"Finally!" Minho exclaimed when they came in.
"You took so-" Hyunjin began when Woojin interrupted him.
"What's wrong, guys?"
Chan took a deep breath to calm down. "Um, we're changing the dorm arrangements a little, so Woojin, you will share with Minho, and Seungmin, your parents want you to stay with them until debut, so you won't stay in a dorm anymore. Felix will room with me, Jisung and Jeongin in GOT7's old dorm."
There was a stunned silence.
"Whoop! Felix won't be with Dongjin anymore!" Seungmin cheered.
"Thank goodness!" Minho breathed a sigh of relief.
"Aww, now I have to stay with them." Woojin pouted.
"Where will Changbin stay?" Hyunjin asked with a frown on his face.
There was another silence.
"Oh… I'm so sorry, Changbin," Jeongin said timidly. "Did I… take your spot? I'm really sorry."
"Not your fault, man." Changbin said airily, patting him to reassure him.
Chan tried for a smile. It had just occurred to him that he was being rather unfair to Jeongin and Felix. Both of them had to feel rather left out and awkward, but they were trying to offer sympathy and support and let 3racha cry it out.
He put his arm around Felix's shoulders. "Sorry if we're being a bit selfish."
"No, no, it's fine." Felix answered with a warm smile, "I understand completely." his eyes flickered to Jisung for a second.
"We're gonna miss you, bud." Chan said as Changbin heaved his suitcase upright.
"I know you will." Changbin managed it and looked around the room. "Never thought I'd miss this place, but here I am."
Jisung struggled to close his suitcase. "Changbin, where will you go?"
"Home, I guess. Ooh, I can just imagine my mum's reaction when I walk in the door." Changbin screwed up his face and said in a high-pitched voice, "Why are you back home? Have you failed? I always told you you wouldn't make it. It's about time you came to your senses. And what makes you think I'll even let you back in the house?! You'd better go and find a proper job!"
There was a knock on the door. It was Felix and Jeongin. Jeongin was wearing a baggy sweater over leggings and Felix was wearing a pullover hoodie, but that didn't hide the big bruise over his right eye and the fact that his hair looked like it'd been through a tornado.
Chan gasped and went over to him. "Felix, are you okay? Did Dongmin hit you?"
"It's nothing." Felix shook his head, letting his hair flop over his eye, covering it.
"Wow! It's so big!" Jeongin squealed, running around and jumping up and down. He dumped his suitcase down in the middle of the floor and raced from room to room.
"Hey hey, slow down kid- kids!" Chan wheeled his suitcase in as Felix threw his down as well and joined Jeongin, the two of them cavorting madly.
Jisung wheeled his in slowly, looking at the floor. He looked as lost and as unapproachable as he had on that day when he first moved in with Chan and Changbin. Chan stopped and went over to him.
"Hey, don't be so disheartened. Changbin's right. This is only where we sleep for a few hours, okay? We'll see him the rest of the time."
"Yeah I know."
"Okay, good then." Chan raised his voice. "Felix- Jeongin, stop running around!"
They ran up to him, panting, their faces flushed.
"Sorry, I've just- I've never been in a dorm before!" Jeongin bounced on his heels.
"I've never been in a dorm without Dongjin!" Felix smiled, looking the happiest Chan had ever seen him.
"All right, well just control yourselves for a while and let's figure out who sleeps where. How about we play rock paper scissors; whoever wins gets first pick and so on."
They all agreed and started. Felix won and disappeared.
Then Jeongin went to pick his room.
Chan went next and he was quite happy to find that his room had no one in it. Not that he didn't like company, but he liked the idea of having his own room.
Suddenly, he heard Felix's voice. "Why the hell would you choose this room?!"
"Because I didn't know anyone was in here!" Jisung retorted angrily.
"Well, clear out! I don't want to share a room with you!" Felix yelled.
"I will!" Jisung shouted, "I wouldn't share a room with you if you were the last person on earth!"
Bang! There was the loud sound of a door slamming. It was so loud that Chan actually jumped. He wondered whether he should go and do something about it. "Nah," he told himself, "They need to work it out on their own."
He was just unpacking his things when Jeongin came scuttling into his room. "Jisung-hyung just left."
"Just left?" Chan frowned. "He didn't tell me."
"Yeah, he came into my room with a face like thunder and he just threw down his suitcase and stormed off. I watched him leave out the window."
"Was he heading towards the training centre?"
"I couldn't see."
Chan banged on Felix's door. "Felix," he called, banging on Felix's door. "We need to go. Come on."
Felix swung open the door. His hair was all over the place, his face was red and his dark eyes were burning. He almost made Chan want to run away but he stood his ground. "Come on, Jisung just left for the training centre and we should go too."
He dragged him out of the dorm, making sure Jeongin was in front of them.
"You're back." Woojin held up a container of food. "We saved some for you guys."
Chan paid him no attention, his eyes quickly scanning the room. The rest were busy eating but Jisung wasn't there and neither was Changbin.
"Changbin's not here yet." Minho told him, handing Jeongin a plastic container filled with food. "Where's Jisung?"
"No idea," Chan said with a creeping sense of dread. "He's not here yet?"
"He wasn't with you guys?"
"He left the dorm." Chan said shortly.
"What? By himself?"
"i thought he came here!" All of Chan's worry crashed down on him.
"Okay, relax Chan, don't start panicking yet." Woojin nodded to Seungmin, who flipped open his phone and pressed it to his ear.
"Hyung, did you see Jisung-? Ah… uh-huh. Yes? I will. Yes, yes. Okay, got it." he closed his phone. "Changbin-hyung's got Jisung. They're coming now. He also said to tell you that you're mother duck."
Chan practically passed out with relief. Woojin patted him reassuringly. "There, you see, Chan? It's all fine. It's all fine."
The door swung open and Changbin strolled in, Jisung a few paces behind.
Chan flew to Jisung and scolded him about leaving without telling him where he was going. Jisung listened to him meekly and when he was finished, whispered, "Aw, you care so much, mom, thanks."
Chan's frustration and worry melted- even at the teasing nickname- and he ruffled Jisung's hair. "Of course I do, Jisungie. And you better not do that again."
"Okay."
Changbin rolled his eyes. "Calm down, Chan-hyung, he wasn't in any danger. He said he needed a walk to clear his head and he came over to my apartment. Lucky for him I hadn't left yet- my mom was-" he shrugged it off. "Anyway, we hopped a cab over and it was fine, all fine."
"That may be." Chan said sternly, "But all of you take this as a lesson and never go out on your own without telling someone, understand? If we debut, we'll be full-fledged idols and that will be even more dangerous."
"Yes, we understand." At that moment, Hyunjin let out a yawn. "Sorry, didn't get enough sleep."
Chan looked at the others.
"We do understand, hyung." Jeongin said with his mouth full of rice.
"Really, we do." Seungmin said earnestly, but without looking up at from his practice log, where he was busy jotting down stuff.
Chan didn't think that they'd been listening at all, but unfortunately, there was no more time. "Okay, team, let's practice!"
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