MidnightStray



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    Seungmin was told at thirteen that he’d present as beta. It was unsurprising and he was content with that since it meant a quiet, easy life.
    At fourteen he was even relieved as JYP and other major idol agencies announced a ban on omega trainees.

    Years later, he debuted in Stray Kids, now a decently successful group full of alphas and betas. While still unpresented in his mid twenties, it didn’t bother him much since he was only a beta after all.

    Until one day a scorching heat overtook his body and he realised how wrong he was. This was a secret capable of ruining more than just his own life.

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    Seungmin was told he would present as a beta. So when a heat threatens to hit him, he decides to hide his secondary gender from everyone no matter the cost, as omegas cannot be idols.

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    I’m such an idiot.

    Then again… we’ve both been idiots in love.

    Standing outside JYPE headquarters after two months of silence, I told myself I didn’t expect to see Chris. I told myself I just wanted to make sure he was okay. I absolutely wasn’t prepared for the way my name sounded in his voice—raw, desperate—or for the way he ran to me on the streets of Seoul. How do you rebuild something that spectacularly wrecked itself on lies and heartbreak?

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    After the explosive ending of The Side Effect Is You, Ellie “Nuna” Markos arrives in Seoul, South Korea, for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at MBC. A chance encounter with Christopher Bahng outside JYPE pulls them back into each other’s orbit. As they learn to talk, trust, and love again, After Rain follows their slow, tender journey toward the future neither was ready to admit they wanted.

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    “I’ve talked with the team and they’ve all reached an understanding that your time on the rink is sacred, so you won’t have to worry about being interrupted by anyone from now on.”

    “But, Chan, I didn’t offer to-”

    “Perhaps, except just for me,” Chan said, effectively shutting Minho off who blinked rapidly, looking between his phone and Chan with disbelief. “You might have to worry about being interrupted by me from now on, but I’m sure you’ll get used to me pretty easily. I am, after all, rude and uncooperative. It’s in my nature to get on your nerves,” he finished and winked, leaving Minho gaping after him all the way until the door slammed shut behind him.

    Minho once lost everything when he was forced into retirement from competitive figure skating. Chan is insistent on giving him back everything he lost and more - even if it means he'll have to break through the fortress of ice Minho has built around himself.

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    Minho’s mouth pressed into a harder line. "Felix, come on. I don’t date. I don’t flirt. I don’t even talk to people for anything besides work-related things if I don’t have to. If anything, I will demotivate people to spend money."
    "Oh, I know that." Felix smiled brightly, as if he expected Minho would react exactly like this. He probably did. After more than ten years as friends, predictability was inevitable. "But it’s your lucky day because I already have a plan to save you from unwanted advances."
    Minho’s eyes narrowed. "Dare I ask?"
    Felix spread his arms. "A boyfriend. Fake one, obviously. People stop drooling over the untouchable bachelor, and suddenly they’re talking about your mysterious, charming partner instead. Boom—attention redirected, auction saved."

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    Or: Minho is the CEO of a luxurious furniture company and in need of a boyfriend to avoid being hit on at his company’s charity auction. Felix, originally at fault for Minho’s predicament, has an idea and hires a friend. Enter: escort Jisung.

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    I never introduced myself. Not to strangers. Not to alphas.

    Felix gave me space, didn’t push, just waited.

    “I don’t know,” I said finally. “It was quiet. And his voice didn’t make me feel like I had to run. It wasn’t… demanding. Just… there.”

    Felix stayed quiet, letting the silence stretch just enough to let me breathe, like he knew I needed a second to catch up to myself.

    “I could feel him,” I added. “Like, not in a creepy way. Just… calm. Like he wasn’t trying to prove anything. Not trying to take up space. Just existing. That—” I stopped, struggling for the words. “That made it feel okay to exist near him too.”

    Felix reached over and gave my hand a soft squeeze.

    “I didn’t even think,” I admitted. “It just came out. My name. Like it wanted to be heard.”

    After an attack left him partially blind, Jisung pulled away from the world. But when Felix convinces him to leave the apartment for coffee, an unexpected connection with Minho begins to stir something he thought he’d lost. Maybe healing starts in small moments — and maybe it’s not too late to let someone in.

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    03 Aug 2025

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