D.O stifled a yawn as he went downstairs to the kitchen. It was early in the morning and no one seemed to be awake yet.

He didn't know what he was hoping to see when he got to the kitchen. Sure enough, he was half supposing that Nami would be awake and be making breakfast for him and the other members but, half of him already knew that she wouldn't be there.

And sure enough, she wasn't.

D.O adjusted his rectangular glasses further up his nose bridge. He would have to put his contact lenses later on but, at least for breakfast, he wouldn't have to endure the stinging sensation, first thing in the morning.

As he busied himself with scrambling some eggs and toasting some bread, he began to recollect all that had happened last night...

He was surprised to find Nami's stuff scattered all over his room. There was an assortment of jumpers and cardigans and activewear strewn to one side and, a pair of trainers left untidily in the other.

D.O's first instinct was to tidy her stuff away so that he can get to his bed. He would go and fetch her later and help her move into another room--presumably Lay's-- since he was away in China.

"Yah! What are you doing here?"

He turned around to see a fiery Nami who almost wrestled him for the chunky folder he had in his hands.

D.O could tell that Nami was going to be a lot of trouble. He wasn't used to being around girls like her. He preferred girls who were calmer, more demure and generally less... aggressive. Nami, on the other hand, seemed like she was everything but, his ideal type. After all, she was prepared to wrestle Baekhyun to the ground. And he wasn't about to let her do that to him.

After he had cleared up the misunderstanding with the rooms and helped her move her things to Lay's, he felt like he could finally relax. He was already worn out from the variety show earlier that day. Why was everyone so curious about his love life? And what his ideal type of woman was? He was like any other guy. The only difference was, he was an idol and, he wasn't allowed to date publicly.

D.O collapsed onto his bed and tried to get comfortable. As he turned to one side, he noticed something white next to his face.

"What the--?" He lifted the white thing and stretched it out. It was made of cotton and its shape looked like--

"Aahhh!" he shouted as he threw the panties away from his face. He prayed to God that they were clean. He blushed as he picked them back up after calming down.

Nami really will be a troublesome person, he muttered to himself.

As he made his way to her room, he hovered outside her door, unsure of how to return her underwear without making it awkward for both of them. Should he smile while handing it to her? Should he crack a joke just to break the tension? He replayed many scenarios and all of them made him sound like a fool. There really was no easy way to return a girl's underwear.

He decided to just be straightforward about it.

As he was about to knock on the door, he suddenly heard murmurings from the other side. It sounded like Nami was on the phone with someone.

"I'll make sure to catch good footage of them doing their daily activities," he heard her say. Was she speaking in English?

Good footage? Daily activities?

D.O knew his English wasn't the best but he was definitely sure what those words meant. He strained his ear so that he could hear a bit better but then, Sehun appeared from behind the door next to him.

"D.O-hyung," he exclaimed in surprise, "what are you doing here?" He saw that D.O was directly in front of Lay's room. "Did you need something from Nami-ssi?"

D.O stuttered, "Ah, er, yeah." He quickly hid the white underwear into his sleeve. It was already embarrassing enough that he was in possession of them let alone getting caught by one of the others. He would never hear the end of it. Luckily, Sehun didn't spot them.

Sehun jutted his chin in acknowledgement, "Ah, okay." He slid past him and headed straight for the bathroom.

D.O let out a sigh of relief. He faced Lay's door and decided to knock and quickly get it over with before Sehun returned...

D.O heard movement coming from upstairs. The others must have woken up by now.

As he readied the table by placing dishes on all eight seats, he began to contemplate about Nami again. Sure enough, they had just met but, there was something about her that he couldn't quite put his finger on. His instincts told him he should be wary of her. Especially with what he overheard last night. What could it mean when she mentioned good footage and daily activities?

She really was a mystery and it puzzled him.

"Oh? D.O-ah" D.O turned around to see Kai with bad bed hair. "How come you're making breakfast? Nami-ssi's not awake yet?"

