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⠀⠀ ( 2:33 Ꮺ ) ⠀DREAM are kihyun’s inseparable bonds, the friendships that won’t snap even after they’ve been tested with the many petty squabbles and rising tensions that come with trying to figure out if you have what it takes to survive in the cut-throat world that idols inhabited. after all, you don’t spend the overwhelming majority of your teenage-into-young-adult life with seven other people (or twenty seven, in its most extreme) just to continue to harbour a grudge for them because of the time they accidentally tripped you up in the practice room back in 2014. it didn’t work like that—it couldn’t afford to work like that. he’s a part of them as much as they’re a part of him, and the blood between them is anything but bad. he treasures his members, adores them more than himself and lets that fact be known whenever he’s given the opportunity. he found his first home in DREAM, and although he’d drift off to others occasionally, it would stay like that for as long as he was an idol—and even longer still.

마크 & 기현⠀───⠀MARKI

they were close from the first introduction. the first time mark saw the freshly-twelve kihyun standing in front of the rest of the new trainees he felt like he wanted to wrap him up in a hug and try to help him with his homework even if he was stuck on the same questions. kihyun felt similarly drawn to mark; he thought the older was cool, especially when he found out that he could rap, and even more so when he learnt mark was from canada—a place that, to him at the time, felt & sounded further than he’d ever be able to go. they bonded over their similar interests and things in common quickly and fell into easy friendship even quicker, fast becoming one of the more common pairs to see around together in the breaks they got from lessons or practices.

kihyun considers mark to be one of his main support systems and, to the surprise of some, mark thinks the same of kihyun. they bounce off of each other with ease and are never far away from laughter when they’re by each others side. they can share quiet affection or loud admiration, mark tripping over himself to be involved in whatever kihyun’s doing and kihyun eager to be near mark and latch onto his hand, or hang off of his back. they crack jokes and share food and trade compliments like a second nature.

mark’s graduation hit kihyun hard, as it did with the rest of the dreamies. he’d lost a major pillar of his life, someone who’d been there since his early teens and stayed there to where he was then, because of a system that had been decided by the company. he was born two years too late, and now he’d have to try to get through things while feeling as if he was standing on unsteady feet. of course they kept in contact, tried to meet up as much as they could outside of the schedules they no longer shared, but it felt infinitely harder. the day they all got the news mark would be rejoining for good felt like one of his happiest. he’d never screamed louder, hugged him tighter. he had someone he loved right back by his side again, and this time there was no threat of him leaving anytime soon.

nowadays they’re as close as ever—closer, even. there’s never not a moment in any content, even if it’s just for a second, where mark’s not throwing himself over kihyun and peppering him with air kisses and over-the-top affection, and kihyun’s pulling a face and complaining that “this hyung likes me too much” when in reality he’s holding him just as tight. they’re two burning stars, staying close and shining on.

런쥔 & 기현⠀───⠀RENHYUN

renjun seemed like everything kihyun wanted to be at fourteen, even if the older was only fifteen himself: cool, calm, and collected. kihyun was drawn to him, wanted to get on his good side and make friends with the newest trainee face around the company, but didn’t exactly know how to start up a conversation. the problem wasn’t a language barrier (as kihyun had heard renjun was bilingual, and that only served to make him think of him as even cooler) but rather his own fear of messing up. it seemed a little out-of-character for him, even then, but kihyun was scared he’d try and say hello and then his voice would crack, and then his laces would come untied when he turned to try and run away, and then he’d fall flat on his face in front of him while renjun scoffed and rolled his eyes before stalking off like the rich villain in a kdrama, never to speak to him again.

mark had burst out laughing when kihyun relayed his worries to him, and it took a small pep talk and promise to buy him ice cream for kihyun to finally reach out and make the first move by striking up a conversation with him after a dance practice—and, of course, when he did he found that all his fears were baseless after all. while it was a little hard to find some common ground to bond over at first, their shared love of singing soon broke the walls for them to find more and more shared qualities, and before long they were sharing smiles and breaking out into laughter over inside jokes that they refused to share the details of to any others asking.

their affection for each other only grew over the years they shared together. while most of dream and other members were known for and seen being clingy with renjun, always pestering him for attention and the like, kihyun seemed to be one of the only ones that had his constant hugs and entangling of fingers and hands trailing from hair to waists to dangling earrings reciprocated. it wasn’t all of the time, but it was more often than most—and kihyun took those moments and treasured them, giving back whatever closeness he got tenfold.

