Chapter 27 : Fastidious
I Got Your Back, UnnieFastidious >> fas·tid·i·ous >> /faˈstidēəs/ (adjective)
Origin :
late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium ‘loathing’. The word originally meant ‘disagreeable’, later ‘disgusted’. Current senses date from the 17th century.
Meaning based on Oxford Dictionaries :
Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail ; very concerned about matters of cleanliness ; very concerned about matters of cleanliness is a particular sense strongly associated with that way of referring to "fussiness".
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(more or less) GFriend Q and A with Korepo Japan :
Q : Tell me about your room management ?
A (Yerin) : I'm sharing room with Sowon Unnie, the 97s are on the other room, and the maknaes are together.
A (Sowon) : Yerin's area is always clean and neat. I admit... I have to reflect on it.
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GFriend just back to their dorm after few weeks in Japan...
"Ahh~... finally home!" Eunha gladly say while sprawling on their living room couch as soon as they enter their dorm.
Yuju folowing what her roommate did as she flopped herself on the couch next to Eunha. After let Ankko out from her carrier, SinB also throw herself on the couch next to Yuju, laying her head on Yuju's lap while Ankko jump to lay on top of her Eomma's belly, then closed her eyes as soon as she settle.
"Girls! In 5 minutes gather your dirty laundry, okay?!" Yerin command while passing by those girls and make way to her sharing room with Sowon.
"Argh! We just back, for goodness sake, why don't you chill out, Yerin Unnie!" SinB whining.
Yerin stop, then scold them, "That's what I'm about to do. Doing laundry is my way to chill out. Now get up and do what asked you to do!" Yerin clap her hands to rush them.
"Ough~...! Let we do that later... let me sleep for at least 5 minutes." Eunha protest.
"Just sleep after that! Or I'm gonna keep on bothering you." Yerin threatening.
"Okay, Unnie! Give me a minute." Yuju obidiently said then lift SinB's head up from her lap then carefully put it on the couch, so she can get up. Leaving the second maknae who whine because feeling lost of her comfortable 'pillow'.
Not too long, Yerin already change to more comfortable clothes, she come out from her room with piles of her dirty clothes. Find Eunha, SinB and Ankko still on their former position on the couch when she left them moments ago.
"YAH!!" Yerin yell at them, make them all jolted awaken.
"Geezz! Unnie! Give us a break!" SinB protest, as she caressing Ankko, soothing her surprised Puppy.
"I'll give you your break after you gather your laundry." Yerin firmly order.
"Alright... alright!" SinB finally give up then get up, carrying her puppy and not forget to pull the other Eunbi to get up.
"Yah~..." Eunha protest.
"Just do it! Or Yerin Unnie will gonna keep annoying us!" SinB pulling Eunha into her room.
"Argh~... alright..." Eunha whining.
On the laundry room...
"Here's my laundry and SinB's, Yerin Unnie." Umji said, then carefully put each garment on baskets that Yerin had provided based on the management of clothes based on the material and color.
Yerin smiliing happily for Umji's meticulous, "Indeed our Maknae is the best. Thank you Sweety, your concern is touched my heart." Yerin dramatically compliment, that makes Umji blushing and giggling.
"Nah... You are the one who work hard to take care of our laundry, Unnie. You always doing great on your job. Thank you. This is at least that I can do to ease your work." Umji politely said.
"Aawww~... my sweet Maknae. I want to kiss you right now." Yerin squeals then cutely protruding her lip to Umji. So Umji just bend and offering her cheek so Yerin can peck it.
Later...
Sowon enter the dorm. She just back from her family house to bring back Meonji along with her.
The dorm is quiet. So Sowon carefully check on each rooms and find that her dongsaengs are sleeping. Ankko who laying next to SinB's legs hear the door opened, and that puppy is awaken, lift her head to take a look. When she look that it's Sowon and Meonji, that puppy just stay calm. Sowon smile to that puppy. Meonji seems want to enter the room, maybe want to play with Ankko, but Sowon pull him back.
