A WORLD PAUSED, A DREAM ALIVE

2020:THE YEAR WHOLE WORLD STOPPED!

For Aarohi this year began with silence because of COVID-19. Streets were empty, schools closed, and the world paused. At first, she thought it would be for a few weeks, but it continued for months, and now she is in fear for the future. Exams were postponed, class turned into online class. She spent hours staring at her books without reading a single word. She felt anxious and the tension of the future didn't give her peace.

Aarohi opened her laptop to see BTS, but she saw something which made her happy, a big smile hovering over her lips. BTS announced their world tour in April 2020. This time her city was on their list. She forgot about her tension about the future after listening to the news.

After their announcement she was very happy and eagerly waiting for their concert, but it was initially postponed for the situation of the outside world. Again she felt sad, but there was a hope that they would come, the world tour was postponed not canceled. And she just passed days in that hope.

But the year came to an end and there was no news about their concert. And on the other side her study continued through online. It has been almost one year since she didn't see the road locked in the house and the news of how many people died in a day. It was pathetic to see how dead bodies were lying in the hospital. It was like a mountain of dead bodies.

 2020 ended in sorrow, echoing with the cries of people.

2021 starts with more pressure of studies. This is Aarohi's 2nd year of college but she didn't go to the college for once since she admitted because the situation wasn't in control only but also the cases of covid increased day by day.

Aarohi still has a hope that the BTS concert will happen. But the news came like a storm ......

 [The News: "BTS officially canceled their 'MAP OF THE SOUL' world tour due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic."]

She stared at the announcement on her phone, her vision was blurring as tears started falling down. It wasn't just a concert for her. It was years of waiting, a light in the darkness .

After that for so many days she avoids social media. Because every post was about the cancellation of their concert. It's like sprinkling salt on a wound. She lay in bed one night, clutching her diary, whispering through sobbing *“WHY IS IT ALWAYS OUT OF REACH ? WHY DOES REALLY KEEP PULLING ME AWAY FROM MY DREAMS?"*

She was in pain but still BTS comforted her the most. Their new music, their laughter in Weverse live, their reminder that “we are together, even when apart".

2021 wasn't entirely dark, BTS released their new album 'PERMISSION TO DANCE'. And also a Reality show where She saw their daily routine of how they live together. It was the light for Aarohi in the darkness. She seemed happy while listening to their song, She danced alone in her room, laughed at their playful energy, and forgot the ache of disappointment.

That December she celebrates Taehyung's birthday like every year.... she baked a small cake for him, lit one candle, but this time she whispered, “Happy birthday, My Love. I hope someday I can celebrate your birthday with you in the same room.”

 It has been 6 years since Aarohi celebrated Taehyung's birthday for the first time. That time She didn't dare to give any name to Taehyung, but now she called him by 'MY LOVE'.

 Everything was changed through those years, Aarohi's admiration for Taehyung changed into love. She fell deeply in love with Taehyung. Now she can't spend even an hour without seeing Taehyung.

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