renjun also works as someone who helps to calm kihyun down in his more overexcitable moments, to slow him on his fast-track path. his energy and the speed at which he always wants to move are usually good things, but sometimes they’re less so. sometimes he goes too fast, and starts to spin out of control. those times are when renjun steps in to put a hand on his shoulder and tell him to take a breath, to steady himself on his feet before he runs risk of falling headfirst. that’s mainly where their dynamic stands now: a wild rocket of a mood-maker and his quiet guiding star, full of often overlooked—but very much there—love for one another.

제노 & 기현⠀───⠀JENKI

kihyun declared jeno as his new favourite hyung after his very first conversation with him—much to mark’s dismay. he just felt like he loved him already, the feeling too large to be kept to himself for long. there was so much to like about jeno that kihyun felt like he needed to share it with everyone, that he needed to cling onto the older boy every chance he got. they bonded over jeno running through routines that kihyun just couldn’t seem to get down with him after most of the other trainees had left, sneaking out of the dorms for late-night runs for ice cream or doughnuts even if they knew they were supposed to be on a diet, their shared hatred of maths, and sending songs they thought the other would like back and forth.

seeking out jeno’s attention became something of a second nature as the months went on. if he’d found a new and cool-looking game his first instinct was to find jeno and tell him that he might like it, if he’d done particularly well in practice the person he told first was most likely jeno, and if he wanted to go out to eat the person on the top of his list to ask to accompany him was.. well, jeno. they did everything they could together, and while some thought kihyun was more of an overly clingy and at some times too-much dongsaeng than a friend, for jeno he was one of his closest companions in the company, someone he held just as dear to him as jaemin. he would always be found indulging kihyun, giving in easily to whatever he asked with a smile and a laugh as he let himself be tugged along.

in an effort to try and repay him for all of the times jeno had went along with whatever kihyun had asked of him without complaint, he started to try and reciprocate—to try and throw himself into whatever jeno liked as much as the older did to things he preferred. videogames was where he thought to start, and jeno was beyond flattered when kihyun first asked to play with him, seeing as the younger had made his dislike for them known, complaining whenever he was asked to join in that they couldn’t keep his attention for more than five minutes. despite this, he started asking to join a party or hop on a game whenever he had nothing to do and jeno was playing and tried his best anyway, both of them screaming and jumping around and celebrating far too loudly whenever the other got so much as a kill. jeno thinks kihyun makes gaming more fun, and kihyun’s happy as long as jeno’s happy.

if jeno was a planet then kihyun would be his orbiting moon, never straying far or leaving for long (if at all). he’s said on more than one occasion that he’s one of the members he likes the most, and that’s a sentiment that’s very much reciprocated.

해찬 & 기현⠀───⠀KIHAE

much like with renjun, kihyun felt a little intimidated by donghyuck when he first met him. he’s never admitted it to the older vocalist—and probably never will, because he knows full well that haechan will never let him live it down—but when he was younger he had a bit of a crush on him. he just seemed like the ultimate mood-maker, the sun that brightened up every room he walked into with the added bonus of having the voice of an angel. he stuttered and stumbled and embarrassed himself through their minimal conversations, always walking away with his cheeks feeling uncomfortably warm and heart jumping in his chest before he ran to find mark and complain about how much of a fool he’d made of himself. and while mark wasn’t exactly as eager to encourage kihyun to push through his fears and start a proper conversation as he would be with renjun, he at least tried to assure him that it wouldn’t be as frightening as it seemed and diligently listened to all of his rants while providing head pats or words of comfort where appropriate to do so.

he finally made the first move a few weeks before the one of their monthly evaluations when he wandered into what he thought to be an empty practice room only to find donghyuck still going over his lines for his performance by himself, looking a little delirious from lack of sleep and who knows what else. he decided that in that moment it was probably more important to make sure the older boy was alright instead of worrying about how his hair looked, and only took a small moment to hype himself up before going over to ask if he was feeling okay. it was a little awkward at first, but haechan’s stubbornness that he needed to practice soon fell flat when faced with the full force of kihyun’s growing desperation with his attempts to get the older to take better care of himself. that evening was the catalyst that set off them quickly becoming as thick as thieves in the coming weeks after that, and donghyuck has mentioned once or twice that he’s still thankful for kihyun reaching out that night when he could’ve just as easily bowed out and left the room instead.

