"WooHyun - ah, why did you lash out at her like that?" SungGyu whispered to WooHyun, keeping his tone low for the manager to hear.

"You know I can't eat salty food, hyung" WooHyun retorted. "Besides, what she made was disgusting. Does she even know how to cook?" WooHyun added, rolling his eyes.

"She made an effort to cook for us. She's just new here. Also, maybe she's still not used to cooking Korean dishes", SungGyu rationalized, hoping that WooHyun will give in.

"Oh, Mav cooked for you? That's thoughtful of her", the manager butted in, overhearing SungGyu and WooHyun's conversation.

The other members decided not to join the conversation, keeping silent in the duration of the ride. Instead, they decided to keep themselves occupied in other things; DongWoo was playing with his phone, HoYa was listening to music, SungYeol and SungJong engaged into a separate conversation about their vocal lessons, and MyungSoo was sleeping by the car window... pretending, that is.

Upon hearing WooHyun's remark about Mav's cooking, he couldn't help but smirk. He had to admit that the food was not that bad, but he needed WooHyun to back him up in helping him to get rid of Mav. Seeing that WooHyun's frustration towards Mav, he planned to use this at his advantage into getting her to leave the apartment.

In the end, WooHyun decided to give it a rest, giving in to SungGyu and went to sleep. SungGyu on the other hand texted Mav, telling her that they will arrive at the apartment in the evening.

Mav had no trouble locating the registrar's office. She hastily quickened her footsteps and made her way to the front desk.

"Good morning. You must be one of the exhange students", the lady behind the desk greeted her.

"Good morning too, Ma'am. I'm Mavonne Rancea" Mav greeted back, forcing a smile.

The lady typed Mav's name onto the computer and started to print out her schedule

"Here is your schedule for the whole semester and a map of the university. I do hope you enjoy our stay here", the lady said, handing over two pieces of paper containing the map of the school and her schedule.

"Thank you, Ma'am", Mav replied. After receiving her paper, she quickly scanned the subjects that she will be takinh for the semester.

Korean Culture 1: Monday - Friday, 11:00 AM - 12:00 NN, DA Room 203

Demographic Research 70: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM DHSS Room 101

Environmental Assessment 30: Monday -  Friday, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM DNS Room 206

After going through her schedule, she quickly searched the room of her first class. She didn't have any trouble finding it, thanks to the map she received. She entered the class consciously, relieved that the professor was not present yet. She took a seat by the window and let thoughts drift off her head.

She didn't bother to talk to her colleagues since all of them were also busy in their "personal" activities; one was reading a novel, the other was playing with her hair. The room was silent, the atmoshpere was tense until their professor finally entered the classroom.

"Good morning everyone. This is Demographic Research 70...", the professor greeted.

Each class she attended was dismissed early since it's only their first day. The professors gave their greetings, handed the course syllabus, and explained the house rules of their class. Nobody bothered to socialize with one another in every class since all of them were hesitant in using the native language as their mode of communication; some were good in Korean, while others understand some sentences in bits. Thankfully, the mode of communication used in two of Mav's subjects is English. She decided to talk to her colleagues some other time, seeing that communicatng with them on the first day would become awkward. After her last class ended, she quickly returned to the apartment.

Upon her arrival, she was welcomed by an empty living room, sensing that none of the members were present.

I could use some "me" time, she thought.

She went straight to her room and decided to take a nap. She wanted to get rid of her thoughts. She wanted to brush off the event that occured that morning. Staring blankly at the ceiling, her eyes slowly began to droop, and finally closed after a few minutes.

"I'm tired", SungYeol shouted as he entered the apartment.

"Yah, SungJong - ah, get some water for us", SungGyu instructed the maknae.

The members' loud voices and movements caused Mav to wake up. Before she could go return to her peaceful slumber, she heard a soft knock on the door.

"Mav, are you there?", a soft voice asked.

Not wanting to be disturbed, Mav tried to return to her original position. While trying to regain her sleep, she heard her door open.

"Mav, have you eaten dinner?", the soft voice asked again, later recognizing that it belonged to SungGyu.

