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Note :- Please imagine the Blood, Sweat & Tears era BTS.

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A sigh of relief and excitement crept around the room, bunch of eyes filling with sparkles of joy and ears perking attentively as the bell for dismissal went off. The students, along with Aera started packing their stuff, ready to sprint back to their homes after a possibly dreadful and tiring day at school.

She walked out of her class, following the flow of kids her age and older, towards the end of the long hallway, carrying a tiny bagpack with sparkly stars dangling freely from the chain of the zippers which she always found fascinating.

Her eyes roamed about the gate of the school finding the familiar lady from everyday to be standing there, who was responsible to take care of her while her brothers were busy. She smiled and ran up to her, holding her hand as she grinned widely, showing her uneven teeth.

"Hey Aera, did you have fun at school?"

"Yeah, but home is more fun."

"Aw it's okay, let's go then." The caregiver smiled, patting the kid's head as she held her hand, walking towards the black car waiting for them.

"Oppa had some work today, right?" Aera asked, remembering Jimin and the other boys talking about it the last day.

"Yes, they have a performance and then a fan meeting event." Christine said, nodding subtly, "They'll take some time to come home."

"Oh okay," Aera nodded, resting back in her seat as she stared outside thinking how she hasn't really gotten much time with her brothers lately, for they are always busy with work, practicing dancing or singing, giving interviews, interacting with the Armys and there were still many more things to add on the list, Aera standing somewhere a lot below in it -or that's what the seven-year-old thought.

"Noona?" She called softly, making Christine chuckle like every time that Aera called her 'noona' instead of 'unnie' just because Jungkook called her that, "Can we go to Oppa's performance?"

"Uhm I don't know, it'll be really crowded there, are you sure you wanna go? Aren't you tired after school?" The caregiver asked, glancing at the little girl who shook her head instantly.

"I'm not tired, noona. Let's go to oppa now. He'll be happy to see me right?" Aera smiled.

"Of course, he'll be happy." Christine smiled, patting her head and told the driver to take them to the venue where BTS was going to perform today.

"What do we have to take there? I've seen people bringing stuff."

Christine laughed and nodded, "It's called an Army bomb, and some fans who have merch, wear them too. For the fan meeting, they bring albums, photo cards, or really anything they like."

"Oh I have Army bomb at home, but I don't have an album." Aera said,

"It's fine Aera, you can get it there." The older girl said, knowing Aera had an easy access to almost everything and the staff will most probably provide her with an album even if she calls it out the last minute.

"That's great!" Aera giggled, ready to step out as the car stopped in fifteen minutes. The caregiver gave her a black mask and a hat before getting out of the car with the bodyguards following closely behind.

Aera looked around seeing a lot of people already there, waiting for there chance to enter the hall where their favourite boy band will be performing in a few minutes. She glanced up at her caregiver who tugged on her hand, guiding her towards the entrance from the staff side.

The boys' manager showed up, smiling at Aera who smiled back under her mask, waiting for Christine to finish talking with him. He glanced at the little girl, chuckling at something her caregiver had said.

"Sure, the boys will be happy to see her here." He said, "You can take her from the backstage, and make sure you have enough badyguards with you, just in case the fans recognize her or something."

"Yeah, thank you." Christine smiled and looked at Aera, "You can go with him for a while, I'll come back after getting your Army bomb and album okay?"

"Okay!" Aera chirped, letting go of her hand and holding the manager's instead as he led her towards the backstage, "Where's oppa?"

"They're getting ready in the dressing room. You wanna go there?"

Aera shook her head, sitting on a chair near a staff member who was in charge of some technical work. She smiled at man, shifting her chair closer, deciding that he needs help in his field of work, earning chuckles from the elders. It was a common scene at times where Aera desperately wanted to help the staff, especially the camera directors and the stylists, even if the 'help' just meant her asking several questions about how and why the work needed to be done.

"Aera, let's go, I've got us passes, your army bomb and album." Christine said, holding her hand out for Aera, "The boys are almost ready, we should go now if you don't wanna be seen and keep it a surprise."

