𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞: 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆.

but you made it feel like it was nothing… all three of you did. everything we worked for—gone. that's what our legacy's going to be now. i feel like i did, but the worst part was that none of you even consulted me. i would've joined you—not just for support, but at least to try and talk some sense into you. how are we even supposed to be a band if we're not seven? i, for one, can't stand on a stage with the others without you, hobi, and jungkookie.

it's not really gone, hyung. all those years and everything we've built will always stand, even when we're not strong enough to carry it. i should've spoken to you, and yoongi hyung, and tae. i know i should have. i've been talking to kookie about this whole thing, and i want to fix it. i'm trying to fix it. i don't know if he's willing to come back yet, i know he was really hurt. he's still really hurt. i don't think we make sense if we're not seven either. but ... i do really think you need to talk to kookie. about minjeong. i'm sure you know he's upset about the whole thing — more about the fact that it didn't come from you. i really think it'll help.

private: no, but i get it and i'm not holding anything against you. not really sure our manager would've approved of me hanging out with a member of bts when we dropped our first album. yeah, but look at you now… seems like everything turned out for the better. biased how? because you're my favourite idol? i can't even begin to imagine what you're going through, hyung… the decision alone must've had a massive impact on you.. i'm really sorry you had to go through that. jin yelled? well, fuck… thank you, but you and i both know we're not nearly as talented as you. we just borrowed a bit of your thunder while you were on hiatus. i see, but that makes sense. your fans are… on another level. and how's that going so far?

private: i'm so glad, that's a relief. you think so? is it cause we're the bad boys of k-pop? kidding! i get it, obviously, i'm not sure our company would've approved either. it's really stupid, isn't it? all these rules. look at you now, you've come such a long way. is there anyone that doesn't know stray kids at this point? i don't think so. stop that ... i'm not your favourite idol. flattery will absolutely work to make me feel better though, keep it coming. it's okay, i wasn't alone through it or anything. i had jungkook and hobi hyung. it's just weird not being able to pick up the phone and talk to any of the guys about this. i guess i could but i'm also ... not sure? he didn't yell ... he just scolded me a little. he was firm with me, i guess you could say that. totally justified, he's right. i should've talked to him before taking any steps. you're joking, right? you're every bit as talented! but anyway, who's comparing. you guys are insanely good in your own way. yeah ... they can be a little intense. i love them, all of them, but some of them can be ... scary. i think it's going okay? namjoon hyung hasn't really spoken to me or jungkook yet so that's still a question mark. i don't know where we stand really, not till namjoon hyung and jungkook talk about things.

at least now you know who i'm talking to just from the tone. join the club… i tried reaching out a month ago and, yeah… i think we're all a bit lost right now. that's the thing—it doesn't fucking sound like him at all. i don't know what happened while we were in the army, but something did… and he's been keeping it from me for a long time now. apparently they're dating… i don't know, man. maybe you could get him to call me back or something? mooch, you know i'd follow you to the ends of the earth if it meant being by your side. that's not even a question—where you go, i go. yeah… he's not mad, not really. just… hurt. he's been staying at my place the past few nights. not sure if he's scared i'll leave again. come join us? he wants to talk to you. and you and i both know tae would never leave the band…

most of the time, i guess we do. yeah ... i'm not really sure what to think anymore. joon hyung not being around, jin hyung doing this ... none of it feels right. it happened that long ago? ah ... i'm not sure why hyung thought he couldn't talk to you about this? i'm sure he knows you would've been reasonable if it had come from him. i can try, he's pretty upset with me right now. which i get, he has every right to be, but i'll try to get him to call you. i really think you two need to talk this one out. i know you would, kook. always. oh, he has? are you sure? if you two need your time and space, i get that. i can talk to him later, too.

private: shame we felt like we couldn't stay in touch… who said you weren't perfect in your own way, though? i never thought any less of you just because you cared about the people around you. true, but that doesn't necessarily mean i can't lend you an ear every now and then. are you okay? i mean, we're definitely heading towards a comeback soon, but again, we can't exactly do that now that bts just made the biggest comeback in history. why don't you do fan meetings anymore? too cool? right… didn't you just leave your band?

private: i know ... that's mostly my fault, i remember things were rocky back then, too. not so much with the seven of us, just with things blowing up abroad. weird time, you know? you only say that because you're biased. i think. thanks, min. i really appreciate it, more than you know. i'm not entirely okay, honestly. but i think we're figuring it out. jin hyung yelled at me a little bit earlier, but i needed it. hey! you could still have a comeback after ours and it would do as well, don't sell yourself short. you're crazy talented. i mean, all of you are. i ... actually don't know why we stopped. i think the company said it was a safety concern? crowd control got really tough last time, i think. right, hah, i guess i did. or well, i don't know anymore. we're talking things out. or at least we're trying to?

