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✧ Summary: Your new look has Hyunjin tripping, flustered and flat out falling for you... literally.
✧ CW: Flustered Hyunjin, SKZ teasing Hyunjin, mention of food/starving (figure of speech), "I'm going to kill them" (figure of speech), lots of dialogue. Please let me know if I missed anything 💙
✧ A/N: Happy Hyunjin day! 🥰 This was written last night in one sitting and I forgot to schedule it. Oops! lol. I was sleep deprived so hopefully it makes sense cause I didn't read it back.
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You were the first in the practice room. It was quiet, carrying in the stillness of the morning.
You’d shown up early as usual, but today, your freshly cut hair was brushing lightly against your jaw and your glasses were resting on your nose. It felt strange not having your usual ponytail and contacts but the freedom was nice.
You were stretching on the floor, scrolling through music on your phone, when you heard the door creak open.
Hyunjin stepped in, head down, drink in hand and tapping through something on his phone.
He looked up and froze.
“Oh sorry!” His hand was already reaching for the handle. “I think I walked into the wrong room.”
“Hyunjin? It’s me.”
His hand paused. He stared for what felt like forever before the confusion on his face melted into realization. “You cut your hair.”
You nodded. “Yeah, figured it was time.”
He walked slowly back inside. His gaze drifted from your glasses to your newly chopped hair, then right to your eyes. He didn’t say anything at first. He just stared.
Finally, he let out a breathy “Wow. You look... wow”
“I hope that’s a good ‘wow’” you smiled.
He nodded way too fast. “Yeah, totally. I mean, you look... different. But in a good way.”
He stepped backwards without looking and his heel caught on one of the floor markers. He stumbled, arms flailing to catch himself.
You jumped up to help, but he straightened quickly, cheeks turning red.
“I’m fine” he insisted, but immediately tripped over his own foot.
You rushed forward, grabbing his forearm to steady him. He went still, eyes darting to your face, lingering a little too long again.
He ran a hand through his hair, still flustered. “I just didn’t expect you to look like that this morning. The hair, the glasses...” his voice got quiet. “Seriously, I thought someone else was in here. I didn’t think I’d...”
You cut him off “Catch you falling over yourself?”
“Can we pretend that didn’t happen?” He groaned.
“Nope.” You laugh.
The way he was looking at you softened now that the shock was wearing off and it made you think the haircut had been a very good idea.
Before you could tease him some more, the door burst open.
“Hyunjin, did you...” Chan’s voice cut off when he spotted you. “Oh! New look?”
Felix slid in behind him. “Wait, what? Who...? Oh shit, that looks really good on you.”
The rest of Stray Kids and the dancers popping into frame, chiming in with comments, whistles and compliments.
Chan clapped his hands. “Alright, warm up! Let’s run the choreo from the top.”
Everyone took their positions. You moved to your usual spot, directly in Hyunjin’s view.
He glanced at you in the mirror once. Then twice. Then again, quickly looking away, embarrassed when you looked at him.
“Five, six, seven, eight!” Lee Know yelled over the music.
Muscle memory was taking over, you got into the rhythm immediately. Hyunjin did not.
In the mirror, you caught him glancing sideways at you, lips slightly parted, eyes unfocused with admiration. It didn’t match the strong and fast choreography at all.
And then... THUD. The room froze.
Everyone’s eyes were locked on Hyunjin on the floor, knee down, palm planted, hair falling into his face.
“Hyunjin?” Chan blinked, confused and concerned.
Han walked over, suspicious. “No way. Did you just trip over your own feet?”
Lee Know throwing in “What happened? Did the floor offend you or something?”
Hyunjin coughed and pushed himself off the floor, trying to regain some dignity. “I’m fine. I just wasn’t paying attention.”
Felix followed Hyunjin’s gaze to the mirror. Then to you. Then back to Hyunjin.
Felix’s face lit up. “Ohhh! I see.” He said with a mischievous grin.
Hyunjin immediately turned bright red.
“Okay, you don’t get distracted. Like ever. The building could collapse and you’d keep dancing perfectly.” Chan declared, hands on his hips.
Han gasped dramatically. “Wait! It’s because of y/n, isn’t it? You’ve been staring at...”
“No I haven’t!” Hyunjin squeaked, cutting him off.
You covered your mouth to hide your laugh. “Hyunjin, you kinda have been and that’s totally fine.”
He looked like he wanted the floor to open up and swallow him whole.
Changbin patted Hyunjin’s shoulder. “It’s okay. I get it. Y/n is really pretty.”
