I'm sorry Seungie," I replied softly, earning a small grin from the younger before he walked around the island giving me a soft hug. Seemed like he just wanted me to acknowledge him more than anything. "What about you Ji?" I said carefully turning to Jisung as Seungmin continued to hug me. He was eating a bowl of what looked like tteokbokki and seemed to be surprised that someone even acknowledged his presence as he turned towards me with his mouth full and eyes wider than ever. I couldn't help but giggle a bit as he resembled a squirrel. He then quickly swallowed what he had in his mouth before pointing at himself.

"Has anyone ever told you that you resemble a squirrel in that state," I said softly still giggling.

"Not you toooo noona," he whined hiding his face in his hands. " When are you guys gonna quit with the squirrel joke?"

"But you're my squirrel," I said still teasing him a bit. "AND SINCE WHEN COULD YOU SPEAK ENGLISH!.

"YOU MEAN THAT!?" he said surprised knocking over his bowl of cereal as he hopped out of his chair, which in turn made everyone scream and flinch to try and catch the bowl. But it was too late as cereal and milk were everywhere, including my hair, which I just straightened.

"Sorrry noona," he said with a nervous laugh, not sure how to fix the situation.

Since the commotion traveled quickly around the small apartment that housed all of us, the rest of the members came rushing to the kitchen just to be met with me covered in milk, my hair and top completely drenched.

"What the hell happened here?!" Chan said pretty angry, which made me slightly flinch. I don't know why but hearing Chan genuinely mad... scared me. I began to fiddle with my fingers as my anxiety started to kick in. 'Were things this chaotic before I joined ?' I thought to myself. I just couldn't help but feel like becoming part of the group was bringing unnecessary issues for the others.

"I accidentally knocked over my bowl of cereal," Jisung scoffed, I guess to deflect Chan's anger, "There's no need to be angry."

"NO NEED !?" Chan yelled angrily in confusion as I continued to stare at the ground, "JADE IS COVERED IN MILK!" All the members quietly watched in shock not sure what to do as jisung and Chan kept going back and forth between each other.

"Chan I know you're worried but you should probably calm down.." Changbin said calmly, wrapping an arm around the elder, "I think you're scaring Jade."

In response Chan switched his gaze from jisung to me, meeting my eyes that had genuine fear in them. All the anger in his face immediately softened upon seeing the state it had me in. He tried to walk closer to me, but I only flinched, recoiling away from him. His face then held sadness and it felt like my entire being was breaking. The promise I just made had already been broken as I seemed to be making everyone sad instead of happy. Maybe all those fans were right, maybe I didn't belong... not when I was such a crybaby. Not being able to handle the emotions of everyone and needing to shower but more so just not being able to handle anything, I ran to my room closing the door behind me. I rested my body against the door softly sliding down it as tears began to fall on my face. I spent the next thirty minutes crying like that when I heard a soft knock on my door.

"Go away," I said softly, my voice slightly cracking at the end.

"Darling c'mon don't be like that," I could hear the familiar deep voice say from the other side of the door, "I just want to help, I have a bath running and brownies waiting for you."

I silently hesitated a bit, unsure if I wanted to even face Felix or any of the members at all. I decided I would just get over my little situation and open the door. I swiftly open the door, only for Felix to softly grab my hand without saying a word and lead me to the bathroom. Once we reached the bathroom he gently ushered me in and stood by the doorway.

"I don't want to invade your privacy," he said softly, "But I need our cutie to take a bath as you are still covered in milk." he gently patted my head unsure if the milk dried by now.

"Okay...," I said with a soft faint smile, "but only because I feel gross and you asked." Upon my response, Felix let out a soft chuckle and smile.

"Alrighty then, I'll go get you some cozy clothes to change into and then you can enjoy brownies when you come out." And with that Felix left to go to room. I then carefully closed the door, removed all of my clothes, and put it into the basket. I slipped into the bath that he created for me, relaxing into it as it was perfectly warm. I decided to also pull out my shampoo and conditioner and do a quick wash. So much for straightening my hair. It probably only lasted for half an hour. I quickly rinsed out my hair and began to wash my body when Felix showed back up walking through the bathroom door to drop off my change of clothes. He shot me a quick smile and wink before heading back out, probably to the kitchen to keep an eye on the brownies. I quickly finished up and changed into the clothes, it was another one of my black crop tops and a pair of black sweats. He also brought a navy pair of panties, which instinctually made me blush deeply knowing he went through that drawer.

After finishing up in the bathroom and letting the tub drain, I headed to the living room quietly. I was still afraid to see everyone, especially after what happened an hour ago, but my stomach was grumbling and I was really in the mood for brownies. Upon reaching the living room there was an empty spot on one of the couches between Minho and Felix. Felix turned around hearing my footsteps and softly patted the spot ushering me to hurry up and sit next to him. Still looking down I made my way over to the spot and dropped into it. In response, Minho slightly flinched not expecting such a sudden and powerful action, while Felix just softly chuckled to himself as he rested his head on my shoulder. I still didn't dare to look up at everyone, anxiously fidgeting with my hands as the others seemed to interact with each other.

"Jade," someone near me, said their voice dripping with concern, "are you okay ?"

I softly nodded, nervously looking up to see that it was Hyunjin speaking to me. He smiled softly once he met my eyes as if trying to comfort me somehow. I then took this as a chance to look around the room. Changbin and Jisung were carefully looking at a laptop together, I.N. and Seungmin were watching something on their phone, Minho watching the TV, Hyunjin staring at me intently to make sure I was okay, Felix getting ready to pull out a brownie from the container he was using to keep it warm, while Chan just quietly watched me with the most blank expression. I don't know why but something about the way he looked at me made me slightly shiver. Felix finally pulled out the brownie, opting to feed it to me himself. I carefully opened my mouth not wanting to disappoint him as he gently pressed the brownie against my lip, as if cueing me to bite into it. I carefully bit into the brownie and smiled, the taste immediately changing my mood, but I could see Chan's lips slowly lifting into a smile from my peripheral view as he continued to quietly watch me.

