Stray Kids Reader Insert One-Shots! (Gender neutral!)

Braces Buddies [IN x Reader]

(e/c) and brown eyes were locked in a staring contest. Hyunjin had a grin on his face as he ate handful after handful of popcorn. You, on the other hand, were staring at him with pure hatred on your face. He just had to rub it in, didn't he?

"IN!" you cried out as you gave up and forcefully pushed yourself away from the table, "Hyunjin's being mean!"

"Am not!" the black-haired idol protested as he ate another handful of popcorn.

You felt a presence next to you and smiled when you saw the white-haired male you called over for support, "deliberately taunting! You know I just got my braces on today," you whined and held your jaw in your hands for the added effect. "I hurt!" you continued to whine before flopping down ungracefully onto the couch. You weren't exaggerating. Your cheeks and lips were sensitive and swollen from being pushed and pulled side to side as your orthodontist positioned the brackets, and your lips would catch every once in a while on one of the brackets in the front. That wasn't the worst part though, it was the dull soreness that was radiating from every tooth in your mouth. At first, it wasn't too bad, but when it didn't go away, it started to get worse and worse. You felt like you were moments away from a headache.

"That's just Hyunjin," IN laughed as he walked into the kitchen.

"You're supposed to be defending me!" you cried out into the pillow dramatically. You've been hanging around Hyunjin too much. "Braces buddies!" you threw your arms up into the air and partially sat up to look at him over the back of the couch, "we gotta stick together!" you watched the upper part of his side as he messed with something on the countertop.

"Hey (y/n)," you cautiously looked over to Hyunjin, scared of what devious plan he had in mind, "this apple is really delicious." He took another bite out of the red fruit in his hand. It crunched satisfyingly and he even let out an 'mmm' of delight as he did a little dance.

You let out another cry and covered your eyes with your arm, "first of all, where did you get that? You were just eating popcorn a second ago!" you removed your arm to send him another glare that was returned with a closed eye smile, "secondly, you can cut that into slices and share with me." Hyunjin choked as he wasn't expecting your deadpanned serious response.

After coughing the apple bits out of his throat, he lazily held the apple and looked at you from the side (does that man ever stop walking around like a model?), "I'm too lazy."

"Rude." You pouted and crossed your arms, determinedly looking away from him. At the same moment, IN walked to sit next to you, effectively taking your attention.

"Here," he held out a cup with a spoon sticking out of it to you, while a second one was in his other hand. Curious, you took it from him and nearly dropped it in shock when you realized how cold the ceramic was, "ice cream." He explained with another sweet smile, "(favorite flavor)."

"This is why IN's my favorite." You declared to the long-haired man lounging on his chair and eating an apple. You smiled happily as you took a large spoonful and ate it, "oh!" you gasped out in shock, "it's so cold." You tried to report from around the frozen treat in your mouth. Of course, you were expecting it to be cold, it literally has the word 'ice' in its name, but it somehow felt colder than normal.

You heard Hyunjin snorting, still finding joy in your pain, "of course it is."

You grabbed the pillow you were sitting on and threw it at him, "no one asked for your opinion!"

"It'll feel better after a few days," IN told you reassuringly as he ate his own ice cream, "then you'll hardly remember you're wearing braces."

"But I hurt now," you couldn't help but whine. The ice cream did help to make it better though. The sweet treat helped to provide some numbing sensations to your sore teeth.

IN gave you a comforting pat as he leaned against you, "they'll be off in no time."

You couldn't help but pout, "over a year."

He put down his cup so he could squish your cheeks in between his slightly cold hands, "there are lots of things you can do in a year." He smiled and you couldn't help the small smile that was growing on your lips, "we'll make sure of it!" he gave you one last squish before turning back to his ice cream.

"You're the best, you know that?" you asked as you leaned against him comfortably, trying to steal some of his warmth as the ice cream made you feel colder.

"Yeah, but you can tell me again." He grinned back.

AN: Fun fact, I wrote this when I got a couple more brackets added to my teeth. I'm in pain. TwT (And my mom did randomly come into my room and give me a whole apple.) Also, happy birthday Hyunjin! Even though I don't have any writing for you TwT