"Ah," D.O stopped midway rehearsing his lines and looked at the others. "I think it must be the milk. I must have left the milk out on the counter."

Chen sighed. "We've been over this, D.O, nothing's wrong, you're worrying over nothing."

D.O rubbed his neck. "Then why do I feel like I've forgotten to do something today?"

"Maybe you're just stressed" Xiumin suggested as he picked up his script. "You do have a bigger role in your latest film."

Sehun nodded in agreement. The chair he was sitting on was facing backwards so that he could lean his elbows on the backrest while he slurped on his favourite drink: chocolate bubble tea. "It's a romance this time, hyung?"

D.O nodded in reply.

"Do you have a kissing scene?" he asked with a sly smile forming on the corners of his mouth.

The other two looked at D.O expectantly.

D.O busied himself with skimming through his script. "There are intense moments..." his voice trailed off. "But it's unclear whether I actually have to kiss anyone."

"You better do it well or all your fans will be disappointed" Xiumin teased playfully.

D.O shuffled uncomfortably on his seat. "I'll try, hyung. But I can't promise anything." He gave a shy smile.

Chen put his head down on the table. The four members were gathered together in their dressing room waiting to go on a variety show.

"Remind me why we're going on this variety show, while the others aren't, again?" Chen asked.

The other three exchanged looks.

"It's to gain more exposure" D.O replied.

Chen buried his face against his folded arms. "Great." His voice was muffled. "You guys better answer some questions, okay? Don't leave me to take all the hits."

"Hyung, it's a variety show, not a battle" replied Sehun in between slurps.

Chen looked at him blankly. "I know that. But out of all the members, you guys are known to be the most introverted."

"That's not true!" Xiumin contested.

"It kinda is..." Sehun was busy finishing his bubble tea. "But it's all part of that image I'm trying to create, y'know."

"Oh yeah?" Chen answered sitting up, "And what image would that be?"

Sehun put down his empty cup of bubble tea. "The broody, handsome guy of the group."

Chen and Xiumin chortled.

"Oh, our maknae is so cute." Xiumin smiled. "Well, it suits you." He turned to D.O who had been sitting quietly reading his script again. "Do you still need some help with your lines?"

D.O shook his head. "It's okay, hyung. I think I'll practise again later."

As soon as D.O finished talking, a member of staff had peered through the door. "They're ready for you," the man informed the members.

All four members got up from their chairs. "Let's go, then" Chen told the others.

One by one, the members exited through the door.

D.O had a lot on his mind.

He still had that uncomfortable feeling of having forgotten something, nagging at him. But what could it be?

Had he left the oven on? Nope, that can't be it.

Had he left the lights on in the hallway? He shook his head at this question. He definitely made sure it was off before he left.

Had he closed the fridge door properly? Yes, he remembered putting the orange juice back.

Had he--

"Ah." He stopped at his tracks. The eureka moment finally came to him.

He'd forgotten to lock his bedroom door.

~*~

"I'm starving, hyung" Kai moaned as he waited for Suho to open the door to the dorm.

It was the end of the day and Kai, Suho, Baekhyun and Chanyeol were finally back at the dorm. They had spent the whole day together attending a radio show while the others were away on a variety show.

"Kai, you're always starving" Baekhyun replied matter-of-factly. The door flashed green and the members went inside.

"Woah," Chanyeol was astonished. "Do you guys smell that?"

As soon as the members entered the dorm they were greeted by an unfamiliar smell.

The smell of cleanliness.

"This place hasn't smelled this clean since Mrs. Park was here!" Kai exclaimed excitedly.

"Someone must have cleaned up" Suho suggested as he traced his finger on a nearby shelf. There wasn't a speck of dust to be seen.

"Do you think it was Umin-hyung?" asked Baekhyun to no one in particular. "He's been avoiding staying downstairs ever since Mrs. Park left." Baekhyun chuckled, "He hasn't said anything about it but you can tell it's been stressing him out."

"Yeah," Chanyeol agreed. "I saw him itching to clean up the other day but, didn't in the end."

"Well, you can't just rely on Umin-hyung to always clean up. It's everyone's responsibility" Suho answered sternly.

Chanyeol, Baekhyun and Kai gave Suho a deadpan look.

"Says the messy one" Baekhyun replied testily.

Suho objected, "What?"

"Yeah, you were telling us off last week for being messy," began Chanyeol. "But your room wasn't any better."

"It was just as bad as the living room" Baekhyun added.

Suho defended himself, "Yah, at least it's kept within my personal space-- not out in the open!"

"Well, whatever hyungs," Kai commented as he took off his shoes. "You can all crowd around here while I go and eat-- I'm starving." As Kai finished putting away his shoes, the others decided to follow his lead.

There really was no point in arguing any further. Everyone was just tired from their long day.

"Yah," Kai says trying to attract everyone's attention. "Has anyone seen my slippers? I can't seem to find them."

The others were already walking towards the communal area.

"Maybe someone borrowed them by mistake?" suggested Chanyeol. "The others are probably home by now."

Kai huffed. "I bet it was Sehun again." He grabbed D.O's pair of slippers, "Just wait until I catch him!"

As the four members entered the communal area, they saw that the dorm had undergone a noticeable transformation.

