A/N: I wrote this for another pairing and posted it on a different site,so If this seems familiar that's why.

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“But that is another tale, and as I said in the beginning this is just a story meant to be read in bed in an old house on a rainy night”

The final words of John Cheever signaled the end of the day for Lisa, after all the bookstore she was currently manager of, was not exactly popular but it didn’t lack clients either, it had enough to keep it running, plus the fact that the store offered restoration services also helped with the clientele. But since it was mostly the same customers in and out, generally all days were slow days, so Lisa as per usual, spent her time reading.

Soung’s Bookshop sat in a hidden corner at the edge of downtown, the owner Hyoyeon, was Lisa´s mentor all through her youth, being a big reader since she was young she remembers coming here everyday after school, refusing to do her homework and ‘living on the clouds’  as her mother would say, well Mr. Soung saw this as an opportunity and showed her the ropes, from how to open up a book properly, to how you make them, to how every book deserves respect no matter how ty it is, ‘It's still someone's masterpiece Lisa, we need to treat it as such’ , to teaching her the business aspect of running a bookshop.

She’s been working here since high school, so one day after she came back from college Mr. Soung stopped showing up, giving Lisa a key basically nonverbally trusting her to run the shop herself and here she is several years later still running the shop, and treating the books with respect even the ty ones like 50 Shades of Grey.

Nearing closing time, the thai girl closed the book she was reading and decided to start cleaning up to close up, she needed to check numbers on the register, pick up books customers left on the various tables, cleaning up the coffee cups, roll down the blinds and turn off the lights.  She usually had her best friend help her, but she had asked for the day of, so closing up took a bit longer that usual. She was locking up the register, when someone walked in.

Confused,Lisa looked at who it was, it was definitely not a regular customer because they would usually be around here in the afternoon, no, it was a girl slightly shorter than her, eyes the most beautiful shade of brown and long brunette hair, oh what a girl she was.

She noticed Lisa looking at her and how pretty much everything seemed to be put away for closing.

“Oh, ! sorry, where you closing? I can leave” She said hurriedly. 

"No, it's fine. You can look around, name's Lisa and I'm the manager I can pay myself some overtime" She smiled and the brunette girl smiled softly back at her.

“I'm Jennie and thank you, I'll be quick” The brunette responded and starting walking towards the various bookshelves.

Lisa looked at how the brunette walked through every aisle, skimming through some books, but it seemed she really didn’t have a clue as to what she was looking for.

“Is there anything specific you are looking for?” Lisa walked towards the girl, her hands tucked in her jean pockets, looking curiously at the girl, she’s never seen her before, she wonders is she just moved here or maybe just visiting.

“Yes.. well no… um” The brunette tucked some hair behind her ear and cleared , “I mean, I just moved here and I need to fly back home for some of my things, is a long flight so I was looking for some light reading but something I don’t really have to focus on” Lisa smirked,

“Alright I know just the thing follow me” she walked towards one of the first shelfs in the store and made a full stop on in front it “Ta da!” she smiled gesturing with her hand.  

The shelf classification read ‘If You Just Want A Good Laugh While On The Plane’ which was right next to ‘If You Plan on Hibernating This Winter’ and right above ‘If You Just Finished Binge Watching The Handmaid’s Tale’ the brunette couldn’t help but laugh and looked slightly confused “I’m not sure these are actual genre’s”

The thai girl laughed “Oh they are not, but Mr. Soung, the owner, he says it’s easier for non readers to pick a book if you compare the subject to everyday needs, without confusing them with genres and authors” she shrugged “I think he might be right.” She said looking at the shelf. “Now about your book, let's see…”

The brunette couldn’t help but stare at the other girl, she was beautiful, long ash brown hair cascading down her back, perfect nose, and her smile, wow!, Jennie thinks she’s never seen anyone like her, there’s a softness about her, and a safeness and something that just calls her like her soul is being pulled towards her.

“Aha! here you go” The taller girl snapped the brunette out of her thoughts and showed her the book she chose, taking it from the girl’s hold the brunette read the title “How Did You Get This Number” the brunette read and then looked quizzically at the girl in front her.

“Ok so I’d give this book a 3 out of 5 stars buuut… it is a good light read, I mean you go from a bear-infested wedding in Alaska to a run-in with clowns in Portugal” Lisa smiled “While having the stories be somewhat empathetic about what a person can go through in their life”

The brunette smiled at the other girl’s enthusiastic look it was actually quite endearing, "If you like it so much then I'll get it."

"Oh? You'll love it" Lisa smiled

"I’m sure I will, so how much will this be?" She said as she looked through her purse for her wallet, before being stopped by the other girls hand on her own. 

"Oh It's fine, you can just take it, think of it as a welcoming gift," The girl replied removing her hand from the other girl’s, she was too kind for her own good to be frank. But she already closed the register and did today’s numbers, plus with the gorgeous girl standing in front her, her brain was a little distracted.

"What? No please it's fine, I can pay"  The brunette shook her head

"Please, it’s on the house, plus you don’t even know if you’ll like it, if you don’t you can come and give it back, deal?” She extended her hand in front the brunette and smiled as the brunette took it.

"Deal!” She shook Lisa’s hand smiling staring at her for a bit too long before snapping out of it. “Thank you so much! I’ll come back to tell you how I liked the book” The brunette smiled, walked away from the store with a small wave.

 “Can’t wait…” The girl whispered.