“Changbin!” Hyunjin swiped his hand away, turning his face away from everyone.
Chan finally intervened. “Alright, alright. Reset from the top. Hyunjin, try not to eat the floor this time, yeah?”
Hyunjin groaned softly. As everyone got into position again, he stepped close to you, voice barely above a whisper. “You do look really pretty today.”
Your heart jumped. “Thank you.” You smiled sweetly at him.
He swallowed. “And I swear I’m not usually this clumsy.”
You laughed. “I know.”
He met your eyes through the mirror. And this time, when the music started again, he didn’t fall, but he did miss a beat or two because he was still smiling at your reflection.
His head turned to your reflection like a sunflower chasing sunlight and everyone noticed.
During a short break, the teasing picked up again.
Seungmin smirked at Hyunjin. “Hyunjin, you good? Need glasses too? Might help you, you know... look forward.”
“Hyunjin’s in love. Hyunjin’s in loveeee.” Han added quietly.
Hyunjin nearly tripped again. “STOP.”
I.N fake squinted at the mirror. “Maybe he’s not looking at y/n. Maybe there’s a ghost behind her.”
Lee Know didn’t even look up from tying his shoe. “If that were the case, he wouldn’t be blushing. Ghosts aren’t that attractive.”
Hyunjin grumbled, absolutely done with them, and walked over to grab his drink.
Everyone stopped teasing Hyunjin just long enough for practice to wrap up. Everyone was exhausted and ready for food, but the group had other plans.
You didn’t notice the glances, the whispering, the suspicious smirks, but Hyunjin noticed. “Oh no.” he muttered under his breath.
You turned to look at him. “What?” you asked, but he didn’t answer.
Instead, Chan clapped his hands loudly again. “Alright everyone! We’re heading to dinner.”
“Yeah, we’re starving.” Han added.
“Absolutely starving!” Felix said dramatically.
“Like death is near.” Changbin agreed with a nod.
You laughed. “Okay, let’s go!”
But then Chan grinned. His eyes darting from you to Hyunjin and back. “Oh, no. We’re going. You two are staying.”
You raised your eyebrow, confused.
Hyunjin froze, wide eyes staring at Chan. “What do you mean we’re staying?!”
Lee Know stepped forward, “We, as a group, decided that Hyunjin needs to stop tripping all over the place and figure out his feelings before he breaks an ankle.”
Hyunjin’s soul left his body. “Guys, it’s not...”
Felix patted his back. “It’s for your own good.”
Chan pushed him gently towards you. “Bond. Talk. Confess. I don’t know. Figure out what’s making you malfunction.”
“Hyung, please...” Hyunjin whined.
“We’ll go get food and be back in an hour or so.” Chan said.
“Bye!” Everyone screamed in chaotic unison.
The door shut. Silence.
“Sooo, they really just left us here.” you said awkwardly, turning to Hyunjin who squatted down and looked like he wanted to evaporate.
Hyunjin rubbed his face with both hands. “I’m going to kill them. Actually kill them.”
You laughed. “It’s fine. We can just hang out until they come back.”
He peeked at you through his fingers. “They think I...” he stopped himself.
You sat down on the floor, stretching your legs, pretending not to notice how flustered he still was. “They think you what?”
“They think I like you.” he finally got out, quietly.
You smiled gently at him. “Well, do you?”
“I...” he looked down, fiddling with the hem of his shirt.
“I wans’t supposed to say that out loud.” he muttered.
You shifted closer to him. “Say what?”
He looked at you, and the moment he saw your face, your glasses slightly slipping down your nose, your hair framing your face perfectly, it slipped.
“I like you. A lot.” he blurted out.
Your breath caught.
He looked horrified. “Wait, no. I mean... yes. I wasn’t going to say it like that. I...”
“Hyunjin.” you said, gently touching his hand.
He froze instantly.
You smiled at him. “I like you too”
His eyes snapped open. “You do?”
You nodded. “I was honestly waiting for you to stop staring long enough to do something about it.” A small laugh escaping you.
His ears turned so red, he looked like he was overheating.
“I wasn’t staring.” he whispered.
“You tripped while dancing and just walking.” You raised your eyebrows at him.
“Okay, maybe I was staring.”
“It was cute.” You laughed softly.
Hyunjin melted just a little. He reached for your hand, getting his confidence back, and laced his fingers with yours.
“Can I take you on a date?” he asked.
You squeezed his hand. “Yeah, you can. I’d love that.”
He smiled, relieved.
Of course, that’s when the door exploded open. Scaring both of you.
