#OH MY GOD SOMEONE PLEASE GET THE AED MY HEART IS PANICKING

[felixthekoala]

Here Today, There In Five Seconds

Type: Stray Kids Scenario (I might make this into a series, I got some good ideas if people like it enough)

Pairing: ReaderxStrayKids (I haven’t decided who she’ll end up with)

Description: One second you’re on the beach in Hawaii.  The next, you‘re in Seoul, standing right in front of your idols, Stray Kids.  Will they be able to help you figure out how this happened and how to get you back?  Warning-  feelings may develop along the way…

You leaned back into the sun’s bright rays, smiling at the warmth.  You were in Hawaii for winter break and you were determined to soak up as much sun as you could before you had to return to your cold and rainy home.  Taking a dip in the Pacific Ocean seemed to be the perfect way to do so… 

After flinching at the initial cold of the saltwater, you quickly adjusted and stepped further in so your knees were submerged.  Admiring the glittering teal water, you noticed a small shape face down in the water a few feet away from you.  Without hesitation, you sprinted over to it, and discovered a small girl.  She wasn’t breathing.  You scooped her body up and ran towards the shore, laying her down.

“Somebody!  Get a lifeguard!”  You yelled, as you shook her body gently to try to stir her.  You placed your ear right above her mouth, and suddenly felt a small puff of air.  You shot up and looked into her now-open eyes.

“You saved me,” she said, smiling.

“Of course,” you replied, helping her sit up.

“Please accept this necklace as my gratitude.”  Wow, big words for a small girl. She placed a silver necklace with a beautiful pale turquoise charm into your hand, closing your fingers over it.  .

“I don’t need anything in return, here, you can have your necklace.  It looks very valuable.”  You tried to hand it back to her, but she pushed your hand back towards you.

“No, please, I won’t take ‘no’ for an answer.”  You sighed, and clipped it around your neck.

“Okay, if it’ll make you happy.”  She smiled brightly, and hopped up.

“I wish you luck with all your life’s adventures,” she said, and skipped down the beach, leaving a very confused lifeguard carrying an AED.  Not very punctual, is he?  You made your way back into the water, the cold much less evident after having been in the water already.  A sudden playful laugh from five feet away attracted your attention to a group of friends, probably only a couple years older than you, laughing and having the time of their lives.  You sighed.  If only you could have a friendship like that.  You found yourself imagining you could be like that with your idols, Stray Kids.  They hadn’t even debuted yet, but you saw their survival show and admired them so much for their dedication and talent.  Not to mention they had the most amazing personalities.  You could only imagine how fun it’d be to have such personalities as friends of yours.  I wonder where they are right now.  I hope they’re at home getting some much-deserved rest.  No sooner than you had thought that, a feeling of vertigo washed over you, so bad you had to shut your eyes.  When it finally passed, you opened your eyes, finding yourself face-to-face with non other than the members of Stray Kids, bundled up and staring at you with a look of pure shock.  You could only imagine your face mirrored theirs.  Suddenly very aware of your lack of covering in a snow-covered city, you were assuming that city was in Seoul, you shivered and began shaking.  Shorts and a crop top didn’t exactly cut it in twenty degree weather.  Finally finding your voice, you said the first thing that came to mind.

“What the hell?!” 

Chan was the first to recover.  He took a step towards you and studied your face.

“How did you get here?  Where did you come from?” he asked in English, glancing at your current attire.

“I’m not exactly sure…” you began slowly, still trying to process your situation.  “One second I’m in the Pacific Ocean, the next I’m freezing my ass off wherever I am now.”  You tried to limit your sass, hopefully it was enough.  You kind of lost that filter when you were practically dying of hypothermia.  A sudden movement from behind Chan caught your eye.  It was Felix, your bias.  He walked toward you, subtly pushing past Chan.

“God, Chan, she’s cold.  Give her a break, she looks as confused as we are,” he chided and you nodded, although with your shivering you probably appeared to be having a seizure.  “Here, you must be freezing, take my coat.”  He held his winter coat out for you, leaving himself in just a sweater and a  scarf on top.  You hesitated.

“Are you sure?  You’ll be cold without it,” you asked, mentally shaking your head at yourself.   God, I’m so pathetic, you thought, caring more about his well-being than my own.

“Look, you’re in practically nothing and it’s freezing out here.  I’ll be fine.  Will you please take it?”  

“Okay,”  You conceded, reaching out to take it from his outstretched hand.  “Thank you.”  Pulling it on, you resisted the urge to sigh in relief at the warmth from the coat.

“So, uh, what’s your name?”  Chan asked, moving back towards his place from before Felix pushed past.

“(y/n).”

“So, (y/n), let’s get you inside first, and then we can figure this whole thing out when you’re warm and in, uh, slightly less revealing clothing,” Chan suggested.  Even freezing to death, your face flushed with heat when you remembered what you were wearing.  It’s amazing how long it takes you to process things when you’re cold.  Like the fact that you were practically half-naked in front of your biggest idols on the planet.  That hit you like a truck.  You cleared your throat.

