You gave a happy wave to the person at the desk before you headed to the elevator to head up to the floor where the boys lived. Your arms were laden with bags full of holiday related goodies and decorations and you had to use your elbow to bump the correct button.
It wasn't long until you were at the door to the boy's dorm and pushed your elbow onto the door bell. You waited for a minute, and upon nobody coming out, pushed the door bell again, this time a bit longer. "Yo let me in!" you shouted at the door, "my fingers are about to fall off!" that seemed to do the trick as a moment later the door swung open.
"Ah sorry, just woke up!" Jeongin apologized as he let you into the dorm. You took note of his messy hair and agreed that he looked like he just woke up.
"It's past noon!" you scolded, though, you weren't too shocked. Knowing the boys and their sleeping schedule (moreof, lack of sleeping schedule), this wasn't the first time you've come over in the afternoon and hardly anyone was awake. It was why you never stopped by in the morning anymore.
"What did you bring?" he asked as he took one of the bags from your grasp and brought it to the living room.
"Holiday decorations!" you smiled brightly in response as you dropped the bags in front of the couch.
There was a moment of silence as Jeongin thought about what today was, "it's barely December!"
"And I refuse to let you all miss out on the holiday cheer," you answered firmly.
"I've already heard Hyunjin play Mariah Carey 6 times." The blue haired boy muttered under his breath.
"Is everyone else still asleep?" you couldn't help but ask.
"Chan is, I think Changbin and Minho went to work out. Felix, Seungmin, and Jisung are getting lunch, and Hyunjin is in his room."
"And he made you answer the door?" you quirked an eyebrow at the youngest member of Stray Kids who was still cutely rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He gave a nod of affirmation and you promptly shouted, "Hwang Hyunjin get your butt out here!"
He poked his blond head out from behind the door and his face morphed into a grin, "hey!" he bounded out of his room and wrapped you in a hug, which you eagerly reciprocated. "I didn't know you were coming over!"
"I literally texted the group chat." You deadpanned, still mildly annoyed that he made Jeongin climb out of bed to answer the door.
"Oops."
"Anywho, I noticed you haven't started decorating," you frowned as you gestured to the dorm bare of decorations.
"Yeah," he replied with a sheepish smile, "haven't got the chance."
"Well we're doing it now!" you told him excitedly and gestured to the bags of decorations you brought over.
"Oh my gosh yes!" he screamed wih more excitement than you.
There was a flopping sound and the two of you turned to see Jeongin collapse on the couch, "too tired." He muttered.
"You literally just woke up," you pouted in response.
Hyunjin waved him aside, "I'll grab my phone and we can play christmas music as we set things up." He then rushed over to the bags of stuff, "I think we have some other christmas decorations stored somewhere," he thought aloud before rushing off to another part of the dorm without even touching what you had brought.
There was the sound of the door unlocking and you looked over to see Seungmin entering the dorm. "Hi!" you gave an eager wave and his face broke into a smile.
"Hi (y/n)!" he returned your wave excitedly as he kicked off his shoes and came to you with open arms for a hug.
"(y/n)'s here?" you heard Felix's voice and saw him and Jisung pop their heads out from behind Seungmin. Their faces both broke into grins and they gave you their own greetings.
"I texted the group chat," you took your phone out and gave a little wave to prove your point, "do none of you read your texts?"
"I saw it!" Jisung waved his hand around as he shrugged off his coat.
Felix let out a flustered sound, "I saw it too! I just didn't realize you were already here." His voice faded as he pulled you in for a hug in greeting.
"Well I'm here now!" you smiled brightly as you hugged him back.
"I found so-wah!" Hyunjin's yell took everyone's attention as he tripped over what seemed to be nothing and dropped the boxes with a loud crash.
You let out a worried sound as you ran over to him, Felix right beside you while Jisung and Jeongin cackled with laughter, "are you okay?" you asked him as he got back to his feet.
"All good!" he responded with a thumbs up.
There was the sound of a door opening and you looked up to see Chris sleepily staring at what was happening outside of his door. His hair was a mess and it was obvious by the way he could barely open his eyes that he just woke up, "what broke?"
