Our Little Dorm Mother

Chapter 31- Hello Noona

"How's the acting gig going?" Chen asked Chanyeol as he stretched his arms. "You said that you might be starring in a film this year, right?"

"That's if I get the part" Chanyeol answered. He stretched his arms and shook his legs to loosen the tension in his body.

"But you'll be speaking in Mandarin" Baekhyun confirmed. "Will you be able to cope?"

"I think so" Chanyeol mumbled. "If only Lay-hyung was here. He could help me with my pronunciation."

Baekhyun nodded as he scrolled down his phone and huffed, "Speaking of languages, ugh, why is English so hard?"

It had been a week since EXO had returned from their three-day retreat and they were finally back in the dance studio, practising their choreography again.

Chen scooted closer to Baekhyun and peeked at his phone. "We don't have to say a lot of English, you know. A simple 'hi' and 'how are you' will do."

"But I want to make it more personal for the fans" Baekhyun whined. "I want to make a good impression."

Chanyeol glanced at the pair who were busy Googling how to say phrases in English. It had been announced earlier in the year that EXO would be touring around North America as part of their promotion for their new album. And keen to please their fans, Baekhyun and Chen had been trying to prepare a small message they could tell them during their concert. Chanyeol sighed. They didn't have this problem when Kris, their former member, was still with them. He was their representative when it came to speaking in English. Now, they had no one to consult.

Suddenly, a light bulb lit up in Chanyeol's mind as he realised that they did have someone to consult. They had a secret native in their midst. "Didn't Nami-ah say that she grew up in a bilingual household?" Chanyeol asked.

"That's right!" Baekhyun exclaimed. "Why didn't I think of that?"

"We can ask Nami-ah to help us" Chen stated. "Xiumin-hyung did say that she sounded native. What did he compare her accent to again?"

"I think it was 'Harry Potter'" Chanyeol replied. He pulled out his phone and started to text Nami, "I can ask her what time she'll be coming in today."

Baekhyun watched as Chanyeol happily occupied himself by texting on his phone. He saw his mouth curve into a smile. He smirked, "Looks like someone's in a good mood."

Chanyeol looked up. "What? Why do you say that?"

"Ever since you started dating Nami-ah, you've been awfully cheerful" Baekhyun observed. "It looks like you're in the honeymoon phase."

"I don't know what you're talking about" Chanyeol denied.

"To be honest, I agree with Baekhyun" Chen added. "You and Nami-ah have been on very good terms ever since we came back from the retreat."

Baekhyun giggled, "Maybe it was because Chanyeol got thrown up on."

Chanyeol frowned at the two for bringing up what happened that night. After Nami had thrown up on him, she had passed out on the floor and didn't wake up until the following morning. The EXO members had exploded into fits of laughter at his misfortune, mainly because it was unexpected and they were still a little tipsy.

Nami had no recollection of what happened the following morning which, to Chanyeol's dismay, meant that she couldn't remember their spontaneous kiss. But unfortunately, the other EXO members were kind enough to fill her in on what happened after she had forced a kiss on him. Since that day, Nami had been very apologetic to Chanyeol and had been acting nice towards him to make up for her carelessness.