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Chapter 7: Change

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Min Yoongi

Eliminating all possible distractions, I was left to my own mind haven, scribbling down whatever I was thinking inside my notebook. I had to keep a clear head, I couldn't let my own pessimistic thoughts consume me. For a moment I stopped and leaned back, looking at my notes - yet without hesitation (like every other page I had hastily written) I tore it out, crumpled it and tossed it in the trash can. It was my own mechanism for collecting any pathetic thoughts and just forgetting about them.

As I leaned forward to continue, I heard a knock at my door.

"Come in." I calmly responded.

The door opened quietly and Jimin poked his head through, a curious glance appearing on his face as he entered my room.

"Hey Yoongi.." He greeted me, a small smile appearing on his face. "When are you planning to dye your hair?"

"Ugh. Do I have to?" I groaned with annoyance. I preferred my natural hair - what was the point in dyeing it?

Jimin chuckled, "Yes, everyone has to. E.C.T could've seen any of us. It's just to be sure that they don't make a connection."

"Alright, alright. Fine." I gave up and rolled my eyes, accepting that I had to dye my hair.

There was a short pause before Jimin spoke again.

"Anyway, everyone is sorting out what colour they want." Jimin continued. "You coming?"

"I guess..." I sighed, closing my notebook, putting my pen away and getting up from my chair.

After shutting my door, I followed Jimin down the hallway, arriving in the living room where everyone else was talking, surrounding the collection of box dyes.

The dark carpeted floor spread out across the living room, complimenting the white walls and making the room appear much bigger than it was. Averagely sized windows also added to the effect as during the day time, they let in lots of natural light and made the room appear brighter. Two black sofas were perched, two metres apart, facing each other. Jungkook and Hoseok occupied one sofa while Namjoon, Taehyung and Seokjin sat on the other. In front of them, a glass table with black steel legs stood proudly before them, holding the various box dyes on its surface.

"So.." I started, "What terrible colour choices do we have?" I asked sarcastically.

"They're not that bad Yoongi." Namjoon mused, "There's blonde, dark blue, light brown, black, red, medium brown and grey."

"I call dibs on the red." Taehyung announced with his cheerful grin.

"Kinda want to try the blonde." Seokjin decided.

"So much for your idea of going with darker hair." Hoseok laughed, clearly referencing a previous conversation they must've had.

"Ah whatever, I'll look good anyway." Seokjin smirked. "Who's the real winner here?"

"I admire your confidence." Hoseok replied, his dimples becoming more prominent as he smiled.

As I looked at the box dyes that were remaining, I wasn't so sure what I'd go for - since I was going to have to dye my hair, I kind of wanted to go for something different and a little more outside the box.

"I'll go for grey, I wanna see how it looks." I thought out loud.

"Alright then, that leaves black, dark blue, light brown and medium brown." Namjoon stated.

"Eh, I'll go natural again.." Hoseok said as he leaned forward to reach for the black box dye.

Without saying a word, Jimin picked up the light brown box dye and inquisitively glanced over it.

"I'll stick with what I know looks good." Jungkook chuckled as he picked up the medium brown box dye.

"I'm pretty sure you've tried every single shade of brown." Taehyung smirked.

"That's debatable." Jungkook shook his head with a smile, "My hair is too sensitive for bleach, we've established this." He pouted.

"I guess I'm going dark blue then huh?" Namjoon beamed as he picked up the remaining box dye.

Kim Taehyung

Although it was pretty late in the night by now, we all decided now would be the best time to dye our hair. So that we had some form of disguise before we started our next mission.

I stared at the box dye in my hands, it was titled Flame Red. That's a little cringy, could've picked a better name. Chuckling to myself, I stood up from the sofa, ready to dye my hair. I was interested in how it would look. Conveniently, the safe house had seven bedrooms which were accompanied with their own private en-suite.

"Alright, let's do this." Namjoon announced, as everyone began to disperse towards their own bathrooms.

Walking upstairs, I immediately made my way to my room, nervous and excited to see how this new colour would look on me. Once I found myself in my bathroom, I opened the box dye and followed the instructions. Before that though, I took one last glance at my brown locks that were intertwined with green, emerald-like highlights. Time for an upgrade.

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Shining prominently, the sun blasted through my blinds, causing me to wake up and open my eyes. I got up and stretched, thankful for having such a decent night's sleep. After standing up, I went to the bathroom and rinsed my face with cold water to wake myself up a little more. I was slightly startled by my own reflection. Heh, this'll take some getting used to.

Curious as to how the others looked, I headed downstairs, it was only until I reached the living room that I realised I was the last one to wake up. Everybody looked so different, I almost didn't recognise them.

"Good morning Taehyung." Namjoon smiled, sipping his coffee, "How'd you sleep?" His messy hair was dyed a cool, dark blue.

"Pretty well." I responded with a smirk.

"The red hair suits you." Jimin remarked, running his hand through his light brown hair.

"As does your brown hair." I returned with a grin, going to the kitchen to get some coffee.

"Oh, when you're done in there Tae, come into the living room; we need to discuss what is happening for our next mission so we're ready." Namjoon explained, washing his mug, drying it and placing it in the cupboard.

"Yeah, no problem." I answered.

Now that our appearances had been taken care of, our next focus was on the following mission to complete...

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Kim Taehyung

Kim Namjoon

Park Jimin

Kim Seokjin

Jeon Jungkook

Jung Hoseok

Min Yoongi

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