Chapter 22
Being able to watch the concert from the wings, just off stage, is a lot more acceptable than being stuck in the green room, like I was for the last concert. Every costume change the guys smile at me as they pass. It's not until the solos that I will actually be able to have any time alone with any of them, but I'm not complaining.
After all I get basically an eagle's eye view of every version of the flipside to their silliness I see off stage. While every one of their dangerous dance moves and salacious expressions aren't directed my way the looks and movements cause very sensual daydreams to filter through my head. They aren't really detailed but they still create a pool of liquid heat burning inside of me. I know I'm not ready to move in that direction with any of them yet; I've only kissed Yoongi thus far after all. Truthfully, before now, I never really dallied on thoughts of such a carnal nature before. I guess something about these seven men jump started my libido.
I smile when Jungkook stops beside me. The rapline is on stage right now, and he's keeping me company while the rest of the vocal line get ready for their solos. Next Jimin will be going on stage and the trio will get to spend a few minutes with me. Tae will be following shortly behind Jimin, heading back from costume, hair, and makeup, which will send Jungkook and Hobi back to get ready. Which will then leave me with Tae, Yoongi, and Namjoon until Jin gets done. Then that will be about the time that Tae will take the stage and Yoongi will go back to get ready. So on and so forth. Needless to say it is an overlapping, mind boggling mess that barely works, but I would take it any day over nothing. I really don't like the idea of staying in the hotel while they are doing their concert.
Once Jungkook is on stage I am surrounded by all of the others minus Jin who is in costume, hair, and makeup now. The other five are dressed for 'DNA', but they won't be performing that right away. Instead, once Jin gets back and after Jungkook gets off stage, gets ready, and heads back to the rest of us there will be a special mini event. When we first got here at around noon the guys sent out a tweet asking Army to send them questions they would really like to know the answers to about me, or our relationship. The guys would each select an acceptable question to ask me while I was hovering back here in the wings.
I'd asked them beforehand if I should call them by their stage names or if I should talk to them like I normally would. Namjoon said that since it wasn't like their names were a secret or anything I should just proceed like normal. That honestly took some stress off of me. I now wouldn't have to worry about slipping up and saying the wrong name this way.
Once Jungkook is ready he comes over to me and whispers in my ear. "You ready for this?"
"As ready as I can be I suppose." They each take a moment to kiss my forehead before going out.
Namjoon takes control of the stage addressing the crowd. "Army! I hope you have been liking the show tonight!" Loud shouts of excitement pour from the audience. "That's what we like to hear! We love you, Army, and we appreciate your support. You have accepted Daisy with open arms, and we wanted to share a bit more about her and about us with you. Cheer if you submitted a question to twitter that you wanted to ask her."
The cheering this time is just a tad more subdued than before. Damn, how did they only pick a select few questions from that many submissions?
"Now, please understand that we don't have a lot of time so we each have selected one a piece. Oh, but we need Daisy to be around to answer these questions."
I take a deep breath before greeting them from backstage. "Hi Army! I hope you are all doing great tonight!" The cheering again astounds me. "Aww. I love to hear that sound." Well, I loved to hear it for my soulmates. It was a bit surreal to hear it aimed at me. "Okay, so I guess who's up first?"
Jin clears his throat. "Daisy, this question is regarding how you previously weren't Army. How did you discover you were our soulmate?"
"I touched a little bit on this when I was on Brighton Davis' radio show in Chicago, but I'll happily dive into it a bit more for you. I had my marks for I believe two days. I didn't want to show them to the public since I had so many. I was a little self conscious about it really. It's after all a bit daunting to realize you don't have one soulmate, but seven." I chuckle for a moment before continuing. "Anyway, a friend of mine was really curious as to why I was being so secretive so I invited her over to my house that night. When I showed them to her she recognized the words right away as each being a solo song by each member. Then she pulled up an article that talked about when Jimin's mark appeared. I went to one of the meet and greet interviews like everyone else, and here we are."