"Why are you two watching me like a hawk?" I said anxiously, not sure how to take the attention I was getting from the other two besides Felix. My words instantly made Chan's small smile falter and Hyunjin furrowed his eyebrows in sadness, making me immediately regret speaking. "Sorry... I'm just not used to having so much attention on me, I didn't talk to a lot of people."

"I call a bluff," Chan spat out quickly, "There's no way someone as pretty as you spent all those years lonely."

"Well, it's possible when you're half black Chan," I replied just as quickly. "You can make a lot of friends and have a lot of guys crushing on you when you look like a native South Korean, which I don't. I'm more tan than most and I have hair more curlier than yours."

"Wait, people didn't want to be friends with you because you're half black?" Seungmin said finally taking his attention off his phone as he rested it down at his side.

"People didn't want to be friends with me because..." I said trailing off a bit annoyed with myself and my memories. "Everything about me goes against the Korean beauty standard. I'm surprised I even got accepted into Jyp with these looks in the first place." I then quietly looked down at my hand, a little embarrassed that this conversation was getting to me.

"But you're so pretty and talented," Jeongin interjected, "Why wouldn't you have gotten accepted?" he sounded so confused and unsure.

"I mean, South Korean beauty standards don't like someone tan," I began stating, "We all remember what happened to Taehyung Sunbae-nim when he got too tan and they made him apologize." The boys all agreed in unison. "They don't celebrate women who are as short as me... Schools force me to straighten my hair or tame my curls assuming it's perm when it isn't. There's a decent amount of racist Koreans who think I'm below them or don't belong here because I look too 'ethnic' for the beauty standards." at this point, I couldn't stop the tears from beginning to fall as I thought about all the crappy things I experienced at the hands of racism and xenophobia.

And that's when Chan took that as a chance to walk across the room pick me up and hug me. He gently wrapped his arm around me placing his right hand on my back and his left arm just a little lower as he used the right hand to softly Pat it.

"Well then we'll try to stop that from happening from now on," he said softly before pulling away from the hug and softly cupping my face as he wiped my tears away. " I promise. Nobody disrespects our Jade and gets away with it."

Within seconds the entire group was now wrapping me into a group hug, covering me in compliments. They eventually all pulled away sitting back down, before Minho turned to me wrapping an arm around my shoulders. "What would you like to watch? I'm Kinda getting bored of what's currently on."

"Why don't we just play a game then?" I said with a smile. "Wouldn't that way better than just idly sitting here waiting for something interesting to happen?"

"Oooh, why don't we play just dance." Felix busted out in excitement. "I'll go get it." he busted out of the chair and went to His room I'm assuming to get the game itself. At the same time, he did that we all took this as w chance to get more brownies. Me being happy I could feed myself this time. We left back at least 2 brownies for Felix just in case because we didn't want to hear his wrath. Chan made sure to stand next to me as we waited, and Hyunjin inched closer to me and Minho as the three began to talk to each other while I zoned into another world. I finally snapped back to reality when Felix wrapped back around the couch with the game in hand, only to realize all the boys had shuffled around changing spots in the living room. Jisung was now next to Minho, Hyunjin between Chan and me, the maknaes next to Changbin, and Felix taking his original spot between me and minho once he popped the game into the console and placed all the controllers except one on the coffee table in front of us. He then started the game and started shuffling through the songs.

"Which songs do you guys want to do?" he said raising an eyebrow in concentration. Everyone then started calling out the songs they wanted, some saying the same song. Felix then chose the most requested song and nudged me with a smile to pick up my controller. I carefully picked up the controller and sat waiting for Felix to do the next step. He then clicked start on the song and the screen instructed everyone to choose a dancer. Everyone quickly chose their dancer before the game switched screens to start the song. Chan moved the coffee table out of the way and everyone pushed me up forward, wanting the sensors to be able to pick me up. Some of the shorter members also moved up front with me when the song began to play, most of us instantly taking the initiative to start following the choreography. We then got to a part of the dance where it was a bit more on the sensual and sexual side, everyone laughing and giggling as we got super into the dance. I danced successfully but failed to realize that all the boys' eyes were focused on me as I did that part of the choreography. We did a few more songs energetically hanging with each other. We finished the choreography waiting for the game to add up our score on the final song, when Jeongin quietly walked up behind me gently placing his hands on my shoulder.

"Maybe it was a good thing Chan hyung chose you to be added to our group?" he said with a wide smile. Some of the boys stared at me, some smiling to themselves others with blank expressions, while the maknaes excitedly cheered having seen that they had top scores just right under me. I softly yawned, having exhausted myself from the game. I glanced over at Changbin who carefully pulled his phone out, checking the time.

"It's getting quite late, it's already 8:30 pm," he said his voice dripping with concern as he looked over to Chan. "We should probably start our night routine seeing as we have a video shoot tomorrow right?"

