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vampwritesstuff · 2 months

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Of all places, I didn’t expect to see this on tumblr, but since I now have the opportunity; I live near Owasso, the town where Nex lived. There are not many news stations that have highlighted this story and it is incredibly infuriating. As a student who takes a criminology class, I brought it up today as a topic of discussion. Thankfully, I have classmates who are quite open minded and who were also upset by this news.

Owasso is notorious for being a “daddy’s money” school and unfortunately a lot gets swept under the rug because of that. I want to point out immediately the huge mistakes that both the school staff, police and the hospital made. I will preface that a lot of information is being withheld, so please recognize this as my own interpretation and much may not be completely accurate.

Firstly, I’ll start off with what has been shared. Allegedly, the altercation was deescalated by a teacher who found the three older girls brutally assaulting Nex in the Owasso High School bathroom. A statement from Nex’s mother described Nex as “Having their head repeatedly thrashed across the bathroom floor.” Despite this, the teacher failed to accompany Nex, who could hardly walk by themself, to the nurse. The school failed to contact any sort of school resource officer or get any kind of medical treatment for Nex.

Nex was taken to the hospital after school where they were treated and then for some, unfathomable reason, was discharged. The next day, Nex returned to the hospital where they then died. Medical reports have not been released and neither has the cause of death. However, police are attempting to push the agenda that Nex may have had a medical condition or that they died of natural causes.

The identities of the girls who did this to Nex have not been shared and it is hard to determine wether they will be tried as adults, if they are tried at all, because as I previously mentioned, Owasso is notorious for trying to cover up anything that may “damage their reputation”. We don’t even know if this will be charged as a hate crime, as hate crimes are highly difficult to prove and be convicted for. But it is unmistakable that there was intention to cause harm to Nex, and whether the assailants show remorse or not will have an effect in any court hearing.

I will end here, but if anyone would like to speak about it with me, or even receive updates (as my own school’s resource officer is going to be contacting the Owasso department, which will then be shared back with my criminology class) please feel free to DM me.

DO NOT LET NEX BE ANOTHER STATISTIC

SHOUT IT

SAY THEIR NAME: Nex Benedict, another 16 YEAR OLD was murdered in Oklahoma, news channels are deadnaming and misgendering them, just like with Brianna Ghey here in the UK. But I urge you to not let your grief drive you to despair. GET ANGRY. Do not become apathetic, do not let grief numb you. Stand united as a community, lean on each other, have each others back. Reach out to any trans individuals of any age and make sure they have support in some capacity. Speak with your family, your political representatives, your school, anywhere, with anyone, that may be able to make some change, whether big or small. Everything builds, that is the power of a movement, of solidarity. If you make life a bit safer for one trans youth once, then you may have saved their life that day. And that kid might then show some other kid that there is hope, and so they live as well. And it grows.

Fly high Nex.

#lgbtqia #transgender #nonbinary #nex benedict #lgbtq #lgbtq community

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vampwritesstuff · 2 months

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the only thing that comes to mind when i read this was the movie "Aliens in the Attic" that movie was a fever dream

"genre-savvy" no i want a genre-unsavvy protagonist. scratch that, i want a genre-deluded protagonist.

i want a protagonist who is convinced until the last possible moment that they're in a lighthearted romcom--despite the proliferation of slasher murders. give me a soccer dad who is just so determined to enjoy family vacation, despite the fact the kids summoned an eldritch deity from the lake. a preteen who is experiencing a coming-of-age saga and annoyed their parents aren't emotionally present (the parents are distracted by a literal zombie apocalypse). endless possibilities

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vampwritesstuff · 3 months

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۫ ִ ׂ💭 ◟♡ ˒ ⊹ ݁ ִ ۫ welcome to vampwritesstuff

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╰　　　➢ about me: 05’ liner, infp, writer, June 16th, she/her

⏖．e﹒ groups: Stray Kids, Ateez, Enhypen

⏖．e﹒ biases: Felix, Wooyoung, Sunoo

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vampwritesstuff · 3 months

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Hello, I was excited to see you're opening requests. I've had this idea brewing in my head but I cannot write to save my life. Am thinking of a version for each SKZ member - overprotective younger brother SKZ who's proud of your success in the corporate world (you're all he talks about and hes got them intrigued), but refuses to introduce his noona to the member because he's wary of their flirtatious ways or even crush on you. And then you turn up at an event to surprise your brother and then... I'll leave the rest to your talented imagination because I don't know what kinda ending I'd want for each SKZ member.

