Neverending StrayKids, Neverending Stays

Eight, O, Three, Two, Five…What do you even know?

They were eight kids, running for their dreams armed with passion and patience. Grew up well in a world where fate was, and still, a maze to figure out. Silly dudes, talented all-rounders — words can’t still describe them.

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A day that universe have let these kids take their journey for their dreams and with us. The travel isn’t smooth, but we can see a flowery path ahead. Behind the light, there is a destination unknown but what matters is we are together.

In this travel, these kids allowed us to grow up, at our pace. There are turbulence ahead but who cared when they assured everyone of a home. Each entered the home at the right time, these kids found every one of us along the way, held our hands and gave the hug that was long overdue — big hug.

I could’ve entered this home earlier but maybe they knew that we will meet again. Our paths crossed but I wasn’t paying attention, so as the third time until the fourth chance came. My life’s turning point crossed their journey and now I am travelling with them.

They gave me a home that I longed from other people. Who in the right mind would trust strangers for their life? Me. Music, fun, family, like one of these kids said, ‘I don’t believe in forever, but I want to spend a lifetime with you.’ I hold on to a promise as I promise them too that I would never give up because I can, and I must.

I am lost of words to be honest, to describe this journey I am in. Discovering a lot of things I can do that I refused to believe it is possible. Found sparks again to pursue arts with the kid that smiles and looks like dumplings. And this poet, can't believe that he's able to weave those thoughts into words and make everyone feel that someone out there knows exactly what they feel.

Took years for me to stop believing that I don’t fit the society’s standard, but this man of principles helped me to disregard what other people throw at me. Whenever I ask people about their first impression of me, they say I am intimidating, it was just fine but I want to tell the world I am not, you could say I’m a marshmallow inside. This kid made me feel that a good heart’s value weighs more than what encloses it— those were just impressions and not what I am.

One of them also radiated so much happiness, he holds the universe in his eyes, so vast that stars have rained on his cheeks. This kid gives warmth with just his presence. Another was kid that quiet but silly too, my inner child really found someone that matches her energy and tag along this cute kid too that other calls haengnim. If only I am around my early teens, I would be so thankful to have them as friends, they have the happiness of childhood in them that I wished I had.

Leave not the eldest kid, a brother that I longed for growing up. He has everything I wished for a brother, he’s cute but also have the traits of an ideal partner in life mixed with the campus achiever. His aura is really a home to behold.

These kids also gave me friends or family to look up to and to care for. I suck in relationship or communication but with them I am assured. They are strangers — familiar strangers that are my brothers and sisters.

Now they are already travelling for nearly five years, what do you even know? Of all the stories that every one of us have in this journey, what do you even know?

I know that they deserve the greatest thing in life. Happiness would be an undying wish, staying by them is an oath to protect them like how they shielded us from our very own monsters and share a never-ending story in this never-ending journey.

What do you even know? I can wait for them eternally, in another lifetime or universe. That love, a four-letter word, would be challenged to hold its never-ending special meaning. These eight kids would continue to travel in a flowery path with us.

StrayKids would have the greatest and finest things for doing their best and more.

-Your Neverending Stay