youth | bts

03 | pronunciation

boring filler — you've been warned

"and finally, this is the roof. i like to come out here when i'm stressed, or when the boys are being really annoying." yoongi laughed deeply and shoved his hands into his pockets.

i nodded and smiled, walking over to the ledge, and looking down. "it's really nice up here." i whispered and looked up at the clouds, the sky grey and gloomy, as usual.

he nodded and leaned against the wall next to
me. "how old are you?" he asked quietly, his eyes out towards the road below.

i laughed quietly and shook my head, "younger than jungkook."

his eyes widened as he smiled and looked over at me, "wah. really? you seem so mature." he yawned and rubbed his eyes. "are you a singer or a rapper?"

i nodded and leaned my elbows against the wall, "i auditioned as a rapper, but was trained as a singer." i hummed and sighed softly, "you're a rapper too. a very good one i must add."

"so you can sing and rap? let me hear something."

i quickly shook my head and stood straight up, "no, no, no. you can hear them in the next album we record. if i get lines." i smiled and rubbed the back of
my neck.

he sighed softly and nodded, "alright alright." he laughed and shook his head, looking down towards the street for a few moments before turning around to face me, "well, we welcome you with open arms. welcome to the family, ani." he hummed leaned against the wall.

"thank you." i smiled and curtsied, playfully, earning a small laugh.

"let's get you back downstairs, yeah? it's cold out here, and you need to hangout with the boys." he said, taking my wrist and leading me back down the stairs and inside.

i quietly followed behind him as he lead me towards the living room, they were all spread out, jungkook on the floor, taehyung leaning against jimin, namjoon and jin on one couch, hoseok on another.

"hey guys, ani is not only our new member, but our new maknae." yoongi said loudly causing everyone's eyes to snap in our direction.

"new maknae?" jungkook stood up, taking three long strides before he was infront of me. he squinted his eyes a little, "coming for my golden maknae position?"

yoongi hit the back of his head causing him to whine, "shut up."

"i'm just joking!"

i shook my head and crossed my arms, "definitely not. i may be the new youngest member but you will always be bangtans 'golden maknae'"

he nodded in satisfaction and took a seat. when the door bell rang namjoon stood up and walked to the front, "ani! your stuff is here! taehyung go clear some space." he yelled, tae stood up and walked back to his room.

after a few minutes he came out and wiped his hands, "all good." he smiled.

four men came inside, two carrying the bed set, the other two carrying the dresser. "farthest room to the left." namjoon mumbled.

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"that's it. all set. now you're home!" jin clapped, finalizing the bed sheets. "i like it."

"thank you for helping."

he nodded and left, tae was sitting on his bed staring, his head tilted to the side. "i have a feeling we're going to have a lot of fun as roommates ani."

"you think so?"

he nodded and pouted his lips out a bit, patting his chest, "i'm the funnest member."

"funnest member? does that mean you're very lou-"

"ani, tomorrow we have dance practice, and they're editing your voice into the new album, so make sure you know these highlighted lines." jimin said suddenly, walking into the room with a small packet filled with song lyrics, he placed it next to me and took a seat.

"do you need help with any pronunciation? your korean sounds good, but sometimes it sounds like you're scrambling to find words." he laughed and shrugged, "which isn't a bad thing! we know korean isn't your first language."

i playfully rolled my eyes and hit his shoulder lightly, "i'm still learning."

"i can help her." tae said, nothing jimin and i looking over at him at the same time.

jimin shook his head and smiled, "i got it. go play with jungkook."

"but i ca-"

"tae, i got it." he nodded and looked up at him, "alright, let's just jump right into it, starting with DNA."

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"urin jeonsaengedo ama daeum saengedo
yeongweoni hamkkenikka.. dna."

"urin jeonsaengedo ama daeum saengedo
yeongweoni-" i whispered to myself, trying to remember it.

"good, just like that." jimin said softly and smiled.