Hii!! Loved this request ! I just did the hyung line for this post, but I will be making a maknae line version as soon as I can ! I hope you enjoy it :))

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vampwritesstuff · 3 months

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🤍 𝐒𝐊𝐙 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 (hyung line)

overprotective!little brother!ot8(separate) x older sister!reader

Request: Hello, I was excited to see you’re opening requests. I've had this idea brewing in my head but I cannot write to save my life. Am thinking of a version for each SKZ member - overprotective younger brother SKZ who's proud of your success in the corporate world (you're all he talks about and hes got them intrigued), but refuses to introduce his noona to the member because he's wary of their flirtatious ways or even crush on you. And then you turn up at an event to surprise your brother and then... I'll leave the rest to your talented imagination because I don't know what kinda ending I'd want for each SKZ member.

cw: none really, just me trying to be funny, the short scenarios are lowkey bad but it was so difficult to come up with different situations and not reuse the same one over and over 😭

Ngl, I giggled and squealed when I saw this request, thank you for being my first request for Stray Kids and I’d be happy to make this for you! Buckle up buttercup, this one’s a long one! This was taking so long to post, and I feel so terrible about that, so I’m going to make two parts for this, the next part being the Maknae line and hopefully that will be done soon! If you guys do enjoy my writing, please consider checking out my masterlist !

Bang Chan

You’re not much older than Chan, but you’re so successful at your corporate job back in Australia that Chan often talks about you to his members and sometimes his fans.

He has for sure mentioned you on his lives, and everyone can see that he really cares about his older sister.

Definitely doesn’t take kindly to fans asking if you’re single or attractive, he’s never given out your name or shown what you look like just because of that.

With the members, it’s not that he thinks they’ll purposely flirt with you, but his protective brother side just gets the better of him and he’d rather not take the chance. The boys are very interested in meeting you but even they don’t know your name or what you look like, and they love their lives enough that they don’t push Chan.

The boys are so confused when you first show up at the concert in Sydney, confused as to who you are until Chan calls you Noona, then they’re all over you once Chan (reluctantly) introduces you to them.

Personally, I don’t think they would be able to flirt with you knowing you’re their hyung’s older sister, which makes you older than them obviously.

I.N and Felix absolutely would ask if they could call you their Noona too 🥹 Seungmin would totally have to hold back on his ‘Chan is so old’ jokes just cause he doesn’t want to make you feel old.

You were waiting backstage for Chan with Hannah, your little sister had practically begged you to come with her to the Stray Kids concert. You hadn’t been to any of your little brother’s concerts before as your job always kept you busy, and you felt a little guilty that you hadn’t been able to attend before now. So when the concert date coincided with your vacation days, you knew you had to jump on the opportunity.

The cheers from the stadium arena were so loud that you wondered how Chris and his members were able to handle it. You kept yourself occupied with Hannah by talking about Chris and his friends, Hannah claimed that they were a rowdy bunch and from what you had seen online while trying to be a little involved in Chan’s idol career, you didn’t think for a second that she was wrong.

You heard him before you saw him, his voice unmistakable to you. He was laughing and joking with his members, whom you regrettably couldn’t name off the top of your head. What can you say? Chan never talks about them with you, and you don’t see much about them often enough in order to memorize them.

“Christopher Bang Chan, what do you think you’re doing to that poor boy. Put him down.” You chided your brother as you saw him walking backstage with one of the boys thrown over his shoulder. The sound of your voice made Chan stop dead in his tracks, making a few of the members behind him bump into him. “Y/n? Noona, what are you doing here?” He asked in surprise, ignoring the looks from his members, as he set down the fox looking boy and walked over to you to engulf you in one of his infamous hugs, he also pulled Hannah in for a hug too despite her protests.

“Decided to surprise you, my vacation days lined up with the concert and Hannah begged me to bring her so.. surprise?” You hummed once he let go, “Chan hyung, are you going to introduce us or are we gonna be left in the dark over here?” Seungmin pipes up. Chan definitely tenses, realizing he needed to introduce you to his friends but you beat him to it, already walking over to them. “Hi, I’m Y/n, Chris’s older sister.”

That’s all it takes for the younger ones to start asking you more questions, and your heart swells when Felix and Jeongin ask to call you Noona as well. “Yes, of course you can!”