“They did it. They’re holding hands! Guys look!” Han screamed of excitement.
“Han, you weren’t supposed to open the door yet!” Lee Know scolded him.
Hyunjin groaned into your shoulder while the others screamed and cheered for the both of you.
Through it all, Hyunjin kept his eyes on you and he didn’t let go of your hand. Not even for a second.
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Yeah, I literally have a ginger cat lol. And yours fits you too! (The picture with the hands from yours was my 5th picture 😂)
✧ Summary: Your new look has Hyunjin tripping, flustered and flat out falling for you... literally.
✧ CW: Flustered Hyunjin, SKZ teasing Hyunjin, mention of food/starving (figure of speech), "I'm going to kill them" (figure of speech), lots of dialogue. Please let me know if I missed anything 💙
✧ A/N: Happy Hyunjin day! 🥰 This was written last night in one sitting and I forgot to schedule it. Oops! lol. I was sleep deprived so hopefully it makes sense cause I didn't read it back.
✧ Masterlist or read on AO3 ✧
You were the first in the practice room. It was quiet, carrying in the stillness of the morning.
You’d shown up early as usual, but today, your freshly cut hair was brushing lightly against your jaw and your glasses were resting on your nose. It felt strange not having your usual ponytail and contacts but the freedom was nice.
You were stretching on the floor, scrolling through music on your phone, when you heard the door creak open.
Hyunjin stepped in, head down, drink in hand and tapping through something on his phone.
He looked up and froze.
“Oh sorry!” His hand was already reaching for the handle. “I think I walked into the wrong room.”
“Hyunjin? It’s me.”
His hand paused. He stared for what felt like forever before the confusion on his face melted into realization. “You cut your hair.”
You nodded. “Yeah, figured it was time.”
He walked slowly back inside. His gaze drifted from your glasses to your newly chopped hair, then right to your eyes. He didn’t say anything at first. He just stared.
Finally, he let out a breathy “Wow. You look... wow”
“I hope that’s a good ‘wow’” you smiled.
He nodded way too fast. “Yeah, totally. I mean, you look... different. But in a good way.”
He stepped backwards without looking and his heel caught on one of the floor markers. He stumbled, arms flailing to catch himself.
You jumped up to help, but he straightened quickly, cheeks turning red.
“I’m fine” he insisted, but immediately tripped over his own foot.
You rushed forward, grabbing his forearm to steady him. He went still, eyes darting to your face, lingering a little too long again.
He ran a hand through his hair, still flustered. “I just didn’t expect you to look like that this morning. The hair, the glasses...” his voice got quiet. “Seriously, I thought someone else was in here. I didn’t think I’d...”
You cut him off “Catch you falling over yourself?”
“Can we pretend that didn’t happen?” He groaned.
“Nope.” You laugh.
The way he was looking at you softened now that the shock was wearing off and it made you think the haircut had been a very good idea.
Before you could tease him some more, the door burst open.
“Hyunjin, did you...” Chan’s voice cut off when he spotted you. “Oh! New look?”
Felix slid in behind him. “Wait, what? Who...? Oh shit, that looks really good on you.”
The rest of Stray Kids and the dancers popping into frame, chiming in with comments, whistles and compliments.
Chan clapped his hands. “Alright, warm up! Let’s run the choreo from the top.”
Everyone took their positions. You moved to your usual spot, directly in Hyunjin’s view.
He glanced at you in the mirror once. Then twice. Then again, quickly looking away, embarrassed when you looked at him.
“Five, six, seven, eight!” Lee Know yelled over the music.
Muscle memory was taking over, you got into the rhythm immediately. Hyunjin did not.
In the mirror, you caught him glancing sideways at you, lips slightly parted, eyes unfocused with admiration. It didn’t match the strong and fast choreography at all.
And then... THUD. The room froze.
Everyone’s eyes were locked on Hyunjin on the floor, knee down, palm planted, hair falling into his face.
“Hyunjin?” Chan blinked, confused and concerned.
Han walked over, suspicious. “No way. Did you just trip over your own feet?”
Lee Know throwing in “What happened? Did the floor offend you or something?”
Hyunjin coughed and pushed himself off the floor, trying to regain some dignity. “I’m fine. I just wasn’t paying attention.”
Felix followed Hyunjin’s gaze to the mirror. Then to you. Then back to Hyunjin.
Felix’s face lit up. “Ohhh! I see.” He said with a mischievous grin.
Hyunjin immediately turned bright red.
“Okay, you don’t get distracted. Like ever. The building could collapse and you’d keep dancing perfectly.” Chan declared, hands on his hips.
