Authors Note:

If you guys are curious about the Filipino food that I mention in this chapter, then I suggest you search it up because I'm not very good at explaining it. Mostly because I'm not too sure what's in them even though I eat these foods a lot.

Anyways, go read now! Enjoy!

"Guys! Dinners ready!" I yell downstairs to all the boys. Well, all the others except for Jin.

They were all awake and playing video games downstairs with Henry. They seemed to be getting along alright which was good. Jin helped us cook tonight's dinner. He said he wanted to help since he knew that cooking for twelve people wasn't gonna be easy.

They all come running upstairs. "Wahh! You guys cooked all of this?!" Jimin says as he scans the table.

"Yep, we made all of this for you guys. You wanted Filipino food, so we deliver to you our Filipino food." I say as I present to them the food.

I asked the boys earlier what they wanted to eat, and they all agreed upon Filipino cuisine. So Caro and I got right to work to make food. We made menudo, pancit palabok, adobo, and sinigang. Ohh and not to forget the mango float for dessert.

Jin helped with making the Menudo, well he mostly did the cutting of the vegetables and Caro and I did the rest.

All the boys sat down at the table and we started getting our food. I poured everyone some coke while Caro made sure everyone got some food.

"Try it, you guys! Tell us if you like it or not." Caro says as she clasps her hands together.

They all take a bit of the food. "Wahh! The adobo is really good!" Says Jimin. "This is gonna be my new favourite food!" He says with a mouthful of rice and chicken.

"Yahh! This is amazing! What's it called?!" Hobi says as he points to his bowl.

"That's pancit palabok. My specialty!" I say proudly.

Everyone is complimenting us on the food and it makes me happy that they like it. I'm usually the one that cooks in this household because Caro and Genry are always so busy. I'm a busy person too but I still find time to make meals for is three, well, in this case, it's for twelve instead of three.

"I want you to teach me how to make this!" Jungkook says, pointing to the palabok.

"Sure, I'm pretty good at teaching people when it comes to cooking," I say.

"No, she's literally the best cook. She's the one that makes all the food we eat in this house." Caro says.

"No I'm not that good, it's just that I enjoy cooking since it's fun. Also because I get to eat what I create." I giggle.

"That's true, that's also why I love to cook," Jin says.

"The one that you should be teaching is Namjoon hyung." Jimin chuckles.

"Why? Don't you know how to cook?" I ask Namjoon.

He purses his lips. "Well... Not really? I mean I can cook a few things." He shrugs his shoulders.

"Uhm, no. He can't cook at all. He doesn't even know how to cut onions." Suga says as he laughs.

Everyone agrees with Suga. "I mean he can't be that bad. Right?" I say as I look at Namjoon.

He looks at me and shakes his head. "It's bad, and it's true I can't really cut onions."

"Well that's fine I can teach you how to cook. That's how we get good at things right, if we practice you'll surely bet good at it." I reassure him.

"I hope so." He chuckles.

"Good luck with that, just try not to break anything," Jin says to Namjoon.

Is he serious? I kinda hope we don't end up breaking anything. But we'll see how that turns out.

*****

After dinner, the boys went back downstairs with Henry to play video games again.

I went up to my room and laid on my bed. I don't have much to do since I already finished most of my work. I don't feel like showering again since I showered not too long ago, but maybe a half bath would be good.

I crawl off my bed and head into my bathroom. I like to take cold showers from time to time, so today is the day.

I start the water and make it cold but not too cold to the point where it isn't enjoyable. I strip from my clothes and I start by wetting my foot. I'm not just gonna jump in otherwise it will be miserable. I slowly get myself wet whilst trying to get used to the cold water on my skin. The feeling is nice and it's definitely making me feel a bit better.

After my cold shower, I get out and change into my matching pyjama set. I grab a small towel and I use it to dry my hair. I'm not gonna blow dry it since the heat isn't very good for my hair, I'll just air dry it.

I do my nighttime skincare routine as well while I'm here. It's better to do it now than later.

After that, I head back downstairs to go see what everyone is doing. The main floor is quiet so I walk to the basement to find the boys doing the exact same thing they were doing earlier. I walk back upstairs and go to the kitchen to find Caro sitting at the kitchen island. "Hey," I say to her as I open the fridge.