kihyun’s crush faded into something more like general admiration for haechan as they got closer. music was something they both treasured and usually their moments of bonding included swapping playlists or raving about the latest release from an artist they both liked, breaking out into impromptu karaoke sessions no matter where they were or who they were with and often dissolving into so much laughter that none of the words could be made out. they’re each others biggest fans, always on the sidelines of whatever one of them is doing (standing offside at solo shootings for concept photos or music videos, behind the glass watching on for recording sessions, one watching with fond eyes as while stylists poke and prod at the other—the list goes on) to coo and take pictures and shower the other with compliments, waiting ready to wrap them in a hug or latch onto their side when they’re done.

and although their love for one another is usually showcased in nothing but the loudest of ways, they can be quiet when it fits them too. it can be seen in the small linking of their pinkies if one just needs something to ground them, the offering up of shoulders for the other to sleep on in the car rides back to the dorms, the silent smiles of reassurance and comfort whenever needed. they’re twin comets, racing each other through the sky and leaving playful trails of starlight behind them.

재민 & 기현⠀───⠀KIMIN

kihyun and jaemin didn’t get off to a great start. kihyun had already been at sm for a good few months before jeno & jaemin joined the rest of the trainees, and while with jeno it was an instant connection, with jaemin it wasn’t quite as easy. the older boy’s initial nervousness at the new place, the new routine, the new people he had to be around pretty much all the time translated into some slightly awkward behaviour around the rest while he got accommodated, and kihyun misread it as something of a cold shoulder. where jaemin was more talkative or playful with the others he felt stilted and odd to kihyun, and his natural response to that was to blank him completely. he barely talked to him if he didn’t have to for any smrookies content, barely spared him a smile if their eyes met or they passed in the halls, and even if he was in the middle of talking to jeno, if jaemin came up to them he would make his excuses and slip off.

he would’ve stayed petty and rude for far longer had jeno not stepped in a few months into the cold war brewing between the people who had quickly become two of his closest friends. he couldn’t stand the people he loved most hating each other, and so one day he ushered both of them into the dorm room and shut the door firmly behind him as he left, pleading with them before he bolted to “make up? please? for me, at least!”

when they took that chance to sit down and talk things out, and jaemin revealed that he was just feeling a little out-of-place and awkward (and a little intimidated of the younger boy, since he’d been there a while longer than him), kihyun was beside himself with embarrassment and apologies—which jaemin brushed off easily, and assured him was fine. from that day on (to jeno’s immense delight) they started to make the tentative first steps into friendship, and it didn’t take that long before they were as close with each other as they were with jeno. they cracked each other up with their less-than-stellar and heavily accented english, playfully bickered over green tea and hot weather and all the other things one liked but the other didn’t, and on occasion snuck out to find new places to eat or just to escape when it all felt a little too much at the dorms.

on and off camera it wouldn’t be a surprise to see one of them clinging to the other, or pulling any number of strange faces at each other and then bursting into fits of laughter while the others look on in confusion. they entertain themselves easily and are never bored when in the other’s company. instead of anything else in space, they’re the aliens on unknown planets—in their own worlds when they’re together, doing and saying things that only make sense to the two of them.

辰樂 & 기현⠀───⠀HYUNLE

there was a shared interest they both had in one another right from the start, but there was also a few hurdles to jump over too. the first was the language barrier, chenle not being the greatest at korean and kihyun wanting to burst into tears as soon as he so much as looked at a chinese dictionary after a sudden burst of inspiration to learn the language. renjun came in handy with that one, but he wasn’t always around, and when he wasn’t the two had to resort to online translator websites (which, while they worked, always caused a bit of awkwardness while one waited for the other to type out what they wanted to say). the second was the lack of time they had to really sit down and get to know each other, seeing as chenle joined a mere two months before they were set to debut. there was so much for the newcomer to do, what with the choreography he had to learn and lines he had to record and lessons he had to go to, that he never really found a minute of downtime to sit and talk to his same-age friend.