"Yes, let's go quickly." Aera nodded, waving at the manager and the other staff who chuckled at her cute behaviour.

"Wait, Aera." The manager said, "Give me your bag, you don't need it there."

Aera nodded, shrugging her pastel pink colored bag off her shoulders and giving it to the manager, before running back to her caregiver, heading to the hall from the opposite side of the entrance for fans. Christine handed her the army bomb as the venue seemed almost full with loud, cheering fans.

"Can I take it off now?" Aera asked, pointing at her mask, making Christine look down at her and shake her head as a no. Even if they had three bodyguards with them, she didn't want to take any risk with Aera's safety.

The lights became dim and the roaring fans went even louder, knowing it was time that BTS would be coming up on the stage. Aera smiled widely under her mask, clapping her hands for her oppas and cheering for them, singing along with the fanchants that were echoing all through the venue.

With the lights glowing up again, there stood the seven boys who had made millions of lives worth living and added smile to a million faces. The fan chant continued, sounding louder every time as the music started playing, and relaxing down when it was the members singing.

"Yayyy! Oppa!" Aera cheered waving her army bomb in the air just the like the others, the only difference being her height.

The performance soon ended and the boys went off stage, Aera felt a tug on her hand as Christine bent down to her level, "They'll come back in a while after changing, do you wanna go grab something to eat till then? You must be hungry right?"

"No," Aera shook her head.

Christine sighed and made her look up, "You shouldn't stay hungry for that long Aera, did eat your lunch in school?"

"I did, and I got orange juice too. My friend gave one to me, she had two." She said, raising two of her fingers as she talked to her caregiver.

"Miss, you both should take a seat, I'll get something to eat for her if she's hungry later." One of the bodyguards said, Christine nodded, sitting on her place while Aera kept standing and looking around the crowd, fascinated just as much as she had seen the armys two years ago for the first time.

"Aera, come and sit here, the fan meet will start now." The caregiver said, patting the seat next to her. Aera nodded quickly sitting on her place and seeing the boys getting on the stage again. They smiled and waved at everyone, making the crowd cheer loudly.

"2,3! Hello we are," The leader started, and the boys joined as they bowed together to the fans, "BTS!"

"Hello Army, How are you all?" Jin said, holding the mic close to his lips as he gained a mixture of responses like 'good' or 'great' from the audience. "Ah that's nice to hear, I hope you all enjoyed the performance?"

A chorus of yeses echoed followed by a loud cheer, making the members smile. They talked for a few more minutes, laughing and joking with each other and army, before finally taking their seats, starting the fan signing event.

Aera turned to Christine, shaking her hand a little, "When will I go there?"

The elder smiled glancing around and pointed at a lady a few feet away from them, "After her. You can stand in the line if you want."

"Okay, are you not coming?"

"No, but I'll be here. Nelson and the other two are right there, you can call us if there's a problem okay?"

Aera nodded, taking her album and army bomb from Christine and walking to stand in the line like how the others were doing. Her eyes spotted the manager standing at the back and waved at him, earning a smile from him as he waved back at her, making her happy.

"Move ahead little girl." Aera heard a girl say from behind. She looked back and nodded, stepping ahead as she realized the line had moved forward. "Is that the deluxe edition?"

Aera glanced at her again and nodded, "Yes,"

"Wow, where did you even get that? Will you exchange it with mine?" The girl said, holding out her album and showing it to Aera who slowly shook her head.

"No, I like mine." The seven-year-old said. The older girl rolled her eyes, shoving her album towards Aera and snatching hers instead. "Give it back! It's mine! My noona got it for me."

"You don't even know anything, it's not 'noona' it's 'unnie'." The girl laughed, pushing Aera aside from the line.

"I know, but she's my noona. Give me my album back, you're bad!"

"Yeah yeah, keep saying that. I'm sure you don't even know what BTS is, you don't have to meet them. Go back to your mom."

"...my mom?"

"Yeah, where's she? Go to her." She scoffed stepping on Aera's place as she had successfully gotten her out of the line, not noticing the tears forming in the kid's eyes.

