The Only One For Them (A BTS Soulmate AU)

Chapter 23

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English in BOLD

"BITCH I CAN NOT DEAL! BTS ARE YOUR FUCKING SOULMATES!?" Ari's cousin Astrid yelled over FaceTime.

This morning the house of eight woke up on time, had a quick breakfast together, and attended their meeting. Afterwards, they had to continue with their rigorous schedule while Ari headed home to annihilate the loads of orders she received plus cook since she would have time. She worked for a couple of hours before her cousin gave her a call around noon.

"Yes for the last time cousin. I didn't know you were Army though. You likely wouldn't have even called me once you saw they were going live."

"Not go lie....... I definitely would've called you later." They both laughed at Astrid's truth.

"Anyway, I'm really happy for you. You've waited a long time to find your soulmate and look at you! Being blessed with seven for your years of waiting. Seven incredibly fine ass men lawd."

"iight na you better chill before your soulmate kills you. How is Manny by the way? I haven't talked to him in a minute."

"Girl working my everlasting nerve! Still a great architect, but he's good though. I'll have to call you back when he's around. He'd love to see the first friend he's ever made."

"We been going hard since Kindergarten. Don't be jealous hoe."

"Best believe I'm sick of y'all. Moving on, you know I gotta ask.......... Did you get some yet?"

"Astrid, bitch it's seven of them. I got more than some."

"Oh thank the sex gods above! I thought yo shit was go dry out and die since you were waiting for your other half. Jokes on me this time."

"I fucking hate you. Dusty ass." Ari chucked out as she laughed. She loved that her family and friends had a big sense of humor. The conversations were never boring.

"You love me. I'm glad we were able to talk cousin, but now I must get my well earned beauty rest. Love you talk to you soon!"

"Love you too girl."

With that, she ended the FaceTime. They talked for about two hours so Ari was able to work and chat at the same time.

🔥 PLAY SONG 🔥

Deciding to stop, she straightened up her space and headed for the kitchen. On the menu for dinner tonight is red beans and rice. It's a filling meal that slow cooks most of the day. She let the beans soak overnight, so that when she came back home she was able to rinse them and get them started cooking with all the smoked sausage, bell peppers, and onions she had cut up.

Walking in the kitchen, the smell of seasoning really hit her nose making her smile. She lifted the lid of the pot to stir the beans and add just a couple of bay leaves. The food will definitely be ready by the time the boys make it back.

Ari turned on the speakers and I Want You Around by Snoh Aalegra ft. 6lack played smoothly throughout the house. Just knowing they were leaving soon encouraged her to take advantage of the empty house and clean.

Not that old school 'grandma got us cleaning the baseboards' clean, but close enough. She'd save that for when they got back.

She cleaned for a couple hours, even going as far as doing the dance and recording studios. If they were to use the spaces before leaving, it would still be mostly cleaned. Seeing the house completely spotless and to her standard of clean, she went to shower. Once she was out, dressed, and moisturized, she set the table and loaded the rice in the rice cooker.

Soon enough, the boys made it home with their signature tired faces. Always intrigued by her hometown meals, they thanked her sweetly for cooking and had a stress free dinner before bed.

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* Day before departing flight*

"Their first stop is SoFi Stadium for 5 shows!? I'm sure this will be the perfect story for me! The views would be through the roof!" So-Jung says to her best friend. They were currently in her home along with her manager.

"Aish, didn't I tell you to stay far away from them?! You basically breach the NDA, have a possible lawsuit looming, and somehow still think you can cover anything regarding BTS? You purposely want my job to be hard," The manager, G replied irritatedly. There was so much to clean up and mend on her front for an apparently ungrateful client, and frankly she was stretched thin.

Completely exhausted.

"But think about the views! That should get me back in the company's good graces. They'll see the obvious exposure and things will be fine. It's a win-win!"

G rubbed her forehead. "The ratings would only be high because of Army, so let's do some common sense math shall we. Army goes wherever BTS goes. They support them, not anyone else. Hence your show ratings clearly being a reflection of their support for BTS. Now you have not only pissed BTS off, but Army as well. Honestly you should be more terrified of the fan base than BigHit right now. I say all of this to simply say YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF DOING ANYTHING WITH BTS EVER AGAIN!"

So-Jung crosses her arms over her chest, releasing a massive sigh and pouting. G continues.

"Look just see if you can get other guests or maybe do a couple vlogs or something so that you can keep the ball rolling and collect some type of income. Either way, your company will be expecting something from you. I'll do everything I can to help, but please don't forget, I have other clients So-So."

She stands up, sliding her sunglasses from the top of her raven haired ponytail to her eyes. Grabbing her bag, she waved goodbye leaving a still moping So-Jung sulking in her chair across from the girl's enabling best friend.

When G shuts the door behind her, the diva in the room rolls her eyes and gets on Instagram. As she's scrolling, she sees a picture of the woman who stole the seven men from her and stares at it.

The post was made by an Army who captured a screenshot of the Vlive. The boys were laughing and smiling fondly and the woman. Ari was laughing and staring at Taehyung who was wearing a pair of her lashes for fun. The picture was captioned:

'Us REAL Army love to see it! I can feel their love through the live. Thank you for making them happy Ari. We purple you too! 💜'

So-Jung squeezed her eyes shut as she threw her phone across the room out of sheer jealousy making her friends jump at her outburst.

"This isn't over. She doesn't deserve them."

She chanted repeatedly in her own space. There was less than 24 hours left until the group departed for the states. The interviewer figures if she just gets to the airport extremely early, she can be the first one there to cover their departure. Maybe as a sign of good faith to win her way back in.

Settling on the idea, she posts to her stan account under a false identity that she will be at the airport to see the boys off.

She knew this would draw a huge crowd for her and she'll be able to show Army that she means well.

What she didn't think about, nor care about at the moment was that this information was not released to the public, only a small amount of press.

As long as it's not traced back to her, they can't do anything about it.

Right?

A/N

The decisions of the government are disgusting.

My body as well as any other woman are for US to control.

Gun laws are still out of control..... smh

Please everyone, regardless of where you are be safe.

No one dictates your life but YOU!