"Hush~... Meonji-ah play later, okay. Let them sleep." Sowon whisper to her puppy.
Meonji turn his head to look at his Eomma, seems understand, that's why he then obidiently steps back.
Sowon close the door back. Then check on the other room and find that the 97s vocal line are also sleeping. Then she heading to her own sharing room. But she stop on the middle to look that there's alrwady lines of clothes neatly dried on the balcony.
Sowon then scanning all over the dorm. It's neat and clean. As if they never left it for few weeks.
Sowon enter her room after put Meonji's meal and water on his usual bowls. Sowon find Yerin is sleeping on her respective bed. Their room also neat and clean. There's no sight of their luggages. Sowon check on their closet, then find their luggages are already on storage. When she want to check her own luggage, it's already empty. Her clean clothes already on the drawers and neatly hung, also her shoes on the shoe rack.
Sowon thought.
Later...
Sowon awake when it's already dark. She slightly hear the voice of the girls giggling and the clinking sound.
Sowon decide to get up because of her concern of the girls well being.
Sowon come out from her room.
"Sowon Unnie! Finally you awake. I thought you fainted. Hahaha!" SinB savagely joking.
"Come here and join the dinner." Yuju sensely offer as that girl agily get up to get a clean set of bowl and chopstick then setting it on the empty spot that used to be Sowon's.
Sowon take her usual seat while tying her hair into messy bun.
Eunha pour water into Sowon's usual mug then put it on the front of her.
Umji take Sowon's bowl and fill it with rice from the rice cooker, "Is this enough, Unnie?" Umji politely ask.
Sowon nod, "Yeah. That's enough. Thanks."
Umji nod then put the bowl back on it current place.
"Here you go, girls... I proudly present you with special dish of my own... Kimchi stew!" Yerin dramatically announced as she put a pot of her cook.
"Yeeaaayyy!! Jalmoggesseubnida (잘먹겠습니다 : I am going to eat well) !!" The 4 girls happily shout in unison then excitingly take turn to take the stew. While Sowon is gawking.
"Hey, behave! Don't forget to get some first for Sowon Unnie!" Yerin reminding while she trying to take off her appron.
"Oh, right... let me fill your bowl, Unnie." Eunha said then take Sowon's bowl to fill it with the stew.
Then Yuju give another bowl to Eunha to fill it too with the stew, "This for Yerin Unnie." Eunha nod then fill the bowl.
"Unnie, help me to untying this appron, please... I've been nimbled on it for quite sometimes..." Yerin ask, then turn to back facing Sowon without waiting Sowon's answer. So Sowon just absentmindly help her.
"Thanks." Yerin said after Sowon untied so she can take off the appron.
After put the appron back on where it used to placed, Yerin join the dinner.
"Sowon Unnie, are you feeling unwell? Or is my stew taste bad? You are eating without excitement..." Yerin suddenly ask in concern, make the other members turn to look at their Leader-Unnie.
Sowon quickly put a smile on her face, and shake her head, "No. I'm fine. Your stew is delicious. I'm just still half sleeping... don't worry." Then put a spoonfull into .
Yerin is smiling gladly to see it. She and the girls back to devouring their dinner.
Later...
"Do any of you know where the screwdriver is? I need it to set up my new clothes hanger. I've look for it on it the tools drawer on the kitchen, but it's not there..." Yuju ask.
"Who used it the last time?" Sowon ask.
The girls are in silence while glancing to each other.
"SinB-ah, you used it last time to fix your loosen screw on your cabinet, right? You must be the one not put it back to it placed." Yerin ask while look at SinB.
SinB frowning, feeling offended for the accused, "No, I didn't! My cabinet is alri-..." SinB protest suddenly stop in the middle of her sentence, she pause for moments, is gawking, but then turn grinning, "I think you're right. Let me check on my room." Then that tsundere girl get up and run to her room. Not too long she back with screwdriver on her hand.
