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Jisung stepped closer to Chan-hyung and Changbin-hyung as he looked around in confusion and slight fear. The three of them had just finished performing as 3Racha for their fans, their Ninjas, and had been discussing where to eat as a celebration and then there had been a white light and now they were here, in an unknown room that none of them had seen before.
It looked like one of the dance practice rooms at JYPE but Jisung couldn’t be entirely sure since he hadn't been in this one before… at least that he knew of. Had they been kidnapped? Drugged? Accidentally eaten magic mushrooms?
“Where are we?” Changbin-hyung asked softly.
“The future,” they heard a voice answer from behind them and the three whirled around. “2024 to be precise.”
At first Jisung thought he had turned the wrong way and was looking in a mirror but then he registered that the one he thought was a mirror image of himself was wearing different clothes and looked a bit older.
“Jisung?” Chan-hyung gasped in confusion.
“Yeah?” Jisung answered while his mirror image smiled and said; “Hi.”
“What…? How…? What…?” Chan-hyung spluttered.
“As I said, you're in the future, around 7 years,” Jisung’s mirror image said with a smile. “Welcome, I guess.”
“You're me?” Jisung couldn’t help but ask.
“I am,” his future self nodded. “But how about we call you Jisung and me Han? That way it won't be too confusing.”
“I'm still stuck on the time travel bit,” Changbin-hyung muttered softly.
“It’s a bit to take in but don’t worry, you’ll be back in your own time before you know it,” Han told them kindly.
“When?” Chan-hyung wanted to know.
Han shrugged looking a bit confused himself, “I don’t actually know that.”
“You don’t remember it?” Changbin-hyung asked as he gestured to Jisung.
“My memories of this from your point of view are vague and blurry at best and completely blank at most,” Han shrugged again. “But I do know we got back and no time had passed in the past… that was a weird sentence.”
Before they could ask anymore questions the door to the practice room opened and the most beautiful boy Jisung had ever seen walked in with a bright smile. Blond hair down to his shoulders, brown boba eyes that were shining and glittering from the ceiling lights, full lips, sharp cheekbones and freckles, FRECKLES!, dotted over his nose and under his eyes like fallen stars.
“Sung!” the boy said happily and Jisung knew him and his hyungs all startled a little at the deep voice coming from the angel.
“Felix,” Han smiled equally as bright, love and adoration written all over his face. “What are you doing here?”
“Channie-hyung said that you might want some help with answering questions while he and the others make the dorm ready for guests,” the angel, Felix, explained happily. “Don’t know why he thought I’d be the best choice but I trust his judgment.”
“Channie-hyung?” Chan-hyung whispered to himself in a slight daze.
“Of course he sent you,” Han laughed. “We all know you're his favorite.”
“Hush,” Felix hit Han’s arm lightly but he had a pink tint to his face.
“Oh! Introductions!” Han turned to them with a bit of an embarrassed look. “This is Lee Felix, an absolute angel and my boyfriend. Lix, you already know the hyungs and my past self.”
“Hi, it’s nice to meet you,” Felix waved at them with a beaming smile before frowning with a pout. “Re-meeting? Un-meeting to meet again? Re-introduction? .... I'm confused.”
“Wait, wait, wait,” Jisung spluttered out and looked between Han and Felix. “You're actually dating him? But he’s so, so, so…”
“Beautiful? Gorgeous? Otherworldly? Ethereal? Stunning?” Han listed with a smile as Felix blushed a deeper pink.
“All of the above!” Jisung exclaimed before he too blushed.
“Aww, thank you Sungie,” Felix smiled and kissed first Han on the cheek and then Jisung, who felt like he was about to pass out.
“Breathe, Jisung, breathe,” Chan-hyung muttered to him.
“I'm breathing,” Jisung gasped in a breath.
“So how do we know each other?” Changbin-hyung smiled at Felix before continuing. “And do you have any pretty friends?”
“Well, we’re all part of the same K-Pop group,” Felix laughed deeply. “And seeing as your future self is dating my best friend I’d say you think I have a pretty friend.”
“What's his or her name?” Changbin-hyung was almost bouncing in place out of excitement and Jisung vaguely registered that this was the first time his Changbin-hyung had ever alluded to liking both boys and girls.
