note: ptd era bts please :')

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"and armys know me?" aera asks, staring up at taehyung who smiles, nodding his head as an answer while jungkook and the rest of the members are busy fixing their microphones and checking their in ears.

"they know you through pictures from airports and malls or sometimes when we go out. but they'll meet you for real today." he says, ruffling her hair. "are you excited to see army?"

"yes! super excited!" she nods, raising her arms up and taehyung carries her quickly, "i'll say hi to army and give them a kiss."

"ah really?" he chuckles, "armys would love that."

"they're nice."

"of course they're nice. you'll love them."

"they will love me?"

"yeah," taehyung nods, earning a glance from jungkook who sighs softly.

"i hope so," the boy mumbles.

"they will." taehyung assures, "don't worry. aera's a lovely child, they'll definitely enjoy seeing her with us and love her the way they do to us."

jungkook smiles at him, nodding subtly as he pats his sister's head, praying for today's concert to go well and for his favourite group of people to accept and love his little sister. taehyung leaves aera as she heads backstage with the manager and her babysitter, and the group starts the soundcheck.

the people — their armys are already here, ready to get in the stadium and fill it up with their beautiful purple ocean that makes any venue shake with the loudest chants for the seven boys. from twitter to instagram to news channels and magazines, armys had taken every place by storm, circulating the grand news of bts starting their world tour officially after taking off from seoul and landing in the states, marking their first show tonight.

with sold out stadiums and heavy numbers of fans attending the concerts, many even go as far as to streaming the concert live through different ways, all with the soul purpose of being able to see their seven stars shining midst their purple galaxy, all making up the most beautiful universe to ever exist.

with the onset of dusk, their eyes shimmer with the twinkling lights and frequent cheers buzzing through their tympan, reminding them of the millions of smiling faces who wake up every day just to see bts happy.

the seven are ready, checking their outfits and mics one last time to make sure nothing is left loose, as they set determine to take the armys by surprise with each show, pouring all their energy out for these millions of people whether they are in the stadium or at home, to show them that their love isn't one sided. bts loves them back with everything possible within their hands.

"are we ready?" namjoon asks, glancing at the boys who nod briefly, some jogging on their spot, some jumping and some trying their best to forget anything else clouding their mind and just focus on the show.

they circle next to the leader, holding their hands in the center and rm speaks first, "bang bangtan!"

"bangtan!" the boys say in response, pushing their hands down together, before heading towards the stage. all seven of them stand at the platform about to lift up when a little, high pitched voice rings in from behind.

"good luck oppa!" aera claps her hands, smiling widely at the seven, augmenting the thrill and anticipation rushing in their veins along with the fascination for performing in their eyes.

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"guys," jungkook smiles, staring at the purple ocean spreading before him, marking one of the most beautiful scenes for his eyes. once the crowd quietens, he continues, "today has been great, thanks to all of you, our members and our team. it's the last day in la, honestly i'll be missing the fun we had together. but on the other hand, i'm also immensely happy that we got these four days together after the pandemic. we got to enjoy each other's company, remind ourselves of each other's presence, support and love. it has truly been a great journey."

he smiles lowering his mic for a moment as tears trickle in his eyes. the fans cheer for him again, making him chuckle, he nods briefly, giving them a thumbs up as a gesture that he's fine, "so... i didn't want to cry tonight, i mean i wanted to spend our last day with you guys with a smile. and i swear i'm smiling, look" he says, turning to the camera and smiles brightly, earning roars of cheers.

"army," he speaks, "before we end today, i have a request for you all. may i?"

very much to the members' surprise a chorus of 'yes' echoed through the stadium, making the seven smile their best smiles that said, 'this is our army, and we will do anything to see them smiling.'

and the purple ocean must've had the same thoughts, 'this is our bts, and we will do anything to see them smiling.'

jungkook glances at his hyungs who nod in response to have him turning to the crowd again. he walks to the end of the stage, locating his manager and a few staff members with a little girl, smiling and waving at him from between them. he smiles at her, jumping down from the stage while the cameras are still panned on him, showing him exchanging a word with his manager before holding the kid's hand and bringing her up on the stage with him.

the crowd breaks into a loud roar of cheers recognising the girl as his sister whom they've seen on airports, malls, parks and other similar places through paparazzi. she looks small beside jungkook's tall and muscular figure. she's dressed in a t-shirt that is a bts merch tucked in her baby pink colored shorts. her hair is short, dark like the brother's natural ones and holding an army bomb in her right hand.

jungkook stands with the rest of the boys, smiling down at aera as she's busy gaping at the vast number of people around the stage. her attention shifts to the camera in front of them, and smiles recognising the camerman as he was one of the crew members who often bring her snacks if she's hungry while the boys are busy.

the armys cheer again, making the girl flinch at the loud voice and look at jungkook with a confused face, "there," he chuckles, pointing at the screen behind them where aera's face is being shown. he crouches down, beside her, wrapping an arm around her and takes his mic, "say hello to army."

