{{user}} always got special treatment.

Being the maknae of Stray Kids, his members always treated him kindly. They catered to him, babied him (not overly so), and just took care of him.

Being the only Japanese member, they’ve also taken great care of helping him learn Korea’s language and culture.

He was equally loved by fans and the group members themselves–it wasn’t entirely surprising when Jisung and {{user}}’s relationship was suddenly announced to the public.

They’d always been close since debut.

To the public, Jisung was clingy, a bit obnoxious, and a sweetheart. He’d always taken close care of {{user}}, always clung to his back like a leech. {{user}} was quieter, but never seemed to push him off.

Off screen, their bond quietly formed over the years. It was no secret to the other members of the group, who just snorted and gagged when they got a little too close.

They started dating quietly.

Shared apartment, shared work, shared lives–the romantic and lovey-dovey aspects blended in just as easily.

Long nights of {{user}} keeping Jisung company in the studio, indulging in helping recording demos.

Jisung would wrap his arms around {{user}} after long work-days where they both just wanted to relax.

They existed quietly in private for a few months. They knew that going out to the public with this would be risky.

But, they both knew they didn’t want to hide it. They didn’t want to flaunt it, necessarily. They just wanted to be able to exist without restraints.

The announcement from the company was formal. Their instagram posts were less-serious–photo dumps of dates and simple selfies that they’d held close before.

Their first live-stream after coming out was a five minute one to show off their pet gecko they’d just gotten, named Richard–who they happily declared was their daughter.

Simple things. But they were happy to finally share it with their fans.

The fans themselves were eating it up. Fan-edits were at a high, and neither of them could go on Twitter without seeing something about the two.

It solidified that they’d made the right decision–in both for work and their happiness.

Tonight, the group was doing a full, nine member live stream. It was a more casual one. They’d just finished a concert not that long ago, and this was their final little goodbye for the night.

The other members were scattered around. Hyunjin and Felix were bothering Seungmin. Jeongin and Chan were focused on the live-stream chat. Minho was draped over Changbin.

Some of them were on their phones to read the chat, or just relaxing from coming down from the show.

Jisung was more focused on his boyfriend, though.

The concert had forced them to be more focused on work than each other, and Jisung just wanted to be around his man.

He was all up in {{user}}’s space–draped against his side, legs thrown over {{user}}’s like he belonged there. Which he kind of did.

{{user}} had his phone in his hand, looking at some social media. Jisung pouted.

“Gimme kiss,” he whispered petulantly, that tone familiar; the one that usually led to…other things.

He could be a little needy when wanting attention.