hiiii! I was gonna post earlier, but I thought like what better day to release this new chapter than stray kids debut anniversary and comeback day?! They've made incredible progress from District 9 and produced 5 mini albums in a really short time. Instead of just 'vomiting' out the songs to produce them faster, they put effort into conveying a special message in each song and you can really feel their sincerity. they have such a long way to go and this is only the start of their journey. keep dreaming big and jumping towards the sky stray kids, because this stay is gonna stay with you for the day you touch the clouds.
"I can't believe we still haven't gotten a cab," Chan groaned, waving his arm above his head.
"Relax, hyung, there's one now." Changbin waved at a cab coming up the street.
The car stopped and the driver poked his head out. "You boys looking for a ride?" There was something about this driver that Chan didn't like. His oily smile and the way he leered at them rubbed Chan the wrong way.
He stepped back, drawing Jeongin behind him instinctively. "No thank you, we don't need a ride." Even as worried and anxious as he was to get back to the members, he still kept his wits about him and remained on the alert.
"Hyung, why not?"
Chan shook his head slightly at them.
The driver grinned creepily. "Seems like you do." he patted the car side. "Hop in,"
"No, thank you." Chan said firmly, so firmly that the cab driver knew that there was no arguing.
"All right, if you say so…" The driver rolled up the window and left.
"Why'd you do that, hyung?" Jisung whined, hitching up the huge equipment bag over his shoulder. "We're never going to get a cab!"
Chan's heart was still pounding from that encounter, but he said evenly, "That guy wasn't good news; I could tell. We'll just wait for another cab."
"There's one," Jeongin hopped up and down, signaling wildly to the cab.
"It's so late," Chan worried, checking his watch as they walked up the stairs. "I hope we go out to eat dinner soon. We need to rest for tomorrow,"
"Stop worrying," Jisung reassured him as he knocked on the door. He waited then knocked again.
"You hit too softly," Changbin pushed past him and banged on the door.
"Changbin!"
"Well, they're not answering!" Changbin raised his hand to bang again but Chan shot him a severe glance.
"People are sleeping," Chan reached forward and knocked firmly. No one opened the door.
Chan frowned and dialed Felix's number. This time, Felix didn't answer.
"What's up with this?"
"Uh, hyung," Jeongin coughed and pointed at the door, which their knocking had caused to open slightly.
"It wasn't locked-" Chan shushed Jisung. Warily, he took out his phone to make sure he could reach it and dialed the number for police just in case.
He motioned for the other three to get behind him and then ever so slowly, pushed open the door.
He blinked his eyes, momentarily blinded by the light that had just been switched on-
"SURPRISE!" The rest of the members leaped out of nowhere, waving balloons and streamers. They pounced on him gleefully, all talking at once.
"Do you like our surprise, hyung?"
"I bet you didn't guess at all, did you?"
"I helped make it like Australia for you, hyung!"
"All right, calm down." Woojin cut into the excited babble. "Let him breathe,"
Without the horde mobbing him, Chan was finally able to look around at the dorm. On the windowsill, a bridge had been built out of LEGO. Cardboard fins wrapped in tinfoil were arranged in a formation Chan recognised on the coffee table. In the corner was a big blow-up balloon kangaroo, seemingly waving its paw as it rocked back and forth, a baby wallaby. Sand had been spilled in a corner of the room and there were several umbrellas positioned on it. Balloons and streamers hung everywhere and pictures of Chan's favourite food were pasted on the walls. There even seemed to be a smell of Australia in the air; fresh and clean with a slightly salty tang.
"This is really nice!" Chan beamed at all of them.
Felix cleared his throat, stepping forward. He had a cap with the words 'Tour guide' on them. "G'day mate, welcome to Straya! May I show you around this bloody beaut of a city?" he asked in his best Australian accent.
"I'd be stoked!" Chan laughed at the member's expressions.
"First up, we have the Sydney Harbour Bridge." Felix waved a hand towards the bridge. "Really great for scenic views, and for taking pictures."
"Sick!"
"Many ankle biters and their families love to come here," Felix winked and Changbin, holding a toy, ran over and began to speak loudly.
"I love the bridge!" Changbin said in a baby voice. "Can we take pictures?"
Minho strolled over, playing the part of a bored mom. "No… you. I-aigoo, can I speak in Korean?" he switched over to Korean. "You can't because you're too ugly, kid."
