What're You Humming?
Pairings: Bang Chan x female!Reader
Rating: T
Genre: established relationship, street interview, relationship reveal (?), fluff
Summary: You get stopped to do a street interview while you're in Italy with your boyfriend and decide "Why not?"
Except the question they ask isn't what you'd expect.
"So, what song were you humming just now?”
Normal question right? No biggie. But the song you were humming was an unreleased Stray Kids song written by your boyfriend Chan....
Oops?
Word Count: 1.6k
A/N: So this CONCEPTUALLY is a continuation of Bestie Knows Best (imo) but you don't specifically have to read that to understand this! Just know her and Chan are already dating <33
God Run It just REALLY got in my head. This fic was also partially inspired by @gingerayen 's TikTok Reveals Their Relationship series (a BANGER go read it if you havent)
Also this *may* lead to another part of this fic... it's an idea I've had for a while and I kinda set it up at the end to continue but hehe we shall see!
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(writing masterlist) | (Bestie Knows Best pt 1)
Before you and Chris had started dating, you’d never been to Italy. Now, you’d been four different times, which was still drastically more than zero.
Italy was stunning. From the rolling hills and vineyards, to the stunning architecture. You and Chris had played tourist a few times, and gone on a few date nights, too, between his photoshoots and other Fendi-related things.
When he could, he liked to slip you in to his Fendi photoshoots. Not in the pictures themselves, but he could normally get you into the set to at least watch the shoots happen. It was especially fun for you seeing how professional photography shoots went. You’d even gotten to talk to some of the photographers and make some friends.
And mayhaps you’d been invited to help as a photography assistant at the next fashion week event.
Today, though, Chris was busy with things you couldn't come to. Honestly, you weren't bothered by it. You didn't expect to trail behind him at every work thing he went to like a lost puppy, but he always felt bad when you came along and then had to be alone.
“Chris,” you told him as you ate breakfast in your hotel room, “truly I'm fine. I don't tag along on your trips because I expect you to be free the whole time.”
He huffed. “Yeah I know, I just…” The tips of his ears turned pink. “I want you there, too.”
You laughed softly, leaning over to give him a kiss. “You won't be gone all day, and don't act like you won't have fun still.”
He grumbled half-heartedly. “Well, what are you gonna do today?”
You shrugged. “The weather looks nice, so I think I'm gonna just do some window shopping.”
“Take my card at least, then,” Chris said, fishing out his wallet and handing it to you.
You sighed, knowing better than to fight him at this point. “And what if you need to buy something?”
He just shrugged. “I have another. Plus, Fendi usually has me covered.”
His car came to pick him up about 30 minutes later. You walked down to the lobby with him, lingering behind on the off chance someone was watching. That didn't stop Chris from giving you a soft kiss before he left.
Once his car pulled away, you decided to head off, too.
You didn't have any specific destination in mind. There was a cute cafe you'd seen the other day when you and Chris were out that you were hoping to stumble across again, but other than that, you had no plans.
You tried not to look too touristy, but you also couldn't help whipping out your camera from time to time.
There was just so much beauty in this city, it was hard to resist capturing it.
You did end up finding a cute boutique that you shopped around in for a while. You left with a nice new dress that you couldn't wait to show off to Chris.
With a bag on your arm, you meandered through the city happily. You sent Chris a picture of the bag with a winky face.
Contact name: Christopher 💜
Y/N: bought something cute <3
Christopher 💜: oh my gosh
Christopher 💜: well everything looks cute on you so
Y/N: says the man modelling for Fendi
Christopher 💜: exactly, so i know what i'm talking about ;)
Christopher 💜: i cant wait to see it love
You started humming absentmindedly as you walked. You always had a song in your head, and today was no exception.
This song, in particular, had been regularly popping up since Chris had you listen to it a few days ago.
“Excuse me.”
You blinked, glancing to your left and noticing a man standing there with a mic. Another person was next to him holding up there phone.
He smiled at you. “We're doing street interviews about music. Are you down to participate?”
Why not, huh?
“Sure,” you agreed, stopping to face him.
He beamed. “Great! So, what song were you humming just now?”
You blinked, starting to replay the song in your head as you tried to remember the name of it. You hummed some for a moment before your eyes went wide and you cut it off.
“Um,” you laughed sheepishly, “okay, actually I can't legally tell you that.”
His eyes widened and he laughed incredulously. “You can't legally share it? What is the name of it some government secret?”
You laughed more freely. “Not that kind of intense. It's just unreleased.”
He looked excited at that. “Something you wrote then? Are you a secret artist I don't know about?”
“Oh, no,” you said. “My creativity lies in photography. I love music, but I'm not skilled enough to make it.”
