THE FIRST GLANCE

The night was quiet, almost too quiet. Only the faint ticking of the wall clock filled in the room. Aarohi was laying on the bed. Phone in hand.Earphones plugged in, scrolling reels .It was already 12:45. She tried to sleep for 1 hour but she couldn't sleep. And once again she promised herself—that she would sleep after “just five more minutes” of scrolling. Exams were coming. her textbooks opened on the desk, and she couldn’t bring herself to close the screen.

And then it happened.

A video reel began to play. At first, it was nothing unusual—just seven boys performing on stage, their angelic voices , their movements sharp and captivating. But the moment his face appeared, the world seemed to freeze.

He wasn’t just handsome. There was something in his boxy smile, something warm in his deep voice. His laughter, the sparkle in his eyes.something she didn’t even know existed

“Who is he…?” she whispered to herself, tapping the screen back to replay it. Once, twice, five times, ten times.

Her heart was racing like she’d run a marathon. It didn’t make sense. He was just a stranger on a screen, someone oceans away, someone she’d never met. And still… she felt as if she knew him for years , something precious, something fated.

The caption under the reel gave her a clue: “BTS – Kim Taehyung (V).”

She mouthed the name "Taehyung". Even his name felt like a secret meant for her .

Curiosity took over. She typed his name into the search bar. Hours slipped away as she fell down in a hole of YouTube videos,performances, interviews, and fan-made edits of their funny videos. Songs and many more. Each clip revealed a little more—she discovered the group BTS, their journey, their struggles, their bond. But her focus, always, returned to him. His deep voice when he sang, his playful energy with his members, the way he spoke about dreams with such sincerity.

Just like this she spent the whole night. Her room is filled with morning lights. It was 5:30 am. And finally Aarohi closed her phone put it on side and lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling. “What are you doing to me?” she whispered into the silence. Her chest ached in the strangest way— like a new hope, like the beginning of something new.

She knew it was silly. People didn’t fall for strangers on screens. People don’t believe in destiny anymore. But still..... she felt something different.

That night, Aarohi wrote a single line in her diary....

“MAYBE LOVE DOESN'T ALWAYS BEGINS WITH MEETING. MAYBE SOMETIME LOVE BEGINS WITH GLANCE"

The night ends just like this.

Days turned into weeks, weeks into months. Slowly, her world changed. Between classes and studies, she searched for every update on BTS. She memorized Taehyung’s lines in songs, replayed his interviews. His laughter became her favorite sound, his smile, his voice, his picture became her comfort in her exhausting days.

She didn’t tell anyone that it was just “some band she listened to.” But privately she built a secret

world where Taehyung existed at the center.

It wasn’t about being a delusional fangirl. She knew the truth—he was an idol, a global star, someone like her lead life in a middle class family probably never met him. But knowing that didn’t stop her heart from finding a home in him.

And day by day grow a hope that ......

one day she will not see him through the screen but with her own eyes .

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