yuta
came here to say im getting
yall tickets for our seoul show
next week

yuta
no if ands or buts !

isla
OME

isla
suddenly i cannot breathe

lex
ARE WE DOING THIS

lex
WE DOING THISSSS

jieun
holy shit

jieun
this would be my first concert
ever

renjun
FUCKKK YESSSSS

jaehyun
no you did not get 31 tickets

yuta
i did lmaoooo

yuta
did my management team look
at me like i was crazy? yes

yuta
was it worth it? yes

mark
hot

taeil
we're gonna take up half the
stadium

isla
LMFAOOOO

taeyong
yo fr

taeyong
i cant wait

isla
hi

isla
will we meet elle

taeyong
no babe shes from the us

isla
WTFFF

isla
how dare she

isla
ADD HER

haechan
when will it end

jieun
omg yes add the hot tall goddess

lex
hell yeah

taeyong
shes prob sleeping but sure

taeyong added elle to the group

isla
😈 now we wait

jungwoo
its so funny how isla turns into
a menace whenever new women
get introduced here

jieun
💀💀

isla
i ❤️ girls

elle
omg

elle
hi! 🫧 bubbles

isla
I LOVE HER

isla
HI

taeyong
nope! mine!

isla
haha ur mother lol!

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with the concert being so anticipated, the days went by slow until it was the day. everyone discussed the travel plans prior and those who lived further away would meet the rest at the venue.

jieuns body was almost trembling from both excitement and nervousness as she stood outside the place, jisung glued to her side. the entire 'just dudes being dudes' groupchat stood along with the two, isla and doyoung just a few feet away conversing with kun and eunkyung who'd just arrived.

"why am i so nervous?" jieun asked, mainly herself. "well i know why, but like wow. we're all gonna be together and this is my first concert ever."

jisung didn't need her to say she was nervous, it was visible in her body language. so, he grabbed his hand and intertwined it in his own and squeezed gently. "this is gonna be fun, you won't be nervous once we get in there, i promise."

the girl nodded, feeling her heart flutter at the gesture, her eyes flickering over to see mark, jaemin, haechan, and renjun enter the premises. the fact that this wasn't even close to half of the friends group was both impressive and scary, but jieun felt it was just like a family reunion with all the cousins who she'd never met.

it wasn't long until everyone showed up, instantly taking up half the line while everyone conversed amongst themselves. it wasn't until jieun heard her name being called when her attention was taken off of jisung.

turning her head, she watched as ash and lex strutted up to the girl excitedly and pulled her into a hug before she could even think. "hi!"

"i was so excited to meet you," ash began after pulling away, "and jisung, hey kid."

"hi guys!"

"everyones heading inside, come on."

the four of them walked inside the venue along with the rest of the group, handing their tickets in before they were officially inside a concert arena. it was surreal, the size of the place and the amount of people piling it. the others were more impressed and proud of watching the band go from small gigs to a legitimate tour.

"holy shit," jieun said in awe, eyes wandering all over the place as she admired the view.

"goddamn this place is huge," she heard elijah say behind her, "i wanna live in here."

laughing at the random comment from the boy, the group began to take their seats, taking up a pretty good amount of room in three different rows. though the entire group together, they stuck with the little groups they were most comfortable with.

the performance being more and more anticipated by the second as chatter got louder and louder with more people entering. jisung realized jieun never let go of his hand, feeling her subconsciously squeeze and her leg bounce up and down, a nervous habit she picked up and one he quickly took note of.

she was so excited she was too focused on the empty stage than the boy right next to her, but he seemed not to mind and was looking forward to it just as much as she was.

after what felt like an hour, the main lights dimmed and an instrumental of one of ignites songs began to play. the chatter stopped instantly and the music quickly became muffled under all the cheering.

it was a surreal moment when the band finally entered the stage and the screams got so loud jieun wished she brought ear plugs. however, she could see her favorite member, yuto the drummer, from the big screen and could've fainted right then and there.

her hands in the air, her voice hoarse from yelling a ton, jieun was so immersed in the concert she could hardly feel when jisung placed a delicate hand on her shoulder and spun her in his direction. her grin turned to confusion as she watched his lips move, but nothing was heard over the music.

"what did you say?" she shouted, pointing to her ear, signaling she couldn't hear a thing.

the boy shook his head at himself, leaning himself into her so his lips were just next to her ear. "can i—um, will you be my girlfriend?"

pulling away quickly with his cheeks already turning a fire red, his eyes glistening with both hope and fear at whatever response was to follow. jieun however, took a moment to process that she really heard what she heard, and soon after an even bigger grin than before fell over her lips when she nodded.