"Hey, you aren't sleeping yet?" She asks as she stares at her iPad.

"Ehh, I'm not really sleepy yet. What are you doing?" I say as I bring my almond milk with me?

I walk up beside her and look at her screen, it seems like she's making a website or something. "I'm making the website for my shop, I'm not too sure if it looks good though." She frowns slightly as she looks at it.

"Let me see," I say as I grab her iPad.

I look at the website and ill be honest with you, it's amazing! I say that word a lot but I'm not kidding. Caro's theme is to make aesthetic stickers that mainly consist of cute animals. And the website projects exactly what she's trying to portray; the cute aesthetic. "Woah! It's really pretty! I love how that looks!"

"You do?" She questions me, not really believing me.

"Yeah, I do! Honestly, there's nothing you really need to change at all! It's perfect!" I say to her.

She smiles widely. "That's a relief. I'm glad you like it!" She claps her hands.

"Do you want some tea?" I ask as I walk back to the fridge.

"Yeah sure, also make sure to add a lot of sugar in mine."

"Got it. You want earl gray right?"

"Yep, don't add too much milk too."

"Okay," I say and I start making our tea.

As I'm making our tea, Jin walks in. "Hey, guys! What you are guys doing?" He asks as he sits down beside Caro.

"Ohh hey Jin, I'm making some tea. Do you want some?" I ask him without taking my eyes off my tea.

"You should have some! Zoey makes some excellent tea!" Caro says to Jin.

"Well then I'll take some!" He gives me a big smile.

"Okay, one more cup of tea coming right up!" I feel like I'm a cafe owner now.

As I whip up my three cups of tea, Jin and Caro talk about the shop. These two seem to get along very well, maybe even too well... It's a good thing though.

"Orders up!" I say as I bring my cups of tea to them. "Two cups of tea for you guys! I hope you like it!"

Jin takes a sip and he gasps. "Wahh! It's amajin!" He gives me a thumbs up.

"I swear you guys are over exaggerating." I shake my head.

"No, I'm really not!" Jin says as he shakes his head a no.

"Sure, sure, whatever you say." I walk away and go get my tea.

We end up talking about the shop and looking through Ikea for stuff we like for the office. We all went to sleep pretty late.

*****

"Caro, are you in here?" I knock on her room door and then slowly turn the knob. "Ohh there you are, I was looking for you." I walk in to find her sitting in her bed reading a book.

Her room is as clean as always, we both are the same, we aren't clean freaks but we like things clean and tidy. Except for those times where we are too lazy to clean, but we always make sure to clean it up again later.

"Ohh are we gonna leave now?" She says as she makes space for me on the bed.

I climb in beside her and get under the comforter, my head resting on the headboard. "Yeah we should go now, it's only like 9 am but I feel like they should be open. Plus I feel like we're gonna be there for long."

"That's true." She chuckles. "I'll go get changed then and ill be down in a bit." She crawls out of her bed and walks to her closet.

"Okay, don't take too long though." I follow her and go to my own room.

I need to get changed into something comfortable. I gotta look fashionable but also be comfortable especially with all the heavy lifting we gotta do

Ikea is honestly one of my favourite places to go when it comes to home shopping. I remember when I bought this house, I was so excited to go furniture shopping. I spent thousands of dollars buying furniture for the place, it was crazy but worth it.

After doing my makeup and doing my hair, I grabbed my purse and went downstairs. I walk into the living room to find most of the boys watching tv. Henry had classes today so he isn't here, and Jin was in the kitchen.

I walk in to see what he's doing. "Hey, Jin. Whatcha doing?" He had a bunch of stuff on the counter.

"Ohh hey, I'm making us breakfast." He says as he mixes something in a bowl.

"You are? Do you know where everything is?" I ask confused. How did he manage to get all those ingredients?

"Your kitchen is really organized so it's not hard to find my way around. And you also bought a lot of ingredients too, and I mean A LOT!" He seems shocked.

"Well I mean yeah that's true. And of course, I need a lot of food, I gotta feed 12 people." I chuckle.

"That's true." He puts the bowl down and walks over to the counter.

