The Only One

Chapter twenty two

Lisa's Pov

We both gasp as she opens the two rather large boxes gathered at the entrance of the bare room. Stuff. Posters, cigarette like mini boxes, T-shirts, is that flashlights? Three of them too. 

"What is all this?!" I voice out, uncertain of the situation. Lydia bends down to one of the boxes and fishes out on of those flashlights I mentioned. 

"Hey, good timing! the flashlight in my room just ran out of battery. Can I have this in my room?" Mia snatches it from her grasp.

"That isn't a flashlight. It's a light stick." She huffs.

"Okayy, can I have the 'light stick' in my room?"

"It isn't used as a flashlight!" She dramatically shouts.

"Well would you care to explain, then?!" I bellow impatient.

"Alright, do you know BTS?"

Silence. Deafening silence. 

"That Chinese grou-!"

"THEY ARE NOT CHINESE!!! WHY CAN'T ANYONE REMEMBER THAT BTS IS KOREAN?! "

"Alright stop screaming! so that's what this is? merchandise of that korean pop group?"

"Yeah..I'm an army."

"No, you're not. You're to young for the army." The loud sound of Mia's hand hitting her own forehead resonated in the empty room.

"That's what we BTS fans call ourselves, ARMY, BTS ARMY."

We both just nod at that, uninterested. 

"Those aren't some fancy cigarette boxes right?" She looks at me like I'm the most under educated species of human.

"They're photo cards."

"This is what you so badly wanted to say?! You're just into a fandom so what?" I argue all the levels of curiosity diminished. What was the big deal?

"You guys don't mind?! Like not one bit? You're not disturbed by the fact that I'm going after so called girls??"

Me and Lydia exchange a glance and shrug. It's your choice to like who you want..It's 2020 after all, We wouldn't mock your sexuality or any-"

"OH MY GOD!!! I'M NOT GAY AND THEY ARE NOT GIRLS!!!" She screams, turning red all over her face.

"Alright, alright, we were just messing with you. You can fawn over whoever you want is what we wanted to say." She huffs at the similar grins on both our faces. 

"So what's so great about this band that they give out flashlights with their name on it?"

"Say that to their fan base which consists of 136.4 million people. They'll finish you."

"I didn't say anything bad though." Lydia frowns.

I squat and go through some of the stuff inside. Weird pillows, figurines, albums, more of those light sticks gosh how much of these does she have?!

"You must have spent a fortune for all of this!"

"Oh, you have no idea." I look up at her, as Lydia steps up.

"So what is the first thing you want to do after moving in?!"

Mia visibly perks up,"Oh, I know just the thing!"

Arian Pov

Me and the guys howl baserunner hits a home run. Finally good amount of home runs, make all that popcorn throwing worth it. Even though we had to wake up really early to drive far, the minute I saw the field, the familiar jersey, it sent a pang to my heart. Man, I missed seeing matches like this, missed playing them even.