“His name is Hyunjin,” Han said with a smile as he wrapped his arms around Felix’s waist.
“Wait,” Chan-hyung seemed to snap out of whatever had been keeping him quiet. “We’re all in a K-Pop group together? All of us? And we’ve debuted?”
Jisung turned to his hyung and felt a stab of pain in his heart at the look of fragile hope in his eyes. Chan-hyung had been a trainee for almost 7 years now and Jisung and Changbin-hyung knew that he had started loosing hope of ever joining a group and/or debuting.
“Oh yeah!” Han nodded happily as he sent a beaming smile at Chan-hyung. “There are eight of us in total and we are fucking amazing!”
Jisung did a double take at the English slipping out of his older self’s mouth before Changbin-hyung asked, “Who are they? Are they older or younger than us?”
“Well, if we’re going from youngest to oldest, we start with Jeongin, our maknae on top,” Han started to explain. “And then there’s Seungmin, our savage puppy. Both of them are vocalists and affectionally called ‘VocalRacha’.”
“VocalRacha?” Chan-hyung tilted his head to the side slightly.
“Our group is called Stray Kids,” Felix chuckled, smile still present on his face. “And since we have 3Racha in our group the rest of us also got our own Racha’s so to speak.”
“We’ll get back to that,” Han interrupted with a smile. “After Seungmin we have the most wonderful person ever, Felix here, our sunshine and my light.”
“Love you too, Sungie,” Felix leaned his head against Han.
“Then there’s me, Quokka and All-Rounder,” Han bowed to them dramatically.
“Also known as the Ace of Fourth Gen,” Felix piped up. “And technically only one day older than me.”
“Ah, but still older,” Han pointed out.
“Ace?” Jisung couldn’t help but whisper.
Suddenly both Chan-hyung and Changbin-hyung were hugging him as Changbin-hyung exclaimed, “I told you, you are amazing!”
Jisung was still in disbelief when his hyungs backed off a few moments later to hear the rest of the group members, their group members, name. the three of them turned to look at Han and Felix with expectant and curious faces.
“Hmm, after me there’s Hyunjin,” Han began.
“The future Love of My Life,” Changbin-hyung cheered.
“An amazing dancer and rapper,” Han chuckled as he continued.
“And artist!” Felix pointed out with a big grin. “God, you should see the things he can draw and paint.”
“Though we should mention that he's also ranked second place for ‘100 Most Handsome Faces 2022,” Han added slowly.
“But please don’t focus on his looks when you meet him,” Felix asked softly, looking a bit sad. “He hates being known as only the Visual and wants to be known for his dancing and rapping instead.”
“After Hyunjin there’s Changbin-hyung,” Han smiled at them. “One of the fastest rappers in K-Pop.”
“Really?” Changbin-hyung looked shocked and hopeful.
“Well, last we checked you could rap around 13sps so yeah,” Felix giggled, actually giggled!, and Jisung had to lock his knees not to melt to the ground.
“Then there’s Minho-hyung, one of the most beautiful men I've ever seen in my entire life,” Han told them and they were all a little shocked that Felix nodded along with that statement instead of being jealous or offended. “And also one of the sweetest.”
“And Minho-hyung is also dating the leader of our group,” Felix beamed at them. “The most amazing guy ever!”
“The one,”
“The only,”
“Bang Chan!” Felix and Han traded off before chorusing Chan-hyung’s name.
“Chan-hyung is known as the Best Leader in K-Pop and I will fight anyone who dares to disagree,” Felix eyes narrowed in determination. “I'm a black belt in Taekwondo and have 63 medals, don’t mess with me.”
“You're really hot when you get all protective of Chan-hyung,” Han said as he looked at Felix with heated eyes.
“Later Sungie,” Felix smiled and patted him on the arm before turning back to Jisung and his hyungs. “Channie-hyung is basically my brother from another mother… sort of.”
Chan-hyung gasped and looked at Felix with wide eyes, “You're Australian?”
“G’Day mate,” Felix held out his hand with his little finger and thumb sticking out. “Aussi, aussi, aussi!”
