SELECT 
  pfv.variant_id, 
  pfv.position, 
  pfvd.variant 
FROM 
  q_product_feature_variants AS pfv 
  INNER JOIN q_product_feature_variant_descriptions AS pfvd ON pfv.variant_id = pfvd.variant_id 
  AND pfvd.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  pfv.variant_id IN (
    9802, 9801, 9803, 9804, 9900, 9865, 9805, 
    9864, 9902, 9820, 9866, 9898
  )

Query time 0.00051

JSON explain

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    },
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          ],
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            "variant_id"
          ],
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          "rows_examined_per_scan": 12,
          "rows_produced_per_join": 12,
          "filtered": "100.00",
          "index_condition": "(`portal`.`pfv`.`variant_id` in (9802,9801,9803,9804,9900,9865,9805,9864,9902,9820,9866,9898))",
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          },
          "used_columns": [
            "variant_id",
            "position"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "pfvd",
          "access_type": "eq_ref",
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          ],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
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            "variant_id",
            "lang_code"
          ],
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            "portal.pfv.variant_id",
            "const"
          ],
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          },
          "used_columns": [
            "variant_id",
            "variant",
            "lang_code"
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Result

variant_id position variant
9801 0 S
9802 0 M
9803 0 L
9804 0 XL
9805 0 XXL
9820 0 XXXL
9864 0 White
9865 0 Black
9866 0 Blue
9898 0 Royal Blue
9900 0 Green
9902 0 Pink