we hug now

chapter two

the impact of
first impressions!

" RIP Beyoncé, you were a great companion for your thirty seconds of existence "

ᯓ📼ˎˊ˗ "I'M KIND OF NERVOUS," Han murmured as he fiddled with his hands on the makeup styling chair.

"Why on earth would you be nervous dude? They are literally just k-pop idols, exactly like us." Seungmin said from the chair next to him.

"But they are all so pretty and talented and amazing and I'm just... Han," he whined and Seungmin laughed.

"That should be your street name," Minho chimed in and Jisung slapped him on his arm as a manager came in and said that everyone else was ready.

The Stray Kids were escorted into the large room, where couches and seats of different shapes and sizes were. LYRI was already there, unaware of the seven new people that arrived.

"Chaemin stop chasing Minji!" One of the girls yelled, seemingly the leader of their group.

The other two stopped, and turned around, their eyes widening as they saw the people now gathered. All of the eight idols stood up in greeting, bowing and saying hello.

"Hold up, where's Chan?" Hyunjin said as he looked around, not seeing the leader anywhere.

"Sorry everyone, our leader has wandered off," Felix apologized to the other group.

"What a great first impression." Jeongin laughed and the members from the other group smiled politely in response.

"I'm gonna go find him, he's probably in the bathroom or something," Changbin said before turning around and heading to the bathroom.

"Chan? Are you in there?" Changbin called out as he knocked on the bathroom door.

Chan blinked rapidly the tears forming in his eyes and wiped his face with the sleeve of his hoodie. "Yep! One sec," he said, his voice a little hoarse.

"Were you crying?" The younger asked as Chris exited the restroom.

"No, my voice is just hoarse today for some reason." He cleared his throat.

"But you eyes are red too..." Changbin puzzled.

"Maybe allergies?" Chan shrugged.

"Chan... It's winter. There aren't any allergies," the other laughed at his leader, who flipped him off. The younger still had lingering questions but decided not to push it.

"Sorry everyone, I was in the bathroom," Chris announced as he entered the room where everyone else was.

Everyone else went silent and he awkwardly laughed. "Um..." His eyes travelled to Saewon and he swallowed. "Should we begin?"

Saewon nodded and the staff handed everyone a small whiteboard. "Should we do the intro together?" She turned to the other leader.

He paused, before nodding. "What should we say?"

"Hi everyone! We are LYRI," Saewon motioned to her group and then to the other "and we are Stray Kids, and today we will get to know each other...?"

Chris just shrugged in response while Saewon looked at the manager for approval, who nodded.

The videographer pressed record, and the introduction was repeated, just with the whole group this time.

"Okay, we will start with two truths and a lie!" Saewon announced with a smile, but Chris noticed how it didn't quite reach her eyes. She turned to him expectantly, and had to nudge him out of his trance.

"Yeah, uhm, I will go first." He turned to the camera and paused to think. "One: I once accidentally walked into the wrong hotel room and started brushing my teeth there," he laughed. "Two: I got mistaken for a backup dancer during one of our performances. Three: I once had a pet lizard named Beyoncé."

Laughter emerged from all of the people in the room. "Wait what? Is it bad that I don't think I know which one is the lie?" Han chuckled. "I feel like all of these are chaotic enough to be Bang Chan."

"I remember the second one, so that's definitely not the lie," Changbin said. "It was one of our very early performances."

"You had a pet lizard?" Jeongin asked, confused.

"Did I?" Chan replied with a smirk,

"What lizard was Beyoncé? What color?" Namra began to interrogate the older guy.

"Uhm, she was a spotted gecko. She was brown and red-ish," Chris grinned. "I had her when I was like twelve."

"That's the lie," Saewon decided.

"How did you decide that?" Minji asked.

"She's right! I remember that incident when Chan walked into the wrong hotel room, it just dawned on me," Felix added. "So Beyoncé is not real."

"RIP Beyoncé, you were a great companion for your thirty seconds of existence," Chris laughed. "Anyways, I think its Saewon's turn now."

"Okay... One: I can't wink without sneezing. Two: I lived in Australia for a little. Three: I once dislocated my shoulder during one of our shows but I kept performing," Saewon smiled to the camera and nodded. "I don't think it's very hard to tell which one is the lie."

Dahye leaned over to her leader, flabbergasted. "You don't think it's very hard? I have no clue right now on which one is the lie."

"I can hear a subtle Australian accent actually, so I guess that's not the lie," Hyunjin says and Felix nods next to him. "I can recognize a fellow Aussie."

"Oh my god I just felt deja vu!" Janghee almost yells. "It was a competition. The ground was really slippery, and Saewon slipped while rapping and did something to her shoulder, but she kept going because she didn't want to disappoint any of us." She kept yelling.

"Jesus woman calm down," Chaemin side-eyed her best friend. "We understand. Number three is not a lie."

"So that means... You can wink without sneezing!" Soomi announces, and turns to her leader expecting approval, but she shook her head no instead.

She imitated a "wrong" buzzer. "You are incorrect!" She declares, and everyone jumped up in chaos, asking which one is the lie then. "I never lived in Australia. The spiders there are way too scary."

"But then how do you have an Australian accent when you talk? You must have picked it up somewhere," Yeona spoke up.

"One of my best friends when I was younger was Australian, and he helped me learn English so I guess his accent rubbed off on me," Saewon shrugged, as the rest of the idols responded with an "oohhhhhhhh".

Except Chris. Who was looking down at his fidgeting hands and smiling like a stupid idiot. Why? Oh who knows what goes on in his head.

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notes: uhm so yah i have no clue what to say
i hope you like these i dunno if this is realistic for what an interview would be like but im trying 😃
love you my babies, don't forget to hydrate!

question of the day: what's your favorite skz solo? 

my answer: i'm so in love with lee know's youth it's not funny anymoreee