Lee Minho

I actually don’t think Minho would talk about you much to anyone but the other members, like yeah, the fans know he has an older sister but any more information they have runs dry after that.

The boys are definitely curious though, cause Minho actually talks about you a lot with them, saying how you’re the co-CEO of a company that raises and donates money for charitable causes.

Even though he shares a lot about you to his friends, he gets weirdly protective over his calls with you cause he doesn’t get to speak with you often.

Literally locked the boys out of the dorm once cause they would not shut up while attempting to say hi to you during one of your rare phone calls.

“I am going to stuff your mouths with tissues and air fry all of you.”

Minho and the rest of Stray Kids were at a fansign event, they were all exhausted. They loved getting to interact with Stay and everything, but it always took a lot of energy from them to keep up with their fans’ excitement. Minho was the last seat, the line of fans seemingly unending to him.

You were at the fansign, unbeknownst to your poor little brother, who had tried so hard to keep you from meeting his rowdy group mates. You had introduced yourself to each member by just your name, and conversation was smooth. Weirdly enough, each boy had felt like they had heard your name and voice before, but they passed it off on being tired. You were the last in line anyway.

Minho hadn’t noticed you until you were literally standing right in front of him, had to hold himself back from leaping over the table towards you. The boys have never seen him talk so animatedly with a fan before. Then they heard him call you noona and they immediately realized who you were.

Chan may or may not have asked staff to keep you afterwards, or it might’ve been Lee Know. You won’t be finding out any time soon.

When the fansign event was over, all of the boys found themselves rushing to properly greet you. But Minho had picked you up and kept you away from them.

“Hyung! Let the pretty lady down!” Changbin whined, but that just spurred Minho to keep you to himself. “Nuh uh! My noona, you guys can’t have her!”

Seo Changbin

You’re his older sister by 5 minutes, yes you’re his twin.

You could’ve easily followed him into the idol industry, Changbin tells you all the time that your visuals would kill. But you just didn’t want that life for yourself, and he respected that.

He’s actually very proud to call you his noona, and doesn’t let anyone forget that he has a successful sister.

“My twin sister is an ambassador for a corporation, and is one of the most reputable women in her position.”

Has told the members how you were his biggest supporter during his predebut days. They secretly admire you very much for that.

Very thankful for you cause they otherwise wouldn’t have Binnie as a member and friend if not for you.

Fans know he has a twin, and you’re actually very active on his socials so fans actually know who you are, they love you. I think the boys at one point looked up your socials and got shy because of how pretty you look, definitely felt a little guilty for thinking like that, but they couldn’t help but agree with Changbin about your visuals.

Tbh, I really don’t think he would try to keep you from meeting them on purpose, they’ve definitely asked but Changbin just never had the chance to set anything up with you since both of you have extremely busy schedules.

“Binnie!” A familiar feminine pitched voice shouted from the front row, Changbin turned around quickly on stage, surprised to have even been able to hear you apart from the crowd.

Changbin excitedly moved over to the other side of the stage where you were standing in the front row, a huge smile on his face as he waved at you. The cameras caught this moment, showing you on the large projection screens in the stadium. The crowd cheered loudly at seeing the Seo siblings in the same place. Obviously, this caused the other members to noticed as well.

For the rest of the concert, each of the boys had, at some point, come around to you and interacted with you a little bit. Changbin made sure to put on a show of shooing them away from you. The rest of the concert was fun, you occasionally appearing on the screen when Changbin would start rapping as you hyped him up, cheering the loudest from your section of seats.

After the concert, some staff had corralled you backstage and a loud, excited Changbin came running up to you and picked you up in a bear hug that made you laugh loudly. Once he set you down on your feet, all the other boys had gathered around to meet you officially. You bowed respectfully as you introduced yourself and the boys couldn’t help but think you were the cutest person to bless their eyes.

Hwang Hyunjin

You’re a famous model that also owns your own clothing line, it’s also very well known that you’re Hyunjin’s older sister.

Hyunjin is always wearing something from your brand, and Stay has made a game out of finding what piece of his outfit is from your brand, it’s even got its own hashtag on social media.

Hyunjin will even model for you when he has the chance to do so, but let’s be fair, he does it everyday anyway.

He’s so proud of you, and always talks about you with anyone who will listen.

Felix is the only member who has met you because you had been at a Louis Vuitton fashion event that Felix had been invited to attend.