He found my waffle maker and is now using it, I'm surprised he found it.

"Ohh yeah, you don't mind if I use this stuff right?" He smiles softly.

"No, I don't mind at all. You guys can use anything since you living here anyways. What's mine is yours except for some things."

"Okay that's good, I was scared you might get angry because I was using this." He goes back to whatever he was doing with the waffle maker.

"I won't get angry, plus it's good to have someone who cooks here too." I sigh.

"Doesn't Caro or Henry cook too?" He asks as he butters up the waffle maker.

"They do, but they're both pretty busy people too. Henry is a med student and Caro is a dance teacher and is starting her own business. We all don't have much time."

"That's true, but it's good that you cook for everyone even if you are also really busy."

I just shrug, I just do whatever I can for these two people. They take care of me, then I might as well do the same.

Caro comes in changed and with her purse. "Hey guys, what are your guys doing?" She places her stuff on the counter and looks around.

"Jin is cooking breakfast."

"Yep, I'm making whipped cream bomb waffles-" He starts, but I cut him off.

"Ohh is that what they're called?! Those are the waffles with whipped cream in the middle and then it oozes out when you bite it?" I say shocked.

"Yep those are the ones, you made them with Kooky before right?"

"Yeah I did, I had no idea what they were called though hehe." I smile innocently.

"Wait- did you say she made them with Jungkook before? When?" Caro looks between Jin and me for answers.

Jin and I look at each other first before answering. "Long story." We say at the same time which leaves Caro wondering.

"Anyways, so I'm making the waffles, some sunny side up eggs with sausages, and some toast. Ohh and some coffee." He says as he lists everything.

"That's a lot! Don't you need some help?" Caro asks him.

"Uhm, yeah I guess I could use some help."

"Okay, I'll help you then." Caro walks over beside him and they start cooking.

I'm not gonna help them since it seems like they're gonna do well. I guess our Ikea trip will have to wait a bit.

I walk past the living room and into the backyard. There's snow on everything since it freshly snowed yesterday. I stand on the balcony/porch and I put my arms on the railing. I take a deep breath of the nice winter smell.

I'm really excepted for spring to come so that we can set out all the backyard furniture. We had to put them in since its winter. But when spring comes, we can put them out and they clean the backyard. I always love the fresh flowers that I can plant and the smell of fresh-cut grass. And not to forget the smell of the pine trees. I love it!

I am lost in thought when someone comes and taps me on the shoulder. I'm startled by it and I jump.

"Ohh sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Jimin chuckles from behind me.

"It's fine, I was just super lost in thought." I smile before looking back at the view.

"Penny for a thought?" He walks over and does the same as me.

We both stare at the nice white ocean. "I was just thinking about spring, I love spring especially when I finish fixing up the backyard. The place looks like it came out of a fairytale at night." I smile at the thought again.

"I can already imagine how nice it would look. I forgot to mention that you have an amazing house! I would die to live here." He gives me a soft smile.

"Yeah, that's why I love this house. Everything about it I love."

"You lucky to live here, it's just so cozy and nice. You have an eye for decor."

"I guess I do, it's mostly because I use Pinterest though." I chuckle softly and he smiles.

I shiver slightly as a soft wind blows past us. Then I realize I don't have a jacket on, I'm stupid.

Jimin slightly noticed me shiver since his face slightly turns into a frown. It seems as if he was about to say something when Hobi comes and tells us it's time to eat. I skip inside and go to the kitchen, Jimin follows.

The table is filled with all the amazing dishes Jin and Caro created. The waffles are making me drool! I sit down beside Caro with Jungkook beside me.

"Woah! This looks amazing!" Tae says as he enters the dining room.

"Right!" Caro says.

"The waffles look so good!" I say excitedly.

"It not only looks good but it will also taste good." Jin smiles proudly. "Now stop starting people and eat!" He makes everyone eat.

Caro gives me a waffle with extra cream inside, two eggs, 3 sausages, and two pieces of toast. "I also made you some hot cocoa since you can't have coffee." She says as she hands me the mug.

"Thanks! You didn't have to you know?" I smile widely.

"Ayy it's fine, I also added marshmallows too." She says as she starts to get her own food.