"And over here," Felix directed Chan to look at the coffee table. "Would any gent like to guess what we have here?"
"Me!" Chan waved his hand in the air, thoroughly enjoying the confused looks on the member's faces. "Sydney Opera House!"
"Good on ya! Let's listen to this awesome piece of music!" Felix motioned and Woojin cleared his throat importantly, stepping to centre stage. He had on a powdered wig and a long bathrobe.
Spreading his arms wide, he opened his mouth and belted out a note, letting it reverberate powerfully, very unlike his normal smooth singing style. Warbling his way through the entire song, he let shred an incredible high note at the end, somehow managing to hold it perfectly at that pitch.
The members all burst into enthusiastic applause. Woojin grinned and took a bow, the wig dropping off his head. Jisung rushed to get him a glass of water and he took a long drink.
"Thank you so much, hyung," Chan laughed, clapped him on the back. "That was so good!"
"On to the next section," Felix went over to the kangaroo in the corner. "Here's the National Zoo,"
Seungmin popped up, wearing another cap that read 'Zookeeper'. "Here's our native animal, the kangaroo. His name is… Bang. And this baby kangaroo is named Chan. No copyright intended."
Chan kept a straight face. "No Wucka's,"
Seungmin's face took on a confused look. "Pardon?"
"Never mind," Chan admired the kangaroo while Felix chuckled into his fist.
"Next up, we have Bondi Beach," Felix led him to the pile of sand.
"What's uh- what's with all the brollies?" Chan indicated the umbrellas.
"Ah, glad you asked!" Felix nodded at Jisung and Jeongin, who quickly sat under the umbrellas.
"The sun is so hot!" Jisung fanned himself coyly. "I have this umbrella- yes, so I'm not hot!"
"Me too!" Jeongin shielded his eyes from the imaginary sun.
"Gnarly!" Chan grinned. That term was particularly suited for this moment because it was mostly used by surfers.
Felix laughed. "I love how we're throwing out all the Australian slangs we can think of,"
"Yeah man!" Chan high-fived him.
"Right, now onto our last section, this bloody amazing restaurant, 'Turnip the Beat'." Felix smiled as Chan chuckled happily. Turnip the Beat was one of his favourite restaurants in Australia and he was touched that Felix remembered.
Felix touched some of the pictures pasted on the wall. "Here are your favourite foods,"
"Mhm." Chan licked his lips appreciatively, "Looks good enough to eat!"
"Ah," Felix held up his hand and Hyunjin came rushing out of the kitchen with real food- all of the food that had been pasted on the wall; vegemite on buttered toast, chicken parmigiana, meat pies, barramundi, avocados…
All of the food, Chan noted with delight, were foods that they hadn't eaten that afternoon but were many of his favourites. He was ecstatic that his friends got to eat many Australian delectables in one day.
"Welcome to Hyunjin's restaurant!" Hyunjin said in heavily accented English. Chan found his accent kind of cute and he found it even cuter when Hyunjin curtseyed, saying, "Here are your favourites!"
Chan beamed at him. "Did you guys prepare all this yourselves? You can't have had more than a day to plan this!"
"My mum conveniently sent me a jar of vegemite." Felix explained, "The barramundi we found at the grocery store on the way back and Woojin asked the restaurant this afternoon to help him package up a chicken parmigiana. Minho got his uncle to send the meat pies and Jeongin stole some avocados from his classmate's desk."
"I didn't steal!" Jeongin said, blushing heavily. "Woojin-hyung told me to text my classmates last night to ask who had avocados and my friend brought it to school for me."
Chan was overwhelmed. "All of you went to such trouble for me? I-I ca-"
"Don't start crying on us, hyung," Minho interrupted. "Let's sit and eat before the food gets cold."
Chan inwardly thanked Minho for shaking him out of his sentimental moment but on the outside he pouted, saying, "Well thanks to that, I won't Minho. But you're right, let's sit and eat; the food looks delicious."
miroh is an absolute bop, go listen to it if you haven't you cowards. the beat is unique and addictive and i absolutely love the topline. i haven't listened to their whole album enough to judge but i do kind of like all the songs. apparently they have 12 mil right now as im writing (nearly 24 hours) but youtube only put that they have 6.3 mil which is such a scam. i really hope they can get their first win with this because i really don't know what else can get them that win if this can't. stream miroh and support stray kids.
luv you guys!
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