“Oh, um, okay.  But you know you don’t have to do this.  You’re not responsible for helping me.”

“You really think we’re going to just leave you here to die?  We’re not that bad, (y/n),” Felix laughed, nudging your arm with his elbow.  You could tell that was his subtle way of saying ‘don’t even try to argue’.  “Come on, let’s get you warm.”  You followed Felix, Chan in tow.  It was impossible to ignore the loud flopping and squelching sounds coming from your flip flops, and you cringed.  Just when you thought you were finally getting the hang of walking on ice in wet flip-flops, your foot skidded over a thick patch of ice.  Everything seemed to happen in slow motion as your feet were suddenly uprooted, your body headed straight for the ground.  Before you could make contact with the pavement, a pair of strong hands latched themselves under your arms, pulling you back upward.  when your feet found the ground again, the arms were still around you, and you were staring into Chan’s eyes.

“Wow, uh, thanks! That would’ve been painful,” you thanked him, getting slightly flustered.  his arms still hadn’t left yours, and his eyes still bore into you.

“Don’t mention it.  I guess you really are our damsel in distress.”  You had to look away to hide your blush.

“I guess that makes you my knight in shining armor?”  Chan winked, and you laughed.

“Stop messing around, let’s keep moving,” Felix ordered suddenly, his voice gruffer and grumpier than before.  Chan immediately released his hold on you and you righted yourself, turning to face Felix.  Was it your imagination or did he seem angry about something?  Was it because of your clumsiness?  You knew it could be a problem at times, but you had never thought it would anger someone.  You didn’t want any tension or anything, so you sped up to catch Felix.

“Hey, I’m sorry if I annoyed you.  I’ve been working on being less of a klutz but obviously it’s not working out too well.”  His face softened as he turned to face you.

“Don’t worry, I’m not upset at you.  It’s nothing.”  He paused for a moment. “But I do think you should use my arm for support.  Take it from someone who grew up on the beach- walking in wet flip-flops is no easy feat.  Especially on ice.  We wouldn’t want you to fall and break your tailbone or anything.”

“Hah!  Been there, done that,” you laughed, remembering your various sports injuries.  You listened to his suggestion, though, and grabbed his outstretched arm.

“Oh really?  Do tell.”

“Well I used to play soccer at a super competitive level.  Like a step down from professional.  And I would get injured a lot from the collisions.  One time I collided with a girl and landed hard and poof!  I had a broken tailbone.”

“Wow, that sounds painful.”

“Oh, it was.  Sitting, standing, I was constantly in pain.”  You stopped to glance at him.  “Sorry, I’m talking your ear off.”

“No, no!  Please continue, it’s nice to talk to another English-speaker.  Chan never lets me talk to him in English because he wants me working on my Korean.”

“Oh that must be so tiring, I’m sorry.  That really sucks.”  He nodded.

“Okay, we’re approaching the dorms,” Chan announced.  “(y/n), please put your hood up so it covers our face and look down.”

“Uh, alright.”  You thought it best not to argue. 

As you approached the building, it suddenly became very clear why they covered you up.  A throng of girls stood in front of the building, phones and cameras at the ready.

“Ah, shit,” Chan grumbled.  “I was hoping there would be less.  Felix, you’ll have to sneak her around the back.  We’ll go through the front and distract them.”  Felix nodded and took your hand, guiding you through a relatively hidden path.  Your heart beat erratically as your hands made contact, and you hoped he wouldn’t notice your face flush.

“We have to move quickly, you never know when they’ll pop up,” he warned, pulling you along.  You, being your typical clumsy self, slipped on the ice a few times, but Felix helped you regain your balance every time it happened.  Finally, you made it inside unseen.

Inside their dorm, Felix sat you down on the couch in the living room and disappeared down the hallway after an ‘I’ll be right back.’  While waiting, you realized you had forgotten about your phone.  You pulled it out of your pocket and checked your notifications.  Luckily, you didn’t have any panicked messages from your mom, she was pretty blasé about your whereabouts, as long as you weren’t drinking or anything.  

“Here you go.”  You jumped at his voice, your phone falling out of your hands and onto the couch.  “Put these on, you’ll be much warmer,” he said as he tossed you a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt.

“Thank you, you really don’t-” once again, he cut you off.

“It’s really not a problem, please just put them on?”

“Okay.”  He directed you to the nearest bedroom, luckily with a lock, and sat down on the couch.  You chuckled at the cute mess of a state the room was in.  It was nice to know they weren’t completely perfect.

Once you had gotten dressed, the other boys had joined Felix in the living room.  Felix made room for you to sit on the couch, and Chan proceeded to grill you.