Aera turned towards where her caregiver sat and pointed at the rude girl. Christine nodded, gesturing over to the guards while herself coming up for Aera's help.

"What's happening there? Is everything okay?" Yoongi asked, noticing the staff bodyguards standing near the line, probably talking to someone there. One of the men nodded, giving a thumbs up, as a gesture that everything is fine.

"Everyone," Hoseok took his mic and spoke, "please don't push each other, be gentle and respect each other."

Christine smiled at Aera after getting her album back from the other girl, making her happy again. This time, instead of leaving her alone, she stood a few feet away, near the other staff, waiting for Aera's turn to come.

Aera walked up the steps, getting on the raised platform as it was finally her chance to meet the boys like a normal army. She smiled at the first member who was Namjoon, forgetting about her mask.

"Oh hello little one," He smiled, stopping for a moment as he took some time to study the familiar kid "Aera? What are you doing here?"

Aera gasped and leaned forward on table, "You can recognize me?"

Namjoon chuckled and nodded, "Of course, I see you everyday, how can I not recognize our princess hmm? How did you come here anyway?"

"With Christine noona, she took me from school and then I came here to surprise you all. Did you become happy?" Aera stared at him hopefully making him smile as he ruffled her hair.

"Yes, I'm sure the others will be happy as well."

She nodded and handed him the album, saying "Sign it please,"

"Oh Christine got it?"

"Yeah, because I didn't have one."

Namjoon smiled and signed the album writing a nice message in it and handed it back to Aera. She smiled, moving on the next person, Jeon Jungkook, "Hello oppa!"

"...Riri? What are you doing here?" Jungkook said and stood up, leaning forward to glance at her outfit, realizing she just came back from school.

"I'm attending the fan meet." Aera giggled and handed him the album, "sign it please, and make a heart too."

"A heart?" Jungkook chuckled.

"Mm-hmm"

"Can't you be quick?" They heard a voice, Aera glanced back at the same girl from before and sighed. Jungkook realized it was the girl who pushed a kid earlier in the line, not knowing the kid was Jeon Aera.

"Yeah sure," He said and stood up, taking Aera's hand and lifted her off the ground, making her come on the boys' side of the table, earning several gasps from the crowd and a few from the members. He sat back with his sister on his lap and looked at the older army with a smile that showed she messed with the wrong person.

"You can come now." He said, leaving the girl speechless while Aera giggled in satisfaction.

"Uh how- why..."

"Because well, princess will you introduce yourself to everyone?" He asked looking at his sister as he held his mic near her mouth.

Aera nodded, "Hello everyone, I'm Jeon Aera, nice to meet you."

Jungkook smiled and took off her mask, earning a loud roar of cheers from the crowd as it was the first time the boys were with Aera on camera officially like this.

"Aera?" The remaining boys frowned, staring at her before shifting their gazes towards Christine and there manager who just smiled at them.

"I wanted to surprise you." Aera said, making the fans break into a bunch of 'aw' and 'cute'.

She sat quietly with Jungkook letting the fan sign continue smoothly. The other girl had apologized for being rude and earned Aera's deluxe album as the seven-year-old thought she must really like it and should take it, saying I can get another one, you can take this.

The boys got a lot of gifts and snacks from the fans which Aera was playing with and keeping herself busy, until she heard her name being mentioned,

"You want her to sign as well?" Jungkook asked the fanboy who looked around his age.

"Yes," The guy nodded, smiling at Aera who looked at him confused.

"Me? I'm not BTS." She said.

"But you're their princess aren't you?" The boy said, earning a big smile from Jungkook who nodded, "This is the first time we officially got a chance to meet you, and we should make it memorable right? Please sign it."

Aera still wasn't confident and looked at her brother, "I don't know how to sign..."

"That's okay, just write your name." Jungkook said, giving the marker to her as the boy slid his album forward, Aera leaned ahead bringing out her best handwriting while writing her name on the cover, she pulled away smiling happily.

"Thank you Aera," The guy smiled, giving her a high-five before moving to the next member. Aera stood up from Jungkook's lap earning a confused look from him, which didn't last long as she told him she's going to Jimin.