I smile at her gesture, it's as if in her child. She always treats me like one, and I'm grateful for it. She plays an amazing role as my mother, cousin, and friend.

I also make sure that everyone is getting their food. Jungkook loaded up his plate with waffles and eggs. Mr. Chim and Mr. Hong also gathered up a bunch of food. They seem like little kids on Christmas day, they are so excited to eat. It's quite funny for such buff men to get excited over food like that.

I take a bite of my waffle and cream oozes out of it, not to mention it was delicious! Better than what Jungkook and I made last time. I swear Caro and Jin have some sort of magic when they cook together, everything always tastes 10x better.

Placing an egg and some sausages in between my two toasts, I eat it as a sandwich and it's bomb! The egg compliments the sausage well.

Ohh and the hot cocoa is good too, made with extra cocoa and marshmallows.

The sound of everyone talking and the sound of utensils clattering makes the house seem more lively. Just the way I like it! Everyone is eating and getting along well, it's as if we're happy and there's nothing going on in the world.

It feels like family since I never really had meals with my own family. I was either eating alone or I was getting scolded and told that I wasn't good enough and should be like others. This is why I never really ate when my parents were around. So being here with everyone without any shouting or silence is different, but it's a good difference. Makes me feel happy...

*****

We all finish eating and then we clean the kitchen. I was stuffed since I ate so much food, breakfast was a success as Caro says.

Caro and I were getting ready to head out. I'm only waiting for Caro to finish fixing her makeup before we can leave.

She's been up there for 30 mins now. "Caro! Hurry up! What's taking you so long?!" I yell from downstairs.

"Hold on woman, I'm coming!" She yells back. I groan. I stay here waiting for another 10 minutes before she comes. "I'm here now, lets go!"

She runs to the car and sits in the passenger's seat. I follow her and get into the driver's seat. She really didn't have to take that long.

As I'm about to put my seat belt on, I am startled by the random shouting from behind me.

"Hey, guys! Where are we going?" Three people say from behind.

Caro and I scream since we are startled by them. Jin, Jungkook and Jimin are looking at us smiling from ear to ear, ohh great the three J's out of four. When did they get in here? "Ohh my god- what the heck is wrong with you guys? I almost had a heart attack! Why are you guys here?" I yell at them.

"We're gonna come with you guys!" Jimin says excitedly. It's hard to believe this man is older than me.

"Ohh great-" I sigh as I run my hands down my face. I'm gonna babysit some to-doers again today. "And where is our bodyguard gonna sit?" I say with some sas.

"Ohh uhmm... he can sit beside me?" Jimin says as he points beside him.

I sigh again. There are already three people in the backseat, and they want the bodyguard to sit there too? Mind you, the bodyguard is much bulkier and muscular than them, so that's a problem. And no offence to them.

"We're gonna need to take the truck instead," Caro says.

"Yeah but that only seats 5 people too."

"Uhm, then someone can't come with us." She says to the boys.

The boys look at each other. "I'm coming!" They all shout at the same time.

I facepalm myself. They are literally like toddlers right now, actually, when are they never. "Okay, you know what, how about we take two cars? Plus we're gonna take a bunch of stuff with us so two cars would be better." I say to Caro.

"Good idea!" She says as she gets out of the car. "I'll drive the truck, Jin you come with me and we'll take the bodyguard. And you take those two, okay?"

I contemplate the idea before agreeing with her. Do I really want to be stuck with two giant babies? Well, I don't really have a choice now do I. "Okay, that works I guess." I sigh.

The three men cheer since they are able to come with us. Caro goes and uses Henry's truck and I use my jeep, and we start making our way to Ikea.

I had just pulled out of the driveway and Jinim and Jungkook are already being so loud. They wanted to play music so they connected to the blue tooth. Now I'm stuck listening to then singe random girl group songs. I'm not complaining though since the songs are good anyways.

"Chillin like a villain-" Jimin starts rapping Lisa's rap in "Ice Cream". He's going crazy in the back even doing a random dance too.

I laugh as Jungkook and Jimin have a full-on concert in the back seat. I didn't think id ever witness two full-grown men sing their hearts out in the back of my car. I guess weird shit can co e true after all.

