Lilac

Chap 24: Begin

Brian was nervous, edgy, anxious, scared, shy.

He didn't know what he was feeling. He had agreed to meet his soulmates, influenced mostly by Aila, knowing she would be with him no matter what.

Brian knew once he meet all of them, he would have to spend sometime here in New Jersey. He saw how Aila had reacted to meeting BTS and he didn't think he could be as strong. No he knew he wasn't strong. That particular detail scared him the most.

He was scared he would forget how he felt about Aila. He was scared his feelings would be vaporized by the soulmate bond. He knows multiple soul's bond tend to be stronger, because of the feelings everyone brings to the puzzle. He didn't want to loose what he felt for Aila. He knew he was being selfish.

His soulmates were literally 5 minutes away. His head was a whole mess.

"I'm here for you ok. Remember you meeting them does not take away the 6 amazing years I have spent with you. It does not take away our tears, our laughs, our nights laughing in bed." Aila whispered giving Brian's hand one last squeeze. She was never this lovey-dovey but she needed to encourage Brian somehow. He didn't say anything just took those words to his heart.

"Oh God she's near." Ails saw how he clutched his chest; his face got pale, which never happens. Brian has a dark skin tone.

A minute later, they heard Van call out to Maria. She was the baby of the group. And amazingly, which the odds really are in their favor, she's from Honduras as well, meaning he hoped to get along.

She was shorter than Aila, had beautiful straight hair down to her back. When she came near enough to see Brian, she jumped on him. Brian was standing up waiting to greet her but he had to catch her instead. The excitement radiated off her. Brian looked awkward, he didn't know if he should hug her back, however he caught Aila glaring at him, so he decided to put his arms around her. Surprisingly, it felt warm and nice. Her body was perfect height for his. She felt comfortable.

"Mari I think you need to pull away babe." Van said chuckling at her reaction. He laughed because he had done the same thing. He finally got the cute koala off Brian and they sat in front of the two. Maria was so infatuated with Brian she almost, almost missed when Brian took Aila's hand under the table. She frowned at this and she decided to take a look at Aila. Her whole attitude changed, Aila could feel the hostility towards her.

Aila being Aila, decided to move closer to Brian and put up her best bitch smile, extended her hand and said "hi nice to meet you! I'm Aila, Brian's girlfriend." Oh Aila could be a really good friend and a nice person, but if she got rubbed the wrong way, she was hell.

Brian saw this. He saw Maria's face change, saw how she looked at Aila, and he didn't like it one bit. Right now, his soulmates are the strangers not Aila. Shit, he's here because of Aila. He started to shift in his seat and Aila felt this. She was still holding her hand for Maria to shake, but when she saw she wasn't going to, she retracted her hand. This definitely tipped Brian off. Aila was trying so hard not to smile, because with this Brian would be mad at Maria, and Aila would come and act like the nice guy. Something about Aila, she was very good at manipulating scenarios so they would benefit her. She was cold hearted.

"Umm, well, I'm sorry for introducing myself like that, kinda of a habit." Aila was also really good at sounding innocent.

"Anyways, when are the others coming?" Aila genuinely was excited about meeting the others. Maria was a bitch but it wasn't her priority to be liked by her.

"Antônia should be here next. Maybe 15 minutes." Van responded thanking Aila silently for trying to change the topic. Brian kept a straight face. And Maria kept eyeing Aila. Brian kept getting pissed off at this.

"So Brian, what do you do? I heard you're from Honduras! What part?!" Maria's excitement was pissing Brian off, but Aila gave his hand a squeeze and decided to get up.

"Nena, where you going baby?" Brian ignored Maria's question, and looked at Aila with a lot of concern. This pissed off Maria. Even Van could tell, and he was sitting beside her.

"Oh Ima just head to the bathroom."

"Ok don't take too long." Brian took Aila's hand and kissed it. She smiled in victory.

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Antônia was a beautiful girl. She had a big ass, dark caramel color skin, curly hair, big plumpy lips and an hour shape glass body. Her personality was better than Maria's. Maria kinda ignored Aila and just paid attention to Brian. Antônia didn't seem to like Aila, but she wasn't hostile towards her.

Nyala got there a few minutes after Antônia. By this time, Aila was definitely feeling out of place. It was clear the only one that liked her was Van. The girls tolerated her, and Maria just couldn't hide her dislike.

Brian would have felt the bond trying to work on him. He actually felt it, a lot of times, but having the girls glare at Aila was really pissing him off. Still they managed to talk and get to know themselves. Aila mostly stayed quiet. As much as she wanted Brian, she wanted him to have a shot at being complete.

Around 5, Brian decided it was time to go. The girls didn't want to let go of Brian. As much as Aila wanted to tell them to fuck off, she couldn't. She had to get used to the idea he belonged to them. Not hers, theirs. As much as it crushed her heart.

"Yeah we have to leave so we can get ready to pack. We leave tomorrow."

"Oh you guys were just here for the weekend?" Van asked Aila.

"Yeah, it's my fault he's here with me. I came for a concert and I begged enough and got him to come with me. So it's the band's fault." Aila laughed at this. Funny how life works.

"Who did you came to see?"

"Uhh, BTS. It's a Korean band!"

"Oh the ones that look like girls," was Maria's snobby response. Aila had been close to losing the fake persona she had put up for these bitches and that comment did it.

"Like I said, your soulmate is here because I came to see the band. If I were you I would be thanking them, and me. This is the second time I come to New York. Be fucking thankful I promised your soulmate he could fuck my ass as a trade." Aila then turned to look at Brian.

"Ima be outside waiting for you amor" and she lean in and gave him a sweet, quick kiss, to which Brian responded.