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Author is yvette s. (@/heartoheart, main blog), also known as Red Envy, twenty-one, lesbian, she/her, belgian-korean.

While the whole blog isn’t tagged as 18+, mature themes (death, kidnapping, substance abuse, abuse, violence…) will be explored throughout the AU. Any possible sexual content is tagged as such. You are responsible for your own consumption, make sure to read the tags of a post before interacting.

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Everything in this blog is a work of fiction.

This storyline was initially created between 2020–2021 and has been reworked several times. This Stranger Things AU, only makes use of the characters in the original media and season one of Stranger Things. Do not mistake this blog to be an accurate portrayal of the actual series.

The filming of the MV for Red Lights has just entered its final stages, with only Chichi's rope scene, Chan's solo scene, and the mirror scene left. Initially, the plan was for Chichi to see Hyunjin behind her back when looking in the mirror, but if she turned around, she wouldn't see him. But apparently the head makeup artist came up with a much better idea that the rest of the staff liked. However, Chichi and Hyunjin didn't know about it yet, it was supposed to be introduced to them after Chichi's scene.

Chichi stood in front of the cameras in the designated place, the assistants corrected her dress and hair, and lower lip makeup. Then a member of staff approached her with ropes, the other ends of which were tied out of frame. Ichi wanted to bite her lower lip from stress, but she remembered the hard work put into her makeup. Hyunjin, standing with the rest of the staff behind the cameras, noticed her stressed out. He could easily tell when she was uncomfortable, her whole body stiffened, and she stopped talking. He looked at the ropes quickly and remembered as quickly how they had tied them for him. Without thinking much, he walked over to them and touched the worker's shoulder, then held out his hands to him. The man didn't understand what was going on at first, but when Hyunjin turned his gaze more eloquently to the ropes he was holding, he understood. He handed them to Hyunjin's hand and walked off the set. Chichi didn't ask any questions - her body instantly relaxed and she even smiled.

"You know how to do it?" She asked with a laugh, but immediately extended her hands towards him.

Hyunjin returned the smile, starting to tie her hands in concentration.

"We both need to just trust my abilities."

"I trust you in everything." Chichi said almost immediately.

She turned her eyes slightly embarrassed, and Hyunjin only smiled wider, lowering his head.

•••

"Good job!"

Those were the words Chichi wanted to hear the most. The assistants untied her quickly and she bowed to the staff as she left the set, picking up a small battery operated fan on the way and turning it on. She returned to the makeup room where Hyunjin and the head makeup artist were already waiting for her. Bang Chan wasn't there anymore, he probably went to shoot his solo scene. Hyunjin pressed his lips into a thin line at the sight of her, as if holding back a laugh. She didn't understand what he meant until the make-up artist spoke up.

"So the idea for the final scene goes like this." The woman began to walk around the room, gesticulating excitedly. "Chichi, you go to the mirror after waking up. AND! You brush your hair back." She extended her hand towards Chichi and brushed back her hair. “And then… you notice that the sleep choking was real. Or was it not? It's hard to tell because you're crazy there!" She laughed briefly, but Chichi was too focused on what she was saying to return it. "But how do you notice it? Right here…” She tapped her index finger on the side of her neck. “…you will notice a red choke mark.”

Chichi glanced at Hyunjin immediately, then back at the makeup artist. She didn't know what to answer to that. She was afraid that pretending something like that might bring back bad memories, but at the same time she felt strong enough to try.

"Okay, let's do that."

“Wonderful, Hyunjin reacted similarly!”

And here Chichi blinked several times in surprise. Her mouth opened wider, but she didn't speak until few second.

"Did you tell Hyunjin? What for?"

"What for?" The make-up artist seemed as surprised as she was. "After all, this mark must be realistic, we will use his hand."

Chichi sat down. She just sat down. Of all the things in the world, she hadn't expected this. After all, the choke mark and "use of his hand"... It wasn't hard to connect the dots.

"You're a make-up artist, can't you replicate a handprint?"

The woman clucked dissatisfied.

"I could, but it won't be as perfect as using a real hand!"

