Serendipity

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You can't figure out what you feel. In just 25 years of existence, you can't see the point in living any more. Everything is boring. Even breathing is already tiresome for you. You can hardly see anything beautiful nowadays. You just wanted wake up from this nightmare; or just sleep and never wake up again. Everyday turns out to be a routine. You came from a kind of a well off family, but the things that make you happy in the past doesn't excite you as much as before. Browsing through your social media account, you saw a tourism ad of New Zealand. And you thought that "Yeah, maybe I'll go out there and breathe some fresh air."

Trying to forget all the doubts and pain you had, you decided to go to a New Zealand. It's August so it's off-season and there will be less tourists than the usual. You didn't exactly plan about going there so you just threw your stuff in your bag and went to the airport. You just wore what you first saw in your cabinet: white shirt, jeans, white sneakers and a black cap. Your mom was a little bit worried but nonetheless, she was cool with it and gave you the permission to do so.

Your flight is around 8am so you decided to buy and drink some coffee first while waiting for your onboarding.

"One iced Americano please/ One iced Americano please", you and a guy in black sweatshirt, black pants, black cap, black mask, and black sneakers said at the same time.

"Sorry. You go ahead." You just bowed your head and whispered a soft thanks.

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Upon checking in the airplane, you had a window seat in the business class. For the first time again after a long while, your heart keeps on pounding because you're going to an unknown place with you having no definite plans.

While casually browsing the "New Zealand Guide" you bought at the airport, you were kind of shocked to see that the guy sitting next to you was the same guy in the coffee shop. You thought he looked familiar without the mask on but you can't pinpoint out where you saw him. Anyway, what caught your eye was what he was reading.

"Ohh, you're touring around New Zealand also.", you blurted out. You thought it was just on your mind but he turned to you and said,

"Uhm, yes. Are you, too?"

"Ohh. Yeah, I'm taking my vacation at New Zealand also." It was a connecting flight so you'll have a short Singapore stopover first before going directly to New Zealand so you weren't sure if he's going there as well.

"I see." And he cut the conversation right there but you didn't actually mind because it was really kind of awkward.

It is a 15-hour flight from Seoul to Christchurch, New Zealand. A lot of hours into the flight, you were already bored with eating, reading, and playing with your phone so you just grabbed your tablet and tried to listen to some random music. While on it, you were trying to write, overlay and edit some chord progression. You are a sound engineer, but you have a passion for music so sometimes, you compose some score without lyrics to express how you feel.

You weren't paying attention but the coffee guy is observing what you're doing. The song playing in your airpods and you were editing was "I need U" by BTS. You heard some of their songs on the radio one night about a month ago while you were on your way home and you liked their music. You weren't into visuals and dancing so much because you believe that above all, their music is the most important that's why you don't exactly try to remember all their faces; who's who and whatnots. But you remember the names RM and Suga because you heard from a radio show that they're the gifted songwriters in the group.

While listening to this song and try laying some chords, a flight attendant approached your seats. You thought that she was going to offer you something but instead, he asked the guy beside you for a picture, but the coffee guy politely declined and instead offered an autograph. 

Because of your curiosity, you read what he wrote in her notebook and saw, 

"Dear Jodi, I wish you all the best. You have 100% support of BTS forever! Fighting! - Suga, BTS"

You were shocked to read the name Suga and BTS in one line. Quickly typing to your phone, you searched for the keywords Suga and BTS. Photos of the band member flashed through your screen and you compared it with the guy beside  you.

"Sorry, I can't take a picture with you but thanks for the support." He bowed at the flight attendant. 

On your part, you can't help but look at the guy beside you with amazement. When he finished talking to the flight attendant, he tried to look back at what you were doing but he was surprised that you were looking intently at him.

You were too shocked and didn't notice that the coffee guy is now also staring back at you. You were really surprised so you tried to look somewhere else. But your curiosity got the best of you, you showed him your iPad and you can't help but exclaim,

"You're this guy right?"