“Then how did you get access to secret files that are so top tier you can't share them?”
You hummed. “Should I answer that? I'm not sure how great this content is for your video. I'm sorry.”
“Are you kidding me? This is the juciest interview we've had all day!” He countered gleefully. “Come on, spill!”
“Okay, okay,” you laughed. “My partner produced the song, and it's for a fairly well-known music group, so.” You shrugged. “Legally, they'd have my head if I spilled.”
He leaned in excitedly. “Can't you give us any hints? Surely there's no rules against that.”
“I'm afraid the fans are already gonna find this somehow,” you admitted. “They're like, scary good, and I haven't even said any names!”
“I honestly don't think that narrows it down,” the guy countered. “Everyone online is an internet sleuth these days. What genre are they? Is it even a they?”
You winced. “They're not Italian, how about that?”
“Oh? So why are you in Italy then?” He asked, eyes glinting with curiosity.
You just shook your head, drawing your fingers over your lips to mime a zipper.
“Fine, fine,” he relents dramatically before turning and pointing at the camera. “If you're watching this in the future and you know what song it is now, comment down below!”
You told Chris about the interview that evening. After he checked that the guy wasn't rude or pushy, the two of you laughed about it.
“Which song were you humming?” He asked.
“That one you showed me a couple weeks ago,” you replied.
He laughed. “Do you think Stay will find it?”
“I wouldn't be surprised if they did.”
You honestly forgot about the video until it surfaced on your timeline a few months later.
The day after Stray Kids had dropped their teaser for “Run It.”
The video had nearly a million likes. It was edited well enough, nothing added or removed to make you sound bad, which you were grateful for.
Curious now what people thought, you decided to check the comments.
@ unkn0wn401 5 mo ago - I have never been more curious in my life. INTERNET DETECTIVES GET ON THIS
@ 143kpopfans 1 hr ago - okok so… does anyone else hear ‘Run It’ or am i delulu??? -> @ binchans-pinky IM GLAD ITS NOT JUST ME OMG
@ papawolf42 3 mo ago - watch us all come back here in the future with our jaws wide open -> @ jennifer-ferret - GIRL COME BACK OUR JAWS ARE ON THE FLOOR -> @ papawolf42 - IM BACK OH MY GOD IT WAS STRAY KIDS THE WHOLE TIME?!?!!!!
@ skzcodered 2 hrs ago - but ok fr she's either dating someone on Stray Kids's production team… or 3Racha themselves 👀
@ kingdomlvr20 30 mins ago - Thats CLEARLY Run It. IS SHE DATING CHANGBIN?? -> @ dwaekikiki - OR HAN OR CHAN?!!!
@ jypapi-is-my-bias 10 mins ago - if this ISNT Run It, I'll buy everyone tickets to the tour FR -> @ binchans-pinky - soo i also think its Run It, but thats still a bet I'm willing to take
@ teffyx 2 mins ago - its so obvious??? Guys she was in *Italy* so clearly she's dating Chan?!! -> @ bangchans-wifey - oh my god youre so right?!! Wasnt he doing a Fendi thing like a week or two before this video was posted?!! -> @ noeasynoeasy - WHY DOESNT THIS COMMENT HAVE MORE LIKES OH MY GOD WE CRACKED IT
You took a screenshot of the comments section and texted it to Chris.
Contact name: Christopher 💜
Y/N: [screenshot.png]
Y/N: um… oops?
Christopher 💜: hahahahaha
Christopher 💜: Stay are sleuths, i'm not surprised they figured it out
Y/N: am i gonna get sued LOL
Christopher 💜: no i promise you wont hahaha
Christopher 💜: the song is already partially out anyway, and we've dropped bigger spoilers before haha
Y/N: okay but what about the relationship theorizing part..?
Christopher 💜: have they found your socials yet?
Y/N: no, thankfully it doesnt seem like it
Christopher 💜: well… its not the least evidence but also, if you dont want to be public yet, we can just ignore it
Y/N: do you want to be public?
Christopher 💜: we've been together for nearly 3 years, i'd love to show you off eventually, but i also know itd be a lot of eyes on you and i dont want to force you into that if you dont want it
Christopher 💜: we also dont need to use this as our reason to reveal us dating. we can just ignore it and it'll eventually fizzle out
Y/N: maybe we can talk about it tonight?
Christopher 💜: of course lovey <3
Christopher 💜: if it helps at all, the comments seem very positive about the whole thing ;)
Y/N: thats true…
Christopher 💜: i have to go to a 3racha meeting now, but i'll text you later ok? Love you
Y/N: love you too Channie <33
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