One Music, One Nation

Chapter 01

AREUM

"PPALLI IREONA. LEE AREUM. You're gonna be late for school." Hanbin's annoying voice wakes me up at exactly seven in the morning. How do I know the time? It's because he always shouts at exactly seven in the morning. I have my own room at iKON's dorm. I have my own schedule in where I sleep. And iKON being third on my list, I sleep at their dorm for a couple of weeks and I transfer to WINNER's dorm next. And my schedule goes so on, after two weeks at Winner's dorm, I transfer to NCT's and so on and so on. It's been my routine for the past nine years. It's not that I don't have a house but my family actually has a mansion here in Seoul. But I decided to live this way, it's much more fun.

"Lee Areum!" Hanbin shouted again, it's the second warning and that means I have to get up, otherwise it's seven guys with smelly bodies on top of me. They tend to tease me a lot. I stood up and went to my bathroom and hurriedly showered. When I was done, I changed into clothes which was, a black ripped jeans and white shirt under a brown hoodie. I ran to Chanwoo's room amd I saw him still sleeping.

I jump on top of him but he's sleeping with his chest on the bed, "Chanwoo-ya! Jung Chanwoo!" I shouted, imitating Hanbin.

"Aish. Sikkeuro." He mumbled and I laughed.

"Hyung! Let me borrow your shoes." I told him.

"Just take whatever you like and leave me alone." He mumbled in his sleeping voice and I smiled.

"Gomawo, hyung." I said and took his white converse shoes. I wore the shoes and went to the kitchen where I saw Yunhyeong cooking.

"Jeon achimimnida, hyung." I said to him and I waited for him to finish cooking.

"Is that what you're wearing for school?" He asked me, eyeing me up and down. It was clear that he didn't like it.

"Yep. It's what I always look like when I go to school." I said to him and smiled, washing away the dislike in his eyes.

"Hanbin-i eodiseo?" I asked him while I sit at the clean counter. Since it's Yunhyeong cooking, my clothes won't get dirty since his a clean cook.

"Molla. Maybe he took a shower or something." He said and placed the omelette on a clean plate.

"Oh. I just remembered. Jiwon said that you need to wake him up. He'll be the one to take you to school." He said to me and I dashed out of the kitchen and went to Jiwon hyung's room.

"Kimbap!" I barged in to his room and shouted. I saw his room and my face scrunched in disgust.

"Aigoo hyung. You're room is the perfect example of a hurricane. Seriously, learn to clean up. Ya! Ireona." I said to him. I picked up his clothes on the floor and hung them up on his closet. I arranged the mess for a little while and I laid beside him. Heaving a sigh, I saw the tears from his eyes. This was the time of the year where Jiwon would cry cause he misses his Mom. They just had their 3rd anniversary as iKON and I know how much Jiwon wants to see his Mom.

"Bobby-ya. You don't need to take me to school. It's fine for me. Just take a rest. Arraseo hyung?" I talked to him and he nodded. I smiled and give him a peck at his forehead. I left his room and saw Yunhyeong in the living room eating omelette and my plate was there too. He was watching a Hollywood movie with Korean subtitle.

I sighed, "Has he been like that since yesterday?" I asked Yunhyeong. He looked at me and smiled. Yunhyeong is almost like a Dad to me and at the same time a brother.

"Yes. He didn't want to tell you and he didn't want to worry you, you know, with your study and stuff." He explained to me. I looked down and Yunhyeong holds my chin up. I felt guilty, Bobby hyung always worry about me, all of them aways worry about me and never about themselves. Sometimes, they don't even pay attention to themself and it's always me.

"Ya. Areum-a. You know that Jiwon's like that. He'll be alright." He said to me and kissed my forehead. My worries diappeared and I ate my omelette. I went inside Donghyuk's room and I saw him still sleeping. What a sleepyhead.

"Hyung. Can you take me to school today?" I asked him. He wriggled and sat up. He looked at me strangely and suddenly pulls me into a hug.

When he breaks the hug, I raise my eyebrow's in confusion, "I thought you needed it. Now let's go to your school," he said to me and I left his room while he changes into his clothes. When Donghyuk steps out of his room in a grey sweatpants and white sweater, I grabbed my backpack and went out of the dorm with him.

"Geunde hyung. Cha eopsjanha." I said to him and he laughed dumbfoundedly.

"We'll just take our van and Manager hyung can drive us there." He said and dialed Manager hyung's number. After a couple of minutes the car arrived and we went inside. I found myself shocked when I saw Junhoe, Hanbin and Jinhwan on the car and they greeted me with a big smile.

"What are you all doing here?" I asked them.

"Parenting. Since Bobby can't watch out for you at school." Jinhwan said to me. Jinhwan was seated on the second seat, behind the passenger and front seat, with Junhoe. While me, Donghyuk and Hanbin sat on the backseat. I sat between Hanbin and Donghyuk.

"You do know that I'm seventeen years old right? And that I can walk?" I asked them, jokingly.

"Danghyeonhaji. But we need to, YG's orders." Hanbin said to me and he playfully pats my head.

"That doesn't even make sense." I said, pouting and I cross my arms in front of me, like a kid who didn't get to buy her favorite toy.

"Oh it will. Besides, you'll get to know what's really going on once you arrive at your school." Junhoe said to me. I looked at what Jinhwan was wearing and I suspiciously hissed.

"Jinhwan hyung. You're very well-dressed today. Is that normal?" I asked suspiciously. He turned to me and smiled sheepishly.

"Geunyang gidaryeo bwa." He said to me and I just rolled my eyes in what he said.