“Oi, oi, oi!” Chan-hyung did the same with tears glittering in his eyes.
“Do you have any idea what's going on?” Changbin-hyung whispered to Jisung who just shrugged in confusion.
“Wait, I'm the leader?” Chan-hyung asked in disbelief.
“Yup,” Felix nodded happily. “And we really couldn’t ask for a better one.”
“Anyway, before we lose Chan-hyung to his inner thoughts, let’s go back to the sub-divisions of Stray Kids,” Han smirked. “As I've said, Jeongin, who also goes by I.N, and Seungmin are part of VocalRacha.”
“So what, they only do vocals?” Jisung wondered slowly.
“No, definitely not,” Felix shook his head. “In Stray Kids we don’t actually have positions like that since we all do everything but Innie and Sungminnie are the two who mostly does vocals.”
“Lixie here along with Hyunjin and Minho-hyung make up DanceRacha,” Han continued on. “They are our best dancers and Minho-hyung even creates a lot of our choreography along with the choreographers at JYPE.”
“Then, of course, we have 3Racha,” Felix winked at them. “Our Producing Unit.”
“Oh yeah, we create, write and produce all of our songs,” Han nodded happily.
“And Sungie is currently the youngest full member of KOMCA,” Felix declared proudly as Han smiled bashfully.
“We made it,” Chan-hyung whispered in a shocked daze.
“We definitely did,” Han laughed brightly. “I mean, we even have a song in a Deadpool movie and Chan-hyung has Ryan Reynold’s phone number.”
Jisung could almost feel himself glitching out, they had a song in a Deadpool movie? Chan-hyung had Ryan Reynold’s phone number? What's next? They beat a world record? Jisung had to bite back a snort at the last thought. Yeah, right, like that would ever happen.
“Come on,” Felix speaking knocked them all back out of their heads. “Channie-hyung just texted that everything was ready back at the dorm.”
“You guys ready to meat the Fam?” Han smirked before pouting as Felix hit him lightly over the head. “What?”
“That would only be funny if they were in on the joke,” Felix shook his head but still interlaced his fingers with Han’s and smiled at him as they led the way out of the room.
Honestly? Jisung couldn’t wait until he got to hold hands with Felix and kiss him and hug him and cuddle him and… yeah, Jisung couldn’t wait.
***
Changbin was nervous as they approached what Jisung’s future self, Han, and Felix had said was their dorm room. And by theirs they apparently meant 3Racha and Hyunjin's while the rest of them were in another dorm close by.
He was going to see his future self and said future self’s boyfriend, who was apparently drop dead gorgeous, an amazing dancer and rapper, and a phenomenal painter/sketcher. How could Changbin, who was just a skinny, short rapper, even compare to that?
“Honey, we’re home!” Han called out with mock sweetness as they walked into the dorm.
“And what sort of time do you call this, young man?” a gorgeous man asked as he stepped out of the kitchen with his hands on his hips.
Han smiled brightly before giving a dramatic, apologetic pout, “I'm sorry, eomma, I just lost track of time.”
“Hmm,” the gorgeous man huffed and Changbin wondered if he was part of the Maknae line or the Hyung line as Han and Felix had called it. “Maybe I should glue a watch to your arm? Or make sure you can never ignore my calls?”
“We’re sorry, hyung,” Felix looked like he was trying to bite back his laughter.
“Oh, I'm not mad at you Bbokie,” the gorgeous man suddenly became even more beautiful as his face lit up in a smile while looking at Felix, Bbokie?. “You’ve never done a single thing wrong in your entire life.”
“This is blatant favoritism!” Han exclaimed loudly.
“So?” the gorgeous man asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Appa!” Han called out. “Eomma is being mean again!”
“And what did you do?” another man walked into the living room and Changbin’s eyes widened along with Chan-hyung’s as Jisung gasped.
The second man was obviously Chan-hyung’s older self but he looked ripped! Powerful arms, broad shoulders, narrow hips and a truly voluptuous ass.
“Chan-hyung?” Jisung whispered in shock.
Chan-hyung’s future self gave a brilliant smile, dimples out in full force, “Hi, Sung.”
“Damn, you grew up!” Changbin couldn’t help but blurt out.
