Hatching

Moving in

"This will be your dorm. It's not the nicest but we hope you find yourself at home." The women let out a tight smile. Her Korean accent was very thick but Dawa was grateful that she could speak English and grateful that she did for his sake. 

"Thanks." He replied politely. They building was small. It looked only one story high and a dark gray. The door looked like it was about to fall off, the hinges loose. 

"Sorry, we were just making space for our newest member." A teenager opened the door, smiling in a white t shirt. "Come in, here, I'll get the suitcase." Dawa's eyebrows raised, startled at the kindness and taken aback. Instinctively, his hand reached for the handle and tightened his grip on it, his knuckled turning white. 

"No, thanks." 

"Right, I have to go. Namjoon, please take care of him." The women waved, running off with her phone on one ear. 

The dorm was small just as Dawa expected. They had a kitchen, which was attached to the common area. A bathroom and two bedrooms. Each bedroom with four bunk beds, which shook every time you touched them. 

"That top one is yours. Um you can unpack but as you can see, we don't really have a lot of space. Oh, I'm Namjoon by the way." 

"Dawa." Dawa introduced which earned a little frown from Namjoon. 'There's the look I was waitng for.' Dawa's internal voice spoke. 

"where are the other members?" He asked as he sat down on one of the bottom bunks which was soft to Dawa's surpise. 

"Yoongi and Hoseok are probably producing and I think Jimin is dancing in the practice rooms. Jungkook is probably have a vocal lesson right now. They'll be here in about an hour or so." Namjoon checked his watch, making sure he had the time right. And then stared at the suitcase. 

"Do you need anything? I could take you to the store, it's close by." Namjoon offered. He was determined to make this guy feel at home and determined to help him. 

"I just need a new charger and headphones. They both broke on the flight here." 

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By the time Namjoon and Dawa had returned back to the dorms, the rest of the crew was already there. 

"Guys, he's here! They're here!" Namjoon chuckled at the excited whisper of Jimin. Dawa hadn't really heard anything except some shuffles. He barely had energy to register where he was let alone pay attention to the noises. 

Namjoon's dimples were poking out as he left the food on the kitchen counter. "Guys, this is Dawa. He doesn't know korean so he'll be learning. Try to help him, he's from London and um he's..." Namjoon paused and turned to Dawa who was just saring at the ground with a blank face. "How old are you?" 

"18." He answered in a low voice.

"He's 18." 

"Hi Dawa. I am Jimin!" Jimin smiled showing his teeth. 

"Jungkook!" 

"I am Hoseok."

"Yoongi."

"I'm Seokjin. Hi."

"Hello. Taehyung." 

They all stood there at the 18 year old, who didn't respond. He just stood there in his jeans and t-shirt blinking. 

"oh, sorry! Hi." He finally responded. The others furrowed their eyebrows. Slightly confused and worried. 

"I'm going to get started on dinner." Yoongi mumbled walking away first while letting out a yawn. 

"I'll help." Jin walked away too. 

And soon everyone went into their room or stayed in the common area. Dawa looked at Namjoon.

"They're making dinner. You can rest until dinner's ready." Namjoon translated. Dawa nodded his head, his hair was getting in the way, getting longer by the day. 

"I'm going to make a call." He pointed to his phone before walking to the bedroom. 

"Dawa, how are you? Is everything okay? Have you met your members? Are they nice? Are you being polite? How was the plane tri-"

"Mum, slow down. I'm fine, the plane ride was fine. Just a bit tired is all. Everyone here is friendly. So far. How are you and Essie?"

"Oh we're good. Essie's missing you a lot. Moon, are you really okay?" 

"yeah. Mum, I'm okay, this is the easy bit. What time is in London?"

"About 11:30. Moonie, I have to go, but I love you. Call me again soon okay?"

"Yeah, I will. Have a good day." And then he ended the call. Laying on his bed and staring at the ceiling. 

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"Tae, no. Don't wake him up. He's probably tired from jet lag."

"I'm tired too, and I'm still eating dinner. So he should too!"

"Yeah, how come he gets to sleep earlier than us?" Jungkook pouted, glaring at the top bunk. 

"Yah! I'm gong to eat everything if you don't come and eat now!" Jin threatened. This caused the maknaes to dash out of the room, forgetting about the 18 year old fast asleep.