D.O shook his head for an answer, "No, it's pretty early."

"Still," Kai replied as he sat down on the table and proceeded to scoop some scrambled eggs onto his plate, "she's the housekeeper, so she should be making us breakfast instead of you now."

D.O shrugged his shoulders, "I don't mind cooking."

"You're too kind D.O-ah."

While Kai continued to stuff his face with eggs and toasted bread, the rest of the members sauntered their way downstairs to join them. Before too long, breakfast was finished and the members were on their way to the dance studio.

"So..." Chanyeol began, interrupting the silence in the van. "What do you guys think of our new housekeeper? We didn't have time to talk about her last night."

Baekhyun was the first to respond, "She's freakishly strong."

Chanyeol couldn't help smiling, "That's because you've gone soft. I can't believe you got your ass kicked by a little girl."

At this, Kai joined in, "It was so surprising, y'know? She just pounced on you and bam!" he said clapping his hands, "You were at her mercy."

The van erupted into life with chatter and complaining from Baekhyun.

"Yah, yah, yah!" Baekhyun objected, "that's not what happened. She pounced on me and she almost slipped and I tried to help her and then--"

"--You ended up flashing us instead" finished Chen.

Baekhyun glared at him. "No. She ended up taking advantage of me."

"So you admit that Nami-ssi got the better of you?" Chen laughed.

Baekhyun gave him a sordid look before punching him lightly on the shoulder.

"But anyway, hyung," It was Sehun. "How was she?"

Baekhyun looked at Sehun with a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"You know..." Sehun replied tracing an hourglass shape with his hands.

The other members all glanced at Baekhyun's direction. Even Suho. "Yah, stop talking about her like that, you pervs! She'll be living with us from now onwards so you shouldn't talk about her that way."

"Oh c'mon, hyung" Sehun complained. "I was just joking." He turned to Baekhyun again, "so... how was she, then?"

"You must've seen something!" Kai added.

Baekhyun coughed and looked away.

Sehun gave a mischievous smile. "You sly fox, hyung! So you did see something!"

"It was only a glimpse!" Baekhyun replied hurriedly. "But I definitely saw it."

The maknaes gasped in unison. "Saw what?" Kai asked excitedly.

Baekhyun made a ring with his thumb and ring finger and left his other fingers pointing upwards. "Even though I and Nami-ssi didn't get off to a great start," he began, "I have to admit-- she has a nice ass."

The maknaes exploded with laughter which earned more scolding from Suho.

To Sehun, he thought every moment was worth it. "Well at least every day is gonna get more fun now," he stated.

"Why is that?" asked Suho.

"Because we have a girl living with us now," a wily smile crept up his face, "and that means there are plenty of opportunities to have accidents." He wiggled his eyebrows.

"Yah, you dirty maknae," Xiumin said from the back of the van. "You have too many impure thoughts."

"It's not like you weren't thinking them too, hyung," Sehun replied. "C'mon--we're literally together twenty-four-seven," he said to all the members, "when was the last time we had a girl around? It's like waking up to a sausage fest every day ."

"Yah, what about Mrs. Park?" Chen suggested. "She was a girl too."

Baekhyun narrowed his eyes, "Only you would think she was a girl."

Baekhyun earned a light punch from Chen this time.

"Well, I like her" Chanyeol commented. "I think she got some spunk."

"Yeah, me too," Xiumin agreed. "I like anyone who cleans well."

Chen gave Xiumin a quizzical look. "But you didn't get on with Mrs. Park."

Xiumin pulled a face, "That's because she always cleaned half-heartedly."

"Wah, sounds like you found yourself a new cleaning buddy, Xiumin-hyung" Chanyeol replied.

As the rest of the members got immersed with sharing their opinions on Nami, Suho, who was sitting at the front of the van, noticed that D.O had not said anything since the start of the ride. He glanced at his direction and saw that he appeared to be lost in his own thoughts.

"What do you think of Nami-ssi, D.O?" he asked him.