"Yeah that would be a good idea," Chan replied gently rubbing at the name of his neck as he seemed to be thinking about something, "Let's go guys. Those who haven't showered yet should probably do so soon. We wanna get to the shoot location early or on time at least." and everyone seemed to follow his words. I walked back to my bedroom quietly stopping in front of my door. I don't know why but I was kinda curious about which room belonged to who. As I quietly watched I noticed it seemed that Han and Jeongin walked into one room to the right of the bathroom, closer to my bedroom, and Felix Chan and Changbin bunked one to the left of the bathroom. In contrast, Minho Hyunjin and Seungmin bunked in the room at the opposite end of the hallway. It made me realize that I was truly the only member who had a room to myself seeing as I was the only girl. It made me softly smile and blush knowing they wanted me to have the privacy they felt I needed I also couldn't stop thinking about how they seemed to be paired based on how similar their personalities seemed to be. I quickly slid into my room to change into my pajamas for the night. Pulling out a cropped cami with a green dragon embroidered on the front, a black pair of shorts with green dragons printed all over it, and some white ankle socks. I took off my pendant choker and opted to leave my bracelets on, slipping my black slippers back on as I wanted to get a drink of water before heading to bed.

I quickly headed to the kitchen, letting out a breath I didn't know I was holding in when I realized it was empty before opening a cabinet. I pulled out a glass cup quickly getting myself a cup of water and chugging it down. I then hurriedly walked back to my room hoping I wouldn't get caught but I was too late, as Felix saw me as he was exiting the bathroom. He was wearing a pair of loose grey sweatpants and a baggy white tee his hair slightly disheveled as he probably just finished showering. He softly ruffled his hair taking a quick look at what I was wearing before speaking.

"Jeez Jade, you seem to always wear the sexiest pajama sets," he said in a low almost lusty tone, his deep voice sending shivers down my body as he walked closer to me. His hands faintly fidgeted at his side as he continued to gaze at me with half-lidded eyes, causing me to deeply blush as I coward against my bedroom door. "Do you mind if we cuddle before bed?"

I nodded frantically while furrowing my eyebrows in confusion. The words coming out of his mouth somewhat shocked me as it was a complete 180 of the physical vibe he was giving off and I'm not even sure why I said yes. He continued to walk towards me until he finally stopped, his hand resting on my door as he opened it with a soft smirk. He tilted his head a bit gesturing for me to head in my room while he opened the door more for me to get in. I slid into my bedroom, almost running and landing in the bed as I hid under my blanket. Felix quietly followed me in locking the door before hopping next to me on the bed.

"Jade I hope I didn't creep you out," he said softly as he placed his hand on my back and gently rubbed it, "I saw the look on your face and I didn't want you thinking I had those types of intentions." His words brought me a bit more comfort as my body softened up. I quietly inched out of the covers before sitting next to him.

"Do you want to watch something," I said sheepishly waiting for a response.

"Ah, no I'm much too tired to watch anything," he said with a low yawn as his voice became deeper than before, "I just really want to cuddle. Be a big spoon for once as I don't get the opportunity much with Changbin or Chan. "

"Oh well...okay then," I said looking down as I tried to hide the soft blush on my face. I then looked over at my clock, seeing that it was at least 9:20 a little over half an hour passing by. I carefully pulled my blanket up and covered both of us with it, seeing as he didn't bring his own and I didn't want to be rude and let him get cold as he was already starting to drift to sleep. I carefully got comfortable in bed but wasn't able to fall asleep so I just laid there in the bed zoning off into my thoughts. Felix softly grunted as he moved closer and wrapped his arms around my waist. He kept moving a bit, most likely trying to get comfy so my body instinctively moved to face away from him so he could be a proper big spoon. It seemed like that was the answer to his movement as he stopped and let out a low groan as he rested his head near the crook of my neck while gently holding me drifting off to sleep. I quietly listened to breathing, as I thought to myself wondering if this was how my friendship with the boys was going to be, but was quickly snapped out of my thoughts when Felix moved even closer, resting his leg on top of mine, letting out one more low grunt. I mentally laughed to myself, thinking I would have to ask Chan and Changbin if Felix was this close and affectionate in his sleep. At some point during my thinking, I slowly drifted off to sleep without realizing it.

Time skip to the middle of the night

Jade had woken up panting and breathing hard from a nightmare, something she experienced frequently from all the bullying she experienced during her time in school. All the insults, violation of her body, and physical assaults played over and over in her subconscious every time she fell asleep. The memories of her peers kicking into her stomach and pulling her hair and hitting her as they told her she would never be pretty enough to be an idol, that she would never debut because she didn't fit the beauty standards. She softly sniffled, tears rolling down her face as she felt so helpless, but she didn't want to make too much noise as she remembered that Felix was sound asleep next to her. It seemed like he was able to detect that something wasn't quite right as he gently woke, caressing her side as he tried to bring comfort to her.

"Are you okay darling?" He said in his sleepy voice, his voice much deeper in the current state he was in.

Jade turned to him, her eyes slightly puffy and face red as she tried to stop herself from crying to answer the latter. He sighed softly, as it hurt him to see Jade like this for the second time since meeting her and he was worried it was his and the boys' fault.

"I had a nightmare," she said feebly almost too low for him to hear, " Everyone just kept telling me I wasn't going to be a successful idol. That I wasn't pretty or talented enough and would be better off working some low-end job. They just kept beating me up..."

"Aw Jade," he said carefully wiping my tears away, "I'm here don't you worry nobody will hurt you I promise." He then softly kissed her on her forehead while pulling her close. "Nobody will hurt you, I'll make sure of it. I promise we will prove all those people wrong."

She hugged Felix closer as she listened, her crying and sniffling dying down. " Thanks, Felix, that makes me feel a little better." She eventually ended her crying as she quickly dried her tear-stained face.

"Let's get you back to sleep, " Felix said softly as he gently rubbed her back and hummed. Jade then quietly and swiftly drifted to sleep as they both proceeded to cuddle back to sleep.

