Living With Stray Kids?

Chapter 5: A New Morning

That night I slept in Chan's bed, and he slept on the couch. I felt pretty bad about it, but he told me that he wasn't going to sleep for a while anyway, and that I might as well use it. I was exhausted that night, to say the least, so I fell asleep at around 8 PM without eating anything. It was weird sleeping in his bed, but I eventually made it to dreamland. 

Since I went to bed early, it made sense that I woke up pretty early as well. Being the only one awake (or so I thought), I decided to go to the kitchen to try and make breakfast for everyone.

I drowsily walked over, still not believing that I was in the dorm of Stray Kids. As I entered the kitchen, I walked over to one of the fridges, trying to find some food. Unable to find anything I was familiar with, I closed the door. As soon as it shut, it revealed a figure behind it. I screamed and almost fell backwards, but the person steadied me. 

"Why are you going through our food?" Minho questioned, his hands still gripping my arms. I gulped, sensing that his feelings from yesterday were not gone. He still didn't trust me. "I, I-" Just then, Seungmin walked in the room, diverting Minho's attention. I took this as a chance to escape, running  back to Chan's room.

The only problem was, when living with 8 other people, you're bound to bump into them here and there. My head crashed into someone's chest, and I whimpered in pain. Jeongin froze, a worried look on his face. "Are you okay? Oh my god, I'm so sorry Areum! Is your head fine?" he asked me.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about it." I replied. I wasn't fine, I had a splitting headache now. But I couldn't have another person dislike me, so I smiled and continued to Chan's room. I was about to reach there, when I was stopped in my tracks by the sound of yelling from the kitchen. 

"She was going through our food! You don't know what she might have been doing, why do you guys trust her and not me!?"

"I get that you don't trust her hyung, but she's 15 years old. She's not even an adult yet, why are you so worried?"

Going against the voice in my head, I immediately went back to the kitchen. I wanted to hear more of the conversation, it was about me after all. I sneaked by the kitchen, and I saw Minho facing Seungmin and Jeongin by the dining table. 

Minho looked down, "I don't want to see you guys get hurt." he quietly said.

Just then, surprising me for nth time this morning, I felt pair of hands grip my shoulders and lead me to the living room. I couldn't make out who it was, but he might not have been happy to see me spying on his members, making me even more nervous.

Once we reached the living room, he finally turned me around, revealing his face. 

"Don't worry about what Minho is saying." Chan told me softly. "He cares a lot about us, so he's very protective. I do have to ask you though. Why were you looking through the fridge?"

"I wanted to make breakfast for the members that were leaving today." I mumbled. Chan laughed, and ruffled my hair. "You don't have to do that, especially since you're probably not very familiar with the food we have." He gently pushed me to sit on the couch. "All you have to do is get comfortable, and let us know if you need anything, alright?" I nodded meekly in response.

"Go back in the kitchen, Minho will make you something to eat." When I looked up at him in confusion, he smiled. "He may seem like he doesn't like you, but he's warm inside. He won't refuse to let you eat."

I slowly walked towards the kitchen, and pulled aside the curtain, revealing myself to Jeongin, Seungmin, Minho, and now Jisung as well. 

Jisung smiled widely at me. "Hi Areum! Did you sleep well last night?" I merely nodded, reluctant to ask Minho for breakfast. But when I heard someone come up from behind me, I knew that I had to. (Chan is always watching)

Minho looked at me without emotion, and it made me even more uneasy than if he had shown anger or irritation. "Umm, Minho?" He continued to be void of emotion. "Uh, could I possibly have breakfast? It's perfectly fine if you don't want to give me anything, I'm not that hungry anyway." I started to feel really tense. "Maybe I'll just go back to the room, or sit in the living room, or I could help clean maybe? Umm, I'll just-"

"Areum!" he cut me off. "I'll make you breakfast, sit at the dining table" he instructed. I sighed in relief, and glanced back to see Chan, but he was gone. I sat down at the dining table, when I felt 2 small hands start to massage my shoulders. I immediately knew who this was, but I turned back to check. Felix gave me the biggest smile, and he asked, "How are you feeling today?" I gave a small smile in response, but I didn't feel okay enough to answer. 

Felix's POV:

I looked up at Seungmin, Jeongin, Jisung, and Minho. I honestly felt bad for Areum, I had heard the yelling from my room. "Areum," I said. "Stand up for a second." She looked at me hesitantly, but did what I asked. I then engulfed her in a big hug. She reminded me of my sisters, I didn't want her to feel bad. "It's okay," I whispered. 

However,  I didn't expect her to cry. I had no idea that she was sensitive, so I kind of panicked when I heard sniffling. I glanced at Jisung, and worded "Help me." to him. Luckily, he seemed to know what to do, and he motioned for me to let her go.

 I slowly let her go, but then she seemed to panic, as her face was no longer covered. That caused me to panic again. Seeing both me and Areum panic, Jisung panicked too. 

The three of us just looked at each other with wide eyes, unsure what to do. Then, the last thing I would've thought could happen, happened. Minho walked over to the dining table with a plate in hands and he placed it down. Then he grabbed Areum, and threw a random towel over her head. 

I stopped panicking, and Jisung stopped as well it seemed. The both of us were just kind of confused. Minho looked at me and Jisung, and motioned for us to go make breakfast instead of just standing there. 

I really wanted to see what would happen next, but I walked back to the kitchen with Jisung. We helped Seungmin and Jeongin make breakfast, while Minho grabbed Areum's arm and lead her to the living room again.

Soon enough Minho came back, acting as if nothing weird had just happened. But I still didn't understand what had happened. "Hyung" I asked, "What did you do with her?"

He just shrugged and said "You guys weren't doing anything, so I fixed the problem"

I just looked at him weirdly, but went to continue making breakfast.

Where did he take her?