"hello army" she says into his mic as he holds it near her mouth, "i'm jeon aera. i'm seven years old. nice to meet you." she smiles a little and bows.

jungkook pats her back, smiling proudly and glances back at the fans, "guys, today, i wanna be a little bit selfish and use this moment, to introduce you to my- in fact, our little sister, our princess, aera. we've been waiting for quite a while now, we didn't want you to meet her just through online events and stuff. i wanted my favourite people to meet, like, as in really see other, and know each other. aera's heard a lot of stories about armys and bts, but she needs to see for herself that we don't love our armys for nothing. they deserve the love, we're blessed to have them."

"yes," jimin nods, "we've talked about this before, and finally the day is here. we were worried and also excited to introduce her to you. please love her the way you do to us. we'd really appreciate to see our armys and aera getting along well."

taehyung nods at jimin's words, "she was so excited to meet you guys. i mean you haven't seen her, there's only one word leaving her mouth since we landed in la, and that is army." he chuckles.

the fans cheer suddenly, startling the members as they look at the screen to see what grabbed the fans' attention. however their confusion ends and chuckles leave their lips, seeing jungkook sitting on the stage and aera sitting on his lap, doing something with his shiny, purple mic.

she looks up at jungkook, bringing his mic closer to her mouth and speaks, but nothing is heard. he smiles and presses on the tiny switch before giving it back to her.

"army" she speaks, gasping when her voice echoes through the stadium, making the crowd fall silent as they wait for the little girl to speak.

"speak," jungkook says, "do you wanna say something to army?"

aera thinks for a while, then shakes her head returning him the mic and turns around to face him, hugging him tightly. jungkook glances at her, keeping his one hand on the floor beside him to maintain balance and the other on her back, "what happened?" he asks.

"so many cameras" she mumbles.

"ah, it's okay baby. they're here so that armys can see us properly." he tells her, carrying her in his arms and stands up, glancing at the fans. "i'm sorry guys, she's not used to so many people and cameras around her."

even though being thankful and utterly touched with the fans when they wave their army bomb together and shout a few 'it's okay', the boys exchange glances and jimin steps forward, patting her back and leans near her, "do you wanna go around and meet army?" he asks.

"yeah" aera nods, "but no cameras..."

"alright, no cameras." he smiles, taking her hand as jungkook places her on her feet. the group gets on an elevated platform as they start singing another one of their songs for armys.

aera looks around too fascinated by the cheers and the twinkling purple lights from people, waving, laughing, crying, screaming and having the best time of their life when bts is physically with them.

the boys split into two subs, going around the stadium, standing in the raised platform that flies over and passes the fans, letting both bts and army see each other a bit more closely. aera stays close to jungkook, as he had signalled his hyungs that he wants to be the one to show his sister this captivating ocean in purple, and share this beautiful moment with her.

he carries her in his arms, waving at the fans and telling aera to the same. her smiles and frequent enthralled giggles eliciting, made jungkook more than just happy. he pecks her lips, then presses one more on her forehead, "i'm glad we decided to bring you here." he says, to which she smiles, making him chuckle.

"armys are pretty," aera says, pointing at the crowd. "they love you, so i love them too."

"they're amazing." he nods, glancing at the fans and waving at them.

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"oh my god, i might just die." jungkook breathes out, falling on his hyung's bed as he claimed to be too lazy to reach his room.

jimin gasps, staring at the brother with a straight face, "you haven't washed up yet! get off my bed!"

"stupid kookie." aera laughs.

"stupid kookie?" jungkook lifts his head up, his eyes roaming around the room until they find the sister sitting on the couch as she takes off her shoes.

"yes," aera sticks her tongue out at him.

"i see, so aera wouldn't mind if tickle monster comes and eats her huh?"

"no," she shakes her head, "you don't eat people."

"i don't, but tickle monster does."

"no...?"

"yes, he does." jungkook says in a tone that sounds convincing enough to have the kid turning to the eldest brother for confirmation. jimin shakes his head as a no for her, making her smile.

"no, they don't eat people."

"tickle monster likes cute kids. and we have a cute little baby here."

"we don't have a cute little baby."

"yes, we do. i'm gonna call tickle monster and-"

"noooo!"

"yeah, no one's calling tickle monster." jimin sighs, "here are your clothes, get changed and kookie will go and wash up as well."

"isn't she gonna shower?" jungkook asks, getting up from the bed and stretches his body a little.

"if she wants to."

jungkook glances at the girl, taking off her socks and sighs, lifting her small body and smiles at jimin, "i'll get her ready."

"consider yourself in trouble if she catches cold."

"don't worry!"