"My turn." I hear Yoongi say. "What has surprised you most about them?"
"Oh goodness. What hasn't?" I laugh, and I hear the audience laugh with me. That makes my heart smile even more. "I think the easiest way to answer that question is simply to say how down to earth they are despite the level of fame that they have achieved. I mean there are a gazillion more things that I could list. But, if I had to pick one it would be that."
"Hi, Daisy-Da--"
"Hmm. What did I tell you I would do if you tried to call me that ridiculous nickname while onstage?" I signal one of the road crew for the item I had prepared. Plus my disguise just in case. I put on the hoodie, mask, and sunglasses, peek around the corner and spray him with the water gun.
"Ya! Really?!" He wipes the water from his arm, and I go back to my stool.
"You're lucky I just got your arm. I was aiming for your head." I laugh, and Army starts laughing with me. "So you were going to ask me a question right, Hobi?"
He sighs. "Army look what I have to put up with!" A few awws but mostly more laughter comes from the stadium seats.
"You're stalling, and if you had listened to me you wouldn't have gotten drenched." I blow a raspberry into the microphone. "Ask me the question already."
"If you could steal one article of clothing from each member what would it be?"
"Oh wow. I don't know if I can name one for each. But I have seen a few things that I wouldn't mind having at least an identical copy of. Let's see, we'll start with Hobi because I can think of his right away. In the music video for 'Lights' I really loved the multicolored sweater that said Kisses on it. Plus it looked exceptionally comfortable."
"It was."
"From Jungkook I think I might steal the tie dyed jacket from the 'Fake Love' music video, but, admittedly, I kind of liked the black and white dress top from 'Blood, Sweat, and Tears' too." I'm not surprised to hear a loud roar when I mention that music video. Honestly, it's mostly why I brought it up. I would not compete with the way that shirt looked draped on his body.
"From Jimin I would steal this jacket I saw that appeared in a live performance of 'Save Me' and 'I'm Fine.' It was blue with white birds on it. I also really like the striped sweater he wore in 'Boy with Luv' but I would rather have it in a larger size." Yeah because I have boobs, and that shit would be tight on me.
"From Yoongi I would probably steal his Misbhv shirt from the 'Save Me' music video. I am not sure if there is a reference there I just happen to like the misspelling of the word."
"It's a brand, Daisy." I don't even have to look at him to know he is attempting to veil that gummy smile of his.
"Oh, well obviously I didn't know that, and I would still steal that one."
I pause for a second to regain my train of thought. This is where it gets a bit more complicated, and I have to strongly consider the others. "Regarding Tae, I would probably steal the tiger tee from the 'Spring Day' music video paired with a striped shirt like he wore it, although I do also really like the pink duster jacket he wears in 'Boy with Luv' too."
"From Jin..." I ponder for a second before replying. "It's barely seen but also from 'Boy with Luv' he wears a crushed pale pink silky top in the scene with his first verse. I think I would probably steal that one."
"Hmm, Namjoon is more difficult than the others. I think that's because his style seems the most masculine, and the other things I can see myself simply stealing to be able to wear out pretty much anywhere." I pause for a second in quiet contemplation. "Oh, I know. I saw some concept pictures from Map of the Soul:Persona. He was wearing what looked almost like a military style jacket, but under it he was wearing a couple of lace blouses. I would steal one of the two, as long as they were comfy. Some lace is just plain itchy."
"That makes it my turn. What has been your favorite moment thus far with BTS?" Namjoon asks. "By the way, it's almost weird to talk about ourselves in the third person."
"A couple of nights ago, the same night that they had appeared on 'Good Morning America,' after supper they had performed their rendition of 'Rainbow Connection' for me privately. It's definitely my new favorite version of that song, although it's hard to beat out Kermit. The vlive of Yoongi's birthday party is probably a very close second though. And yes, Namjoon, I get what you mean. I feel like I am talking over you, which is completely okay. Just weird."
"What has been your favorite shared moment thus far?" Jimin asks.
