*July 14th*
-10:57am-

"Guys, remember, don't be weird, we have to be ourselves, or else he'll either think we're weirdos-"
"We are weirdos."
"-Or he'll think something is up." "Isn't there though?"
"Jungkook, can you please just...not?"
"Not what? Be realistic?" Jungkook teased Jin, and the oldest member shot Jungkook a glare.
"No, be disrespectful of your hyungs." Jin said, his tone a bit smug.
"Why should I when I'm older than you mentally?" Jungkook grinned and Taehyung and Jimin called 'Ooooooh' as they laughed until their sides hurt, Jungkook grinning his adorable cheeky grin.

"Jungkook, please be serious, because this is serious. We're going to save a person's life." Namjoon piped in. All of them were in the kitchen except (Y/n), who would be waking soon, as they remembered, and they had done as they normally would have to welcome someone: they prepared an amazing brunch and were all waiting eagerly to see (Y/n).

Jungkook, Jimin and Taehyung grew somber at the reminder.
"When did he wake up on the 14th? Does anyone remember?"
Hobi asked curiously, looking at each of them.
"Well, today at 12 we're taking that picture to reveal (Y/n) to ARMY, so he has to be getting up soo-"
Jimin was interrupted by an alarm that they could hear cut through the silence.
No one reacted, and the alarm didn't turn off.
"Whose alarm clock is that?" Yoongi asks quietly, frowning.

After a few moments the toneless sound turned into a song: "Hero" by Monsta X.
Taehyung grinned, barely being able to hear it, he quietly sang along, and Hobi grinned just as wide, rapping with Taehyung and Jimin began dancing.
Quickly, it escalated so that all of them were dancing and singing, Namjoon, Hobi and Suga rapping but the song got cut off when (Y/n) turned it off.
"Awe.." Tae said quietly and Jungkook giggled at him.

"Hello...?" (Y/n) called, confused and groggy as he walked out of his room wearing a baggy black hoodie and (f/c) shorts.
He had dark circles under his eyes and his (h/c) hair was still unkempt, as it always was.
Their manager had decided that (Y/n)'s naturally untameable hair would be his look, he would be the "wild" one and he was to be the one to look like the bad boy of the group.
"ARMY will love him! He's the bad boy amongst good boys, the boy with a tough exterior and soft interior! The fans will eat him up. I'm sure of it!" Had been his exact excited words.

They were due to dye his hair after the photo, for their upcoming comeback 'Love Yourself,' as a surprise for the fans.
"Good morning, (Y/n)!"
"Welcome to the Dorms!"
"Did you sleep well?"
"How are you?"
None of their sentences matched up, and Jin sighed, covering his eyes with his hand.
(Y/n) looked flustered, clearly having expected the opposite of the welcoming.
"Er...Good morning. I slept fine and I feel excited." He said, answering the questions he had been asked, giggling at them.

"We made you breakfast! Eomma Jin doesn't make it often so its a treat for us all!" He grinned at (Y/n), making him blush.
"R-Really? I thought you guys didn't like me after yesterday.." he said shyly, fidgeting with his hands and looking down.
Each of the seven boys remembered yesterday distinctly, feeling stabs of guilt.

Yesterday the manager had brought (Y/n) in, surprising them all, even (Y/n), because he didn't know they didn't know.
And in their shock they had subtly made fun of him, and hadn't given him a single warm look.
Each of them stumbled over each others sentences while apologizing, closing in on him except Yoongi, who did not hug him like the others but did apologize profusely.

"Guys..! It's okay. I understand, I don't mind that you were a bit rude, anyone would have been." He said gently and hugged them each in turn, hesitating at Yoongi but he sort of hugged back.
"Except you." Hobi sighed, and (Y/n) looked flustered, but didn't argue or agree.
Taehyung took his hand, leading him to the kitchen and they all followed.
"Eomma Jin made pancakes for you! Because you're American, right? Do you like pancakes?" he asked worriedly. (Y/n) nodded, smiling appreciatively and it dawned on them that they had been unintentionally prejudiced. (Y/n) knew how to speak Korean well, but was not Korean. The manager had told them they wanted to support foreigners in hopes to get Korean fans to be less prejudiced against them.
Feeling even worse, the members grew quieter, Hobi and Taehyung were the only ones speaking, being the only ones who had not been prejudiced in the least, and it made them all wonder exactly why they had not accepted (Y/n).

"Yes, I really like pancakes. Have you tried them?" (Y/n) asked them, smiling and they all shook their heads.
(Y/n) was shocked.
"R-Really?! Here have some of mine." (Y/n) grinned, cutting each of his four pancakes into 8 pieces.
"But we made them for you." Jimin protested, and (Y/n) looked a bit downcast at his words.
"But...you've never had them. I've made and eaten them a lot of times but you've never tried them. I wanted to share them with you, you guys are a family, right? I know I'm not part of it yet, but I want to be. And I'd love to see you try pancakes for the first time." He said, beaming and making even Hoseok feel selfish and they all blushed, their hearts throbbing and pounding.
Slowly, they smiled shyly and each took their four pieces of pancakes and ate them.

In that moment, they felt happier than ever that (Y/n) was not dead, and their determination to save him was stronger.

Nothing would stop them from saving their new family member.