private: i think it was around the time i debuted that we stopped talking? you haven't changed, have you… still putting everyone else's feelings before your own. it's okay to focus on yourself, you know. i'm more than happy to just sit and listen if you want to talk about it. mm, things are pretty busy right now. we had a fan meeting last night, which was actually a lot of fun. also… i've got a bone to pick with you. whose brilliant idea was it to drop both a netflix live and a comeback right in the middle of stray kids' anniversary month?

private: it probably was, you're right. why mess with a perfect thing? i'm kidding! i know i'm nowhere near perfect. but ... maybe? that sounds nice, but you also must be so busy with comeback things. you have something coming out soon, right? a fan meeting sounds fun, i can't remember the last time we did one. definitely one of my more favourite things to do during promo. not mine! i promise, i'm a stray kids fan, i would never do this to you. take it up with hybe, i just do as i'm told. most of the time.

understandable… but it doesn't really change the fact that the three of you just up and left like it was nothing. i thought we were closer than that. and it's not like i didn't try to talk to him—I just couldn't reach him. i get that your relationship with him is different, i really do. but that shouldn't mean the rest of us get any less respect. sorry if i'm coming off a bit harsh, but there's more to bangtan than just jungkook.

it wasn't nothing ... it's not nothing. i'm so sorry i made you feel that way hyung. you know i respect you, and all the hyungs. you raised us just as much as our parents, you're my second family and you always will be. i made a selfish decision, and it was wrong of me to not consider how that would impact you. no, not at all. i think i needed to hear all that.

uh… now i'm getting confused, but i think it was yoongi hyung. i haven't really spoken to joon or hobi these past couple of weeks. jin can go worldwide fuck himself. he's sleeping with winter and decided to let her tell me—and on top of that, he's not even picking up his phone. mooch… you didn't have to leave just to make me feel supported. i would've loved for you to still be part of the band, even without me. that's the thing, though… i'm not entirely sure i even want to come back after everything that's happened. but tae's slowly convincing me otherwise. no… he's still calling you his soulmate, so i think you're good.

kookie ... we're all your hyungs. you see how that's confusing, right? oh, you haven't? i haven't either really, i did try to reach out to joon hyung but i'm not sure he's ready to talk right now. wait he — what? winter like, minjeong? your ex minjeong? that's ... shocking, honestly. i didn't even know they knew each other? i'm just surprised he didn't come to you first, that doesn't sound like jin hyung at all. do you want me to talk to him? and ask what's going on? jungkook, honestly, you say that like i know you wouldn't do the same for me. i'd follow you anywhere just so you don't have to do it alone, you know i'm always by your side. he is? okay that's ... that's really good. it's really sucked doing all this without him.

The Maddy love continues. I feel so lucky I get to play her. She's really special to me. I don't know if I'm as cool as her, but I certainly try. We should hangout sometime and you can tell me if I'm as cool as you imagined I would be. That aura came from my mom. She's like the it girl. But between you and me, I think you're way cooler than I could ever be. Oh, all the time. I have to remind the world that she's just a chatacter I play. Some people really can't tell fantasy from reality. Do you ever feel have a preconceived idea of who you are? Spending that much time in the spotlight must be rough.

she's by far the best character on the show, i stand by that! we've actually done some euphoria inspired make-up looks, too. they were definitely some of my favourites. we absolutely need to, although i can already tell i'm gonna think you're as cool as i imagined. cooler, even. like mother like daughter! that's adorable, definitely it girl behaviour. oh please, little old me? i'm just some guy, but you're the alexa demie. people not being able to tell fantasy from reality is ... too real. i do think there's a lot of different versions of me that people tend to perceive, probably pieced together through our music or interviews, even our variety show and all our travel shows. i think there's a certain amount of truth to almost all of them, but people don't really understand how hard it is to be completely yourself when the cameras are rolling.

that is very dramatic of you, babes. you're very hard to forget and i would never hate you, so wrong and wrong. it has been awhile, but let's just give ourself a break, life has been busy and it's tough to find time to reconnect. i can imagine with the album just coming out and tour dates on the horizon, they're not giving you too much time to breathe, huh? my life has been a lot less hectic. between working on the album, focusing on OMR beauty and fighting my label, it's been an interesting 2026 so far. also, who can i complain to about you guys skipping Sweden as a tour stop?

dramatic may as well be my middle name, even though we don't really have middle names. park dramatic jimin has a decent ring to it, don't you think? oh am i hard to forget? i should bother you more often, i like the ego boost that comes with it. life has been chaotic lately, you're not wrong. no time to breathe feels like an understatement, but i'm letting myself take breaks this time around. i think it's important. that ... doesn't sound less hectic at all. what's going on with your label? i can't believe i missed all that. do you want me to go fight them? cause i will! heyyy, we have more dates coming out at some point, i can talk to someone about adding sweden! but you know i'm always ready to fly you out if you can make any of our other dates, i'd love to have you there!

first and foremost, i love you, kook and hobi, and that will never change. secondly… you left me, tae, and yoongi without so much as a word. tae's pissed and i'm pretty sure i heard him crying and yoongi has gone completely silent. you could've just talked to me… i would've followed you.

i know ... i know. i'm so sorry. i don't think i was in the headspace to be able to talk about anything, and i knew if we spoke i wouldn't be able to make the decision i made. i just really wanted to support jungkook, more than anything. seeing him like that was really hard for me, and i'm sure you would've felt the same way if you'd talked to him then.

