cherry blossoms - an OT7 soulmate story

epilogue.

"Of course Uncle Chris is coming. All of your other Uncles too, and your Halemeoni's and Harabeonim's. It's a very special day." Rae said to her daughter. A smile lit up her face as she jumped with excitement. Jade had paused to take a video of the little girl jumping up and down, making the two of them laugh.

"Where's my munchkin?!" an Australian accent called from the doorway. The toddler squealed, running over to her Uncle Chris to get tossed in the air. "Stop getting bigger! You're too big and Uncle Chris doesn't want you growing anymore." he said, giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Uncle Chris, that not how it works!" Aura said. Rae held back a loud laugh as Jade couldn't help but bust out laughing, Christopher also trying to contain his laughter at the toddler's one-liner. "Need get bigger to be big sister." she finished.

"Alright, I guess you can get bigger. Only a little bigger, though." he said back to her, sitting next to his sister. "How are you feeling?" he asked Rae.

"Like absolute crap, thanks." she said back to him. Rae kept telling her soulmates that these were the last two - but she had a feeling it wouldn't be. Jimin told her they needed to have at least one more to make an even number, she saw his point. But with how miserable she was at the moment, it could be a while.

Beautiful, are you still in the green room?

Yup. Aura was asking for Jin, but my brother showed up. Crisis averted.

We'll be there soon. It's 15 minutes to go and security is coming soon to bring you to the box.

"Get ready to be forgotten about." Rae told Christopher. He rolled his eyes as Rae got up to attempt to organize some of the mess that her daughter had made to entertain herself. Soon enough, she heard the dramatic shouts of her soulmates coming closer and getting louder.

"Dadda?" Aura squirmed off of her Uncle's lap and bolted to the door just in time for Jin to walk through. "Dadda!" she yelled, reaching her arms out and demanding to be picked up. Of course, he obliged the request. She gently rested her little head on his shoulder as he started to talk to her, making sure she tucked her ARMY Bomb in safely as well.

Heaven forbid she lets anyone else touch it.

"Are you being good for Momma, tiny?" Jin asked her, placing a very light kiss on her head. The little one nodded as she took her head out of his shoulder to see her Appa's all slowly entering the room as well. Her little eyes lit up seeing them done up for their show, a complete transformation from what she usually saw.

Rae's eyes went wide as well seeing them dressed up - it never failed to amaze her, honestly. They were in an all-black ensemble, unique to each of them, and their hair was completely grown in. Nearly all of them had decided to grow it out in some way, shape or form. Yoongi had back the long hair that made her go feral before he toured in 2023, and Jungkook had finally grown his enough to put in a complete bun. ARMY were going to lose it when they saw.

"Are you excited, bun?!" Jungkook asked her happily.

"So excited!" Aura replied back with a smile. "Gon dance like Appa the whole time." she was now gesturing toward Hoseok, signaling that she was talking about him. One thing that they had done really well in teaching her was creating a way for them to know who she was talking to or who she wanted - by using either direct eye contact or a little gesture. Rae couldn't believe how well it actually worked.

"That's my girl!" Hoseok said, stealing her out of Jin's arms and dragging her into his own.

"Ya - what about me?!" Jimin said, starting to tickle her. She laughed out loud as Jimin and Hoseok started to dote on her when Rae felt arms go around her waist.

"Feeling okay?" Yoongi asked her. Taehyung had his hand on her shoulder as well, making her smile.

"Besides my back? Fine, actually." she said to him.

"I wish we could help with that." Taehyung said sadly.

"Comes with the whole pregnancy thing. I'll be fine." she said to him. Taehyung gave her a kiss on the temple as Yoongi snuck around and pecked her lips.

"Alright, security is here to bring you guys to your seats. The box has food, water, juice for the baby, alcohol for the ones who can drink it." Namjoon appeared in the doorway, walking over to Rae. "If you get too tired, just - "

"Joon, there is absolutely no way I am missing this. Your comeback show, and Aura's first BTS concert. Nope." she said to him. He let out a laugh as he pressed a kiss to her lips.

"My turn!" Aura said, making the room laugh. She was in Jungkook's arms now, each of her fathers taking their turn to give her a kiss on the cheek, ending with Jin who held onto her for a little while longer. "Dadda, have to go! You go sing now."

"Aish - okay, okay! Have fun tiny, we'll see you when you get back!" Jin said to her. Rae was given a kiss by everyone on their way out, Christopher having picked up his niece for the walk over to the VIP box. They had a perfect view of the stage, and of course, some ARMY saw them arrive and started to freak out.

"Here, baby. Put these on." Rae said to her gently. The two year old didn't fight as she placed the headphones over her little ears, thanking her mom quietly as she turned on her ARMY bomb and got it ready. There was a small platform before the railing, perfect for her to balance Aura on, so she picked her up and placed her there. "You ready?!" she asked her excitedly.

"Yes! I so excited for BTS concert!" she squealed. Jade was snapping pictures of the two of them a mile a minute, recording every little cute reaction and promising to forward it all to her.

A couple minutes went by before the stadium lights went out and ARMY started to scream. Rae held onto her daughter tightly as she started to jump, her little eyes going wide as the VCR of her fathers started playing.

"ARMY, make some noise!" Jimin shouted in his microphone, causing ARMY to go nuts just as Run BTS played. True to what she had told Hoseok earlier, the two year old was already dancing and singing along.

It was a complete full-circle moment. From running into them 6 years ago after their tour and bonding, to watching in the VIP box with their daughter at their comeback show. Rae couldn't ask for anything more.

*****

and here we are. the end. i'm not gonna try to get too sappy, since i did last week. i promised you announcements, so here we are.

announcement 1: i will not be leaving this little universe i have created entirely - i will be publishing a book called 'Blossomed' which will consist of one shots with Rae and the boys! i have so many little things i wanted to do, but they didn't quite make the cut for the story, so i decided i will do oneshots. they might not be frequent, but they will be happening. make sure you follow me to see when that goes out. 

announcement 2: my next fic will be a yoongi x reader and i am calling it................. home. i don't know when i'll be putting that out, as i'm still writing the beginning portion of it, but here is the summary:

"Min Yoongi couldn't ask for anything more - the success of the first installment of Love Yourself had taken his career to new heights and he was finally living the life he always could have wanted. You could not be any prouder or happier for your husband and all he has accomplished, but being "SUGA's wife" doesn't come without battles of your own."

it's going to be a little bit of a different story for me, with a focus on mental health and just fluffy, domestic yoongi goodness. something to make my heart happy. 

thank you for all the support!!! love you all!