Hyunjin definitely wasn’t happy about not being there to introduce you himself. (And maybe worried that Felix had charmed you)

You were sat at a table, enjoying a flute of champagne and eating fancy food that you couldn’t pronounce the name of. These kinds of fashion events had always bored you, sitting at an assigned table with designers and models that you knew nothing about and having to listen to the event host drone on and on about what a privilege it is to have so many guests attending.

But your interest was suddenly piqued when the host announced that they had a few special guest models, all the way from South Korea. Your eyes widened greatly and you nearly spat out your champagne when you watched Hyunjin and seven other males step onto the the runway, modeling random designs. Your brother and his bandmates had come to this event as well and you hadn’t even known.

When the event was over, the guests were left to mingle. You immediately stood from your seat and made your way towards the table you had seen your brother sit down at. When you got there, Hyunjin had his back facing you as he spoke with Felix, who smiled when he noticed you. “This is treason, Hwang Hyunjin.”

Your sudden voice behind him made the poor boy jump in surprise and nearly spill his drink on Felix who just laughed. Hyunjin quickly turned and met your eyes with surprise. “Noona? I didn’t know you’d be here? And what’s this about treason?” He asked, still recovering from the shock.

“Modeling for someone else, I see how it is, your noona’s designs aren’t good enough anymore.” You feigned your sadness dramatically, which had Felix pitching in, “Ah, no worries, I can always replace him as your model!” Which had Hyunjin raising his hands in defense and attempting to sputter out an argument. “I may have to take you up on that offer, Jinnie doesn’t seem to love his noona anymore.” You jokingly pout, jutting out your bottom lip and looking away from your little brother with exaggerated movements.

“I see where Hyunjin gets his dramatic personality from,” Felix says, finally able to see the resemblance now that you and your little brother were standing side by side. Laughs erupted from around the three of you as the other members watched the exchange and saw both you and Hyunjin give Felix the same side eye.

“Oh yeah, I can see a resemblance, right down to their attractive looks too.” Han commented, immediately gaining a scowl from Hyunjin who very much disliked that his friends may think you were attractive, it was already apparent that Felix thought so.

Consequently, this cause Hyunjin to spend the rest of the evening corralling you away from his friends at every chance he got.

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vampwritesstuff · 3 months

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STRAY KIDS MASTERLIST

Welcome to my Masterlist for Stray kids! I hope you enjoy reading what I write for them, reblogs and comments are always appreciated and my requests are open! Please consider checking out my multifandom masterlist as well!

When requesting: Give me a member(s) that you would like to see, also please give me a storyline/plot to go along with, please specify if you are wanting a oneshot or headcannons. I only write fem or gender neutral readers as that is what I am comfortable with.

Please note that I can decline requests and they can take up to a week or so to be finished if accepted, it really depends on my motivation and schedule!

Bang Chan 🐺

Lee Minho 🐰

Seo Changbin 🐰🐷

Hwang Hyunjin 🥟

Han Jisung 🐿️

Lee Felix 🐣

Kim Seungmin 🐶

Yang Jeongin 🦊

Ot8 🎧

Meet you at the Finish Line

SKZ as your little brother (hyung line)

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vampwritesstuff · 4 months

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This is a part of a Wattpad SKZ fan fiction I am writing. Want to read more chapters? Give me some writing ideas.

The dorm was complete chaos and I was right in the middle of it. Clothes and shoes decorating every surface, plates of food left out on the counters and dining table, and all eight boys sitting on the couch facing the television.

Knocking hadn’t received an answer so I had walked in and came face to face with the mess the boys of the K-Pop group, called Stray Kids, seemed to think was suitable living conditions. I was a little surprised because the condition of their dorm was a complete opposite of the recording studio they often worked in.

“Han, why are your shoes right in the doorway? You don’t even wear this pair!” I asked as I walked towards the couch.

I had to keep my eyes on the floor to prevent myself from falling on my face.

“I was planning to wear them today but I changed my mind before I left.” said Han.

“Did you guys have to record today? The new album is coming out next month, right?” For whatever reason, what I had just said made all of the boys turn to look at me at the same time.

“How are you our manager and you don’t know the release date of our album?” asked Lee Know.

“You are constantly recording a song whether it is for an album, an episode of SKZ-REPLAY, or just for the fun of it. How am I supposed to know when you are releasing an album?!” They are always so busy so how am I supposed to keep up with everything they do?

“That’s true but didn’t you decide the date of the release?” Considering Bangchan’s repsonse, I remembered what I needed to tell them the other day.