"Nothing!" Hyunjin hastily responded as he stacked the boxes back on top of each other. "Everything's fine!" Chris blankly stared at Hyunjin for a couple more moments.
"Don't worry about it!" you reassured the leader, "I'll make sure they don't break anything. Get the sleep," you shooed him back into his room, he looked like he needed it. Chris continued to stare blankly before he gave a nod and turned back to his room, shutting it behind him.
"So I found a christmas tree." Hyunjin broke the silence and Felix grabbed one of the boxes and brought it to the living room where the other decorations were.
"Are these all the decorations you own?" Seungmin asked as he pulled items out of the bags you brought, "what about your own apartment?"
"It gives me more reason to hang out with you guys, right?" you grinned as you dodged the question. They'd probably throw a fit if they knew you went out and specifically bought decorations for them to use.
"I'm always happy when you hang out with us!" Felix smiled sweetly at you.
"Me too!" Jisung shouted as he wrapped you in a back hug while Seungmin, Jeongin, and Hyunjin nodded in agreeance.
"Well I'm always happy to hang out with you too! So it's a win-win!" you then saw Hyunjin pull out the christmas tree and couldn't help but give it a disappointed look, "that's your christmas tree?" he set it down onto the ground and fluffed the branches a bit. "It makes Changbin look like a giant!" Hyunjin and Jisung let out snorts of laughter as you looked at the tree that was barely as tall as the blond siting down next to it.
"It's cute!" Seungmin disagreed and gave the tree a gentle pat.
"Good thing I didn't bring any ornaments." You noted.
"Whatever this is, I like it," Jisung declared as he pulled out the tinsel garland from your bag and wrapped it around his neck like an overlong scarf.
"You look good!" you agreed and gave him a thumbs up. You pulled out some of the temporary hooks from your bag and handed them to Hyunjin, "you're tall. Hang these up so we can put up lights."
He nodded as he took the package from your grasp and worked on opening them. "Are these brand new?" he questioned as he struggled with the plastic packaging.
"Let me try!" Jisung held out his hand for the package and Hyunjin passed it. Jisung fiddled around with it for a bit, trying to pry it open before giving up and going in for a bite.
"Ew no!" Hyunjin shouted in disgust, "you're getting your saliva all over it!"
"It's not working!" Jisung reported through clenched teeth as he tried to rip the package open.
"No duh! Stop biting it!"
During this entire fiasco Felix had gotten up and disappeared only to come back with a pair of scissors in his hand, "there's this thing called scissors." He passed it over to Jisung, who gave the package and scissors to Hyunjin. Felix then pulled out his phone and began to play some dramatic background music to set up the mood.
"It needs to be holiday music Felix!" Hyunjin retorted from the wall where he was attaching the hooks.
"I am not listening to Mariah Carey again!" Jeongin screeched from the couch, where he was still laying, watching all the shenanigans go down.
"Yoo, have you guys heard of Manheim Steamroller?" you asked as you pulled out some more decorations to stick onto the wall.
You were met with five looks of shock, "bless you?" Jeongin feebly spoke up.
"They make really awesome orchestral arrangements of christmas songs," you continued, "Felix, search them up! That way, you get your epic background music, holiday cheer, and no Mariah Carey."
"Are these cookies?" Jisung demanded as he took out a christmas decorated tin and shook it around a bit.
"Don't shake them! They'll break!" you scolded him before giving him a sneaky look, "don't tell your manager."
"Of course not," he agreed.
You didn't notice the door open again and Chris waddle out of the room into the kitchen, so it surprised all of you when you heard, "wait, when did (y/n) get here?"
"Morning Chris!" you gave a wave to the leader, "or, afternoon?"
"What are you doing?"
You held up a bundle of lights that were definitely tangled up amongst each other, "christmas decorating!"
His face broke into a smile, "oh that's so cute!"
"Join us!" Felix invited as he and Jisung looked around for ornaments and Seungmin helped Hyunjin put up the hooks.
"Let me finish eating," he replied and shoved a spoonful of rice into his mouth to make his point.
"You should help us too," you whined to Jeongin who was still lazily watching you all.
"You've got it under control." He waved with a sleepy smile.
