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Chan shifts in the seat he was in, making sure to be comfortable and that nothing other than what he wanted to show, was showing. 

Glancing at the phone screen, he nods in satisfaction before glancing at the person behind the phone. 

“I’m ready.”

The person behind the phone nods back and clicks on the start button, shifting so that they were completely out of camera view, but could still see Chan. Next to them was the livestream pulled up, muted to keep an eye on the comments. 

“Hello Stays, it’s been a while since I’ve gone live hasn’t it?” Chris smiles brightly. 

“Ahh, I have a reason as to why I can’t move my arms right now. I’ll tell you guys later.” He chuckles as he reads the comments. 

A lot of the Stays were happy to see him, some were asking how he was and others were still processing the fact that he went live. 

“I’m doing good and you guys?” He replies generally, eyes reading the comments as fast as possible, which was actually quite hard. 

“Wow, the comments are going by so fast”, he adds, eyes on the comments before they shifted down to his lap, glancing at something outside of Stays’ view. 

Something had gotten his attention and Stays were wondering what it was. 

Looking back up after a second, he manages to catch a question. “What got my attention? Ah sorry -he chuckles- I can’t tell you just yet”, he gives them his biggest grin before starting to just talk about his daily life. 

Every once in a while, he makes sure to reply to Stays and ask them questions, wondering what their responses would be. 

“Have I been on Instagram lately? Yes I have, I’ve posted a few things but it’s been only for my close friends”, he glances off screen at something and hums. “In about an hour and half, I’ll be able to post something and tell you Stays about it.” 

Looking back at the comments, he laughs. “Are you guys begging?” He raises an eyebrow as he says this, knowing where Stays’ mind went.

Right in cue, his fans went crazy, screaming at him for the way he said it. “Say please?” He teases them, smirking even wider than before. 

He truly knew his fans. There was no way they wouldn’t lose their mind over that. It was always fun teasing Stays and making them lose their mind. 

“Alright, alright. I’ll stop teasing….for now.” 

‘For now, he says. He acts like he won’t immediately start teasing us again’, a comment blew by, but it garnered attention from some Stays and from him, earning a laugh. 

“I won’t start teasing immediately”, he said somewhat fondly, eyes flickering down again, and this time, staying there longer. 

From what Stays could make out of his eyes, they saw them grow fondly and his smile soften, got fonder and happier. 

‘Is that Berry in his lap, asleep?’ A random stay asks, earning multiple positive replies. 

Chan could barely manage to drag his eyes away from his lap, but once he did, Stays were talking about Berry. 

“Berry?” He repeated, smiling happily. “Ah, no. Berry isn’t here right now.” 

As if there was someone holding a cue sign, Stays started throwing ideas and theories out, growing crazier and crazier by the minute. 

Chuckling, Chan has to bite his inner lip to stop himself from giving the surprise away too early.

Taking a quick deep breath, he does his best to distract Stays, wanting to bring their attentions away from what was in his lap and what was drawing his attention away. 

Even though he knew he should stop looking down and letting himself fall in love over and over again, he couldn’t stop. Whenever he looks down at his lap, at what was in his lap, he falls in love, more each time. 

Looking back up, his eyes dart over the phone screen, turning even fonder than they had ever looked. Standing there, at the door, looking at him with a soft smile, was his wife. 

She looks around the room, eyes looking for something, no, someone, before finally landing on his lap and her entire being essentially melted. 

There, seating in the middle of the room, was her husband, live streaming to his fans, and in his arms, was their baby. Their baby girl, their little precious, miracle baby. 

The manager smiles softly as he saw the couple get lost in their eyes before waving at Chan, drawing his attention back.

The manager slowly moves, grabbing hold of the camera and zooming out, finally showing Stays what was drawing Chan’s attention to his lap. 

There, gently and ever so slowly rocking, was Chan holding a baby. A baby girl. 

“Stays, I want to introduce you to my wonderful, beautiful, and brave, my wife, Nyx”, he reached out, shifting the baby in his arms so that she was resting comfortably in one arm. His free hand reaches out to the side, waiting for his wife to grab it. 

Soon, Stays saw a smaller hand reach out, nails delicately done in black and red polish, rings adoring both the index and ring fingers, and a bracelet of black beads come into view. The hand was soon follow by a petite Hispanic woman. 