D.O snapped into attention. "Oh, um." He thought for a while. "There's something strange about her," he finally said.

Suho was curious, "Oh?"

D.O elaborated, "I mean if she was a BTS fan then, why would she want to work with us, their rivals? It just doesn't add up."

"Maybe she's strapped for cash?" Chanyeol replied from behind them. He had overheard their private conversation.

"Yeah, maybe" Suho agreed.

"Did anyone else think her Korean sounded a bit funny?" Kai asked.

There were mumblings of agreement from the rest of the members. D.O thought of the events that happened last night. It sounded like Nami was more fluent in English.

"Maybe she's a foreigner?" D.O suggested.

At this, Baekhyun agreed strongly, "That would explain her accent. And the fact that she's as dark as Kai."

"I'm not dark!" Kai protested. "I'm bronze."

"Well, it seems like there are a lot of things we need to ask Nami-ssi later today" Suho concluded. He watched as the van pulled up in front of the SM Entertainment building. "But for now, let's get some practice done."

The members agreed and got off the van, ready for another day's worth of rehearsals.

~*~

Chanyeol wiped the sweat from his brow while reaching out for his water bottle. They had been in the dance studio for two hours and his shirt, drenched with sweat, clung to him highlighting his defined muscles underneath.

As he got up, still panting, he turned to the others beside him, who were also taking a break. "Yah, you guys decided yet?"

Baekhyun and Chen looked up at Chanyeol. Both of them were sat down on the laminated floor.

"Decided on what?" Chen asked.

"The bet, of course," Chanyeol replied. "It's almost been a week but you guys haven't told me who I'm supposed to make fall for me." He raised his brow. "Are you guys backing down?"

At this, Baekhyun almost jumped up. "No way! We just hadn't found the right person yet."

"It's pretty hard to just pick one out, y'know," Chen added. "Unless..."

"No!" Chanyeol warned Chen. "It can't be a girl from an idol group. I thought I made myself clear about that."

"And why not?" asked Baekhyun. "Wouldn't that make things easier for you? You would see each other more often and you'd have things in common." He pursed his lips. "And it's up to us to decide anyway. What happened to all that bravado talk about you having the ability to make any girl fall for you?"

Chanyeol tutted at him. "No means no, Baekhyun. It can be anyone else apart from female idols."

Baekhyun pouted his lips while Chen was deep in thought.

"Then what about Stylist-noona?" Chen suggested.

"Yeah!" Baekhyun agreed. "We see her all the time and she seems like a good challenge for you."

Chanyeol was unimpressed. "Yah, are you guys seriously asking me to seduce Stylist-noona?"

Chen grinned. "Why not? She's pretty attractive too."

"Not to mention that impressive rack" Baekhyun purred.

Chanyeol shook his head at them, "You guys obviously aren't thinking straight. If Stylist-noona finds out that I was trying to seduce her, do you know what will happen?"

The pair shook their heads.

"She'd never style my hair the same way again," he said with conviction, "not to mention what will happen to you guys if she found out you put me up to it."

The three were silent for a moment as they imagined an angry Stylist-noona with a pair of sharp scissors against a backdrop of scorching flames. She wasn't a force to be reckoned with when she was on a rampage.

"Then who, then?" asked Baekhyun to Chen. "We're running out of options."

"I know!" Chen exclaimed as he pointed at the entrance. "The next girl that walks through that door will be the one you have to make fall for you."

Chanyeol liked the sound of that. Hardly any girl walked through the door apart from the female staff who he knew found him attractive. He sometimes caught them whispering about him when he passed by.

"Fine," Chanyeol replied confidently. "It's a deal."

Chanyeol had the widest grin on his face. This was one bet he was sure to win.

~*~

Author's note:

Hello again! Thank you for reading chapter 6 of Our Little Dorm Mother.

I know I said last time that I will update later but, today just happened to be a Sunday and I was excited to get my story out into the world.

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P.S. The next chapter will be released next Sunday (14/1/18).