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Chapter II

I woke up at the sound of my alarm, quickly turning it off and hopping out of my bed with a soft groan. I carefully stretched before picking up my toothbrush and phone and headed to the bathroom. The house was still quiet which indicated that everyone was still sleeping most likely. I went into the bathroom and carefully brushed my teeth, I have no clue why but my morning routine was like always the best part of the day for me. After I brushed my teeth and carefully rinsed my face I checked the time and saw that my phone said it was 5:20 am. I headed back into my room and did some early morning skin care, not bothering to put on makeup since Hyunjin said we would be recording all day. After I finished my skincare I put on blue denim cargo pants that sat perfectly on my body, my bra, a black crop tank top, some white Converse and I rested a white light gray sweater on my bed.

I went to the kitchen and opened the fridge pulling out a carton of milk, and setting up a bowl of cereal. I put the box cereal and milk back after pouring some out and began to eat. It was about 6 a.m. now and I started to hear footsteps come into the kitchen. When I looked up from my cereal I saw that it was a shirtless Hyunjin wearing gray sweatpants and immediately began to blush.

"Someone's up early," he said with a soft smirk beginning to appear on his face, "I honestly thought you'd be the last one up. I was kinda looking forward to waking you myself."

I slightly choked on the cereal coughing constantly as I tried to stop myself from blushing. Not wanting the latter to worry I tried to hide my face in my hands, but it was too late as he was making his way around the kitchen island from the fridge and softly placed his hand on my back trying to comfort or help me in any way.

"Hey, are you okay?" he said his voice full of concern as he softly patted my back. I eventually stopped coughing, lifting my head as I tried to stabilize myself, my face super red. He then took his left index finger and turned my face towards him, his face full of concern. " Are you okay?" he reiterated sternly, "I can't lose our cute group member within a day of getting her, the guys would never let me live that down." I blushed even harder and tried to hide my face upon hearing him call me cute and that smirk from earlier reappeared.

"YAH! Jinnie stop making the girl all flustered," Leeknow said as he entered the kitchen, which made me flinch in my seat and earn a chuckle from Hyunjin. Soon after Leeknow settled down in the kitchen the rest of the group followed into the kitchen one by one, Chan being the last one and shirtless in black sweatpants. Everyone started making their breakfast and eating, while I sat there already done with my cereal. I went and washed up the bowl and spoon putting it to dry before turning back around to the guys.

"Am I the only one ready for today ?" I said confused as it was almost 6:30 am and I was the only one fully dressed. " I seemed to be the only one ready to go out today."

"What are you talking?" Chan said in a low groggy tone, seemingly still consumed by sleep. Everyone seemed to be finishing up their food by now.

"Hyunjin said we were supposed to be recording today.." I said even more confused. Was he lying to me as some sort of joke?

"OH CRAP! " they all yelled as they began to scurry to their bedroom to get ready, so I went to my room and put my gray sweater on.

Sooner or later I heard a knock at the door to the dorm, so I answered it. I was expecting it to be Sua or something but was surprised to see a male with relatively wavy fluffy hair. I looked down and saw the JYP staff card clipped to one of the belt loops, and immediately let him not wanting to be rude.

"Oh, it's you, I was honestly expecting it to be one of the boys," He said, his eyebrows furrowing a bit. " As a matter of fact, where are they?"

"In their rooms getting ready," I softly sighed, "It seems they forgot we had to record until I said something about 10 minutes ago."

The latter gently smacked his forehead in disappointment and chuckled a bit. " That's so typical of them. Well, my name is Jun, and I'm assuming you must be Jade. I'm the other manager besides Sua."

"Nice to meet you Jun," I said softly smiling, "I look forward to working with you."

Just as I finished my sentence the boys all came towards me and Jun, fully dressed and ready.

"Thanks for reminding me that we had a recording session scheduled today Jade," Bang Chan said as he made his way to the front near Jun, carefully opening the door and ushering everyone to put their mask on and head to the elevator. We all got into the elevator heading downstairs to the Van. We then got in the Van our bodyguard following us in last and started to make our way to the JYP building.

"Did you guys announce Jade as the new member on social media yet?" Someone blurted out, realizing a second later that it was I.N.

"No we haven't," Jun responded quickly. "I should probably do that quickly." He then started to create a post announcing me as the new member and posted it. Being a little nosy I decided to check the comments of the post, which was the worst choice I decided to ever make. Although there were a lot of comments happy to see me as part of the group and complimented my visuals there were far more comments calling me a talentless bitch and slutshaming me saying that I probably fucked my way into the group. As I continued to read more of the comments, I tried so hard to not cry my eyes filling up with tears. I put my phone back in my pocket and softly clenched my hands into a fist at my side as I tried to hold back the tears. Was I talentless? It seemed like Bang Chan and Felix who I was sitting between seemed to take notice of my mood so they both shifted to look at me.

"What's the matter, darling?" Felix said almost in a whisper, as he leaned down to give me eye contact.

"I think the fandom hates me honestly," I said not being able to hold back the tears anymore. I tried to hide my face in my hoody but Chan was not having it at all.

"Bub, if they hate you then they were never a stay to begin with. They can't claim to love stray kids if they hate you. True stays would learn to love you as well." He and Felix then engulfed me in a soft hug, softly patting my shoulders to add to the comfort.

"Chan is right, those people are probably just miserable jerks that are jealous it's not them in your place," he said as he gently wiped my tears away.