Her eyes scanned through the table while slowly walking towards Jimin. Making a sudden turn in her path, she stopped near Hoseok and peeked over his shoulder, seeing him eating some snacks.

"Oh you wanna eat?" He asked and Aera nodded, opening her mouth letting him feed her. She smiled at him and went near Jimin who was talking to a little boy, looking around Aera's age.

"Hi Aera," He said shyly.

"Hi" She said, looking at the boy with a smile.

"You're so pretty."

"Thank you, you're pretty too." Aera said, "What's your name?"

"I'm Hajoon," He said, "and I'm seven years old."

Aera gasped and smiled, gaving him a high-five instantly, "I'm seven too!"

"Will you be my friend?"

"Yes," Aera nodded, without any second thoughts, earning a chuckle from her brother.

"Good that you found a friend, but he has to go now. Say bye to Hajoon."

"Bye, Hajoon."

"Bye Aera." He waved at her and got off the platform, looking happy after interacting with the girl.

Jimin made her sit properly on his lap and kept the marker down glancing at the boy still staring at his sister from a distance where he sat with a lady who was probably his mother.

"Looks like my princess got fans already hmm?"

"Fans? Where?"

"I don't know, I'm just saying." He shrugged, finding the boy's little crush cute. "Anyways, I heard you haven't eaten anything yet, is that true?"

Aera looked at him, nodding slowly and saw him opening a bag of instant snacks and giving it to her. She sat quietly eating and playing with the toy gun she had taken from Jungkook, occasionally shooting Jimin and Taehyung who was sitting next to him.

By the end of the event she had got a lot of toys, but nothing compared to her love for Nerf guns that one fan had gifted Taehyung. She turned to her side, grabbing her water bottle from the floor feeling thirsty now.

"Aera look here!" One of the fans shouted wanting to take a picture of her. She turned her head towards the crowd, accidentally slipping the bottle out of her grip and spilling the water on herself and a little on Jimin.

"Oh no" she mumbled, staring down at her, now wet uniform and then at Jimin who sighed, calling for a staff to get some tissues. Aera stood up, pointing at her shirt and skirt as she looked at her brother.

Jimin turned her around, making her back face the crowd and wiped his pants near the knees and a little on his thighs while his stylists attended Aera. They took her backstage, sighing as she didn't have another pair of clothes.

"Thank god it wasn't in between." One of the stylists said, "And is Jimin okay? I mean does he need to change?"

"No he's fine, anyways, get a dryer." Another said, sitting in front of the little girl. They dried her clothes and fixed her hair, before sending her back to the boys where she stood between them, looking extremely small.

"Riri, come here," Jungkook said, kneeling down on his one leg next to his sister and wrapping an arm around her, bringing her in his embrace, making the armys coo at the sight.

"You met armys today, did you like it?" Taehyung asked.

Jungkook gave her his mic and gestured for her to answer, "Yes," She said softly.

"And did you like their gifts?"

"Yes, I love them." She giggled.

"That's great, do you wanna say something to army?"

Aera thought for a moment, glancing at her brother and nodded, "Thank you, uh for loving my oppas and loving me, and you're so nice, thank you for everything." She said, pushing the mic away and hiding herself in Jungkook's arms getting flustered by the amount of attention she got from the crowd as they started chanting her name and cheered for her.

Jungkook chuckled, hugging her back and took his mic, "Thank you everyone, really, I agree with everything Aera said."

"Yes, thank you for accepting her and loving her, we're really grateful for that." Jimin said, earning nods from the rest of the boys.

"She's adorable!" One of the fans said from the crowd.

"Aera!"

"Hope we get to see her more!"

"Love you all!"

The boys smiled at the fans, Jungkook stood up, standing with them in a line as the held hands together for their final bow. Aera bowed with them as well and smiled cutely, doing a peace sign along with Jungkook as they pouted cutely for the cameras before leaving the stage.

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A/N- Hello, I was so busy watching this drama that I forgot I have to update hehe. I also had a test, it went well thankfully. How are you guys doing?

Thank you for reading, please vote if you liked the chapter 💜 Take care everyone!

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