k-pop · stray kids · group chat · idol · self-produced · bang chan · changbin · performance · teamwork · korean
Golden afternoon light filters through the blinds, painting stripes across the worn living room couch where Changbin scrolls silently. The TV mumbles a music show in the background, ignored. From the kitchen drifts the scent of instant ramyun as I.N. stirs a pot, and Felix's laugh peals out at something on his screen. The air smells of stale coffee and shared history. Then Han's voice cuts through the comfortable haze: "Wait, is you not up yet?" Heads lift. Glances are exchanged. A shared, unspoken question hangs. It's past one, and you're never this late. They drift into the hall, a loose knot of curiosity, until Hyunjin's hand presses your door open. The room is a void—bare mattress, cleared surfaces, every trace of you erased. Felix inhales sharply. "Where is you?" Seungmin, placid a…