Seungmin broke away from helping Hyunjin to jump onto Jeongin, "stop being a grinch." He complained before slipping off the couch, bringing Jeongin with him. There was a loud thump from the two of them and a cry of pain from Seungmin while the rest of the members broke out in laughter.
The two disentangled themselves from each other and sat up on the floor in front of the couch, "fine," Jeongin relented, "what do you want me to help wth?"
"Help us with the hooks," Seungmin told him as he stood up to help Hyunjin again, with Jeongin waddling behind him.
You heard the front door opening again and smiled as you saw the last two members enter the dorm, "hey!" both of their faces broke into grins as they shed their outdoor gear and Minho rushed to give you a hug. You laughed at the sudden rush and hugged him back, wincing as you smelled the sweat still clinging to his clothes, "you stink!" you cried out good naturedly and tried to pry yourself away, only making him cling tighter.
"We just worked out, what did you think would happen?" he asked before finally letting go.
"Go change," you shooed the two boys to their rooms, "and then come out to help us with christmas decorating."
"It's barely December," Minho gave you a quirked look.
"But it's December," you disagreed, "your point?" He shrugged before heading off to his room, while Changbin went to his own. You heard a wail behind you and saw Jeongin and Jisung in a tug a war with the tinsel garland on Jisung's neck.
"Let go!" Jisung shouted at the younger.
"We need it for the tree!"
"You're not even working on the tree!"
"Oh my gosh," Felix wheezed as he helped unwrap the tinsel garland from Jisung, "you're going to strangle him!"
"No killing in my dorms!" Chris yelled from the kitchen.
"You heard him!" Jisung screeched, "now let go!" Jeongin did just that and both Felix and Jisung toppled backwards and onto the ground, ending up in a tangled mess of limbs and garland. You couldn't help but laugh at the antics of the boys, they really did have a sibling-like relationship amongst them.
You felt someone wrap their arms around you in a back hug and you eagerly leaned into it, "how are you Chris?" you asked the leader who seemed much more awake than before.
"I've been doing good," he replied with a dimpled smile, "how can I help out?"
You pointed to Hyunjin, Seungmin, and Jeongin sticking the hooks onto the wall, "I think we mostly need to do that." You then stared at the small christmas tree, "I think Felix and Jisung have got the christmas tree covered." You turned your attention back to him, "you have a lame christmas tree, are you aware of that?"
He gave you a shrug, "if it was any bigger it'd be harder to store." You paused, he had a fair point, but it was still depressingly small. He removed himself from the hug and went over to help Hyunjin, Seungmin, and Jeongin, who were making good progress and already had half of the hooks up.
"Oh!" you pulled out a wreath from their decorations, "put one of the hooks on the door!" you held up the green ornament as you pointed to the front door. Chris nodded and eagerly took one of the hooks and bounded over to the door to attach one of the temporary hooks.
You heard the sound of the fridge opening and directed your attention to see Changbin pulling food out of the refrigerator, "you're eating food before properly saying hi to me?" you couldn't help but pout at the rapper.
"I'm not eating it yet!" he argued as he brought whatever he had to where you were and wrapped you in a one-armed hug.
You eyed the food that was in his hands, "are you going to eat instead of help decorate?"
"Yes." He replied without hesitation as he used the spoon to scoop some food into his mouth, "I'll provide moral support." You couldn't help your eye roll but gave him another hug to show you weren't that annoyed.
"Where are the ornaments?" you heard Jisung ask as he pawed through the decorations.
"You can't find them?" Felix asked in concern as he too searched through the boxes Hyunjin brought out, "we had them last year." He let out a confused hum as he sat back onto his heels upon not finding any of the spherical ornaments.
"Hyunjin, was that all of the decorations?" Jisung called out to the blond reaching up to place the hooks on the wall.
"I think so," he responded over his shoulder.
Felix got to his feet, "I'll check again." He declared as he disappeared to where Hyunjin ran off to with Jisung at his heels.
"Oh, was that what you dropped earlier?" Chris asked in realization as he looked at the plastic boxes in the middle of the living room.
"Yes," you, Jeongin, and Seungmin responded in sync, while Hyunjin replied with, "no."