“I forgot to tell you guys but someone else is taking over the decision making for release dates. It’s too much work for me to do when I am always having to check and see if you are living in a house or a barn.” Lee Know and Hyunjin rolled their eyes at what I said so I glared at them both. They were part of the reason the dorm looked like this!

“Well, she does have a point. Start picking everything up while I start on dinner.” Felix started walking towards the kitchen but I ran after him. I grabbed him by the shoulders, turned him around, and guided him back towards the living room.

“As amazing as dinner cooked by our wonderful Felix sounds, let’s keep the kitchen in one piece, ok? You can make brownies for dessert when I’m done!” Felix glared at me but he laughed soon after. I smiled at him and went back into the kitchen.

I connected my phone to the Bluetooth speaker on the counter and started playing Drive by Bangchan and Lee Know. As if I summoned him, Chan came into the kitchen seconds after the song started.

“Why do you always insist on playing the songs with insinuating meanings when you come here?” Chan asked but then he realized what he said. I smiled because I knew I had won!

“So you finally acknowledge that Drive isn’t about driving?” I grab some pasta from the pantry and turn around to look at him. He shifts on his feet and I can tell he is about to say something.

“Have fun making dinner.” Chan says and then leaves the kitchen. I laugh, knowing that I won this battle but he won’t let me win it again. He refuses to acknowledge the true meaning of the song.

I boil some water and then put the pasta in as I survey the kitchen. While I wait for the pasta to finish cooking, I wash the dishes that are in the sink. One of the dishes on top is a pan that Felix must have made brownies in. I shouldn’t have told him to make them for dessert. All of the boys eat too many brownies but I’m not one to talk. Felix’s brownies are a guilty pleasure of mine!

After I finish the dishes, I go back to the pasta when Hyunjin walks in and he goes towards the sink. Just as he is about to wash his hands, I see that they are covered in paint!

“Hyunjin!! Wash your hands in the bathroom sink. I need to drain the pasta and I don’t want it covered in paint. And when did you start painting something?” I ask as I turn back towards the pasta to turn off the water.

“Changbin is in the bathroom and he is taking forever so I have to use this sink. To answer your other question, I just got an idea of something to paint and I didn’t want to forget.” Hyunjin takes his hands away from the sink and starts to walk out of the kitchen towards the bathroom after he heard the door open.

“While you are back there, call everybody for dinner! We are having spaghetti.” Hyunjin looks back at me and nods before walking down the hall and calling everybody for dinner.

After draining the pasta, I finish making the spaghetti and I see I.N walk into the kitchen.

“I.N, can you set the table?” I ask.

“Sure but can you ask Changbin if I need to set a place for him or if he is going to the gym?” I stood up fast and went towards the entrance to the kitchen.

“Changbin! I thought we were eating together, why are you going to the gym?” I see him right as he is about to walk out the door. He turns around and sets his bag on the floor.

“I guess I can go tomorrow. Chan will probably be able to go with me then.” Changbin walks into the kitchen and I go to Chan’s room.

I knock on the door and he calls for me to come in. I peak my head in to see him on his computer.

“When are you not on that computer? If that computer goes missing, it’s like your entire life will end! Come one, dinner is ready.” I roll my eyes and he closes his computer as he gets up. I walk out the door and he follows behind me laughing.

“That’s because there will be no albums for years if that computer is lost. I have written songs for this coming album years ago and they are all on that computer!”

Chan follows me into the kitchen just as Lee Know yells “Hurry up! I’m hungry!”

I roll my eyes (I seem to be doing that a lot these days but it is definitely because of their attitudes) and walk towards one or the empty seats by the head of the table. Chan sits in the seat next to me but I realize that there is no food on the table. I must have forgotten to fix the plates.

“Let’s fix our plates and eat.” Just as I say it, all of the boys rush to the stove where the pot of spaghetti is. Han is the first one to the stove and he fixes a plate for himself and then Lee Know. Lee Know smiles at him, slaps his butt, and then they go back to the table to sit next to each other. I swear they are always together and I still don’t know why Lee Know is always slapping someone’s butt. It’s funny though!

Seungmin fixes food for himself and then for I.N. It’s adorable how he always looks out for him. I know Seungmin wanted to be the oldest member to have a lot of little brothers but at least he got I.N.

By the time we all make it back to the table, Changbin is almost done eating and he is fixing a second helping for himself. Felix and Hyunjin are talking about matching rings they want to get as if they don’t already have enough. Seungmin and I.N are just now sitting down to eat. Lee Know is showing Han pictures of his cats.