“Haha,” Chan-hyung laughed even as his ears turned red and he rubbed the back of his neck. “If you think this is a change you should see your future self.”
“On that point,” Felix stepped forward slightly. “Where is Binnie-hyung?”
“Him and Hyunjin are on their way back from a breakfast date turned shopping date,” Chan-hyung’s future self explained before turning back to Changbin and his companions. “To make things easier you can all call me Chris instead of Chan.”
“Or old man or maybe Gramps,” a voice spoke behind them and another two handsome men stepped into the room. “I mean, you're way closer to half sixty now than half fifty at this point.”
“Aish, show some respect for your hyung!” Chris-hyung exclaimed in mock anger.
“You're right, you're right,” the man who had spoken nodded before smirking. “You're getting old, Gramps-huyng.”
“You're grounded,” Chris-hyung pouted slightly.
“You can't ground him, Chan-hyung,” the other newly arrived man smiled, eyes almost disappearing and looking adorable.
“Anyway, before it escalates and Bbokie gets hurt, let’s do some introductions,” the first gorgeous man declared. “I'm Minho.”
Changbin couldn’t help but look over at Chan-hyung who's eyes had widened to such a degree that Changbin was almost worried they'd fall out of his head. So this gorgeous man was Chan-hyung’s future boyfriend? Damn, talk about a good looking couple. Not as pretty as Felix and Han but handsome none the less.
“I'm Seungmin,” the one that had called Chan-hyung old waved at them and now Changbin understood why Han had called him their ‘savage’ puppy.
“Jeongin,” the last guy smiled at them. “But you can call me I.N or Innie if you want.”
“Nice to meet you all,” Chan-hyung finally seemed to be able to drag himself out of staring at Minho in awe.
“Umm,” Jisung looked over at Minho-hyung. “Why did you call Felix. ‘Bbokie’?”
“Oh!” Felix perked up and smiled at them. “Yongbok is my Korean name and thus the nickname Bbokie.”
“Also Yongboks, Yongbokie, and a plethora of other nicknames that has nothing to do with either his English or Korean names,” Han told them as he once again wrapped himself around Felix.
Suddenly the door burst open and Changbin felt his heart skip a beat in his chest at the ethereal being who came rushing into the room. He was half convinced he was looking at an angel or a god because there was no way this person was human, he was way to gorgeous for that.
“I'm sorry we’re a bit late, we got side tracked,” the man apologized before turning to Changbin and his friends. “Hi, I'm Hyunjin.”
“Damn,” Changbin spluttered with wide eyes.
The man smiled with a blush, “Dude, I’d forgotten how tiny you used to be.”
“Tiny?” Changbin muttered in confusion.
“Okay, time out,” Jisung exclaimed before continuing. “Was one of the requirements of joining Stary Kids that you had to be absolutely drop dead gorgeous? I mean look at you all!”
“Aww, thank you!” Minho-hyung smiled brightly at him.
“Where's Binnie?” Chris-hyung asked looking around Hyunjin.
“Oh, he's on his way, he just told me to go first while he parked the car,” Hyunjin smiled.
“Passenger princesses unite,” Felix held out his hand for a first bump which Hyunjin seemed more than happy to Grant.
“Holy crap,” Jisung whispered and Changbin followed his gaze towards the door and his mouth dropped opened as he saw his future self.
“Where do you want the towels, hyung?” Changbin’s future self asked with a smile.
“Laundry room, since I want to wash them first,” Minho-hyung said with a nod. “Thank you.”
“No problem,” Changbin’s future self walked away with one of the bags.
“Told you,” Chris-hyung chuckled as 3Racha watched him leave with wide eyes.
***
Chan had a hard time deciding where to look as they all sat down to eat. At first he had looked mostly at Jisung’s and Changbin’s future selves, analyzing and documenting the way they had grown and changed, and the way they hadn't changed, but no matter what or who he looked at his eyes always gravitated to Minho.
He couldn’t believe his future self was dating someone so beautiful. Minho looks like a dream and his laugh makes Chan’s stomach flutter like there is a whole lot of butterflies in there. And the way Minho didn’t seem to mind his older self’s PDA, which Chan had been told was annoying and too much, and even return it a lot made Chan feel like he might have won the lottery or something.