We eventually got to the building and the bodyguard got out first as there were tons of fans in front of the building. It seemed like they were all overly energetic and loud following the news of me being in the group now so the company was taking extra measures to make sure we were all safe so they sent out 2 more bodyguards to keep me guarded. The three of them stood in front of the van as they opened the door and gestured for us to start coming out. Everyone got out starting from the back of the van so it was just me and Chan left to get out. As we both got out the last 2 bodyguards started shielding me and chan, the fangirls and fanboys getting drastically louder as they saw all of us. The rest of the boys waved and said hello to the fans while I couldn't even greet them, as the guards were preventing me from doing so. I assumed they were worried that some salty fans would try and inflict harm on me so they quickly got me inside.

Once we were all in the guards blocked any fans from getting into the building while the group all went upstairs to an unoccupied studio room and the managers to their respectful office. Once Bang Chan rounded us all up into the empty studio room, he locked the door behind us, seemingly not wanting anyone outside of it to disturb our session. He sat everyone down and started booting everything up before turning towards us.

"So as you know," he started confidently, " we have to do over the recording for every song except Double Knot since that song and video have already been released. We're gonna start with STOP. " he thought to himself for a bit trying to figure out how he was gonna format this session so that nobody ended up overworked or frustrated. "Is there anyone who's not happy with the way their last recording sounds or anyone who wants more lines ?"

In response, Felix, I.N., and Seungmin raised their hands. So Chan called Felix into the recording room first asking him which lines he wanted the most. When Felix finished picking the lines he thought he would sound best in bang Chan started the music, tuning everyone but Felix as he temporarily hyper-fixated on the task at hand gesturing for Felix to start. He had Felix do his lines over two times correcting him here and there before letting him out of the recording room when he was finally happy with how the latter sounded. And he did it like that until they finished with Seungmin. He sat in front of the computer, headphones covering his ears as he was fully immersed in the track trying to decipher what else he thought the track needed. He carefully turned around and looked at me, thinking his face scrunching up a bit before finally speaking.

"After Seungmin's drop sounds too empty for my liking," he said sheepishly as he rubbed his neck, "so I think I'm gonna let Jade record for that part and layer her wherever else I see fit, seeing as everything else is done for this specific song." he then picked up a paper and walked over to her and showed her the part he wanted her to sing and the other parts he was gonna layer her voice in.

" So I'm essentially just saying 'I'll' over and over again?" I said with a giggle, the boys all responding with a chuckle at my statement.

"Not just that silly," Bang Chan said with a slight blush on his face as he pointed back At the paper again showing me my other lines. I then carefully took the paper and walked into the recording room putting the headphones on and waited for him to give me the signal to start. He started playing the music and then gave me the signal to start, and I began singing into the mic as best as I could until I was done.

"That was perfect!" Bang Chan said shooting me a quick eye smile and signaling for me to come out of the recording room.

"You think so ?" I said unsure, feeling a bit insecure as the comments I read earlier resurfaced in my mind. I quickly looked down trying to stop my mood from switching as I walked out of the recording room.

"Of course I wouldn't say something I don't mean, Jade," he said with a smile. He walked over to me and gently rested his hands on my shoulder. "Don't be so hard on yourself."

It wasn't until that very moment that I took into consideration just how much taller the rest of the group was, as I had to look up to give Bang Chan eye contact. I was only 5'4" or 162.6 cm while the shortest member was roughly 5'8". It made me realize that I kinda stuck out like a sore thumb especially if I were ever to get center. We spent the entire rest of the day recording the various other songs that had to be redone until it got pretty late. I pulled out my phone to see that it was about 6 p.m., and my stomach slowly growled.

"I'm kinda hungry," I said under my breath. I kind of hoped nobody heard me as I didn't want to interrupt them from their work.

"It is about time for us to call it a day," Chan said saving everything while yawning before closing down the computer. "Let's get home and order some takeout. I'm tired." We all began shuffling out of the studio room heading back downstairs to the van and going home.

We finally got back to the dorm, and when inside Chan began ordering for everyone taking note of what they wanted while the rest of us got ready to shower. I went to my room softly closing the door behind me, as I began to quickly unpack my stuff into all its respective drawers and into the closet space I had. After 20-30 minutes of unpacking, I was finally done and put my suitcase up on a shelf in the closet and closed it. I went back to my dresser and picked out a black pair of panties, a black skeleton pajama set, and pink socks. I carefully pulled out my platform Tasman Ugg slippers headed to the bathroom and showered once it was free. I changed into the clothes I picked out after a thorough shower and headed to my bedroom.

I carefully lay in my bed, getting comfy, and pulled up YouTube on my phone watching a few videos that caught my attention when I heard a knock at my bedroom door.

"Come in!" I say loud enough hoping they can hear as I go back to watching my videos.

"Chan said the food is here so come and eat," Hyunjin says peeping his head into my room. I quickly set my phone down, excited to eat, and hopped off the bed while Hyunjin still waited by the door of my bedroom, his attention occupied by something else. I swing the door open not realizing that he's still standing there, softly bumping into him once again. I began to blush as I realized this was now the second time since moving in that I'd bumped into him. The bump seemed to have caught his attention as he was staring down at me, admiring me almost, a smug smirk growing on his face once again.

"Why do you make that face every time you see me Hyunjin?" I said squinting my eyes at him.

"Oh, nothing cutie," he said still smirking. I began to walk towards the kitchen where we all eat when suddenly I feel a soft stinging pain on my ass evoking a small almost silent stifled moan out of me. I look back to realize that Hyunjin definitely smacked it, as his hand was still resting on it groping it almost, his eyes never moving from it.

"Dude, did you just slap my ass?" I said in a whisper surprised as hell.

"What are you gonna do about it sweetheart?" he said getting a bit closer to me. I tried to hide the deep tomato blush on my face and for once I wished I wore a shirt with more fabric so I could hide better. He tilted my face up to look at him, showing me that his eyes were dark with lust and he was turned on by the predicament he had us in. He gently cupped my face, softly caressing it, like he had some other action in mind before he carefully pulled his hands away and walked off to the kitchen. I stood there for a minute or two to calm myself as I tried to assess what exactly had just taken place, my mind all over the place. I then carefully walked to the kitchen, with the only seat available being between Bang Chan and Hyunjin.