*****

"I like this one, but that one is also good too-" Caro is busy choosing between two kinds of desks. She can't make up her mind about these two desks, she hasn't even looked at others yet.

I walk around and look at the different desks they have displayed. Jimin comes up to me and hands me a random small fake plant. "Uhm, what am I supposed to do with this?" I ask him confused.

"I want it, so you buy it for me." He says as he smiles innocently. Is he trying to act cute?

"But I have like so many small plants at home that are real, why get a fake one?" I look at the small plant. It's a cute succulent.

"No, no, real ones die, fake ones don't. So I want this one. Okay? Thanks!" He runs away from me and goes somewhere else. Child, I tell you, a child.

"Okay?" I take the small plant and walk over to Caro.

"I like this one, yeah, I'll get this one." She says as she points to one of the two desks.

"You sure?" I cross my arms and raise my eyebrow.

"Yeah I'm sure, this one will work best for me. Also, I'm gonna get a plain table to connect to it. And also one for the packaging corner."

"Okay, whatever," I say as I walk to go get a worker for help.

We take the three desks that she wanted and put them on our trolley. We were lucky they had them in stock or else we would've had to wait a week to get them.

"Okay, now let's go that way and look for some more stuff," I say to Caro.

The boys are nowhere to be found, well except for Mr. Hong who stayed with us.

We walked to the rug section and looked for one. We wanted to go with an all-white theme for the studio to match ish the rest of the house. So, of course, we have to get a white rug, or cream would be nice too.

"This one looks nice." Mr. Hong says as he looks at the rug.

"Ohh yeah, that's actually not too bad. It's fluffy too." I say as I run my hand across the display rug.

Caro comes over and touches it too. "Ooo yeah, I like this one! This would feel amazing to walk on."

"Should we get it?" I ask.

"Yeah, I want this one." She goes and looks for the right size.

Mr. Hong helps us put it on the trolley since it's heavy. Too much work for me so I might as well put his muscles for use.

Next, we went to go look for a shelf. Preferably white ones that are big. We ended up getting two of them that are wide and tall.

As we were browsing the rest of the store, we found the three children. Jimin gave me another plant that he wanted this time it was a fake cactus.
Really random but okay I guess...

Caro also got some storage drawers and a bunch of organization containers. Ohh and I also got a bunch of decorations, not only for the studio but also for the rest of the house.

We went to check out right after we finished. "Okay, that's the last of them. You got your card right?" I ask Caro as she stands at the cashier.

"Yep, got it right here." She holds up the card and waves it in my face.

"Right, now go quick cuz we still got places to go to." I wave her off.

"Okay, okay, jeez woman just wait."

I walk over and stand with the boys as we wait for her to be done. I want to go home but unfortunately, we still have to go to staples to buy stuff. The four men are standing here laughing at this child that slipped on the ground. Mean right? But it was cute though. I'm talking about the child that slipped, not the ones standing beside me.

"Okay, let's go!" Caro yells as she starts pushing the trolley over.

"I'll take that." Jin takes the trolley and starts pushing it.

"Thanks," Caro says and walks beside him.

These two- you know what, I'm too tired for this shit. I did too much today and I need some sleep, actually coffee would be nice right now.

We make it to the cars and we put all the stuff in the truck. The boys loaded everything in since it would be too heavy for Caro and me to do. It was a good idea to bring the truck since everything would have been too big for the jeep.

Now time to hit the road again...

*****

After our quick stop to staples we also ended up going to Daiso, and we also went to grab some food for everyone since it was already 3 pm and no one at home are yet. I'm not sure why but that's what they said. Then we headed home after a long day.

As I pull into the garage, Caro also pulls up beside me. Everyone hops put and we start carrying stuff inside. The house is loud with the boys screaming some random stuff, probably playing video games again.

I had my bags of food with me and I started to carry them in. The boys noticed we were here and they came running to help. Jimin helped me carry the food while everyone else got the other things in.

This is gonna be a long night...

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Authors Note:

And... that's all for this chapter. I hope you guys like it. And I'm it's a long chapter but I think it's quite cute hehe.

I'm not too sure when ill update again since I'm so busy and I barely have any time nowadays because of school., so please understand me.

And that's all for now! Bye!