"Hmm, that's almost the same question, but I can easily come up with a different answer because you just reminded me of another one, Jimin. So, before we left Chicago they had encouraged me to invite a couple of my friends over to hang out together before I had to leave. One of my friends has a three year old. Apparently you might as well call him Army too because he was enthralled to watch the guys while they were practicing, and every single member just doted on him before the managers offered to get the boy McDonald's because he was hungry." I'm not surprised by the collection of awws heard from the audience.
"Can you feel my heart, Daisy." He is holding a finger heart up to me, and apparently he thinks I can't see him from my perch.
I wait for the awws from the audience to die down before responding. "I see your heart and feel it, Tae." I can't keep the smile from my face.
"Do you plan on doing any of the 'Run BTS' episodes with us? Sorry, like Namjoon-hyung said it felt weird to say them instead of us so I replaced it."
"We honestly haven't discussed it. I think we all have been too focused on the tour. I wouldn't mind, especially on the episodes where there is no MC that way there would be even teams. But, I wouldn't want to do it all the time. Army watches 'Run BTS' for BTS not for BTS plus Daisy, their soulmate. I imagine the next Bon Voyage I would be on though, because that is vacation while also being filmed."
"Yeah, we aren't leaving you behind while we do our next Bon Voyage." Namjoon definitely agreed.
"Hey, Daisy. You'll like my question." I can see Jungkook's bunny grin from here.
"Okaaaay.. For some reason I don't trust that look."
"I promise it's a good question." He looks so mischievous right now.
"I feel like you are up to something right now." I sigh. "Proceed with your question."
"Do you have pet names for any of them?" He laughs.
And just like that my microphone drops from my hand. They all start running across the stage to make sure I am okay. I quickly pick it back up. "I'm fine. I just dropped the microphone." I pause for a second and add. "'Did you see my bag?'" For shits and giggles which many of the said giggles are supplied by Army. I even see Jimin do his silly disappearing he does when he laughs and gets embarrassed. "You really selected that question of all questions, Jungkook?"
"Yes, because I wanted you to tell Army." He is over his mild panic and my silliness. Now he is widely grinning at me. Could he be more fucking adorable? Yes, of course he could.
"So, I've been calling Jungkook bunny in my head pretty much since the first night. One day it just popped out, yesterday I believe. My exact words were 'my maknae bunny.'" I'm blushing fiercely right now.
"Army I was there when that moment happened. Do you want to hear what I said afterwards?" Jimin of course gets a resounding yes from the stadium. "I said that I was her calico cat."
I wait for the awws to die down before I respond. "Then I said lovingly that he was an adorable dork." As expected laughs echo within the stadium. "Okay, well I am sure you have had enough of me answering questions and talking your ear off. BTS go do your thing!"
"Oh we have another surprise for you first, Daisy." Namjoon says.
"You do?" Then the chords from 'Rainbow Connection' come through the speakers.
I don't know what to expect from Army but their positivity and acceptance seems to grow stronger with every moment. I don't know if they love this rendition because it's BTS, because it's for me, or both. But it's obvious that they are enjoying it and that's the most important thing.
Once the song ends I come over the speakers. "Now I have to go find tissues. Also, if you get in trouble for that I am going to... I don't know what I am going to do. But, I know I don't want you to get in trouble for that."
The audience seems to be confused. "We got permission to perform it tonight, Daisy. No worries."
"Okay, now I think we all want to see 'DNA' please." Army echoes the agreement.
This chapter doesn't have the greatest of beginnings imo. When Daisy starts explaining the order of things it gets kind of confusing. But as I realized that I also realized when she was sort of explaining it inwardly she could kind of give up on making sense of it herself, and that seemed to make that strange moment kind of work.
Before I started writing this story I had a dream about what a girlfriend of their's would steal. Hobi's was front a center and definitely easiest. Lights was the mv that really pulled me into the fandom, and I have an obsession with sweaters in general. That one in particular looks definitely like gf swipe material.
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