We spent a bit of time but a lot of it was just created sets, too. So not as much as you'd think. Why can't you do that now? Find yourself a little vacation home if you aren't going to retire early. I spent my teenage years in Florida so there's almost no choice but to be a beach person, although I love the snow just as much.

really? wow, that's kinda disappointing. i wish i could, but i doubt i'd have any time to actually use that vacation home. this job is pretty much 24/7. not that i'm complaining! i love it. that must've been a really fun time to be in florida. i grew up by the beach, too. i think we must be long lost twins because if you ask me my favourite weather, it's always snowy! must be something about living by the beach to loving the snow.

Did you like the last season? I know everyone kind of has their own opinions on it but, I'm really glad to hear you love the show enough to have rewatched the other seasons that many times, that's actually kind of special. It was tough, I'm not gonna lie. I was really young and pretty inexperienced, but when you have a good support system around you, that's what really helps you get through it. What was the biggest change for you, or the most drastic one? Oh, a hundred percent! I'd do it all over again, no hesitation. At the end of the day, everything I went through made me who I am, got me where I am now and I love my life… the family I built along the way with that amazing cast, all of it. Even knowing my character's fate, I'd still choose to go through everything again.

i really enjoyed the last season, honestly. i just haven't had the time to rewatch it yet, but i think it made a lot of sense for their individual stories. and it just felt like a very complete way to wrap up the series. i had to do a rewatch every time there was a new season! it feels mandatory at this point. starting out that young ... i can't even imagine. the biggest change was probably seeing how differently people treated you, even some people you've known for a long time. but you get used to it, i think. and it helped that i always had the guys to rely on, so i get having that support system, too. i think that's beautiful, did you like the way things ended for eleven? would you have gone in a different direction?

is it weird to say i feel like i've sort of had my dream role already? i'd been obsessed with a book of stephen king's and ended up starring in the show adaptation, which was really cool. so i'm sort of lost whenever anyone asks this question! i suppose i need to come up with a new dream role instead of thinking i'd be happy to be part of anything. a supervillian sounds like a lot of fun, though! which one would you be, given the chance?

oh then i'll have to check it out! i'm a big horror fan myself, and a huge fan of people achieving their dreams. it's so amazing you got to do that, seriously. i don't think you need a new dream, just bask in the glory of doing what you've always wanted to do. hmm, that's a tough one. i don't love marvel villains as much, though i think maybe magneto could be cool? but if we're talking dc too, i'm definitely taking the riddler. although, i think that chance should be kept far away from me. acting is definitely not even in my top 10 skills.

so, i have some news and i'm not entirely sure what it means for us. anyway… i spoke with tae and hyung, and both of them were a little pissed that we left without telling them anything—which, fair enough. but i explained our reasoning and why we felt like it was the right thing to do, and that things haven't been the same since we got back together. surprisingly, they both understood to a certain extent. still pissed we didn't tell them, though… so tae's been clinging to me ever since. bro… he'd been crying? talk about messing with my head. hyung said he basically isolated himself to deal with everything… and now i feel like a dick. ( @pvrkjimiin )

hyung? which hyung? yoongi hyung? oh that's ... i'm glad they understood where you're coming from, but i can't imagine they wouldn't. i know ... jin hyung told me he'd been crying. i don't even know what to say, kookie. if i'm being really honest, i did too when i found out you wanted to leave. and when i decided to leave with you. it's a tough thing to think about when we've been together this long, but i also knew you felt unsupported and i didn't want to add to that. i don't think you're a dick at all, it's okay to feel what you were feeling. but i also think it's okay to talk things out and let your feelings change about a situation if it doesn't feel right anymore. is tae feeling better? does he hate me? be honest.

private: i heard your group's going through a tough time right now… are you okay? i know we haven't spoken since, what, 2018? but i can't even begin to imagine what you must be going through. i know i'd be completely devastated if anything happened to skz. anyway… if you ever feel like talking or just need to vent, i'm here. ( @pvrkjimiin )

private: has it really been that long? time really goes by so quick, huh. i'm okay! or well ... i guess i'm not really that okay. it's been really hard. most days are really hard, but i think jungkook has it harder than any of us right now. so i don't know, i don't really want to make it about me and my feelings, i just wanna be there for the guys when they need me. but i really appreciate you checking in. how are things with you?