Chan is halfway through his food when he turns to me and whispers, “You might not realize this but all the kids have become happier with you around. You seem to bring an air of ease with you and it relaxes all of them when work gets too stressful. Thank you!” He turns back to his food and then starts talking to Hyunjin on his left but he doesn’t realize how his words impacted me.

Chan might think that I helped them but my life has been made so much better just by being around them!

I smile knowing this isn’t the last day I can spend with them like this!

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▀▄▀▄▀▄ 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐀𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 ▀▄▀▄▀▄

Street racer!ot8 x Professional racer!reader

Synopsis: You get invited to a street race by one of your pro racing friends who claims you need to live a little, you would only be watching so nothing could go wrong, right?

words: 2.5k / content: fluff, this is a more platonic fic, special appearance from some of our ATEEZ boys, best friend!Wooyoung, author is still a baby staytiny so personalities may not align perfectly for everyone, there is allusions to social anxiety about crowds, swearing, terrible attempts at humor, author knows nothing about cars, this is kinda lazy tbh

This concept has been living in my head rent free for several days now, and I figured I would finally write it. Tbh I am not that well versed in street racing/professional racing terms so there definitely will be mistakes, however I hope I can do this justice. Requests are open, and very appreciated! Please be sure to check my profile for my rules on requests.

The black and white checkered flag was quickly coming into view, you could see the other racers in your side views as well. Wooyoung’s midnight blue McLaren 765LT was on your right, the two of you were battling for first place. You quickly shifted gears and took the lead by a few feet, the nose of Wooyoung’s car being not too far behind you.

In seconds, you had passed the finish line, signaling the end of your last lap around the track with the flag waving in your rear view mirror, a triumphant smile on your face as you cruised your Porsche into the pits where you hopped out of the vehicle just as Wooyoung pulled up beside you and towards his pit. The crowd was still celebrating your win, loud cheers from the stadium seats bombarding your ears.

You removed your helmet and placed it on the hood of your car and sauntered over to your friend as he got out of his car and removed his own helmet as well. When he saw you, he smirked at you and held out his hand for a high five, “Nice work, Y/n, gave me a run for my money like usual.” You chuckled and returned his high five, the friendly competition between the two of you was something that you enjoyed and made races less nerve wracking.

“Thanks, honestly I thought you had this one on the last lap.” You hummed as you readjusted your gear, the many names of random sponsors being littered all over the jacket you currently wore. “Who knows, maybe I’ll stop letting you win one of these days, think your ego needs to be brought down a notch.” He jokingly asserted, laughing when you playfully punched him in the shoulder.

A little while later, after you had received your trophy and reward money, Wooyoung found you by your Porsche and approached you with a mischievous look in his eyes, “The boys and I are gonna check out some street racing tonight, I have a friend who street races and he invited me to come watch. I think you should join us, it’d be good for you.” Wooyoung suggested while he stuffed his hands in his pockets and rocked back on the heels of his feet.

You looked at him with some skepticism, Wooyoung was already chaotic on his own but to have him around the rest of the guys and at a street race definitely caused just a little bit of apprehension on your part. “Quit looking at me like that, I swear we’ll behave!” Wooyoung whined at you before a small smile placed itself on your face, “Fine, I’ll go but if I get bored then I’m leaving.” You told him, acting as reluctant as possible just to joke around with him.

“Great! I’ll message you the details later, you better show up.” Wooyoung chided you before he turned on his heel and hightailed it to who knows where. You shook your head with a chuckle and went back to doing a small maintenance check on your car.

When you arrived at the address Wooyoung had sent you, you were surprised to see so many people. You’d always assumed that street races were a lowkey kind of thing, this certainly wasn’t lowkey.

“Y/n, over here!” You heard your name being called after parking, with a look around you find Wooyoung waving to you with Hongjoong and Yeosang by his side. You quickly pushed your way through the crowd of people and took a place beside Hongjoong, “Glad you could make it, Y/n.” He greeted you with a warm smile, “Yeah, I thought you wouldn’t actually show.” Wooyoung teased you, causing you to roll your eyes in mock annoyance, “And I thought you would’ve won today’s race, so I guess we were both wrong about something.” You quipped back with a smirk as the male made an offended expression.