"i don't wanna shower!" aera shrieks, hitting jungkook who just grinned in response, opening the door to his room as it's right next to jimin's and makes her stand on the bed.

"yes, you do. or if you wanna keep stinking like a bad girl, then okay." he sighs, gathering his clothes from his bags while giving aera time fo ponder and make a decision.

"i don't wanna shower" she says again.

"and what if i tell you, oppa doesn't like stinky kids?"

"i'll go to appa's room."

"he doesn't like them either." jungkook says, "nobody likes stinky, bad kids."

aera stares at him for a moment, then sniffs on her clothes, "i'm stinky?"

"i don't know, but you should wash up."

"...okay" aera sighs, jumping down from the bed, still holding her clothes that jimin gave her. "i'll shower with you."

"with me?" jungkook chuckles.

"yes, and make shark on your head."

"ah aera, are you thinking of a bubble bath?" he laughs a little, "we'll have to be quick, y'know taetae was talking about having a live later. so we cannot have a bubble bath right now."

"tomorrow?"

"yeah maybe," he shrugs, "now come, riri takes a lot of time in the shower."

"no, it's when we play and you listen to music."

"that is a bubble bath." he emphasises, "take off your clothes and put on that chair." aera nods, glancing at the chair and quickly pulls of her t-shirt and shorts, leaving herself in her underwear as she giggles going in the bath tub, turning on the hot water while jungkook too, takes off his shirt, wearing just his shorts and waits for aera to be satisfied with filling the tub.

"is it done?" he asks after a while.

"no," she shakes her head, "oppa, do we have my duckies and bluey?"

"i don't think so," he shrugs, "we didn't bring any toys if i'm not wrong."

"why not?" aera pouts at him.

"because... uhm i don't know." he sighs and turns off the faucet, taking the shampoos and shower gels for him, and the ones they had to ask the hotel to arrange especially for their princess who has a sensitive skin that doesn't tolerate anything other than baby products.

"come here." he says.

"mm?" aera looks at him, turning on the shower without a warning and laughs when the brother flinches.

"aish! don't do that, aera." he says, bringing her near him and puts the shampoo on her head. she sits on the edge of the tub, leaning against the wall, from where she frequently splashes the water on jungkook, making him huff fakely.

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"koo, are you sleeping?" aera says, poking jungkook's cheek as he's leaning back, closing his eyes, totally relaxing himself after a tiring day as he couldn't fight his wish and aera's pleading for wanting a bubble bath.

"hmm" he hums faintly, not minding when aera clutches on his shoulder, climbing on his lap and puts a fairly good mount of shampoo on his head. she mixes it well and and starts her styling job, smiling widely in contentment when she successfully makes the fin of a shark on his head.

"jeon shark-kook." aera giggles, making him frown and she realises he's not sleeping.

"shark-kook?" he opens his eyes, chuckling amused by the name.

"yeah," she nods and points at her head, "and i'm riri-shark."

"no, you're baby shark." he says, making aera laugh, "alright, now the shark family has to go. and we have to get going as well, or else jiminie oppa will scold me for taking so long in the shower."

"we'll ask oppa to join our bubble bath," she says, earning a roar of laughter from jungkook.

getting aera cleaned washed first, jungkook wraps her wither her towel, reminding her of the steps she needs to follow involving her body lotion and moisturizers before dressing up, he sends her out to his room, quickly washing himself too and wraps his towel around his torso, shaking his head to remove the excess water. he enters the room after getting dressed in his joggers and a t-sirt, sighing deeply at the child who deliberately ignores the moisturizing part and is already putting on her t-shirt.

"what did i tell you?" he asks.

"get dressed like a good girl." aera smiles at him, "i'm doing it."

"ah really?" he plays along.

"mm-hmm," the girl nods, quickly putting on her shorts and poses for jungkook showing him that she's ready to sleep. "let's go back to oppa now."

"you wanna sleep there?"

"yeah" aera says taking his hand and pulls him out of the room, going to jimin's room again. the elder opens the door, smiling at aera and steps aside to let the siblings in. "we had bubble bath, oppa!"

"ah really? that's great." jimin says, "so, are we ready to sleep now?"

"yes, come here." jungkook says, laying in jimin's bed and pulls the covers over him, opening hos arms for aera to come.

"excuse me? aren't you going back?" jimin says.

"maybe later." jungkook grins as aera climbs on the bed and tackles her down, between his arms, tickling her sides, earning haertfelt laughter decorated with love and playfulness. he smiles widely, leaning down and bites her cheek, making aera cackle loudly, moving her hands to push the brother's face away while she's too busy laughing.

jimin smiles at the two, admiring another one of his favourite interactions in the world. jungkook stops in a few seconds and now aera pushes him down, sitting on his stomach, trying to tickle him back. jungkook laughs at her adorable pulling her in a hug and turns to his side, disappearing under the blanket.

the elder brother brother watches with curiosity, never understanding what made this game so enjoyable for aera, as it's quiet for a while before suddenly breaking into a fit of laughter and kicking the blanket away while jungkook just laughs at her reaction. then covering her blanket and laughing again after a few seconds. that's how the game goes on until aera's tired enough to fall asleep.

