"Look, I'm not saying the man is perfect, but that's basically what I'm saying."

I sat on a stool blabbering on for probably the millionth time about Namjoon. My mom was standing near a small table in a kitchen, making coffee.

The hookups Bee had were simply amazing. For one, we were practically in a penthouse. We were on the very top floor of the hotel and it had two huge bedrooms, a living room, a small kitchen, and small sitting areas. Heck, it was nicer than our own home. The details were immaculate and there were gold trims everywhere. It was decorated in gold finishings with accents of burgundy and white. Simply magnificent.

My mom walked over and leaned against the gray marble counter. "I still can't believe you waited out to tell me that Namjoon, from BTS, was your soulmate."

My sock-clad feet curled around the bar of the stool. "I know, I really should've just told you way before you heard it on the news. Especially since you like K-pop. I just wasn't thinking."

She reached over and put a comforting hand on my cheek, her hands were warm from the hot mug of french vanilla coffee in her hand. "But I'm glad you're so happy. Even though we have all that information on the internet about him. Nothing compared to how much he truly appreciates you. How much of a man he is and the smile on his face when he saw you for the first time. That's what a mom lives for. Her children's happiness."

I caressed her hand and leaned into it. A smile was on my face but soon I thought of someone else. Someone c!one by who was putting up a front. "I'm so happy mom. I know everyone else is happy for me, but I know Bee is hurting. She doesn't show it, but deep down I know she wishes she could find her soulmate again."

My mom looked at me with a thoughtful expression. "I do wish for both of my daughters' happiness. Had she ever told you anything?"

Shaking my head I pouted down at my cup of hot chocolate. "I don't even know the details of anything related to her soulmate."

"She will tell you eventually, maybe she just wants you to be happy right now." She took a sip of her coffee.

"I'm happy. I'd be ecstatic if she were happy as well." My mom smiled sadly at me and continued drinking her coffee.

I stared into her eyes and returned the same sad smile.

The moment was then interrupted when music started blasting from our Bluetooth speakers. Expensive Girl was booming through the room and I couldn't help but laugh as Bee and her mother walked over pretending to act sexy. Her mom was biting her lip and looking at me as she wildly ran her hands through her hair in an exaggerated manner. Her daughter was running her hands up and down her body constantly jutting her hips out awkwardly. I couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous they looked, especially still in pajamas.

"I have no idea why you like this song (y/n)," my mom stirred her coffee while trying not to move her head to the beat.

I got up and wrapped an arm around Bee's mom. Basically mom #2. I twirled around her and then looked back at my mom. "It just brings out your inner ho."

"Y/n!" My mom exclaimed in astonishment.

Turning around and dancing, I pretended to ignore her glare as I mouthed the words along to the simple beat. The fact that he was 17 when he did this song does make it weird to listen to at times but there's worse out there.

I definitely will be asking about this song next time I see Namjoon.

Speaking of which? When would be the next time? We've texted back and forth and drew doodles on each other whenever we bored. I also got to FaceTime him while he was practicing. Of course we were interrupted by Jimin and Jungkook constantly. Although, I think our calls wouldn't be the same if it weren't for those two. Other than that though, we never really made plans for another date and I haven't heard back from Big Hit when they would be planning on having an official press conference.

I paused in the middle of the kitchen right as Trouble started playing and Jin's voice came out clearly through the speakers. He said they had the muster tonight. Apparently, it's like some huge fan event that they go all-out for every year. Reminds me of a recital in a way.

Bee danced her way to me, a mug of coffee now in her hand. "You ready for tonight?"

I quirked an eyebrow. "Let me guess? You got us into that fan event they're having tonight?"

She winked and took a long sip of coffee.

My mind was whirling a million miles a second. For instance, what am I going to wear? Won't fans recognise me? Will it be distracting? And how is she pulling all this stuff off? Second, why didn't I just ask Namjoon in the first place?

Spinning around fast, I almost knocked over mom #2 as I rushed to the bedroom. I mumbled an apology and then incoherently mentioned how I have to find the perfect outfit for tonight. I need to step up my A-game and look good. Like he wants to just eat me good. Like I'm a freshly made crepe. Like I'm a dipped chocolate strawberry. Like I'm waffles with extra whipped cream and syrup. Like I'm realising I really should have ate more than some yogurt for breakfast. I went straight to my suitcase and put on my black bra and long sleeve fishnet shirt. I had no idea what to put on over it though. I stared blankly at my bag until my eyes landed on the messy reddish hair of a certain doll. My face lit up in a smile as I grabbed the Chucky shirt my dad had bought me a few years ago.

I grabbed my spray on deodorant and sprayed it on, accidentally inhaling it in the process. I coughed and attempted to fan the mist away as I surveyed the contents of my suitcase. Laying the T-shirt on my arm and looking for bottoms to go with it, I didn't realize my best friend had snuck into the room and was watching me freak out.