I carefully sat between the two not saying a word, as Chan slid my food right in front of me. Hyunjin then carefully handed me a pair of chopsticks and we all began to eat. About 20 minutes went by and we were all finally finished as we had conversations here and there. I threw my takeout containers out and quietly began to head to bed.

"Jade, can we hang in your room for a bit?" Bang Chan said sounding a bit anxious. When I turned around just as I was reaching my bedroom door to see who he was talking about, it was just him and Hyunjin, the latter having this unreadable expression on his face. The halls were dimly lit as the only light on was coming from the living room, and for once I was glad that I was tan skin, as I was blushing so hard.

"Yeah you can," I said softly, tucking some of my curls behind my hair as I stepped into my room. I carefully sat up in my bed picked up my phone and started to check my social media. They followed in soon after sitting on the edge of my bed as they both faced me.

"Whatcha up to?" Bang Chan said curiously trying to sneak a little peep at my phone. Hyunjin then took that as the chance to gently lay on the bed, practically resting his head on my lap.

" Not much just looking at my social media, I'm quite bored," I said nonchalantly, as I was indeed starting to get bored.

"Wanna watch a movie or something?" he said softly not wanting to be too loud in the dorm at such an hour, "Also I notice you still call us by our stage names and sunbae-nim, You do know you can call us by our real name right, Your literally older than half the group as you and Changbin are the same age."

"Wait Jade is my noona!?" Hyunjin said quickly getting up off my lap to look up at me.

"What did you do ?" Chan said whipping his head in the latter's direction.

" Nothing." he softly blurted out trying to hide the soft blush in his cheeks.

Bang Chan then looked back at me confused about what Hyunjin's deal was, contemplating if he wanted to figure out why the other was blushing.

"Why's he blushing ?" he said with a soft chuckle, "What the hell is going on?"

"He slapped my ass earlier," I said with a little giggle, knowing Hyunjin would be embarrassed at me exposing him.

"NOONA WHY WOULD YOU TELL HIM?!" Hyunjin squealed just loud enough for us to hear, "Now he's gonna scold me!"

"YAH! JINNIE YOU DID WHAT?" Chan whisper-yelled in response, "It's not even the second day and you're getting way too comfortable being flirting with Jade, you couldn't have some sort of decorum at least?"

" I don't mind it actually," I said as I began to tap softly on my phone screen, "The quicker we all get comfortable around each other the better." I softly shrugged my shoulders and then remembered Chan offered to watch a movie not too long ago.

"We should probably start that movie though," I said with a chuckle.

"Oh, right the movie," He said picking up the TV remote on my dresser, which I never noticed, and turned on the TV, another thing I never noticed in the room.

" Since when were those in the room?" I said shocked, my eyes wide. " I never noticed those and I came in my room numerous times!"

"came in her room..." Jinnie said with a giggle, "That's what she said." followed by Chan's laughter as he picked a movie out opting for Corpse Bride.

"Yah, you pervert!" I said playfully smacking his arm, "Get out of my room if you're gonna do that shit."

"You know you like it," Chan said teasingly as he sat very close next to me trying to get comfortable in my bed. Hyunjin just a few seconds later as he laid back in my lap.

About 30 minutes into the movie Chan rested his head on my shoulders, giving me the urge to softly play with his hair as we watched the movie. Not wanting to leave Hyunjin out I also began to do the same to him, receiving a soft groan in response as he turned on his other side to face me. Bang Chan and I looked down at him in response, wondering what he was up to when he just gently scooted his head closer to me. He slowly wrapped his arm around me as best as he could while still laying down indicating that he was starting to get somewhat tired.

"You don't mind if we sleep with you, do you ?" Chan said lifting his head off my shoulder, a silent yawn following after. "I'm way too tired to walk back to my room and it seems like Hyunjin is already on his way to dreamland."

"No, I don't mind." I said softly trying to stop myself from blushing again, "Let me just get myself comfortable first." It's not every day you get two hot guys asking to sleep in your bed. I carefully moved Hyunjin's arms from around my waist, moving closer to my pillows. Both Chan and Hyunjin followed although the latter was a lot slower as he was half asleep. Chan then picked up the remote took the movie off the screen and turned the TV off. Following that both he and Jinnie took their shirts off throwing them somewhere on the floor of my bedroom before the latter inched as close to me as possible while Chan covered all three of us with the blanket. I slowly began to fall asleep, wrapping my arm around Hyunjin receiving another groan deeper than the last followed by Chan carefully wrapping his arm around me as all three of us drifted to sleep.

Time Skip

I groaned softly as I woke up from my sleep to the feeling of someone softly grinding against my leg. Upon investigating I realized it was Chan, but he was still asleep as well as Hyunjin. Being the nosy little person I was I realized that both Chan and Hyunjin were sporting massive boners, causing me to blush a deep tomato red as Chan continued to grind his lower body against my bum. His breath slightly hitched as he did so, which gave me a hint that he had to be experiencing a lewd dream. He eventually stopped a few minutes later still holding me tightly against him. Not knowing what to do in this situation the only thing I could do was lay back down and pretend I was still asleep as best as I could to avoid any potential embarrassment. I wanted to help them but I didn't want to come off as that type of girl, plus I was way too shy to initiate those types of activities myself. after closing my eyes, Hyunjin woke up a few minutes later, and I knew it was him because upon waking up he groggily whispered 'Fuck' at the sight of his boner. He then carefully slipped out of the bedroom picking up his shirt as he went to most likely relieve himself. Seems like he was taking what Chan said about the decorum a bit more seriously which made me mentally giggle to myself.