"Here you are Unnie..." SinB give the screwdriver to Yuju with slightly aegyo to cover up her fault.
"Booooo~..!!!" Eunha and Umji mocking at her.
"You two... shut up!" SinB then throw herself to jokingly trying to pinned her mental-maknae unnie and her roommate to shut them up and to covering her embarassement, the three of them are wrestling ridiculously even fall down from the couch unto the floor, but they just keep on giggling.
Yuju about to go with the screwdriver, when Sowon stop her by asking...
"Yuna-yah, what you about to do with that screwdriver?"
Yuju just raising her eyebrow and look at her unnie with such a naive expression, "I've told you I need it to set up my new clothes hanger."
"Are you sure you not need help? Why don't you ask Manager-Oppa to fix it?.." Sowon suggested.
"Nah... it's just piece of cake, Unnie... I can do it by myself." Yuju assuring.
But later...
Yuju comeback to the living room in difference appeareance. She sweating and messy hair.
"Uhmmm... Girls... Can anyone help me....?" Yuju timidly ask. The girls turn to look at her.
"Aigoo... what happened, Yuna-yah? Were you just did marathon?" Eunha questioning. Yuju grinning in embarassement.
"Turns out... it's beyond my imagination... I thought it was easy... but I couldn't do it. So... can you help me?" Yuju timidly confess.
All of them decide to go to 97s room...
When they got there, they see Yuju's 'masterpiece'....
It is 'beyond imagination'....
The new clothes hanger is look like no longer new. It's a total mess. Each hooks are in different directions. The wooden base is no longer intact. Holes in several places, as well as the walls, there are some gaping holes with an irregular arrangement.
Eunha gasp in shock, mouthpalming, with eyes that almost pop out.
"Oh my God~... what have you done, Yuna-yah?... our room wall become... as if... termite nest... it has holes...."
Umji almost burst to laugh, but manage to hold it, but SinB is unstoppable, that savage girl burst in laugh like hyena, it trigger others to laugh also. In the end, Sowon, Yerin, SinB, and Umji are laugh their heart out, while Eunha gawking froze in shock, and Yuju look deeply regret.
Sowon trying to settle the situation, "Hey... enough... Don't worry, it's not that bad. It's-..."
"It's a mess!! Silly mess!! Hahaha!! Look those holes!!! Hahaha!!! Termite nest!!! Hahahaha!!!" SinB interupting with savage comment, then burst laugh again.
"Hahaha!! Umji-yah, drag your savage roommate out of here! Hahaha!!! She gonna make worst this situation!! Hahaha!!" Sowon command between her laugh, and Maknae Umji just nod then do as she told to do, she drag SinB out while both of them keep laughing.
After a while... they gradually calm down, then trying to fix the mess.
"Give me that screwdriver! Let me try to fix it." Sowon said, then Yuju obidiently give the screwdriver to her Leader-Unnie.
Sowon give it a try. That girl indeed the oldest among them, she has lots of experiences, she expert on fashion and make up, her hands are agile to applying various cosmetics. She also good enough to cook various edible food to make them survive. Her hand is also famous to have strong slap, strong enough to combine with her outhority and dignity as a leader. But fixing that kinda stuffs is definitely not her thing.
"Ouch...!" Sowon accidently got scratched.
"Ooh.." Yerin, Eunha, and Yuju yelped in worry.
"Huft~... let me try it, Unnie." Yerin said as she take over the screwdriver from Sowon's hand.
Turns out, she did well. Less than 5 minutes, Yerin already set up the hooks properly also placed the whole hanger table on the wall.
"Wow!" Sowon, Eunha, and Yuju amazed.
Yerin grinning proudly, "Good thing I have an Oppa. Hehe.. He taught me stuffs like these."
"Uhmm.. we need spackle paste to cover those holes." Sowon said.