“Where were you before, uh, this whole thing happened?” he asked.

“I was on the beach in Hawaii.”

“How did you get here?  I mean, you just appeared out of nowhere.  How is that possible?”

“To tell you the truth, I’m as clueless as you.  I have no idea how this happened,” you told him, still shivering despite the clothes.  You were indoors, but it takes a while to warm up after being that cold.

“(y/n), do you need a blanket?”  Felix asked, grabbing one from the other side of the couch and putting it around you.  You smiled in gratitude and turned back to Chan, who had begun speaking again.

“Can you walk us through what you were doing?  Maybe that can help us figure out how to help you get back,” he suggested.

“Alright.  So I was on the beach and I waded into the ocean.  I saw a group of friends laughing and having fun together and suddenly I was here,” you explained.

“Hmmm.  Did you say or think anything right before you, uh, did whatever you did?”  You thought for a moment.

“I was, uhm…” you hesitated, remembering what you were thinking about.  “Those friends reminded me of you guys and I wished I could have a friendship like yours.  And then I wondered what was going on with you guys, just out of curiosity, you know?”  Chan nodded, listening carefully.  At least they weren’t flipping out about you knowing them or being a fan.  “I remember wondering where you guys were for the holidays, if you were home with your families getting to rest, or something else.  That was the last thing I thought before, you know, poof…”

“I have an idea.”  Chan turned to Hyunjin and told him something in Korean.  He jumped up and ran down the hallway.  “Okay, (y/n)?  Can you think about where Hyunjin is?  Just think ‘where is Hyunjin?’  Can you do that?”

“Mmhmmm.”  You took a breath, and did what he asked.  All of a sudden, that same feeling of vertigo came over you again and you shut your eyes tight.  When you opened them, your face was a foot away from Hyunjin’s.  You yelped and whipped around, surveying your surroundings.  You were no longer in the living room, but in a bedroom.  You froze, completely in shock.  How is this happening?? Still startled, you stumbled out the door and back into the living room, just barely missing a couple walls with your face.

“(y/n), I think we just figured out how to get you home,” Chan said, smiling.

“Really?  That’s amazing, thank you guys.  How do I get home?”

“Wait- before you do anything, let us say goodbye,” Chan demanded.  “While it may not have been an ideal meeting, I don’t regret meeting you, (y/n), I hope we can meet again.”  You smiled.

“Yeah, I’d like that.”

“Don’t forget your phone.” Felix ran over and handed you your phone from the couch.  “It was a pleasure meeting you, (y/n), happy holidays and good luck with this strange gift you have,” he said, hugging you tightly.

“I’ll miss you guys.  I can’t believe I got to meet such admirable people,” you told them, smiling to cover up the melancholy feeling of having to say goodbye.

“We’re admirable?”  Jisung asked, laughing.  “You’re the one who can teleport!”  Since when did he speak English? you wondered.  Had he understood everything this whole time?  Who else did?

“True, but you guys are still way cooler.”  You had to admit, though, what you could do was cool.

”Let’s agree to disagree.”  Chan joked. “Now, let’s get you home.  What I figured out is that when you think about where someone is, you travel to where they are.”

“Why hasn’t this happened before?  I’m sure that wasn’t the first time I’ve wondered something like that.”

“I’m not sure, maybe you just developed it for some reason.  But that doesn’t really matter, you can do it now, and you have to start being more careful about what you think.  You don’t want to be in the shower and suddenly pop up in the middle of the street naked.”

“Uh, yeah, that would be even more awkward than the situation today.”

“Yes, so let’s hope that doesn’t happen.  Now, I think to get you back, all you have to think is ‘where is that beach I was at?’ if that doesn’t work, I have another idea, but try it.”  You breathed in, and followed his instructions.  Suddenly the vertigo feeling was back.

“I feel it, it’s working.”  Cheers erupted from the members.

“Goodbye, (y/n)!”  they exclaimed as the feeling got stronger.  The last thing you saw was all the members smiling and waving at you before you were back on the beach.

The rest of the day was much less exciting, and you couldn’t help but wish you could have hung out with them longer, but you knew that was ridiculous.  They probably were happy to get rid of you.  You thought about Felix, and how sweet he was.  He was probably just being polite.  You doubted he even wanted to be friends.  A ping from your phone pulled you from your thoughts.  You opened it, revealing a message from a new contact named Felix.

<hey, I swiped your phone from the couch and called myself on it to get your number, hope you don’t mind.  I just wanted to be able to see you again.  The members do, too, so feel free to pop by any time!  Hope to see you soon. -Felix>

a/n:  Me again! Agh this was so fun to write, but it was soooo much longer than I expected, hopefully that’s a good thing XD.  Feel free to let me know if you want me to make this into an ongoing story, if you liked it, or if you have any suggestions for how to make it/my writing better, I love feedback! Thanks for reading, and I hope you liked it :)