"did you both sleep?" jimin asks when the two don't move for a while, and don't laugh how the game was supposed to go.

"not yet," jungkook says, tugging the blanket down to reveal his face, "but she's tired now."

jimin nods and stands up, glancing at the door on hearing taehyung's voice. taehyung enters, showing his phone in which he's been doing the live. jimin greets army and joins taehyung in the live, sitting on the two chairs in the corner of the room.

"so guys, as i promised, here we have our jiminie." taehyung grins, "jimin-ssi, would you please say hello to army again?"

"ah yes," jimin smiles, bowing to the camera and says, "hello everyone, as he said, jiminie is here. actually, tae is here, it's my room."

"yeah, right." taehyung laughs, "by the way, what is jungkook doing? is he sleeping here?"

"see for yourself what he's doing." jimin chuckles and taehyung turns the camera towards the youngest boy, who waves at the camera and slowly lifts the blanket up, revealing aera's sleepy figure laying on him.

"oh my god," taehyung gasps, pouting at the sight, "she's so adorable."

"is she sleeping?" jimin asks.

jungkook glances down and shakes his head subtly, "princess, say hi to army."

"hi..." she mumbles, snuggling on to him.

"there," he says, shifting her a little turns her to lay facing jimin and taehyung's side.

"hi army..." she yawns, "koo,"

"okay we won't talk much, just say good night to everyone."

"good night" aera says and sits up a little, shifting until she reaches jungkook's shoulder and rests her head there, wrapping her arms around his neck and closes her eyes.

jimin and taehyung smile ag the youngers, focusing back on their live as jungkook to lays down properly, deciding to sleep.

"they're asking if they always sleep like this." taehyung says.

"well, not always, but if she's been playing just before going to bed then yes."

"ah yes, i know this," taehyung laughs silently, "army, i'll tell you, it's like jungkook tickles her after becoming the tickle monster, and aera laughs a lot. she loves playing taht with him, even though she doesn't like the fact that tickle monster eats kids."

"yeah, jungkook told her that since she was very young. and even now she ends up believing it." jimin chuckles.

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as many had expected twitter was taken by storm the next day. clips from the concert, of jungkook taking care of his little sister, jimin and the hyungs smiling at them with fondness, and especially the one where jungkook lifted off the blanket to show a little baby cuddled on to him. armys were having fun and cherishing all these moments they got to see in just a few hours of meeting.

"look at this," hoseok laughs, showing another compilation video from twitter threads of jungkook and aera trending worldwide.

"where are jungkook and aera though? they're the ones throbbing over the internet." yoongi says as he looks around the room where all the members and their managers are gathered, except for their maknae and princess.

"they're still sleeping." jimin says.

"ah of course, they must've been tired running in army's mind and twitter all night." namjoon says, making everyone in the room laugh.

"hey... is it a meeting going on without me?" jungkook's raspy morning voice mumbles as he enters the room with aera following him closely, her tiny fist clutching on his shirt to guide her through the way as her eyes are still closed. jungkook takes her hand, patting her back as he gestures towards jimin, "there is he."

"what happened?" jimin asks, stroking aera's hair as she sits on his lap and closes her eyes again, resting her head on his shoulder.

"she was asking where you went" jungkook yawns, "where's everyone here though?"

"ah nothing much, just talking." namjoon chuckles, "right guys?"

"yeah" the rest nod, chuckling silently, making jungkook frown suspeciously, but let's it slide as he lays on the bed next to him.

"who's room is this again?" he muffles against pillow.

"mine," hoseok says.

"mm" jungkook nods, "i'll leave once i'm done sleeping."

"oppa..."

"hm?" jimin glances at aera, patting her back gently.

"cold..."

"well, go and sleep with kookie, if you want."

"...no," she shales her head, taking his arms and gestures to hide her well in his embrace. jimin does she says, holding his laugh just like the rest of the members.

"is it okay now?"

"mm-hmm" aera nods faintly, going back to sleep. jimin smiles fondly at her and leans down to plant a kiss on the side of her head.

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a/n- it's not edited i'm sorry :') 😭

i'm dying, like so dying. idek wtf is happening. i talked to my frnd and it's a mess with her too. i guess it's all the same for everyone.

anyways, vote and comment if you liked the chapter. i thought it's getting so hectic so i should upload a cute and fluffy chapter with a lot of love! ❤️

thank you for the support! love you all, take care❤️❤️

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