"yes!"

jieun swore she could see a breath of relief leave his lips as he got ready to stumble over his words about how scared he was he was going to be rejected his first time ever asking someone out. the girl managed to save them both the trouble when her hands fell on his shoulders and next thing they knew, her lips were on his.

the friend group behind them could very clearly see what was going on, and they began cheering for them rather than the concert right in front of them. the pair pulled away with flushed cheeks and big smiles. the girl got too flustered to look jisung in the eye, so she turned back to the band as their hands tangled together, she however was not going to stop thinking about it for the rest of the night.

the last song of the show was played and before they knew it, ignite were saying their goodbyes to their fans and the final cheers were heard as the stage lights dimmed and the stage lights slowly turned on.

everyone walked out of there completely in awe of what they'd witnessed, adrenaline rushing through their sore bodies. jieun could hear the others saying they wished the show went on longer, silently agreeing.

doyoung carried isla on his back after her complaining too many times that her feet hurt, getting ready to get in their car and head home. the group itself was too big to have noticed exactly who was leaving at exact times, but it could clearly be seen how they were sprawling out and getting into different cars.

laughter was heard in the air when islas was silently died down when she spotted her ex best friend leaned against a car with a guy she didn't recognize. it didn't take long for iseul to notice the group with how many they were, and you could easily see her face go pale at the sight of them.

"babe," isla whispered to doyoung, "i see iseul."

he spotted her right after she said that, and he immediately knew if the others saw her, the night would definitely not end well.

isla couldn't stand watching her laugh and talk so casually after what she did, she knew it shouldn't have bothered her as much as it did but she couldn't believe iseul had the guts to even show her face.

doyoung set the girl on her feet, watching her intently as she didn't even try to hide the sharp glare she was sending to iseul. "isla, it's not worth it. let's go home."

no, but it was worth it. it was so worth it seeing her as hurt as jaemin was. jieun and jisung stopped just behind the couple, jieun squinting her eyes in the direction where isla was glaring, "is that... is that iseul?"

"is what iseul? where?" elijah joined, a slight gasp leaving his lips when he saw what she saw. "oh shit. this isn't good."

it wasn't until the third time iseul looked up to still seeing isla shooting daggers at her with her eyes when she sighed and brought it upon herself to walk her way. islas hand was on the car door handle, but she moved it and brought her body fully in her direction with crossed arms.

"i didn't know you'd be here," she said once they were face to face. "how'd you like the show?"

ignoring the question, isla nodded her head towards the guy iseul was previously talking to. "who's the guy?"

doyoung was practically trembling in his boots watching the interaction go down, more of the friend group starting to see what was going down as seconds went by. besides the chatter going on from other people who were also leaving the venue, it was silent.

iseul ran her tongue over her bottom lip before she proceeded with hesitation. "a friend."

the other hummed, clearly not buying it. "i hope so, because if that's the guy you cheated on jaemin with," her voice cautiously got quieter for the next part, "i will honestly beat your ass right now."

she couldn't really tell if iseul was intimitaded, as the two held eye contact for longer than normal and doyoung started to get nervous when neither of them said a word for a solid minute.

"i really did try, isla. i don't know what you want me to do when every single one of you cut me off completely, and i wasn't gonna keep acting like my life was over. threatening me isn't gonna do anything."

"not a threat, a promise. you really do have the fucking nerve and it makes me so sick."

lex's grip on sungchans hand got tighter as she watched intently to know exactly when to jump in if she needed to, vei and jungwoo quite entertained but mostly worried that it would get physical, and yangyang seeing it go down and fighting the urge to yell at iseul himself.

"if you want to hit me so bad, then do it. i'm over it. i did what i could and clearly that wasn't good enou—"

pop.

"okay! okay!" doyoung was hardly ever the guy to raise his voice, and only did it unless absolutely necessary. watching his girlfriend throw a punch to her ex best friend was enough for that guy to come out.

a series of gasps were heard as iseul held her jaw and looked at isla in complete shock. the girl was more surprised at herself that she was even capable of throwing a punch as hard as she did, let alone at the person she never thought she'd ever do it to.

the blonde didn't really know what to do or how to react, her mind immediately going into fight or flight, fight, and practically lunged herself at the brunette. doyoung couldn't get his hands anywhere as the two fell to the ground, isla strandling iseul with their hands tangled in each others hair.

"guys, that's enough, come on!"

it took multiple hands for the two to be pried off of each other, isla smiling through a bloody lip, satisfied with finally getting her hands on iseul.