"I'm not hungry, oppa", Mav replied sheepishly.

"But you need to eat. Just eat a little and I'll let you sleep", SungGyu said, worried about Mav.

Mav stood up and stared intently at SungGyu.

"Oppa, I'll just eat tomorrow", Mav pleadingly said to SungGyu.

Realizing that she really meant what she said, SungGyu sighed in defeat.

"Just let me know if you want to eat. I'll cook", he said as he left the room.

When SungGyu left, Mav couldn't catch her drowsiness back. Instead, she stood up and went to her desk. She quickly grabbed a pen and her notebook and started to write her "chores schedule".

Bathroom: Tuesday and Friday

Laundry: Wednesday and Saturday

Their rooms: Thursday

Living Room: Monday

She was a bit hesitant about the "their rooms" part. Even though she already had SungGyu's approval, she was afraid that she might break their belongings... and other things.

She shut her notebook and went back to sleep, thinking that she'll just wing it.

She decided to wake up a little early every morning to practice cooking. She wanted to be useful to the members as much as she can. It has only been 3 days and her cooking skills began to improve. This was noticed by SungJong and MyungSoo, leaving the others oblivious. Days have passed and her classes also started to get more lively and informative. She already made friends from every class she's in, and was able to please her professors through her active participation in class. Later on, it was announced that the school will be having a welcoming party on Friday for the new exchange students, causing excited giggles to be heard from the room.

Finally... something to be prepped about, Mav thought, joining in the lively chatter of her colleagues.

On the other side, the members were also busy with their preparations for the concert. Other than their almost everyday practices, they still have to manage their personal schedules, causing them to arrive home at a late hour.

Despite already having school works, Mav managed to start carry out her "chores schedule" every afternoon; cleaning the living room and doing their room, leaving the members surprised. Upon seeing Mav working hard, WooHyun started to appreciate her sense of responsibility, slowly easing away the frustration he had towards her.

Mav came home early from the university since the her professor from her last class called in sick. She put down her bag at the couch and rested for a few minutes. Regaining her energy, she opened her notebook to see what chore she has to do for the day.

Their rooms: Thursday

She quickly stood up and searched from the vaccuum cleaner. It only took her two minutes to locate the machine. She went first to WooHyun and SungYeol's room. It wasn't that messy and it only took her a few minutes to pick up their dirty clothes and put it in their laundry baskets. Afterwards, she started vaccuuming the whole room.

She then went to SungJong, SungGyu and L's room. It was cleaner than WooHyun and SungYeol's, though there are some things that were lying on the floor. One by one, she started to pick them up and put them at their desks. Upon approaching L's desk, she saw a bracelet beside his trashcan. She picked it up and examined it's design. It was quite pretty; with it's black and silver beads, she was surprised that MyungSoo owned such bracelet. She was still carressing the beads when suddenly, a loud shout startled her.

"What do you think you're doing!?", L shouted angrily at her.

"Ah, L - ssi, I was cleaning your ro--", Mav was trying to explain the situation when MyungSoo cut her off.

"Drop that. Get out!!!", L grabbed her wrist and dragged her out of the room, causing to her to fall down.

"What's going on?", DongWoo came in late as she saw Mav on the floor. He pulled her up and brushed off the dust that went to her shirt. L slammed the door shut and locked it.

"What happened, Mav?", HoYa asked, coming in after DongWoo.

"I... I... I was just cleaning...", she paused to quickly catch her breath.

On the other side of the room, WooHyun witnessed the whole incident and sighed in disbelief.

She really should know her boundaries, he thought.

As soon as Mav regained her senses, she quickly excused herself from the others and went to her room.

She went straight to her bed when she entered her room, crying. She couldn't take it anymore. It has only been five days since she arrived but she feels left out, as if she wasn't welcomed to the apartment. Though she appreciated SungGyu and SungJong attempts to make her feel comfortable, she couldn't help but think that L and WooHyun are having a hard time with her around. Her thoughts began to wander on the possibility of living at another place, to be away from them. Having these thoughts, she began to cry harder. She didn't notice that someone was watching her cry at her door, feeling helpless and sad for her.