“So, Bin-hyung,” Jisung turned to looked at older Changbin who had agreed to be called Bin or Binne while they were in the future. “Is your goal to look like a marble statue? Cause if it is you're getting close.”
Bin laughed brightly, “Thank you.”
“Nah, his goal is to be able to fuck Hyunjin-hyung against a wall,” Seungmin offered with a devious smirk.
“Seungmin!” several voices chorused.
“What?” Seungmin cackled. “Tell me I'm wrong.”
“I hate it but I can't disagree with him,” Felix mocked groaned.
“Who says I'm on the receiving end?” Hyunjin leaned back in his chair.
“I don’t want to know!” Chris exclaimed with a laugh. “Or do you want me to start telling you guys about my sex-life?”
“Yes,” Seungmin nodded. “I need more things to use to mock you, old man.”
“There is really nothing to mock,” Felix spoke up, a smirk on his lips.
“Oh right!” Han perked up. ”You and Chan-hyung has done the dirty before!”
“Wait, what?” Hyunjin was the one to speak but the others looked equally as shocked.
“Didn’t you guys know?” Minho looked around at them with a smirk.
“Know what?!”
“That Channie and Bbokie used to be fuck buddies,” Minho leaned back in his chair, the smirk on his face made heat bubble in Chan’s stomach even as he looked over at Felix with shock.
“Felix?” Hyunjin squeaked with wide eyes.
“What?” Felix shrugged with a soft little giggle. “Channie-hyung is really, really, good in bed, just FYI.”
“We knew we didn’t have romantic feelings for each other but sex is a really good stress relief and it helps with sleep too,” Chris explained with a shrug, ears redder than a firetruck. “We broke things off when Jisung asked Felix out and I'm really happy for them.”
“Yeah, it finally gave you the push you needed to woo Minho-hyung,” Felix smirked at him.
“Ugh, you're such an old man,” Seungmin groaned as he looked at Chris, who seemed to flinch slightly and the only reason Chan saw it was because he was looking directly at him.
“Seungmin?” Minho spoke up with a sweet smile. “Don’t.”
Seungmin quickly backed down with a nod, seeming to understand that he had taken it a bit too far and smiled apologetically at Chris who gave a small smile back.
Chan looked around slowly, hardly believing what he was seeing. He was going to debut, he was going to have his own group, he wasn’t going to be alone and left behind anymore. feeling lonely and abandoned had become a constant for Chan since every friend he made either left him to debut or to quit the company and it had started to really tear at him.
It had gotten to the point that he was ready to just give up completely, knew he would when Jisung and Changbin left to debut and leave Chan behind. He knew that he wouldn’t be able to take that and had accepted his failings even if he still prayed to anyone who would listen that he wouldn’t be left again.
It seemed like someone had heard him and decided to grant him his wish. He had seven members that seemed to love him, a boyfriend that looked at his future self like he was the most amazing person he had ever met, a little Australian brother who had also been his FWB… yeah, that confused him a bit but he guessed he would understand when he got there.
For the first time in a long while Chan felt exsited and hopefull about the future and he couldn’t wait to get there.
“The long wait and the loneliness seemed worth it to have all of them.”
Suddenly there was a flash of bright light and when Chan could see again he was back in the dressing room after their 3Racha performance. He looked over at Changbin and Jisung and with just one smile they were all hugging and laughing and crying.
“I'm going to marry the prettiest guy ever!” Jisung exclaimed as he pulled back, smile so wide Chan knew his cheeks would be hurting later.
“The future love of my life is amazing and gorgeous and so, so talented!” Changbin added in loudly, eyes shining and glittering as he thought about Hyunjin.
“We’re going to debut together!” Chan beamed at them, silently wondering how long it would be until he would meet Minho.
Together they made their way out of the dressing room, all of them talking excitedly about what they had just been through and hoping that they would meet the rest of their members soon as none of them wanted to wait too long for their happiness.
And if Felix and Chan’s future self was being interrogated about their past as FWB? Well, they would find out when they got there even if they would have to take the long way to reach 2024 once more.