Nyx has short, black hair pulled back by a headband. She was wearing what seemed to be one of Chan’s sweaters. Sitting down on the arm of the chair, she gently reaches out and traces her index finger along their daughter’s cheek. 

“And”, here Chan takes a deep breath and closes his eyes before opening them again. “Our precious, darling, baby girl, Alazne Hee-Jin Bahng.” 

It was official, Stray Kids Bang Chan has killed his fandom. 

The comments came to a stop as Stays everywhere process the information he just dropped on them. 

They had always joked and said that he would make a perfect dad and that whoever his partner would be or was, would be their mother. 

Now, today, here in the present. On June 15, 2025, Father’s Day. Christopher Chan Bahng. Bang Chan has given Stays a surprise they will always remember. 

He was officially a father, legally and biologically.

Stays took in the small family of three. Both Dad and Mom have their eyes on their sleeping daughter. Their daughter. 

Even from the screen they could feel the love they have for the little girl in Chan’s arms. 

Glancing up, Chan feels a small sense of dread start to grow in him. It had been a good five minutes and Stays still had not replied. Grabbing his phone, he saw no sign of Stays on social media as well. 

“Stays? Was…was this a mistake?” Chan couldn’t stop the question from leaving his mouth, earning a glare from his wife.

Almost as if Stays had come to an agreement, there was a massive ‘NO!’ From all the Stays. 

“Channie, Chan-ah. Baby. Chris”, he hears his wife speak, drawing his attention to him, her phone on hand. 

“HE’S A FATHER! NYX! YOU’RE HIS WIFE?! AND YOU TWO HAVE A DAUGHTER?! YOU GUYS ARE SO PRECIOUS! Oh Chan is so in love with that sweet darling baby girl. Just sitting here and looking at the two of you as you utterly fall in love with her makes me so happy. I’m so happy for you two, for him. For you. Congrats Nyx, and congrats to Chan. You two will be wonderful parents.”

A voice memo. From one of Nyx’s friend who is a stay. 

It took everything in him to not break down and cry at the unconditional love and support from Nyx’s friend.

“It’s not just C babe, look. All Stays are sending their love and support. My friends are all sending their support and love. It’s okay baby, it’s okay. We are okay.” She says, hand coming up to cup his cheek and rub small circles under his eye. 

“It’s okay. We are okay.” She repeats, smiling widely at him. 

Chan opens his mouth only to get stuck on a wet chuckle as the tears finally make their way down his cheeks, eyes locked on his wife. 

“Stays love you baby. They love you and are not leaving”, she says, her other hand coming up to cup his face, thumbs gently drying his tears. “You are okay. I’m here, Alazne is here. Stay is here.” 

Chan gives another wet chuckle as he leans up and presses his lips to his wife’s. 

It was a soft, chaste kiss. They both pull back and rest their foreheads together, eyes closed as they draw strength from one another.

At that point, Stays notice that they seem to have forgotten the livestream, but it didn’t seem like the Manager was going to end it. 

Just as they open their eyes again, a soft whimper pulls their attention down. 

“Oh Heejin, it’s okay baby. Appa and Eomma  are here”, Chris says softly, gently rocking side to side as he looks at his daughter. 

His daughter. Even now it still feels unreal that he was a father, yet in his arms, there was the proof. 

“Hi princess”, he greets softly as he saw his daughter’s beautiful brown eyes, eyes she got from her mother flutter open. 

Another whimper leaves his daughter and he smiles softly as he realizes she was growing hungry. 

“Alright Stays, I apologize but it’s seems like our darling princess is getting hungry”, he chuckles as he moves Alazne, resting her more comfortable into his body. “I’ll post some pictures about my relationship and this wonderful princess later.” 

Handing his daughter over to her mother, he turns back to Stays. 

“Thank you Stays. Really, I mean it. Thank you for taking this as positive as you did. Thank you for your continued support and love. I’ll keep working my best to be the best leader and idol as possible, and at the same time, be the best father and husband to my family. Thank you Stays, thank you”, he smiles widely, eyes still watery. “How about we end this with a big hug? A big hug from Alazne HeeJin, Nyx and myself, Stays?” 

He shifts forward, arms open wide as possible as he gave Stays the big hug he knows they miss. 

“We will be back as soon as possible Stays, be safe, take care. Bye bye baby Stays, bye bye Stays!” With his usual goodbye saying down, the manager ends the live stream.