Chris gave Hyunjin a grin, "why you lyin'? Why you always lying?" the blond responded with a dramatic huff before turning back to the wall.
"Hyunjin you're blind!" Jisung's shout carried through the dorms.
"Well sorry," said person responded sarcastically. Jisung and Felix came bouncing back to the living room with a small box of ornaments in Felix's hands. At the same time, Minho emerged from his room, changed and freshened up.
"So you guys are holiday decorating?" Minho asked with a smile as he watched the rest of the members bustle around and put up the decorations.
"Yep!" you replied with a bright grin, "do you want to join?"
"I dunno," he teased as he pretended to walk away, which led to you launching yourself at him to hug him and keep him put, "all right all right," he laughed and gave your head a pat, "what do you need help with?"
You held up the slightly untangled string of lights to him, "you and Chris can start hanging these up. I think Seungmin, Hyunjin, and Jeongin are almost done putting up the hooks." He gave you a nod as you passed over the lights, "oh! And drag Changbin into this!" Chris took this literally and grabbed Changbin's arm (who let out a yelp of surprise) and dragged him over to the corner of the room where the hooks were already up. You watched as the hyung line struggled a bit to hang the lights on the tall hooks, maybe you should've planned that better.
"Are you struggling?" Hyunjin laughed as he watched Changbin struggle on his tiptoes.
"Shut up!" he cried out defensively.
"Don't just stare," you chided as you dumped the rest of the lights into Hyunjin's hands, "be helpful." You left the six of them to work out hanging up the lights on the walls as you sat down next to Jisung and Felix who were carefully putting the ornaments on the tree.
"I'm glad you came over (y/n)," Felix smiled and gave you another hug.
"I'm really glad I came over too," you returned the hug and the smile, "I really do love hanging out with you guys."
"Are you going to visit your parents on Christmas?" he asked as Jisung continued to put up the ornaments.
You nodded, "they want me to come over. But I can spend Christmas eve with you and Chris and whoever else doesn't go home!"
"Yes please!" he nodded his head excitedly like the child he is. There was another scream and the three of you looked over to see Jeongin wrapped up in lights like a Christmas tree. Hyunjin and Seungmin seemed to be the perpetrators as the hyung line basically lost in laughing.
"It's a visual representation of how much you brighten our lives!" you called out encouragingly to the youngest who tried to smile back at you, but it was clear he was more concerned about his current predicament. The rest of the members awwed at your response.
"That was so smooth (y/n)!" Chris nearly shrieked out as he lost in laughing again.
"We still need to put the lights on the wall," Minho frowned as he looked at the bare wall and the decorated Jeongin.
"So let's put Jeongin on the wall," was Hyunjin's immediate response as he pretended to lift up said person, who dolphin shrieked in protest.
"No no! Let me go!" everyone in the room (except for Jeongin) laughed at the antics of the two, but eventually the group was able to get Jeongin untangled and all of the lights properly on the wall.
"It's so festive," you grinned as you took a step back to look at what you guys did. "I love it." Next to you was the rest of the band, who also took a step back to see the white lights twinkling on the wall and the small tree filled with ornaments.
"Yeah, this was really fun!" Hyunjin smiled and the rest of the band gave nods and sounds of affirmation.
"I'm glad it was!" you smiled and gave him a hug, which lead to a huge group hug from the rest of the band. Your happy grin turned into one of content as you felt the warmth from your friends make you feel warm inside as well. You had a feeling this was going to be a great holiday season.
AN: Happy holidays! This was supposed to be a quick one-shot but ended up taking me so long to write and longer than my normal chapters OTL.
I'm also writing a proper chaptered book involving Stray Kids, so check that out on my profile! It's a story involving magic abilities where reader escapes from a facility and gets more or less saved by Stray Kids. It follows their adventures as they try to survive as runaways, but it gets hairy when reader's friend gets involved. It's definitely a lot more dramatic than this, and is called Fly Away my Love.
Do you guys prefer Bang Chan to be referred to as Chris or Chan? It feels weird to me to write his name as Chris, but I wanted to be consistent with using everyone's real names vs idol names.