chapter XIX: what now?
the aster and the sunflower.Sigh.
Lisa sighed as she checked her phone for the nth time today, it’s been a week since Jennie literally unplugged herself from Lisa and her friends; Jennie hasn’t been herself lately, but Dahyun assured them that Jennie was still very much present in work and is working hard, maybe a little too hard. Lisa can’t even concentrate on the flower shop because her mind was too preoccupied with a certain a brunette.
“Excuse me? Are you even listening to me?” A rebellious looking teenager said
“I’m sorry, what were you saying?” Lisa asked
“I said I’d like to buy that set of roses over there” He said as he pointed behind Lisa
Red roses, typical choice for most people; Lisa just sighed and grabbed the bouquet and handed it to the teenager.
“20 bucks” Lisa said
The boy then handed her the bill and left like he owned the place.
“Lisa-yah, she hasn’t picked up or responded yet?” Rosé asked as she rubbed Lisa’s back, Lisa just shook her head and slumped down on the couch and dialed Jennie’s number again, which only went to voice mail
This is Jennie, sorry I can’t get to you right now. Leave a message after the beep.
“Love? It’s me again. Please pick up your phone, my love, and please unlock your apartment door. I’m literally going to camp out your door if you don’t” Lisa said
Lisa then sighed again. She’s been sighing a lot these past few days, her chest has been feeling quite heavy, she hasn’t smiled a lot because of the incident, and the Kim’s words still ran around Lisa’s mind, she could not even enjoy the faint tune of Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me to the Moon that was playing in the background, and not being able to see and talk to her girlfriend was making Lisa more frustrated.
“Lisa, you can let it out” Rosé said as she saw how Lisa was trying her best to mask her pain
“It pains me to see her like this” Lisa said
Rosé sighed.
“This is frustrating. One second we’re all having the time of our lives and then the next second we’re being ripped off of our happiness” Lisa said as she willed herself not to cry
Rosé took one look at Lisa and found her own heart aching at that the sight of Lisa trying to hold in her emotions, willing herself to stay strong despite of everything.
“It hurts that I’m trying to reach out to her but she’s doing everything to avoid me” Lisa said, a tear finally escaped her eye.
Has it been hard? Of course. Lisa’s been consistent in trying to get Jennie to talk to her, but the older girl resembled a shadow in a dark place, no one could grasp her. Rosé has never really seen Lisa cry, the youngest amongst them all always did live a happy life, Jisoo did tell her that the last time Lisa cried was when her mother passed away, and it had gone on for months. But now here she is crying her eyes out.
On cue, Jisoo entered Floraison with a very visible frown on her face; she marched her way towards the Thai who was now finally letting her tears flow freely. Rosé looked up at her with a helpless expression.
“What happened?!” Jisoo exclaimed, Rosé quickly stood up to calm Jisoo down
“It’s Jennie, she’s still avoiding Lisa” Rosé said
Jisoo clenched her fists and stormed out of Floraison, ignoring Rosé who was calling her. Jisoo then drove back to YG Game Inc. The smaller girl then quickly made her way to Jennie’s office. Dahyun quickly stopped the fuming Jisoo.
“Get out of the way, Dahyun!” Jisoo exclaimed
“She locked herself in there, Unnie. She’s ignoring everyone” Dahyun warned her
Jisoo ignored Dahyun and banged on Jennie’s door.
“Jennie Kim! Open this ing door and explain to me why you made Lisa cry! Did you forget about our deal?
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