"Let me fix that too. Wait..." Yerin said then dashing out the room. Not too long she's back bringing a toothpaste, then she smothered the toothpaste into those holes. Then...
Those holes are 'gone'.
"You are amazing, Unnie!" Yuju can't stop herself to express her admiration.
"Hehe..." Yerin smirking wittily.
That's how that day goes...
At unnieline sharing room...
Sowon is sitting on her bed, adaydreaming and pondering, drowning into her thoughts while applying hand body lotion, when suddenly there's a peck landing on her cheek.
It's Yerin. That girl is grinning in satisfaction as if a winner who just got her trophy. She even leaning forward seems ready to give another 'attack', but this time Sowon successfully dodge.
"Ugh!" Yerin growl in upset because lost her prey.
"What were you trying to do?" Sowon calmly ask.
"Wasn't it obvious? I'm trying to kiss you." Yerin shamelessly said.
"You already got once."
"I want more."
"Why?"
"Because I like it."
"Can I ask you something?"
"What?"
"Were you who took care of my luggage, put those clean on closet and wash those laundries?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Why? Why you asking? It's my duty, right? You the one who told me to do those duty."
"Uhmm.. was it?"
"Yeah! You are our leader who gave dorm duties for each of us, remember?"
"Did I?"
"Geezz.. what's wrong with you, Unnie? Did you bumped your head or something? You got an amnesia?" Yerin staring in concern. She carefully touch Sowon's forehead to check on her temperature.
"You doing your duty excellently." Sowon said while push away Yerin's hand from her forehead.
Yerin grinning widely, forming her famous eyesmile, "Do I?"
Sowon nod. "Yes. Undoubtedly excellent."
"You like it?"
Sowon nod, "I like it very much."
Yerin squeal then wrap Sowon on her arms while snuggling to her, "I'm glad that you like it."
"But.. are you okay doing it? Do I burdening you too much? You not forcedly doing it, right?"
"Nope. I like my duty."
"Really?"
"Yeah. It suit me very well. I'm satisfied with your management order. You give the right job for the right person."
"Really?"
"Yup! Indeed our Leader know her members very well. Good job, Leader-Nim!" Yerin cutely complimenting.
"I'm glad to hear that. Because I thought I've been giving you too much work to handle. I'm trying to be fair. I don't want to be such a dictator on our group. You are our group ace for variety show. It needs lots of physical strength. Then your dorm duty for laundry also needs lots of physical strength. I just realized that those must be tiring you. Maybe I should change your dorm duty-.."
Yerin interrupt Sowon's sentences, "Don't! I like my dorm duty, so don't change it, please."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. I'm sure. I'm not tired. Don't worry."
"But you turn to be Fastidious person."
Yerin frowning, "Do I?"
Sowon nod, "Eunbis told me that you insist to do the laundry as soon as you got here."
Yerin pouting, "Ergh... those Eunbis! Whiners! I'll get them later..." she grumbling.
"You don't have to be that quick. I never urge you to done your dorm duty, though..."
"I know. You never nag me becuse of it. But I just love to do it. I just can't wait to done it as soon as I can. It's like a game for me. It's fun. A way for me to refresh myself from our hectic schedules."
"Uhmm... is that so? I never thought like that before... By the way I have a confession..."
"What?"
"You are so clean and tidy. Also agile and handy. I realized that I might gave you troubles all these times. You have to clean up what I messed up. Sorry."
"Nah.. you never gave me troubles, Unnie. Don't worry."
"Are you sure?"
Yerin nod with all her heart, "Don't worry, okay? At least that's all I can do for you and our group. And I like to do it. Besides... I'm the strength of GFriend, right? I'm just doing my part, as best as I could, and I love it. It brings satisfaction for me. Afterall.. I have so much energy that need to vent. So, don't worry. Don't overthinking. I'm fine. We're fine. Don't change anything. Let all stay the way they are. You be the head, and I'm the pillar. I will always support you, Unnie."
"Okay." Sowon finally gladly smile.
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