She took advantage of the moment that Chichi sat down by herself and quickly fastened her hair with a clamp to expose her neck. She began to gently apply foundation and powder on it, then reached for a palette of red shadows. Chichi glanced at her, then at Hyunjin. Even though her thoughts were racing through her head, she strangely didn't feel nervous, on the contrary - she was very calm, knowing that it was him. The makeup artist took Hyunjin's wrist, tugging his long sleeve up slightly. Sticking out her tongue slightly to the side, as she always did with great concentration, she began to apply shadows to his open palm, changing the colors on the brush quickly, as if she already had a vision of the mark in her mind - and she probably did.

"Okay, done." She smiled and showed Hyunjin's hand to Chichi. He just nodded his fingers, which made Ichi smile amused. "Hyunjin, squeeze your hand gently around her neck, let's see if it will do." She said to him while tilting Chichi's head gently back.

And finally, when the eyes of the two met, they felt a wave of embarrassment wash over them. Hyunjin began to hesitate, and Chichi involuntarily lowered her head back. The make-up artist leaned her head back and placed Hyunjin's hand on her neck herself. Chichi did not dare to open her eyes, but paradoxically felt much safer and calmer when she felt his hand. She pressed her lips into a thin line, forgetting about her lip makeup. She felt Hyunjin's fingers tighten around her neck, but it was a very gentle pressure. They stayed in this position for a while until the man withdrew his hand. Chichi opened her eyes and looked straight at the make-up artist. To her surprise, she was… dissatisfied. She tilted Chichi's head to the side to get a better look at her neck. Now she was even more dissatisfied.

"It came out too weak, even if we sharpen the filters on the video, it will not be well visible." She stated and brought Hyunjin's hand to her again. She began to correct the shadows and, using a brush, began to apply a heavy red lipstick.

"Too weak? I can't really choke her." Hyunjin murmured.

"You just need to grip it a little harder and move your hand a little from side to side to get the products to smudge properly." She replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

When the woman finished, it was time for a second attempt, but as before the first, they both hesitated. Hyunjin placed his hand slowly and carefully on Chichi's neck in the same place as before, but he didn't do anything. Chichi was looking at him because she didn't close her eyes this time. She was looking at him with big, almost puppy eyes full of trust, as if they were doing something really dangerous. Hyunjin, however, still didn't move his hand.

"Well, do it finally!"

All three in the room turned their eyes towards the door, from which they heard Bang Chan's familiar laugh. The man must have finished his scene by now and watched them for some time with a similar battery-operated fan in his hand.

Hyunjin looked back at Chichi. Before she could say anything to him, she felt a strong, but not painful, pressure of his hand. That alone made her tilt her head even further and part her previously pressed lips and let out a soft sigh as she looked at him from under her perfectly black lashes. Hyunjin's gaze changed too, shyness disappeared and focus appeared. In other circumstances, Chichi would surely say that he looks beautiful... Screw it, in these circumstances she also thinks so.

Hyunjin finally slowly pulled his hand away and took a wet handkerchief to wipe the shadows off. The make-up artist watched the mark delighted, but Chichi did not have the courage to look at it in the mirror. Maybe even better, then on the set she will really be surprised when she sees it for the first time.

Bang Chan was laughing playfully in the background, but Hyunjin went outside to get some air. Chichi followed him only with her eyes when he did so, clasping her hands on knees. Is this the beginning of quiet days? Did she… enjoyed it somehow?

"Just sit down now." He shook his head like a tired father and clicked something one last time as Hyunjin sat down on the couch next to Chichi. "We can finally start! Episode 124, today’s special episode with Hyunjin-AlwaysLate and Chichi-ICan'tOperateTheCamera."

They both gave him the most appraising look in the history of glances. Chan obviously didn't care and continued.

“A few days ago, the music video for Red Lights was released. Despite heated discussions, many different opinions, despite interesting arguments on both sides, it was decided that-"

"You just made us come here and watch it." Chichi interrupted him and then took a sip of coffee. "We had to really hold back not to watch it the whole time and hold off until live."

"Because STAY asked! Who am I to refuse them?"

Ichi lifted the cup gently like Leonardo di Caprio as a sign that she accepted his explanation. She and Hyunjin waited patiently for a few moments before Chan turned on the video. He leaned back comfortably in his chair and moved back a little, closer to the other two.