Han gasped dramatically. “Wait! It’s because of y/n, isn’t it? You’ve been staring at...”
“No I haven’t!” Hyunjin squeaked, cutting him off.
You covered your mouth to hide your laugh. “Hyunjin, you kinda have been and that’s totally fine.”
He looked like he wanted the floor to open up and swallow him whole.
Changbin patted Hyunjin’s shoulder. “It’s okay. I get it. Y/n is really pretty.”
“Changbin!” Hyunjin swiped his hand away, turning his face away from everyone.
Chan finally intervened. “Alright, alright. Reset from the top. Hyunjin, try not to eat the floor this time, yeah?”
Hyunjin groaned softly. As everyone got into position again, he stepped close to you, voice barely above a whisper. “You do look really pretty today.”
Your heart jumped. “Thank you.” You smiled sweetly at him.
He swallowed. “And I swear I’m not usually this clumsy.”
You laughed. “I know.”
He met your eyes through the mirror. And this time, when the music started again, he didn’t fall, but he did miss a beat or two because he was still smiling at your reflection.
His head turned to your reflection like a sunflower chasing sunlight and everyone noticed.
During a short break, the teasing picked up again.
Seungmin smirked at Hyunjin. “Hyunjin, you good? Need glasses too? Might help you, you know... look forward.”
“Hyunjin’s in love. Hyunjin’s in loveeee.” Han added quietly.
Hyunjin nearly tripped again. “STOP.”
I.N fake squinted at the mirror. “Maybe he’s not looking at y/n. Maybe there’s a ghost behind her.”
Lee Know didn’t even look up from tying his shoe. “If that were the case, he wouldn’t be blushing. Ghosts aren’t that attractive.”
Hyunjin grumbled, absolutely done with them, and walked over to grab his drink.
Everyone stopped teasing Hyunjin just long enough for practice to wrap up. Everyone was exhausted and ready for food, but the group had other plans.
You didn’t notice the glances, the whispering, the suspicious smirks, but Hyunjin noticed. “Oh no.” he muttered under his breath.
You turned to look at him. “What?” you asked, but he didn’t answer.
Instead, Chan clapped his hands loudly again. “Alright everyone! We’re heading to dinner.”
“Yeah, we’re starving.” Han added.
“Absolutely starving!” Felix said dramatically.
“Like death is near.” Changbin agreed with a nod.
You laughed. “Okay, let’s go!”
But then Chan grinned. His eyes darting from you to Hyunjin and back. “Oh, no. We’re going. You two are staying.”
You raised your eyebrow, confused.
Hyunjin froze, wide eyes staring at Chan. “What do you mean we’re staying?!”
Lee Know stepped forward, “We, as a group, decided that Hyunjin needs to stop tripping all over the place and figure out his feelings before he breaks an ankle.”
Hyunjin’s soul left his body. “Guys, it’s not...”
Felix patted his back. “It’s for your own good.”
Chan pushed him gently towards you. “Bond. Talk. Confess. I don’t know. Figure out what’s making you malfunction.”
“Hyung, please...” Hyunjin whined.
“We’ll go get food and be back in an hour or so.” Chan said.
“Bye!” Everyone screamed in chaotic unison.
The door shut. Silence.
“Sooo, they really just left us here.” you said awkwardly, turning to Hyunjin who squatted down and looked like he wanted to evaporate.
Hyunjin rubbed his face with both hands. “I’m going to kill them. Actually kill them.”
You laughed. “It’s fine. We can just hang out until they come back.”
He peeked at you through his fingers. “They think I...” he stopped himself.
You sat down on the floor, stretching your legs, pretending not to notice how flustered he still was. “They think you what?”
“They think I like you.” he finally got out, quietly.
You smiled gently at him. “Well, do you?”
“I...” he looked down, fiddling with the hem of his shirt.
“I wans’t supposed to say that out loud.” he muttered.
You shifted closer to him. “Say what?”
He looked at you, and the moment he saw your face, your glasses slightly slipping down your nose, your hair framing your face perfectly, it slipped.
“I like you. A lot.” he blurted out.
Your breath caught.
He looked horrified. “Wait, no. I mean... yes. I wasn’t going to say it like that. I...”
“Hyunjin.” you said, gently touching his hand.
He froze instantly.
You smiled at him. “I like you too”
His eyes snapped open. “You do?”
You nodded. “I was honestly waiting for you to stop staring long enough to do something about it.” A small laugh escaping you.
His ears turned so red, he looked like he was overheating.
