Among The Stars - A BTS Fanfic

Prologue

I blink twice, staring at the bright light emitted by my phone screen. My heart is beating hard against my chest as I read the email again and again. I read the words but my brain is not processing them.

"So?" Amelia asks impatiently after a few minutes "When are you going?"

"I-I think I'm not going anywhere." my voice is shaky and uneven, and I am thoroughly confused.

"What do you mean?" She grabs the phone of my now powerless hands, effectively taking it, and starts reading it out loud.

"Dear miss Y/L/N,

I am sorry to announce that we decided not to proceed with your application.

After fully reviewing your interviews and questionnaires we feel that this is not the best opportunity for you, however, we will keep you in mind when anything relevant is to come up.

If you do not wish for us to reach out to you in the future, please let me know.

Kind Regards,

Hak, Sun-hun."

"How is this possible?" Amelia is as confused as I am. "It makes no sense, there were 16 places, you were at the final stage with another 15 candidates!"

"I know, I remember, in the last interview all the others were all so excited, saying that there is no way any of us will not make it." I sigh, I really am doing my best not to break down.

My memory remains as clear as ever, they were speaking in hushed tones but I heard them loud and clear, the only way we would not make it is if our police records didn't clear out. Mine for sure did, so what went wrong?

"Are you replying?" She was worried I'd reply out of anger.

"No." Of course, I wouldn't, what else is there to say? "I know they won't call me again, but I can't just give up, I really wanted this."

"Oh, honey." Amelia pulls me into a comforting hug. "It's their loss anyway. Let's go and eat some ice cream and forget this ever happened."

"Okay." I mean I am perfectly aware that I won't ever forget this, but I am not one to say no to ice cream. And who knows? Maybe this was the slap in the face I needed.