"I can't watch it already." Chichi covered her face with a pillow, but Hyunjin took it from her without much problem and threw it behind the couch.

After the first scenes, which include the introduction of Hyunjin, Chan and Chichi with chains, it's time for her first solo scene - Chichi is walking around the table, the boys don't seem to notice her, as if she is invisible to them. She runs her hand across the table as she walks from Hyunjin to Chan. She then sits alone on a huge bed in a dark bedroom and twirls a fork in her hand, taken from the dining room, discreetly in the previous scene. At the words "there's no other way", she breaks it in half like it's not made of metal at all.

Chichi squeals in embarrassment, swinging her legs and hiding her face in hands, to which Hyunjin hits her with the pillow he previously took and threw away from her (well, he recently picked it up). Chan chuckled softly and paused the video.

"What does this fork even mean? Why did you take the fork from us, thief?"

"Yeah, you're repurchasing us the fork!" Hyunjin called out and slapped her one more time, to which she finally uncovered her face.

“So… fork means making a change that will benefit you. So I figured it would make sense to show it since the character I'm playing was having fun with your characters’ love." She worded carefully what she wanted to say. The idol's life has already taught her that under no circumstances can she say anything directly, let alone use mental shortcuts - they can be misunderstood.

Chan nodded with his hand on chin.

“Really well thought out, I like it. But in the end you broke it."

"I broke it in two because there were two of you."

Chan and Hyunjin made loud noises of understanding before the leader turned the video back on. It gets a little livelier with the dance scene, first Hyunjin with Chichi and then Chichi with Chan. At this point, the three of them began to cover themselves and make strange, unidentified noises of shame.

"No, but--!" Chan started awkwardly, but only Hyunjin was able to continue.

"It's just that..." However… No, he fell silent too.

Chichi drank her coffee nervously and swallowed it silently.

“It's just that ... I don't think we've ever danced while being so close. In this way…"

"Which way?!" An embarrassed Hyunjin called out, but the slap Chichi received from him on the knee was certainly not shy.

"In a sexy way!" Chan exclaimed, as if forgetting that he himself had been burning with shame a moment ago.

"I meant sensual!"

"And isn't it the same?" Hyunjin asked, stubbornly digging into the subject.

Bang Chan laughed loudly as he slowly laid his head on the desk. Chichi blushed at that moment as she looked at Hyunjin.

"Human bodies don't always have to be sexy." She only stuttered, to which Chan raised his head and so that the silence would not last too long, he resumed the video.

In the next solo scene, Chichi slowly walks from her bed to the mirror, places her hand slowly on it, and moments later sees a fast-moving shadow in the reflection. She turns her head sharply from the mirror. ("I really wanna know, I've already lost control") Chan pauses the video.

"What was that supposed to be?!" He chuckled as he pulled his beanie cap slightly over his forehead.

"Your roommate." Hyunjin patted his shoulder and Chichi gave a short laugh as she resumed the video herself.

In the final part of the music video, Chichi is tied up with a black, not red, rope during her part and doesn't even try to get out of it - an indication that she has already tried unsuccessfully may be smudged eye makeup. Later, during Chan and Hyunjin's lines, Chichi makes jerky movements in bed, trying to wake up from a nightmare. When she finally succeeds, she walks over to the mirror, damp with sweat. At first glance, everything looks normal until she pushes her long blonde hair back from neck. Then she sees a strong red and most genuine strangling mark ("You know I can't leave you alone"). And this mark caused a real storm of reactions. Chichi howled loudly, almost like crying, Hyunjin covered his mouth silently, and Chan hid his eyes completely under his hat and blindly turned off YouTube, moving further away from the desk. Despite the dramatic reaction, he was the first to come back to life and start reading chat comments, while the other two hadn't even started coming back to life yet.

"What's with this mark, why are you so panicked?" Chan deliberately chose this comment and read it aloud as he looked at his two shy babies. If looks could kill, the look Chan received from Hyunjin would definitely knock him out. Chichi peeked at them from behind her hands, trying to bring herself to previous state.