“I wasn’t staring.” he whispered.
“You tripped while dancing and just walking.” You raised your eyebrows at him.
“Okay, maybe I was staring.”
“It was cute.” You laughed softly.
Hyunjin melted just a little. He reached for your hand, getting his confidence back, and laced his fingers with yours.
“Can I take you on a date?” he asked.
You squeezed his hand. “Yeah, you can. I’d love that.”
He smiled, relieved.
Of course, that’s when the door exploded open. Scaring both of you.
“They did it. They’re holding hands! Guys look!” Han screamed of excitement.
“Han, you weren’t supposed to open the door yet!” Lee Know scolded him.
Hyunjin groaned into your shoulder while the others screamed and cheered for the both of you.
Through it all, Hyunjin kept his eyes on you and he didn’t let go of your hand. Not even for a second.
This is where I need YOUR help! I will be dedicating each one shot to a reader. You can choose your member but you will not be able to choose the topic. That will be a surprise.
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Comment your favorite part out of the entire series of Brutal Hearts on this post and tell me why you liked it.
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S - Super by Seventeen
O - Overtime by The Home Team
U - Up Now by XG
P - Pomegranate by Hannah Bahng
S - Specter by Bad Omens
L - Lemon Drop by Ateez
V - Vore by Sleep Token
T - Twilight by Stray Kids
Too lazy to tag anyone rn lol. If you see this, feel free to join ❤️
i got tagged by @seungkw1 and @heartepub to tag nine people i'd like to get to know better! tysm for tagging me 🫶
✧ reading: giovanni's room by james baldwin, give me more book recs i need get back into reading desperately!!!!!
✧ last movie: wall-e (rewatch cuz i adore that movie sm)
✧ last series: alice in borderland s3 + hidden love
✧ last song: i always wanna die (sometimes) by the 1975
✧ sweet or salty: ngl used to have a rlly big sweet tooth years ago but i fear it's kinda died down a little!!! salty rn for me hehe
✧ coffee or tea: tea <3 was told i'd become a coffee addict when i got into a uni but i haven't reached that lvl yet.... i do love a good matcha tho
✧ working on: protocol 😼 (csc)
ʚ reading: not rly reading anything rn unfortunately... i need to get back into reading regularly :') last thing i read was the letters of enchantment series by rebecca ross
ʚ last movie: i barely ever watch movies either tbh. i think the last one i rewatched was castle in the sky (like 2 months ago..)
ʚ last series: fangs of fortune (currently watching slowly) + rewatch of hidden love w rania 🥹
ʚ last song: monsoon by ha hyunsang
ʚ sweet or salty: salty for sure !! tbh i don't like super sweet things
ʚ coffee or tea: coffee :))
ʚ working on: my wrapped event (but procrastinating on it) & making a new carrd
tagging @sinvanish @blue-jisungs @seokminfilm @lexeees and anyone else who would like to join
Reading: Nothing cause I just finished The Menu of Happiness
Last movie: Nosferatu
Last series: Heated Rivalry (Finally gave in. Please no spoilers, I'm only on episode 2 lol)
Last song: Right Hand Girl by Twice (Jihyo's fancams live rent free in my head now)
Sweet or salty: Salty
Coffee or tea: Depends on my mood, but usually coffee
Working on: Been slacking on writing since I'm job hunting (sorry!), but slowly working on the ending of When Did You Stop Loving Me, a request, and writing down plenty of ideas.
No pressure tags: @thebibleophile, @keeperofasecretsecret, @nishimurmur
As a jeongchan bias is chan and jeongin were into the same woman who do you think is winning that conflict? 😭 do you think they'd be salty about it?
Ohh good question! I went back and forth on my decision so many times cause I can see points for both, but ended up landing on neither 😂 They love each other so much so idk if they'd have the heart to hurt one another. They might just back off because of "bro code"😅 But I could definitely see them being competitive about it at first before ultimately being like "you know what, she isn't worth it" lol. I'm curious about your thoughts on it though!
I know no one knows me personally, so this might be hard, but from my writing/rambling/interactions, which member am I more like? I'm just curious about how people view me 😂 Feel free to explain your vote too!
I thought I’d start this one cause it looked really fun. I nominate my boo @thebibleophile to join!
(All pictures belong to their rightful owners on Pinterest)
So i wasnt sure if they wanted us to type in our face kpop group to search, or just put “kpop”. So…I did both! Mostly cause I wasn’t satisfied with the first one…
Kpop lyric, lightstick, concept photo, binder, idol, album cover, concert, laptop, and pegboard: