Chris sighed, still hugging Riley around her waist as he looked at us. "Well..." he started, rethinking his sentence again. He closed his mouth before he said anything else, just looking at me and Hyunjin with pity in his eyes.

"Fuck," I mumbled. I looked at Hyunjin, still laying on his chest to see him already looking at me. He wasn't happy about how that sounded either.

"I am kidding," Chris chuckled, seeing our faces. "Our manager is great, he thinks it's a good idea."

"Stop making fun of things like that!" Amy exclaimed.

"Shoot, I should call my manager too," I realized, but before I could even stand up and take out my phone, Amy was already up, saying she'll call him instead. "Okay," I chuckled, shaking my head. I definitely didn't mind being able to stay laying here for longer.

"When exactly are we doing this?"

"Tomorrow," Chris answered with a small nod for himself. "Our manager said he'll prepare everything for tomorrow, so just chill out," he smiled. "Are you guys really okay with it though?" He asked once again, this time towards the girls. "I mean... it's kind of a big step, don't you think?"

"I am more than okay," Riley answered to him right away. "I'll be known as Banh Chan's girlfriend," she laughed. It definitely sounded good in her ears.

"Yeah, I don't mind either," Laska chuckled, looking at the male she was sitting on.

"I..." Hana started, looking at the male, who was currently cuddling to her. Seeing Seungmin so whipped for someone was surely surprising.

Seungmin looked at the girl, "It's fine if you don't want to, don't worry."

"No, I wanna help, just..." she looked at me this time, sighing before she glanced at Chris. "Would it be possible if people only knew he was dating but not with who? I... I don't want my name and face to be everywhere."

"Of course," Chris nodded, giving Hana one of his warm smiles.

"I don't wanna speak for Amy, but I believe she doesn't mind," I said, seeing a smile appear on Jeongin's face.

"I know she doesn't," Christopher chuckled. "We both know how she is."

Amy came back when we were all quiet again. Not even awkward silence this time as we were all just resting our minds after everything. The only sounds you could possibly hear were from Felix's phone as he was currently playing some game with Laska still on his lap.

"Guys," Amy spoke up, getting our attention as she slid back next to Jeongin. "Coby was already planning something, but he said if we want to do it our way we have to do so today."

And just like that, the relaxing ended and we were all on our way out again. Chris was calling their manager again, holding Riley's hand, which she definitely didn't mind, as we were walking to their cars.

"Just sit somewhere," Chris muttered, opening his car so we could sit in before walking a few steps again to talk to his manager.

Changbin and Minho were the other drivers so dividing into groups wasn't that hard.

Riley ended up in the front of Chris' car, looking at him calling through the car window with Laska, Felix, and Jisung behind her.

Astran managed to get himself a place in the front too. Changbin behind the wheel soon after. The two of them got joined by Seungmin and Hana, while I, Hyunjin, Amy and Jeongin got into Minho's car.

Amy sent Jeongin to the front next to Minho so she could sit next to me, telling me it will end well.

"I know, I know," I chuckled. "Thank you." I smiled. "For doing this. You guys could have just told us to stop seeing each other to end the rumors, but you chose to do this."

Amy chuckled too, shaking her head. "You know I do anything for you," she smiled, nudging my shoulder with hers. "Now, let's go show the world my beautiful face," she laughed.

It didn't even take 5 hours for everyone to know. As soon as we got to the building, stray kids' manager took us to the room he specifically picked, repeating to the boys what they agreed on and telling the director too.

"Okay, girls," his sight ended up on Astran, quickly glancing at the boys as he was surprised to see a male there too, "and you," he said towards Astran, clearing his throat before continuing. "You can wait on the side while they talk about you, okay? If possible, do you think we could also shoot a part where you talk about them? Just show people that you guys like each other."

I looked at the girls next to me, seeing them nodding. "Oh, but, blur Hana's face and name, alright?" I spoke up, smiling at the shorter girl next to me. Their manager nodded, walking away to the cameraman.

"Thank you, Izzy," Hana smiled, only making me come closer to her and hug her.

"Always," I mumbled into her shoulder.

"You guys will do great," Astran assured the girls with a warm smile. "You better tell everyone to fuck off," he then chuckled towards Amy, going for a high five with her.

Amy grinned at the boy, high-fiving with him. "I will."

"What am I supposed to say?" Hyunjin looked confusedly at his oldest member. "I'll just think of something," he mumbled afterwards, turning his head back towards the camera.

"You'll do great," I whispered, making sure he would still hear it. He smiled, nodding.

"STAY," Christopher started once the camera was on. "You guys know we'll forever love you, you make stray kids stay, remember? That's still true, but all of us have feelings, and there had to come a time when we fall in love."

"Just like when you go to other idol's concerts," Seungmin mumbled, trying to make the whole mood a little easier.

Chris chuckled, "Yeah. And today, we would like to tell you that the rumors about Hyunjin dating are true, and he isn't the only one."

I turned around so I wouldn't need to face them, chuckling. "This is kind of cringe, don't you think?" I asked my friends, getting a nod from Amy as she was watching it, getting a second hand embarrassment.

"They should just tell them to fuck of and kiss us on the camera," she mumbled, laughing.

"I feel especially sorry for the team that has to edit this," Riley muttered, also trying not to laugh. "They have to edit it by today, that's so much work to do."

"God, we're really making their lives harder."

We calmly listened to the others talk, looking at each other from time to time, either thinking how cringe or cute that was, until Changbin came forward, also going to speak.

I glanced at Astran, with a confused smile on my face. "He's talking about you!"

"I noticed," Astran chuckled, not taking his eyes off Bin. "Gosh, he's so cute."

"Girls," their manager, waved at us, saying to come up to them and stand next to our partner. "Astran, come here too."

After we talked about everything the director needed, explaining our relationships and that Hana's face is blurted out for personal reasons, we were free to go, finding out the editor team managed to finish everything in less than four hours once we got back to the boys' dorm.

"Wow, it's already out," Felix muttered surprisingly when he noticed there was a new YouTube video on their profile. "They are fast."

"Damn, already?" Riley took out her phone, finding out he was telling the truth. She scoffed, "couldn't be me."

"Do we want to know what the comments look like?" Hana asked carefully, cuddling up to Seungmin again.

"They are actually nice," Felix answered, scrolling through them. "Okay," he scoffed. "I already found like ten comments simping for my girlfriend."

Laska next to him laughed, complimented by the situation. "And one of them is from Izzy!" He explained, feeling betrayed.

I laughed, getting a look from Hyunjin. I was sitting on his lap once again, his arm around my waist. "I mean, hey, all of my friends are hot," I shrugged.

"Okay, whatever," Hyunjin mumbled and I nudged his shoulder.

"I still love you the most, don't worry," I grinned at him, creating a smile on his face.

"I love you too," he smiled at me, pulling me closer to himself. I smiled, only leaning closer to him to get my kiss.

And just like that, we were kissing in front of our friends again. And definitely not for the last time. 

Okay guys, this is officially the end haha I hope you enjoyed it even though it was cringe, weird, and everything else you can think of lmao but it's fine because if you stuck to the end it only means it wasn't that bad. 

Please, never let me write in first person pov again 🤪 

Well anyway, thank you for sticking around and I hope to see you in more of my fics (I swear they are better than this one) in the future. I already have some planned for y'all so you can look forward to that :))