Chapter 1 - Bonding

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As a group that is about to debut, we had to develop our bonds first. Our small company, that we were trained under, had come up with a way to make us get close. Everyday, at every practice, after we finished out training, our boss would come to us and make us play a game.

Today we had a day off so everyone spent it in the dorms. I shared rooms with Yoongi which put the rest of the staffs at ease because he once won the trust game we once played.

It actually didn't mean anything, but as long as everyone was alright with that, that's what mattered. In all honesty, I didn't mind sharing room with any of the members because everyone was nice to me since the day one.

As we were all chilling in the dorm, me and Yoongi were in our room, doing our own things.

Amongst the group members, our room was called the quiet one because most of the time we were composing and thinking about texts to our songs.

There would be moments when Yoongi would rap out loud his text to see if it sounded alright while I did the same, sometimes I joined him to make it more enjoyable for him, and as easily as giving each other beats, we bonded pretty fast.

I was lying in my bed while having my eyes closed, resting them after staring into the phone screen for too long. Outside of our room, everyone was being energetic as they all shouted from all around the dorm as everyone was on the other side. By now, me and Yoongi were used to it. It made us reassured that we weren't alone.

While being half-asleep, the door to our room opened. It was Jin who lightly knocked. Yoongi stood up to let Jin in as Yoongi told Jin to be quiet as he motioned to me.

"Oh no, she's asleep?" he said in a quiet voice, "Yea. What did you need?" asked Yoongi in his deep voice. "I really need a hand with cooking and she's the only one of you all that can wrap tortillas." he explained as Yoongi sighed, "The dinner will be ready soon, she can go to sleep right after." said Jin as he looked at Yoongi as if for his approval. He was already making his way towards me as he sat beside me. He put his hand on my shoulder since I was laying on my side, facing my back towards everyone. His touch made me open my eyes and look over my shoulder with a sleepiness written all over me.

"I'm sorry to wake you up, Kyungie, but I really need a help with cooking." he said with a gentle voice. I slowly sat up while rubbing my eyes in order to wake them up. They were still hurting from all the brightness of the screen from before. "I'm coming.." I said with a raspy voice. I saw Jin smile at my sleepy state, "Come once you're done waking up." he said as he got up from the bed and left the room.

I still had hands on my face as my eyes throbbed. Our room was dark due to the night time and it was honestly more preferable to me than the sudden brightness coming from outside of our room.

On the opposite side of my bed was Yoongi sitting on his bed with a blog and pencil in his hand. I noticed he was looking at me, "How long was I out?" I asked as I looked over to him. He shrugged his shoulders, "Maybe for an hour?" he said which made me sigh.

I got up from my bed and fixed my clothes from the sleeping position. I then headed out of the room where screams of the rest of the members were heard.

"Give it back to me, hyung!" I heard Jungkook's shout which made my head throb at the sudden loudness. I headed straight to the kitchen, but on my way there, Tae bumped into me as he was trying to run away from Jungkook, "I'm sorry, Noona." he said quickly as he continued running. It made me smile to see them this energetic.

Once I made my way to the kitchen, Jin and Namjoon were there, talking about something. When they noticed my presence, they both smiled, "Great timing, I was just about to ask how you wrap tortillas." said Namjoon with a smile as he put an arm around my shoulders to pull me close to the kitchen counter where tortillas were spreaded.

"Alright, watch." I said with a slight smile as I started to wrap them with my own technique. Namjoon gasped, "How did you learn to wrap them like that?" he asked curiously as Jin was putting an effort into putting a proper filling into the other tortilla. "I used to work at fast-foods where this was a must to know." I answered simply while smile never left my face.

I just hoped  he wouldn't ask me for more because I wasn't really in the mood to confess anything about my past now.

"Wow, so you not only worked in a clothes' shop, but also in a fast-foods? How many jobs did you have?" grinned Jin in amusement, "13 jobs in total." I answered which made both Namjoon and Jin to look at me, "Yah, are you telling me that you have more experience with this than me? Where did I go wrong?!" Jin started to laugh out. It also made me chuckle, "How come 13? I had only one part-time before." said Namjoon, "It's not like I had much of a choice but I've almost always been kicked out because of my tattoos and piercing. My appearance was never good for those jobs." I smiled to myself, hoping this would be enough about me as I continued to wrap the new tortilla that Jin handed me in the meanwhile.

"You were too perfect to be in any of those. You belong where you are now, so I'm kinda glad you were kicked out of all of them." said Jin as he earned a light punch from me to his shoulder which made us both laugh out along with Namjoon.

After the dinner was ready, we served it together at the table. Now the only remaining part was to call everyone for the meal. Namjoon and Jin said they would take care of the rest while I would go for Yoongi.

When I opened the door to our room, he automatically looked up from his textbook. I smiled at him: "The dinner's ready." I said as I left the door opened for him and headed to the dining room.

The shouting and screaming became even louder this time because of everyone's excitement towards the food.

"Tortillas? I haven't had one in a while.." said Jimin while looking at the tortilla with hungry eyes. "Kyungie wrapped them herself, so you all would better eat everything otherwise you're not leaving this table." said Jin in a stern voice which made everyone hum in agreement.

Yoongi was the last one to arrive to the table which made everyone look at him as he sat down, "Any progress, hyung?" asked Hobi with a smile as he took a mouthful of tortilla. Yoongi hummed in response which was typical of him.

"Okay, so while Kyungie was wrapping tortillas, we've got to know that she had 13 jobs before coming here!" said Namjoon in amusement as everyone looked up with a surprised look straight at me, "How come, Noona?" asked Jungkook innocently, "The reason isn't important.." I didn't want to tell them that I was a foster kid who had to make money of her own, "I was kicked out of all of them because my appearance!" I started to smile which made everyone at the table smile, "I remember having a job interview once before, and they told me straight that they don't look for a person like me." Tae started to laugh out, "I don't even wonder.." said Jimin in a teasing voice which made Tae look at him with a huge smile plastered on his face.

I noticed Yoongi looking at me deeply which made me look at him. Once we had an eye-contact, I gave him a smile which made him look back to his plate. It was normal of him to look at me after this, everytime I opened up a bit, he would always look at me like that together with Namjoon. Since Namjoon was a leader, he kept an extra eye on everyone in the group, especially at me for being the only girl in the froup.

"Kyungie, can I talk with you a bit after dinner?" asked Namjoon which made everyone look up from their plates, "Why? Are you going to scold her?" asked Jungkook with a worried expression, "She didn't do anything wrong though." said Jimin while thinking. "Sure." I answered simply.




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