Baekhyun breathed in the citrus smell gladly, "This is more like it."

Chanyeol rushed to the sofas, "Yah, whoever cleaned up mixed my music sheets up!" He scrambled through the pile of papers that rested neatly on the coffee table.

Suho sat down beside Chanyeol and closed his eyes. "I'm gonna nap for a while."

"We still have some bread, right? I'm gonna make a sandwich" Kai declared as he trudged straight to the kitchen.

Baekhyun headed towards the stairs. "I'm gonna shower now, then."

But no one answered back. Everyone was already occupied with their own thing.

"Have a nice shower, Baek!" Baekhyun says to himself, "Good night Baekhyun!" he muttered "And don't forget to dry your hair properly!"

Honestly. Baekhyun thought. It was every man to himself.

~*~

Baekhyun grabbed his towel and headed for the bathroom that was nearest his bedroom. From outside, he could hear the water running in the shower.

It must be one of the others, he thought to himself.

A sly smile crept up his face as he thought of a brilliant idea.

It had been a while since he had showered with any of the members and he was up for some mischief. What better way was there to solidify his friendship with the other members than by showing some skinship?

They were all guys anyway, so it wasn't a big deal.

Baekhyun tried the door and discovered that it was locked.

"Aish, why did you have to lock it for?" he muttered under his breath. "I already know what you have down there-- there's no need to act modest." He pulls out a thin, pointy, black comb from his pocket and slipped it through the cracks to unlatch the lock. With one flick, the hook popped out.

Baekhyun grinned. He opened the door and went inside...

Just who could his next victim be this time?

~*~

The sound of the front door opening caught Suho's attention.

"We're back!" It was Chen's voice calling from the hallway. Moments later, Chen, Sehun, D.O and Xiumin appeared.

"Woah!" Xiumin was smiling. "It's so clean!"

"Who took my slippers?" asked D.O immediately. He had walked in with only his socks on. He immediately spotted Kai wearing them from the dining table.

Kai was munching on his sandwich. "They're here. Sehun took mine so I borrowed yours." He turned to look at Sehun, "Yah, give me mine back."

"I didn't take them" Sehun answered. "Why would I take yours? Your feet smell."

As the maknaes squabbled over Kai's missing slippers, Suho addressed the others.

"Wait a second," He was looking specifically at Xiumin. "Hyung, wasn't it you who cleaned up?"

Xiumin shook his head. "I was out all day with Chen, Sehun and D.O."

Suho exchanged looks with Chanyeol.

"We were out all day too" Chanyeol replied slowly. "So if it wasn't any of you guys" he pointed to the others, "and if it wasn't any of us guys," he said gesturing at himself, Suho and Kai, "then... who was it?"

The members were about to enter a state of reverie when they suddenly heard a piercing scream from upstairs.

"What was that?" asked Chen.

"That sounded like Baekhyun," stated Suho.

The members looked at one another. And then, they heard a loud thud and Baekhyun yelling again.

Everyone immediately got up and raced upstairs.

When they got to the top of the landing, the members didn't know what they expected to find. As they followed Baekhyun's shouting, they also noticed that there was another voice. It was high-pitched and shrill and it was definitely a voice that they didn't recognise.

It was a woman's.

"Get away from me, you perv!" They heard the owner of the voice say as she hurled a bottle of shampoo at a half-naked Baekhyun, who was slowly backing away from the bathroom door.

"Calm down, lady!" Baekhyun yelled back as he narrowly avoided being hit.

As the owner of the voice emerged from the bathroom, the rest of the EXO members saw that it was a young woman with damp, black hair and rich, caramel skin. She had a white towel wrapped around her body and she was busy grabbing anything she could find to throw at Baekhyun.

When she couldn't find anything else to throw, she decided to pounce on Baekhyun as if to knock him down senseless. "There's no way I'm letting you escape! I'm making sure you get arrested by the police--!"

"Why should I be arrested? You're the one who broke into our dorm! And you decided to take a shower too!"

"Your dorm?" the woman retorted. She was squinting her eyes as if she couldn't see properly.

But as she approached Baekhyun, she failed to notice a large pool of water which had formed around him and she slipped.

Baekhyun tried to catch her by extending his arm for her to reach but the woman managed to grab onto something else.

"Ow..." she moaned, as she landed on her backside. When she glanced at her hand, she saw that she had another towel. Baekhyun's towel.

"Yah!" Baekhyun screeched.

The woman slowly looked up and saw a naked Baekhyun covering whatever dignity he had left with both his hands.

The other EXO members really didn't expect to see that scene before them.

A thousand things flitted across each of the member's mind but, there was only one which every member, even naked Baekhyun, was thinking, at that precise moment.

Just who was that mysterious girl, in the white towel, in front of them?

~*~

Author's Note:

Hello Reader!

I hope you liked chapter 4 of Our Little Dorm Mother.

I wanted to make up for the dryness of the last chapter but, I promise you, it will all make sense in the later chapters.

Shout out to CL for helping me with some EXO facts which influenced the writing of this chapter. I couldn't have done it without you!

I will try to write Chapter 5 soon but, I have some exams coming up and I need to revise >.<

Look forward to some more exciting chapters--I will try my best to make you laugh (or at least smile!) each time. Also, pardon my crude sense of humour :)

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Happy reading!