16 PUNISH ME?

The next morning I woke up at 5, dawn time it was, as I was supposed to, not willfully, I yawned as I stood up and wore my slippers, walked into the bathroom took a shower, and freshened up. All my steps were now a part of my schedule like it is in everyone else's life, to wake up at a particular time, to brush their teeth, take a bath, have breakfast, some don't, like I did. And all of this engraved in their minds and bodies, that they might as well be sleep walking when they do so. It is muscle-memory sort of.

I wore a loose pink crop-top with black shots and made a messy bun. I wasn't really in a mood to dress up, waking up this early in the morning is such a mood killer. Some people prefer to cave in early at night and rise early, I wonder how, and I wonder why? I like waking up at a time I'm comfortable at. Well, we all are different, that's what keeps the world going.

Soon I headed down to the kitchen. Now, what should I cook for the breakfast? I stood at the kitchen counter as I pondered upon a menu. Breakfast...

Breakfast.

It's called breakfast because we break the fasting we've been doing over night while we are asleep. I smile to myself at my 'fact of the day'

Wait a minute-

SHIT! I don't know how to cook!!! I banged my head lightly on the cupboard in front of me. Dramatic part of me takes over at these times.

Should I search for recipes online?

But then I remembered my past incident where I tried cooking something with an online tutorial and ended up burning half of my kitchen. So I shook my head at that thought. That's definitely not an option to be considered right now.

JEEZ! What am I supposed to do? If I don't cook then what will they eat? Will they be mad? obviously! on an empty stomach anyone can get mad. I was beginning to panic at my situation. And I found no logical reason to NOT PANIC, if I can't cook then I'm of no use to them. They might fire me, and then I'll be trailed off my mission. I've done plenty to upset them already.

My heart dropped every time I reminded myself that I was here for an entirely different purpose. I sighed and rubbed my forehead, contemplating what to do.

BRAINSTORMING TIME! I pace across the kitchen floor.

AHA!

I knew I'd come up with something.

I snapped my fingers and commenced walking in the direction of the solution to get me out of my adversity. It's not the best option, but I can't really think of anything this early in the morning, plus on an empty stomach.

I tiptoed to his room, Slowly went closer to his bed, and whispered in his ear "wake up please!" he slightly opened his eyes, which were swollen partially, half-open, adjusting the light drawing in from the curtains, his eyes then landed on me, and unexpectedly widened to double their original size.

"Who is it?... Aahhhhhhh-" he yelled out

"Ahhhh" I yelled back in response. All the abrupt noise caused everyone to wake up.

"What's wrong?!" everyone came rushing in

There! I've messed up again. I facepalmed myself at the mess I had caused. Why can't I do anything right?

"I'm so sorry JIN!! I was trying to wake up Jin-kun to get some help in cooking because I don't know how to cook and I thought if I didn't cook then everyone is gonna get mad at me and then I'll get punished and then-"

I was cut-off mid-sentence as everyone burst out into laughter.

Why are they laughing? did I say something funny?

"Punish you? Why would we-" Jimin said with consistent laughter.

I felt embarrassed and so I pouted. I felt agitated at them for mocking me like this. I mean, that's what they said in the rule book or whatever that was, and now they're laughing it off.

"Yah so fine! cook for yourselves" my embarrassment took the better of me and I spat out words only to worsen the mess I had created.

Everyone stopped laughing at my comment. I spoke arrogantly and crossed my arms against my chest.

Oh shit! what did I just say!

I shouldn't have said that. I shouldn't have said that.

Taehyung stepped closer to me. He looked me in the eye with a serious face, he looked so intimidating with that expression, he smirked slightly as he looked down at me, with his hands in his sweat pants. I looked up at him nervously as he bent forward to look me in the eye.

"Easy there, girl! We said we wouldn't, we never said that we couldn't punish you," he licked his lip and looked at me, his eyes wandering from my head to toe, "Don't make us reconsider our choices" he winked and straightened his back, leaving me dumbstruck for a moment.

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