Lee Minho loved fairytales. When he was a little boy, his mother used to tell him all of them, from the beautiful Snow White and the poisonous apple which almost took her life, to Hansel and Gretel and their adventures while fighting the evil witch. But as years passed, he realised something.

Fairytales were exactly that. Fiction.

He would never imagine that, years later, his life would consist of so many things he thought not to be real.

Minho crossed worlds on accident, without any warning. It happened when he was at his lowest, so lost that, when the white light appeared in front of him, he considered it the consequence of having too many beers. It felt like a fever dream, touching the light, getting through it, but once he got to the other side and heard her voice, it got way more real.

And just like that, everything he ever thought he knew about the world appeared to be different.

None of the fairytales felt like fiction to him anymore once he faced the girl he once loved, the girl who had died in a fire a year earlier. Her other self. The other, different version of her and all of his friends.

You may wonder, if there was another version of every single person he knew, wouldn't there be another Minho as well?

There was. Or there had been.

When Minho went through the portal, there was this indescribable coldness. Emptiness. And as time passed, he noticed something about the others.

They were scared of him. They hated him.

So it made him wonder, too. What happened to the other Lee Minho, the one who lived in that 'other world'? What had he done?

Question after question, still with no answer. It was tough being an outsider with a reputation his other self was responsible for. Soon enough, he was introduced to a whole new spectrum of possibilities, and a whole new mystery to solve. A dark force, something bigger than all of them and more terrifying than his worst nightmares, something that would make him question his friends as well as his enemies, and most of all, himself.

꧁ PLAYLIST ꧂

TAPE 1:
JET BLACK HEART - 5 seconds of summer
ABSENCE - moonbyul
EVERYWHERE - niall horan
INCEPTION - ateez
BLACK SWAN - bts
OVER AGAIN - one direction
FEAR - seventeen
MONSTER AMONG MEN - 5 seconds of summer
RUN - bts
DADDY ISSUES - the neighborhood

TAPE 2:
THERE YOU ARE - zayn
ONCE IN A LIFETIME - one direction
SWEET CREATURE - harry styles
SUNSHINE - stray kids
LET HER GO - passenger
HOME - one direction
BROKEN - lovelytheband
EVERYTHING I DIDN'T SAY - 5 seconds of summer
FIRE ON FIRE - sam smith
IF YOU DON'T KNOW - 5 seconds of summer

TAPE 3:
B ME - stray kids
WITHOUT ME - halsey
PHOBIA - stray kids
THE ONLY REASON - 5 seconds of summer
SAFE AND SOUND - taylor swift
GRAVEYARD - halsey
FAR TOO YOUNG TO DIE - panic! at the disco
CENTURIES - fall out boy
SOMEBODY TO DIE FOR - hurts
11 MINUTES - yungblud ft. halsey & travis barker
LOSING YOU - wonho
BIRDS - imagine dragons
THE VIEW - stray kids

[my spotify is babylix so make sure you check out the playlist]

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꧁ CAST ꧂

📼 LEE MINHO, 23
THE MANIPULATOR
"You're everything
everyone wants you to be.
And what does it lead to?
To you being thrown around
like a ragdoll."

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📼 LEE FELIX, 21
THE SUN
"Going to bed earlier doesn't
mean getting more sleep.
It's just more time for
making up fake scenarios."

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📼 LEE DAHYE, 21
THE ROSE
"I just keep thinking — if I
loved the wrong person this much,
imagine how much I will
love the right one."

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📼 BANG CHAN, 23
THE KNIFE
"I don't know about you,
but I'd rather be cruel
than stay naive and
get stabbed in the back
once again."

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📼 YANG JEONGIN, 20
THE SWEETHEART
"You don't belong
anywhere. If you keep
pushing everybody away,
you never will."

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📼 HWANG HYUNJIN, 21
THE ICARUS
"It doesn't matter
what colour your skin is,
who you love or
what you identify as,
I fucking hate all of you."

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📼 HAN JISUNG, 21
THE MEMORY
"When holding on
hurts more than letting go,
that's when you
get the fuck out of there, dumbass."

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📼 KIM SEUNGMIN, 21
THE SKY
"Well, would you
look at that, Pinocchio.
Seems like you won't turn
into a real boy after all."

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📼 SEO CHANGBIN, 22
THE STORM
"Well, well, well,
if it isn't the consequences
of my own fucking actions
coming to bite me in the ass."

WITH ADDITIONS OF MEMBERS
OF OTHER GROUPS IF NECESSARY
(basically just them simping over twice, svt, bts and nct while red velvet, the boyz, ateez and exo members appear as non-famous characters)

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꧁ DISCLAIMER ꧂

Book contains sensitive topics such as character deaths, issues with mental health and alcohol use. It may also contain mature language or mentions of mature scenes.

None of the characters in the story are based on real people. The members of Stray Kids have nothing in common with the characters, they only share names and looks, therefore the traits, religious beliefs, sexual orientation and family status of the characters are not connected to them in in any way.

There will be both straight and gay relationships in this book, so if you have anything against reading either of those, don't be hateful.

A/N:
oh here she is with another book...

yeah as i explained a while ago, this is something i had in mind for my dear stays, so i hope you'll enjoy it cause i'm loving the creative process so far!

please let me know how you like it so far! the characters? the whole vibe? what are your hopes and speculations? you know i love your feedback so don't hesitate to let me know anything that's on your mind, please :)

p.s. i suggest you read this in dark theme, using super sans pro font, as small as you possibly can, it just makes it look better lmao. still, if you have any other preference, it's completely fine<3

edit: decided to make ryujin the face claim for dahye because i have been feeling a lil gay and she's part of the reason. some fans say she looks a little bit like felix and i can kinda see it so why not :D