Not soon after Chan resumed his grinding against Jade's bum, which slightly turned her on. Getting annoyed with her shy nature she decided to be a little rebellious as she continued to pretend to sleep, She met him halfway grinding her ass against his boner which earned a soft breathy moan from her lips. He shot awake at the sound of her moan not expecting it but calmed down when he saw that she was grinding against him. In response, he held her closer and softly moved his hands up to her chest gently groping her breast as he didn't want to wake her up or so he thought. She softly moaned again, grinding against his boner at an even faster rate all while pretending to be asleep, causing Chan to throw his head back as a deep guttural groan came from his lips.

"You're not sleeping are you, cutie?" he said smirking softly, waiting for an answer as he slowly pulled away.

"No.." She said softly, slightly embarrassed that she was caught, opening her eyes as she turned towards him.

"I thought so," he said teasing her a bit as he pulled her back to him, "You were grinding against me way too eagerly to be asleep sweetheart." He softly rested his index finger against her chin before softly resting his thumb on her lip caressing it. He had the strong urge to be a lot more intimate with her but seeing as it was only her second day with the entire group, he wasn't sure if it was okay to act on it, unsure of how comfortable she was with them. He decided the safest thing to do was kiss her and he would deal with his boner once he left the room.

Return To Jade's POV

Chan slowly and passionately kissed my lips after caressing them. Not wanting to make things awkward I happily gave into the kiss, making out with him just as passionately. He softly moaned into the kiss holding me close, almost as if he didn't want it to end. After a while of passionately making out and both Chan and I moaning into it, he carefully pulled away.

"I should let you get ready for today while I deal with this," he said blushing as he gestured toward his boner which seemed to have gotten bigger since the last time I looked at it. I blushed as I watched him pick his shirt up and leave the room, using the shirt to cover himself. I idly sat in bed for a bit trying to get my thoughts together, before finally deciding I was gonna brush my teeth before I do anything else. I picked up my toothbrush ready to leave my room when I suddenly got a message on my phone so I checked it.

Group chat: Stray Kids & MGT TEAM

Sua.mgt: You guys don't have anything scheduled for the day so you can pretty much do whatever. Seen by Crystal.Jade, gnabnahc, hynjinnnn @ 6:50 am

Upon seeing that message I rushed out of my room to the bathroom only to see that it was locked. Sighing I softly rested my head against the door as I waited, only to be greeted by the sounds of soft moans from the opposite side of the door. I realized it was Chan when he started to whisper to himself, and I could hear his distinguished Australian accent. He was carefully pleasuring himself in the bathroom. I was so focused on listening that I didn't hear Felix walk out of his room.

"Darling what are you doing?" he said as he tilted his head to the side in wonder causing me to jump away from the door in shock.

"Oh nothing Felix," I lied sheepishly, although my face seemed to have been snitching on me as it was super red. He walked closer to the bathroom door hearing Chan relieve himself and a soft smirk appeared on his face. He then walked closer to me, tilting my face up towards his with his right hand.

"You were listening to Chan jerk himself off weren't you?" he said teasingly, his smirk growing bigger. " I didn't think you were like that Jade.."

"I'm not a slut if that's what you're thinking-" I said abruptly getting a bit insecure, as I thought back to the comments from yesterday.

"Woah, you're definitely not a slut," he said with a hint of concern at first, "kinky maybe, but defo not a slut darling."

Felix then carefully grabbed my hand, as we both heard Chan finishing up in the bathroom, leading me towards his bedroom. When got there he carefully sat me on his bed and sat next to me.

"So I know you were most likely going to brush your teeth and probably got distracted by you know.." he said as he wiggled his eyes a bit, " but sadly we only have one bathroom for all of us at the moment."

"Maybe they should upgrade our dorm," I said as I thought about it, "give us rooms that come with their own bathroom?"

"Ehh, I think that's a bit much," he chuckled lightly, " maybe just an extra bathroom or two will do. But how did you sleep Buttercup?"

"I slept okay I guess considering Hyunjin and Chan cuddled me the entire night," I said with a soft giggle as I reminisced about last night.

"Oh that's interesting," Felix said as he looked at me with a smile. " I mean it was expected for Chan to warm up to you so quickly as it seems you guys somewhat knew each other before your addition to our group, Hyunjin not so much... I wonder what's making him gravitate to you so quickly."

"I'm honestly not sure," I said giggling a bit more, " but he did slap my ass yesterday and Chan had to scold him for not having any decorum."

"Really ?" Felix said with wide eyes laughing a bit. "That's so unlike Hyunjin to do! He must find you attractive or something if he decided to act on such a thought, to be honest."

While they were in the middle of their conversation, Chan peeped his head into the room as he heard them talking on his way to his bedroom from the bathroom.

"Hey guys," he said with a gentle eye smile, "everything okay in here?"

"Yeah," Felix and I said in unison as we looked up at Chan. "Are you okay?" Felix quickly added in.

"Yeah, I think most of the guys are gonna sleep in today seeing as we have nothing scheduled," he said calmly as walked further into the room, closing Felix's door behind him and sitting on the bed. Jade couldn't help but smile to herself, something about Chan's accent did something to her. Yes, both he and Felix were both Australian, but their voices gave off different vibes. Felix's deep Aussie accent brought an immense amount of comfort and safety whereas Chan's Aussie accent gave off a more seranading vibe.

"So Channie," Felix said mischievously, " what were you up to in the bathroom?"