“You wound me!” He whined dramatically and acted as if he’d just be stabbed in the chest, pretending to fall into Yeosang who promptly stepped out of the way, causing Wooyoung to actually fall on the pavement with a loud ‘ack!’. This made you three burst out laughing at the boy’s misfortune.

By the time everyone’s laughing fit was over, and Wooyoung was back on his feet with a pout on his face, San and Seonghwa had found the four of you. They were being trailed by a group of guys that you didn’t recognize, but Wooyoung certainly recognized one of them because he was running towards the male with open arms, both excitedly waving and hugging.

You looked over to Hongjoong with a puzzled look and he just shrugged, “That’s the friend who invited us here tonight, we’ve known him and his group for a while now.” He explained and you nodded in understanding, “Oh, I see.”

“Y/n! Come here, I want you to meet my best friend!” Wooyoung called and you made a face at that, “I thought I was your best friend,” You said, pretending to be offended, placing a hand over your chest. “Well after that comment earlier about me losing to you today, your best friend privileges have been temporarily revoked.” He said in a matter-of-fact tone.

“To be fair, you were the one that doubted my ability to keep my word, but enough goofing around, you gonna introduce me?” You shook your head, seeing that the guy from before and a few others were watching your exchange with Wooyoung. “Oh, yeah! Sorry, Y/n this is Changbin, Changbin, this is Y/n! She races with me.” Wooyoung announced joyfully. Changbin looked at you and smiled, “Nice to meet you,” He said “You as well.” You gave a curt nod.

“Y/n is one of the best on the track, she’s won to many trophies for her own good.” Wooyoung said as he threw an arm around your shoulder, boastfully. “I think he’s more proud of my achievements than I am.” You deadpanned, playfully shoving Wooyoung off of you. Your comment made Changbin laugh, which in turn made you smile. Meeting new people made you anxious, and the crowd wasn’t helping, but Changbin seemed like an easy guy to get along with.

“Y/n, you thinking about racing tonight?” Changbin asked as you all gathered into a group around Hongjoong’s Mazda, you had yet to learn the names of the seven other guys that San and Seonghwa had brought along. Everyone looked towards you and you shift nervously at San’s side, “I wasn’t planning on it,” You said, “Why? You would totally kick ass, you’re probably better than half the amateurs here!” Wooyoung exclaimed, only to be smacked in the back of the head by Seonghwa.

“I highly doubt she could beat Chan hyung, he’s insane at racing.” One of the boys piped up, he had a round face and brown eyes with black hair, he had a slimmer build compared to Changbin, who was broad and quite buff. “Han, stop bragging about me, I hate when you do that.” Said another one of them, most likely Chan. Chan shook his head and looked away in slight embarrassment.

“Why don’t you two race each other then?” Suggested Yeosang, gaining many responses of agreement. You shook your head in disagreement, however. “I just came to watch and have fun, besides, I’ve never street raced before.” You admitted, and Hongjoong gave you a pat on the shoulder.

“Sounds like you’re just scared to me,” Said the puppy looking boy, he had a shit eating grin on his face as he watched you perk up. You heard San sigh beside you and could definitely say that he was shaking his head without having to look at him. “Well, now you’ve gone and done it.” Seonghwa groaned, swiping a hand down his face in exasperation.

The group of males looked at each other confused as to why their friends were reacting in such a way. “Okay, fine, one on one race. Right now.” You piped up, now standing straight up with your arms crossed over your chest. “Ah, Y/n doesn’t take kindly to being called a coward.” Wooyoung explained to Changbin and Chan as he saw them looking confused. Seungmin laughed lightly, “Okay, let me go get it figured out with one of the race hosts.” He walked off and disappeared in the crowd.

“Sorry ‘bout Seungmin, he likes getting under people’s skin, I’m Felix by the way.” Said a blonde guy with freckles and a bright smile, he looked like sunshine. “Don’t worry about it, nice to meet you Felix.�� You said with a small smile, “Besides, I love proving people wrong.” You added and held back a chuckle when you hear Wooyoung’s groan of reluctant agreement, having been on the receiving end on numerous occasions.

When Seungmin came back, he said that you and Chan would race in an hour. So you decided to spend that time getting to know everyone. You learned several things about all of them, like how Chan was the oldest and he was from Australia as well as Felix. Lee Know was a quiet guy, most of the time, but you could tell he was a genuine person and he cared for his friends. Changbin and Seungmin were very knowledgeable about cars, and it was nice to geek out about the newest models with people other than Yunho and Jongho.

