BTS World

Chap 8- Cleaning comes first

"G-guys....why is the house such a mess?" I step inside the dorm and am immediately rendered speechless. The floor's covered in trash, and the sink is piled full of unwashed dishes. And there's a weird smell coming from somewhere.

"It's and absolute pigsty...." I mumbled in shock.

"We're looking at the same thing, but I'm calm and you're anxious. Are you sure that it's not your thoughts that are messy?" Namjoon says from behind, his dimples showing as he smiles sweetly.

"N-namjoon! What's going on? This isn't just an ordinary mess.." I gestured all over the dorm.

"It's okay to be a little messy!" Seokjin adds helpfully, walking out of the bathroom on his way to the kitchen.

"Seokjin hyung! Are the noodles done yet? I'm hungry..." Hoseok calls out, walking out from his room while rubbing his tummy.

"Just you wait! You'll eat with us, right, Manager? Do you want an egg in yours?" Seokjin asks me.

"Instant noodles? You told me you were eating proper meals!" I narrowed my eyes at Seokjin.

"You have to eat instant noodles once in a while! Like you said a balanced-diet!" Seokjin pouts.

"I should stop talking...." I sigh in defeat.

"Ah! Ahh! Hyungs! Taehyung's being mean to me again!" There's a sudden joyful yell. Taehyung and Jimin come running from the other side of the living room.

"Hey! Didn't I say that there would be a slap fight if I caught you messing around?!" Taehyung says running after Jimin.

"Okay, time to eat! Im done noodling around!" Seokjin says interrupting the Tom & Jerry war.

"Huh, instant noodles? I want some!" Jimin says excitedly.

"Noodles? We'll have a momentary cease fire then!" Taehyung eyes lit up.

"Good god. Can you guys please keep it down when people are sleeping?" Yoongi staggers out of one of his room, clearly only half-awake.

"You were sleeping? It's afternoon!" I ask.

"I told you I'm trying to keep a normal schedule" Yoongi mumbles.

"Guys, you really are practicing, right?" I ask, arching my brows at them.

"Practicing...?" Yoongi asks, opening his eyes fully now.

"Well, as you can see, we've been doing a lot of team bonding..." Seokjin trails off.

"Ah...Can you guys show me that cover dance we were working on?" I say giving a nod at then.

"What! Ah, um... What was it again?" Hoseok asks tilting his head in confusion.

"Was it this one?" Jimin asks doing a move. They dance awkwardly. Not everyone is doing the same moves.

"You're totally out of sync.. You guys haven't been practicing, huh?" I collapse onto the couch.

Wait a second

"Ugh! What is this?! It's wet...."

"Oh! That's... That's my banana milk. I drank it yesterday! I meant to clean up, but I guess I forgot" Jungkook says sheepishly.

"Ha....." I let out a sarcasm 'ha'.

The members slowly gather around as u grimace and sigh.

"Manager, what's wrong?" Jimin asks.

"I mean, at least you're having fun, right? As long as you're happy!" I muster up all the patience I can and force myself to smile.

"Really? Manager, you look painted. Just tell us the truth" Jimin says wanting to know.

"Okay. I'll just ask. What are you guys doing?"

"To be honest, we don't know what we're doing" Namjoon says.

"What is that you don't know?" I ask confused.

"We tried to start a few things on our own, but.... You know, we're all first-time trainees. We didn't know how we should do things. You were too busy with other things to stop by, and we have no one else to ask for help, so...." Namjoon starts to explain fiddling with his fingers as he spoke.

"I'm sorry we disappointed you" Hoseok says hanging his head low, others mirroring him.

I feel like I've been hit by something.

I've been so focused on everything else that I've been neglecting the most important part if the equation.

They won't become BTS just because I've brought them together....

"Manager.... Please say something" Jungkook says, in a cracked voice.

Seeing their looks of concern snaps me out of my thoughts.

"Okay, let's take it slow and tackle the little important things first. Our goal is to write a song. We'll think about other goals later. Everyone needs to participate even just a little bit. Contribute whatever you feel most confident about" Slowly, the group starts to cheer up at my words.

"I'll start right away!" Yoongi jumps up and turns toward the studio.

"Nope. Hold on! There's something we need to do before anything else" I shake my heads at them.

"What's that?" Taehyung asks.

"Huh? Manager, what's all this?" Jimin asks gesturing towards the items on my hand.

"A vacuum cleaner, rags, bleach.... Trash bags?" Hoseok says out loud.

"We have to do a deep clean first. Nothing's going to get done with the house looking like that!" I hand each one of them an item that they can use to clean up the entire dorm, picking one for myself.

"A deep....clean?" Taehyung asks inspecting the vacuum cleaner on his hands.

"Hey, Taehyung's running away! Get him!" Namjoon calls out, as he saw Taehyung sprints towards his room.

After two hours of hard labor, the dorm is....approaching its original state.

"This wall is white! I thought it was gray" Jimin says wowing.

"There are places to sit on the floor" Jungkook's eyes roams around the living room.

"The sink is so shiny that it's blinding...." Seokjin's was sparkling as he touches the cleaned kitchen sink.

What do you think? It'll be easier to focus now, right?

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