"Nothing!" Chan blurted out quickly, his face turning red as he tried to slightly hide from me, I guess hoping that I didn't know what Felix was speaking of. " I was just brushing my teeth, you know normal morning stuff."

"Speaking of that I should brush mine," I interrupted, not wanting Chan to feel any more embarrassed than he already was. I walked out of the room and headed to the bathroom deciding that I would let Felix tell him that I knew what he did in my absence. I finally got to the bathroom, which was empty, and began to brush my teeth thoroughly. I rinsed my mouth and did some of my skincare, before heading back to my bedroom to drop off my toothbrush back where it belonged before heading to the kitchen. I curiously checked the kitchen pantry out finding some croissants, heating one before applying some butter to it. I happily waddled over to the kitchen island and sat in one of the seats, placing my plate on the table as I began to eat it. Not soon after I heard footsteps walk into the kitchen. It was Changbin. He quickly went to the fridge, pulling out a container of Apple juice before he poured some into a cup and placed it on the counter. He then put the container back into the fridge and turned around picking the cup up and drinking it as he watched me eat the croissant.

"Good morning pumkin," he said in a soft playful tone, as he moved closer to me leaning against the kitchen island. "How'd you sleep?"

"Good morning Changbin oppa," I said cheerfully slightly cringing at my use of honorific, "I slept okay I think."

"That's good," he said smiling at my response. "Don't be afraid to come to me if you ever need anything." He then softly ruffled my hair messing up my strands of curls.

"Yah! Changbinnie stop!" I said gasping loudly trying to stop him from continuing.

"Okay I'm gonna head back to my room and lay down," he said chuckling at the sight of me, " text if you need me pumkin, and also you don't have to honorifics around us." With that, he disappeared off to his bedroom.

I quietly finished my croissant, washing up the plate and putting it to dry before heading back towards the room. For the most part, everyone was sleeping except those I had spoken to for the morning. I assumed Hyunjin had just gone back to bed after possibly relieving himself and was gonna just relax in my bed. That was until I got to my bed and saw the very person I was just thinking of sitting in my bed scrolling through his phone. 'Was he waiting for me this entire time?' I mentally thought to myself.

"Hyunjin-ah, what are you doing in my bed?" I said curiously. He looked up at me, not responding before looking back at his phone. He then carefully placed his phone down on my nightstand before looking back up at me.

"Close the door and come sit next to me noona," he said with an innocent face as he pats the empty spot next to him on the bed. " I wanna hang with you."

Following what he asked, I closed my bedroom door and sat next to him in my bed, unsure of what exactly he wanted to do. I carefully slumped down into my bed and pulled my phone out of my pajama pocket scrolling social media once again. Hyunjin then carefully lay next to me in a way where he was lying on me but still able to see my phone screen. I went through Instagram, looking through my regular feed, and my account was private for safety and privacy reasons. I decided to check our group's Instagram comments, and once again instantly regretted it as the comments on my post had gotten worse since I last checked, people calling me ugly and talentless and slut-shaming me. I tried so hard to hold back the tears but couldn't stop a few from slipping, quickly wiping them away. I was so consumed by the comments that I quite honestly forgot Hyunjin was still next to me and reading everything on my screen. His eyebrows furrowed with anger as he continued to read along with me.

"I'm gonna deal with this," he quickly spat out, "I don't like knowing you're fighting back tears because of some assholes pretending to be stay, I'm gonna go live later."

"Jinnie-ah You don't have to do that," I said frowning a bit. I immediately locked my phone not wanting him to see the rest of the comments as it started to transition from slut shaming comments to fat-shaming. A lot of them were about my lower half and how I must not be exercising enough because my legs are very fat.

"Noona unlock your phone and give it to me." he said sternly. When I looked up at him he was pretty angry so I did as he asked not wanting to agitate him further. He gently took the phone from my hand and went over all the comments before locking it. His face softened a bit as he inched closer to me wrapping me in a hug.

"Don't believe those comments noona," he said softly resting his head within range of my ear. "You're beautiful, and if there's anyone who loves your ass and legs it's me. Please don't listen to them and go on some unnecessary diet." He then gently lowered his hands down to my hip, softly groping it before moving his hand to my ass. He swiftly lifted his head to look at me, admiring me for a bit.

"You and Chan have some of the most beautiful curls I have ever seen," he said as he continued to admire me. He then did the most unexpected thing as his lips crashed against mine, gently kissing me. I stared at him wide-eyed honestly not expecting the action, but eventually gave into the kiss as I wrapped my arm around his neck. He temporarily pulled away from the kiss, positioning himself over me before returning to the kiss even more passionately than a moment ago. We stayed like that for some time before he slowly pulled away from the kiss once more, his hands anxiously moving just right below my chest. "May I?" he said lowly, his voice consumed curiosity. It seemed like he remembered something and wanted to have consent to touch me anywhere else, so I gave it to him quickly Nodding as I admired him. He softly rested his body against mine, before gently cupping my breast and feebly groping it. He continued to do so, accidentally grazing his finger against the sensitive part of my nipple, earning a soft groan and flinch from me.

"You like that don't you.." he said with a soft chuckle not wanting to be too loud. "Maybe I should use our time together to see what other things you like?.."

"I don't think my 2nd day together with you guys would be a good idea to do that Jinnie," I said softly blushing.

"Oh, I didn't mean today... unless that's what you want," he said raising an eyebrow in curiosity, "We can do it whenever you're ready honestly." He then carefully moved his hands back down to my waist gently repositioning us so we were laying on our side before softly cuddling me.

"Let's take a nap I'm still kinda tired," he yawned lowly, pulling me closer to him. I then let out a soft yawn as I drifted back to sleep in his arms.

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