The Bodyguard (A Monsta X Fanfiction)

Chapter Eight: Moving In

After a long day of practice, the boys walked me to their dorm. It was just around the block from their Starship, which made for a convenient commute. I arranged with my mother earlier in the day to have my stuff dropped off, that way I could move in immediately. She was more than happy to comply, because it meant I would be living with seven attractive boys. My whole life she was hoping I'd marry a handsome Korean boy. She must have felt her prayers were answered.

"This is our home!" Minhyuk exclaimed when he pushed the door open to their apartment.

It was just as underwhelming as I imagined. An apartment too small for eight people to live in.

"So I guess we should start moving our stuff around..." Shownu muttered, planning things out in his head.

Kihyun, Hyungwon and Wonho flopped down on the couch, tired from their day of hard work. 

"How do we plan on doing this, again?" Kihyun asked.

"Well, we should probably give Jiyeon her own room..." Shownu said.

"How many rooms are there?" I asked, feeling bad I would be taking up a room.

"Well..." Shownu started to say, scratching the back of his neck. He was clearly embarrassed.

"Two." Hyungwon cut in. "We only have two rooms. So you do the math."

'How the heck was this supposed to work out?' I thought.

If I was going to get my own room, that meant seven of them would live in a single room together.

"Hyungwon, Wonho and I share a room right now," Shownu said, "The other four stay in one room."

"I can just sleep on the couch." I replied. "It would be unreasonable to expect you all to share one room."

"Exactly!" Hyungwon agreed, "I think that's the best idea."

"That's rude to make her sleep on the couch." Minhyuk argued. "Don't you have an available bed?"

"Well..." Hyungwon said, "I use the fourth bunk bed for my stuffed animals."

"It's been decided, then!" Minhyuk said, "You four just share a room."

'Share a room with three boys?' I thought. That wasn't a big deal, I guess, because I was around guys all the time in the FBI. Sometimes I had to change into my uniform in front of other men. BUT. The difference between this and the FBI is that none of the men in the FBI were attractive. Now I'd be sharing a room with three pretty boys.

"Are you okay with that?" Shownu asked.

I nodded tentatively. I had no other choice, I suppose.

Hyungwon sighed, getting up and exiting the living room. He was probably on his way to move the stuffed animals off of my new bed.

"Sorry the apartment isn't that big." Jooheon said, "But once we've made it big, we're going to move into a much bigger, better place."

It was sobering to see that people who worked hard to entertain others had to come home to a place this small. But I was sure things would change soon. Monsta X was growing in popularity here and overseas too. They'd be living in a mansion in no time.

"So, what's for dinner?" Wonho asked out of the blue. But now, it was late. The boys all showered and were preparing to go to bed.

"Well, what do you want?" Shownu asked.

"Ramen?" Wonho suggested, laughing to himself.

"You always want ramen!" Hyungwon argued.

"But ramen is always good!" Wonho pouted.

I hadn't eaten Shin Ramyun in a very long time.

"I wouldn't mind eating that." I added quietly.

The boys sitting on the couch looked over at me. Wonho cheered, probably happy someone was agreeing with him.

"Fine. But I'm not making it." Hyungwon sighed, arms crossed.

"You can't cook anyway!" Minhyuk laughed.

"I can do it." I offered. I had a knack for cooking ramen. But it was too high in sodium for me to eat regularly.

"Deal!" Wonho exclaimed. He got up from the couch to show me where the ramen was. One cupboard was filled to the brim with different flavors of ramen. The kitchen wasn't stocked well with healthy food at all. But I assumed they didn't spend much time in their dorm, they were very busy men.

After it was ready, I had Minhyuk peel and cut the eggs. Wonho portioned out the ramen into bowls. I added the scallions and placed the eggs in the ramen.

"Dinner's ready!" Wonho yelled.

The boys assembled to take their food.

"What's this?" Jooheon asked, referring to the vegetables I added to the ramen.

"Jiyeon-ah wanted us to have more greens, so she added them to the ramen." Wonho laughed. "She's trying to keep us healthy."

Jooheon stuck out his tongue and walked off with the ramen.

I had a feeling he might not like it, but the flavor was masked by the spiciness of the Shin Ramen. We all sat down at the table, everyone with a bowl of ramen in front of them. The room fell silent as we all ate.

'This is good!' I thought, happy with how the food turned out. It had been a long time since I made my last bowl of ramen. So I was pleased to finally be eating it again.

"Wow, this is great!" Wonho said, giving me a thumbs up. "Thanks for cooking."

"Yeah, thanks Jiyeon." Changkyun said.

"No problem." I smiled. This stuff was easy, so I didn't mind making ramen for them.

Once everyone was done eating, the boys that didn't help cook washed the dishes. And I went off to shower.

I felt a bit uncomfortable getting undressed, knowing that on the other side of this door was seven boys. But I shook off the feeling and hopped into the shower. After a quick shower, I got out and went through my skin care routine. I lotion-ed up and then put on my pajamas.

I emerged from the bathroom to see Wonho and Hyungwon were sitting on the couch, watching a variety show. They were in their pajamas (t-shirts and basketball shorts) and looked at me when I exited the bathroom.

"I just noticed that you changed your hair." Wonho said.

When he mentioned it, I remembered that the last time they saw me I had brown hair. Now it was bleach blonde.

Hyungwon examined me closer before saying, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"I bleached it yesterday." I said, running my hands through my hair absentmindedly.

"It looks nice!" Wonho smiled, "It really brings out your skin."

"Thanks." I blushed, standing in silence for a moment. They went back to watching the TV show and I wondered awkwardly if I should go into the room yet

"Oh! Jiyeon." I turned to Shownu, who bumped into me a bit when came out of the bedroom. I blushed when I noticed he was shirtless. "You can come in now. Sorry if you were waiting."

"I-it's okay." I stuttered, walking into the cramped room to get on the top bunk. I would be sleeping above Wonho.

"Hey you two, we should go to bed soon." Shownu said to Wonho and Hyungwon.

"The show's almost over." Hyungwon whined, "We'll go to bed in a bit."

I laid my head down on the pillow, facing the white wall. I put my headphones in and tried to fall asleep listening to music. But I just couldn't stop thinking about the three boys in the room with me.

'I've slept through weirder situations.' I thought, closing my eyes and hoping to nod off soon.