Lilac

Chap 18: Almost

Thankfully, Brian was able to go up to New York this time.

They got an AirBnb.

Brian's cousin was coming with his girl, which by Aila's words was a sour bitch.

The AirBnb was located in Secaucus, NJ. They could easily jump on a train to Manhattan and go site seeing. They all decided to drive up there, which was not a problem with Aila, as long as she didn't have to talk to Tina. They left Friday early morning, only stopped to get gas and by 2 in the afternoon they were checking in at the place. They decided to head to New York City to see what the big deal was.

Aila was beyond excited to see the city with Brian. It was like a cheesy movie scene coming true for her. She was walking hand in hand, in the city that didn't sleep, and she was soo soo glad she remembered her way around it.

They got off at 34th Penn Station, with the Empire State Building right in front of them. They made their way to Times New Square, which thankfully Aila didn't get to see the first time she was there. She enjoyed the city, it's lights, the busy ambiance, with the one she loved. They ate a lot of hot dogs and Brian insisted on taking his camera, in which he took beautiful night time pictures. She was in love that night, even when the pungently odors made their ways to their noses. Nothing could make things better for Aila.

The next day was the first concert day. Aila was able to get floor tickets this time around as well, not close to the stage but close enough. She had tried her best to not see the line up for the tour, but her instagram slipped a few videos. She saw the bouncy house and Kookie flying, but nothing else. She got ready and made her way, and this time she made sure to enjoy the concert. She was by herself again, she tried so hard to convince Brian to go with her but he didn't budge, not even when she promised blow jobs for a week.

She got the the venue, enjoy the atmosphere with armies and made her way to the field. She got there in time to see the music videos play. Something she didn't get to see before. And if she had to be honest, she liked MetLife's design better than Citi Field. She thought it was beautiful and all the purple lights brought back this nostalgia to her heart.

Her purple.

She settled in her seat to the right side of the stage, like last time. The screen darken and the introduction for Dionysius began to play. Her body tensed, and her stomach felt like it did a drop and a flip. That video was a sin and it was making Aila feel things she was not supposed to feel. Things that got buried a long time ago.  She shook those feelings off and focused on the stage, where these huge panthers came up, sparks flew in the air and BTS came up on stage.  

As the concert progressed and she saw the guys, she felt her soul really settle for the bond she had created. Before it was an idea she made into her mind, something to help with the despair but now it was coming true. The feelings that had began to surface at the beginning of the concert transformed into pure admiration. Her soul felt content with simply being able to be with them, from a distance.

She screamed for every solo performance, she screamed wrong lyrics to the songs, she jumped and dance her heart out. She was so happy. She felt so fortunate and proud of her BTS. She would have said soulmates but that word felt wrong to her heart. They were her idols, not soulmates. After all these months of going crazy for them, she finally forge a bond with them, one her heart felt happy with.

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The guys were all siting in the waiting room, just waiting to feel something. Anything. Anything to tell them their soulmate was here to see them. They were hoping she would come to the New Jersey shows.

An hour before the show started, they felt her. That beautiful tingle in their body they had missed for months. Their soulmate had come to see them. This, in itself, meant the world to them. Their soulmate was there to support and hopefully give them a chance to meet. To finally feel complete.

Last year, at Citi Field, they had talked to the security guy and he gotten all the details of what happened. He took their soulmate to a staff only room that had great security cameras. Getting the footage took a lot of legal work, but rules tend to be broken when it pertains to soulmates, and Bit Hit being a very powerful company had its perks.

The company managed to get the footage, and a clear picture of their soulmate. The plan was, if she showed up, which thank God she did, the boys were going to pick up on her heartbeat and try to give the staff a direction to her seat. Only a handful of staff members knew what was going on. They were trying to keep her a secret, for now. They didn't want her to get submerged into their world. If they were able to find her, they were going to follow her to where she was staying and the next day, they were going to try to get her to come over and talk with the guys. Not too stalk-ish right?

When they got under the stage as the Dionysius intro played, they felt how her heartbeat picked up. But this was different then the panic from last year. Her heart felt content? Serene? It was different, but it still brought a smile to them.

With Not Today they were able to move from the main stage to the one in the middle of the field. They all felt her heartbeat the strongest by the walkway, the one connecting both stages.

She was so damn close to them. Definitely some where in general sitting. They quickly told their manager and the search was on. General seating, especially by the walkway, but not by the stage. The searching staff hoped she still looked the same.

Anyways, the staff was in a mission to find her.  They disregarded the first few seats next to any part of the stages. BTS said she was close but not that close. They began in the division of the sections. They went row by row, seat by seat and this proved to be hard. Everyone was jumping around, specially when Wings: Outro came to play. But to their luck, they found a girl, very similar to the one they were looking for, fairly close to the aisle, in the middle of the section, directly to the middle of the stage's walkway. Right were BTS had said.

Luck sure was in their side. The staff member that found her called the others, to make sure it was her. By this time, the intro video to Just dance and Euphoria was being played. The staff members had to act very discreetly and not give themselves away, but armies were so into the concert, they didn't notice anything unusual.

And if they did, then it was just the staff members, nothing interesting. When Just Dance was playing, they snapped a couple of pictures, something to show the guys to see if they felt something. Just to make sure. They also took a video, right when the water canons came down on army. They rushed back stage, and showed the guys expect Jungkook, since he was performing Euphoria.

When they saw the pictures, it was like their stomachs dropped and did flips. This was definitely her. They all took whatever time they could admiring her. Finally seeing her, even if it was thru a picture. She was wearing a white long sleeve crop-top shirt with blue high waisted jeans. Her glasses made her look cute and her hair was longer than last time, to her lower back, but still very curly. She had brown eyes and thick lips that made the guys wonder how it would feel to kiss. Her skin tone was a soft caramel, and they tried so hard to not run wild with dirty thoughts but her body shape made it hard. She was by no means thin, a little on the thick side, nice waist with curvy hips, toned thighs. The high-waisted jeans were not helping.

"This is her. Our soulmate." Sejin nodded his head as the guys set out to performance Best of Me.

The plan was in motion.

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They got watered again toward the end of the concert. She was almost dry from Hobi's explosion and now she was wet again. The fireworks show at the end was absolutely beautiful. She made sure to record the show to watch later. She enjoyed herself so much. She jumped around, catched confetti from Namjoon's solo, and burned about 500 calories. Her heart was glowing with so much excitement and joy.

On the train taking her to their booked place, Jin and Jimin did a VLive. She couldn't believe the audacity they had, she was in a train, cold and wet while they were already at their hotel, warm and having dinner. 

But it still made her heart feel warm. She made her stop, walked to the Airbnb, and by the time she got there, Jungkook did his VLive, with Jimin and Tae coming in. Her heart felt full that night.