"You should wear the thigh-high black boots we bought."

I jumped up and clung the random clothes I had been sorting through to my chest, breathing heavily in the process. I finally noticed Bee sitting on the chair watching me freak out over an outfit meant for a guy probably for the first time ever. She actually looked amused at all the clothes that had been thrown out carelessly as I had already tried numerous different outfit ideas.

My mind finally began working again as I thought about what she said. "I forgot about those," I began digging around looking for the small bag I put all my shoes in. I finally found them at the bottom and threw them on the bed along with my T-shirt. We both decided that some denim shorts would be cute underneath. You wouldn't really see them but if you did it would match. Plus my Levi's Jean jacket with all the buttons and now I actually had a decent outfit picked out.

Very different from our first date no doubt but hey, what's an aesthetic anyway?

Slipping into the oversized shirt and then my denim shorts, I sat down on the bed and scrolled through my phone. I wanted to look up some cute hair and makeup ideas and was quickly decided on rocker-esque look. Dark lipstick, contour, and dramatic eyes would definitely be nice. My hair? I'll just leave it down.

(B/f/n) had been helping me with makeup lately and I was actually improving. I could definitely do my own makeup for tonight. Which was good because I did not want to rely on Bee for the rest of my life. Just because she's a stylist doesn't mean she wants to be styling me all the time. I looked around at the mess I had made. Literally half of my suitcase was scattered around the room, and I have hours before we need to go anywhere. I got off the bed and began cleaning, but it was weirdly silent.

Usually, we'd be joking around or shed be asking how I'm going to do my makeup. Instead, when I glanced over at her, she just sat there staring at her phone. She wasn't typing or anything, just staring at it. Actually, she's been having these weird silent moments a lot more recently. I was starting to get worried about her.

Picking up the remnants of my bag, I finally started a conversation. It was something that had bothered me since I went out with Namjoon and something that I was pretty sure related to her behavior lately. It wasn't an easy topic to bring up so instead I just pushed forward. "Do you miss him?"

Out of the corner of my eye I saw my best friend look at me in confusion and then realisation wash over her as she understood the context of my question. I continued going through my bag trying to come off as nonchalant.

She stood up and looked like she was about to leave. I abruptly dropped the jeans in my hand in an attempt to stop her but instead she sat back down again.

"You can't miss someone you never met (y/n)." Her words were laced with an unknown sadness. She put her phone up and looked up at me. I tried to not focus on how hurt she sounded and instead decided to be positive about the situation.

I shook my head and started cleaning again. "That's not true Bee-"

"How would you know?"

The venom in her words caught me off guard and I only stared at her.

Slowly turning back to my bag, I decided that replying back in a similar manner would not help the situation. "I don't know, you're right. It's the fact that I see it all over your face recently is why I said something. I know you miss him or at least want to find him and me being here with my soulmate surely does not help."

Silence was the only answer I needed to know that I was right. I sat on the edge of the bed and watched as she struggled to fight back tears. Finally, she gave in and a tear rolled down her face.

"I promised myself I wouldn't cry about my soulmate when you were finally able to meet your own. You've been alone for so long it's nice to know that you can actually rely on others. I mean did you realise how long it's been since I've done makeup for you?"

The fact that she somehow deflected back to me was shocking.  She made it seem like I was so alone. I just liked to do things on my own. "This isn't about me and I've been fine. What we need to do starting tomorrow is try to find your soulmate. Everyone knows Korea isn't the place for that but it's all we got right now."

I sat on the ground in front of her and grabbed her hands. "Look. We promised each other that when the time came I would give my all to help you find your soulmate. So can I see your sign?"

As long as we've been friends, I've never seen her sign before. I don't even know what it is. I just know she hasn't been able to find them. However, I'm pretty sure I was the only person in our families that was I'm the dark about it. Mom's talk to each other about a lot of stuff so I'm sure my mom knew about my friend's situation. She was right though, it wasn't her place to tell me. It was (b/f/n)'s.

"Hey you know that soulmate app everyone talked about in high school?"

I gave her a blank look. That app wasn't really of any use to me with my sign and I was focused on school so I honestly knew nothing about.

She sighed. "Of course you don't. Grab my phone while I take off my pants."

A/N
Ahahahhahahah I finally freaking updated.

This was supposed to be updated in October but let's act like there's 35 days in October okay??

Anyway you'll get another update in November because it's obviously still October haha....

Anyway yayyyy progress with your friend and WE GOING TO THE MUSTER WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT WORKS SO EXPECT SEVERAL THINGS TO BE WRONG!!

so how have y'all been? This book is almost at 100k isn't that amazing I truly love yall! Has anyone been to the virtual concerts? I went to Bang Bang Con but not On:e I was kinda sad cause I forgot about it tbh...

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