they only really got closer a month or so after their debut, when everything had slowed down a little. they found their need for the translation websites were lessening, and they were able to talk more freely and were soon cracking jokes and starting playful arguments like they’d known each other for years instead of only a handful of months. they were practically attached at the hip, teaming up to reign terror over the other members and having far too much fun doing it. the rest weren’t sure if it was a blessing or a curse that they’d found each other. their chemistry is easy, natural, and they bounce off of each other with ease. with them it’s less showering the other in compliments and the like and more trading playful insults or disses (even while they’re wrapped up in each other’s arms backstage or in a practice room). they’ll complain about each other on every platform they own in all languages they know well enough to type in and then post a cutesy selca on instagram the very next day.

they’re always around each other, in one form or another. on the phone or texting back and forth when not together for practice or a schedule, one crashing the other’s live by either coming under the guise of ‘keeping them company’ when they really only turned up to be (lovingly) annoying, or just to crack a few jokes (and, if it’s on instagram, to play around with the wide array of ridiculous filters) then disconnect, or hanging out at either chenle’s apartment or out and about. the younger’s apartment is the guarenteed place you could expect to find kihyun if he isn’t at the dorms or wandering around in the city—he practically lives there, staying over most nights and not coming back for a good few days when he does. he says it’s purely to mooch off of his food and massive television and comfortable sofas, but the rest know it’s really for the company.

the pair of them are the sole pieces to a two-piece puzzle, slotting perfectly in place. they just seem to fit, and anyone would agree that it’s a little strange to see one without the other somewhere in the vicinity. they can always be found together, deep in conversation (or gossip, usually) and trading laughter and matching grins the entire time. kihyun complains chenle’s like an asteroid, always floating around him and threatening to crash, but really he thinks of him and their friendship more like a galaxy, wide and neverending.

지성 & 기현⠀───⠀HYUNSUNG

when kihyun first met jisung he had the same thoughts mark had had of him when they had first been introduced. he almost immediately wanted to wrap him in a hug and pinch his cheeks, play with his hair and tug at his ears and help him with his homework. in some ways jisung reminded him of seonmin, but without all the dribbling and crying and other behaviours his then-four-year-old half brother had possessed. jisung could do nothing but stand there red-cheeked and take all the affection that was being thrown full-force at him, and he never made any move to discourage it or tell kihyun to tone it down—which, of course, only spurred him on more. the older vocalist would tell the whole world about his favourite dongsaeng if he could, and makes that fact known at a minimum of three times a day.

as well as the constant babying (that jisung was subject to from all of the other dream members), kihyun made a new hobby of annoying him as well. taking full advantage of how easily the younger boy scares by jumping from around corners or sneaking up on him when he was least aware, initiating playfights at any given moment with no prior warning (and providing a whole host of sound effects, making a show of being knocked to the floor whenever the younger so much as waved his fist in his direction), and ruffling his hair far too hard to be affectionate at any given opportunity—even if most of the time it took a jump or for him to stand on his tiptoes in order for him to actually reach the top of his head—became his new favourite activities, and while jisung grumbled and complained and whined every time they happened he (again) never once told him to stop. it’s an open secret that he doesn’t mind at all, one that none mention because they know it’ll only embarrass the maknae further.

but as much as he loves to tease him, kihyun tries his hardest to be someone jisung can turn to when he needs support, too. for every lighthearted jab there’s a glowing compliment for how well he’d done that day (even if all they’d had on schedule was the usual practice), for every punch on the shoulder or attempted shadow box there’s a quick pat on the back in passing or heartfelt hug around the waist when he could grab the opportunity, and for every ruffle of his hair there’s twice as many kind pats or soft untangling of the strands. it’s no secret that jisung is the one kihyun spoils the most, too, always popping into the dorms after an afternoon out with a new trinket or item of clothing that he’d bought with money saved up simply because it reminded him of the maknae.

even if the displays of affection aren’t always reciprocated, anyone with eyes could tell that jisung appreciates everything he gets from kihyun, and tries his best to repay it in his own ways—like with his own stuttered compliments about how kihyun had done in a particular performance, or sending quiet messages after the day is over thanking him for what he’d done and wishing him a good nights sleep, or (on rare occasions) wrapping the older vocalist in a tight hug of his own. jisung for kihyun is like the sun, and the older boy is every single one of the planets surrounding him—everywhere all at once, and always right by his side.

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