You also learned that Hyunjin was the one who designed all of the paint jobs on their cars, “That’s so good, definitely will come to you next time I need something like this,” you commented when he showed you some of his latest designs, he seemed to beam at that. Han was good at fixing cars up, you learned, he apparently liked to find ‘less than ideal’ cars and fix them up. You figured out the Jeongin, or I.N as everyone called him, was the youngest but he was the best at drag racing out of their group.

“Oh, looks like it’s almost time for Y/n and Chan to race.” Yeosang mentioned casually when he looked at the time. You nodded, and without wasting time you headed to your Porsche and made your way to the starting line. When you reached it, Chan was already there, in a Ford Mustang that had a gorgeous and intricate design, obviously designed by Hyunjin.

When you pulled up, Chan waved at you from his driver seat, you smiled and waved back before your view of him was blocked by Wooyoung. “You better win, missy, I have good money bet on you.” He said in a chiding tone. You shook your head in amusement, “Yeah yeah, whatever. Didn’t take you for the gambling type, I’m disappointed.” You joked, dryly. The nerves were finally starting to pick up, you tapped your nails on the steering wheel.

“Hey, it’s just a race, no pressure. It’s not like it is on the track, you got no sponsors to impress and nothing to lose. Except my money, but that’s beside the point.” Wooyoung said, noticing your little nervous habit. His little added humor made you laugh and relax a little better, “Thanks, Woo. If I win, remind me to treat you to some of that takeout you like so much.” You laughed as he jumped in excitement.

After a good pep talk from Hongjoong as well, a man explained the rules to you and Chan, explaining that it would just be a simple ‘there and back’ race. The length was about the same as a drag strip, so you would have to make every second of this count.

Once the flag was brought down, your tires were screeching on the pavement the moment you pressed the gas. Lots of people were on the side lines of the strip, cheering and waving as you drove by. You looked over to see Chan’s mustang not far behind you, your current speed about seventy-nine and climbing higher by the second.

Chan was pulling closer so you pressed the gas even further, the turn coming in fast. You would have to drift to make the turn, but drifts were not your strong suit. Most of the time, you were very sloppy when it came to drifting.

Back with the others, Wooyoung and Yeosang were dripping with worry and they had all their attention focused on your vehicle as you quickly approached the turn, I.N took notice of this and asked Seonghwa why the two men seemed so nervous. “Y/n is gonna have to drift in order to make the turn, but she’s not too great at drifting. They’re just worried about her, but I’ve seen her get out of some pretty sticky situations so I think she has this handled.” Seonghwa explained to the younger male.

“Wait, so she’s going to drift despite her lack of ability? Isn’t that dangerous? What if she gets hurt?” Felix butted in, having heard the conversation. Just as Seonghwa was going to reply, two very loud gasps caught their attention. It was Wooyoung and Yeosang, everyone looked to your Porsche just as you had completed the drift, and successfully. It wasn’t the cleanest drift, but it was better than any previous attempt you had made before.

Cheers erupted as everyone watched you and Chan race back down the strip to the finish. Wooyoung was jumping up and down with Yeosang, both excited over your drift. You and Chan were now side by side, until you shifted into a higher gear and took the lead only by a few feet before you crossed the finish line with the flag girl waving the flag around wildly.

Wooyoung whooped and hollered loudly as he pushed his way through the crown and towards your car, everyone following not too far behind. When they got to you and Chan, they saw you both shaking hands with smiles.

“That was probably the most fun race I’ve had in a very long time, Y/n.” Chan told you as he shook your hand, a large smile spread over his face. “Thanks, I haven’t made a drift that good since I started racing.” You laughed, turning in time for Wooyoung to tackle you in a hug and he picked you up and spun you around. “That was amazing! Your drift was the best one yet! Now you just need to keep practicing like than and you’ll be the drifting queen in no time!” He celebrated as he set you back down. Everyone was laughing at the exchange.

“Hey, maybe next time we can see how you race on the track, what do you say?” You asked Chan as you went back over to the group. “Oh, that sounds like so much fun! Can we Channie? I wanna see you guys race again! That was so fun!” Felix jittered about, like a little ball of energy. Chan chuckled and nodded his head, “Sure, and I’ll make sure I beat you on your own track, too.” He said, turning to you with a determined smile. You laughed at that, “Okay, let me know when and I’ll get a time slot for us.” You winked at him and laughed seeing his cheeks go red.

“I’ll just have to meet you at the finish line, then.”

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