"So... the thing is..." Hyunjin pressed his lips into a thin line as he listened to her to hold back a laugh. “The thing is… We're professionals, right? So that handprint had to be professional as well.” Chichi thought that once she started talking it would only be easier, unfortunately she was wrong and very much so - but now there was no turning back. “So to make it as realistic as possible, the make-up artist suggested that…”

And here Chichi stopped, covering her mouth with hand. She couldn't explain it, but just remembering that day made her feel strangely warm enough to want to open the window. She felt herself blushing and her heart speed up significantly - with all these symptoms she felt like the heroine of a cheesy teenage romance novel, but she couldn't control it.

“She suggested that Hyunjin should just paint his hand!” Chan called. Hyunjin, guessing what the rest of the explanation would look like, kicked Chan's ankle with all his might, but it didn't stop him, didn't even make him hesitate. "And then he grabbed Chichi's throat with that painted hand..." Chan slowly grabbed his wrist with his fingers imitating Hyunjin's hand and Chichi's throat. “…to get the perfect mark.”

Chichi couldn't utter a word. She was shocked at how easy it was for Chan to tell all this! And without embarrassment, where just a second ago he himself was one big ball of shame! Hyunjin didn't say anything either. He just smiled with the corner of his lips as he looked at the comments - looking at them, not reading them, because it was impossible, considering the speed at which they were appearing now. Without reading a single one, however, he knew that Stayville had gone mad and will be on fire in just few moments.

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[ Pre-Chorus: Seungmin, Felix ]

Where are you?

You were holding my hand

Why did you let go?

Where are you?

Too many questions, too many thoughts, I'm all confused

What is real and what is a dream

Where are you?

I need a guide

[ Chorus: I.N, Lee Know, Han ]

The smell, the familiar smell of the day I met you

The smell I will never forget is so close to my heart

So why does it hurt so much?

You're right next to me

I reach out my hand but feel nothing but cold

The cold, the familiar cold of the day I met you

Now I know why it hurts so much

You're next to me, but you're not mine

Take my hand and take me away from here

[ Verse: Changbin, Felix, Hyunjin ]

○ Where are you?

○ I'm left alone in the middle of nowhere, alone with thoughts I don't understand

○ I'm trying to sort them out, but it's just a Sisyphean job, I don't know anything anymore

○ Everything made sense with you, you gave meaning to everything I did, everything I felt, everything I thought

○ You gave meaning to my dreams and goals, you gave direction to my journeys, but you were also their goal

○ Nothing makes sense anymore, I don't understand anything

○ I was left alone with something I never wanted to be alone with - my own fears

○ What I should do now?

○ Come here and look around

○ Look at the mess in my head you left behind

○ Who's gonna clean it up now?

○ Not me, I don't have the strength anymore

○ I lost all my strength the day you left

[ Pre-Chorus: Seungmin, Lee Know ]

Where are you?

You were holding my hand

Why did you let go?

Where are you?

Too many questions, too many thoughts, I'm all confused

What is real and what is a dream

Where are you?

I need a guide

[ Chorus: Bang Chan, Chichi, I.N ]

The smell, the familiar smell of the day I met you

The smell I will never forget is so close to my heart

So why does it hurt so much?

You're right next to me

I reach out my hand but feel nothing but cold

The cold, the familiar cold of the day I met you

Now I know why it hurts so much

You're next to me, but you're not mine

Take my hand and take me away from here

[ Bridge: I.N, Felix ]

Everything is now different, but not better

Everything seems familiar, but I want to forget

I'm afraid, I'm alone

Where are you?

Where are you?

Where are you?

[ Chorus: Seungmin, Bang Chan, Chichi, Changbin ]

The smell, the familiar smell of the day I met you

The smell I will never forget is so close to my heart

So why does it hurt so much?

You're right next to me

I reach out my hand but feel nothing but cold

The cold, the familiar cold of the day I met you

Now I know why it hurts so much

You're next to me, but you're not mine

Take my hand and take me away from here

Take my hand... and take me to you

© copyright : soya 2023

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1. I.N (12 lines) || 2. Felix (12 lines) || 3. Seungmin (11 lines) || 4. Bang Chan (11 lines) || 5. Lee Know (10 lines) || 6. Chichi (9 lines) || 7. Han (8 lines) || 8. Hyunjin (7 lines) || 9. Changbin (6 lines)

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