Stay | Liskook

002 | Overnight Stalking

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t h i r d

p e r s o n .

Jungkook was awoken by the sound of his phone beeping. At first, he thought it was an alarm since they'll be attending rehearsals again. Soon, he realised that it was 2AM and Taehyung just messaged him.

He squinted his eyes, trying to view whatever his hyung messaged him. Well, it might be important, we never know if it's an emergency.

Once he finally cleared his vision, he scoffed seeing her picture pop up. "What? That was all?" Jungkook swore that he was near to cursing.

The kid was talented, he admits. She's a great dancer, rapper, and maybe vocals too. But there was something about her that he found rather . . . odd. Ah, he gets it. The possibility of being shipped with her.

Knowing the industry, they might be caught in a dating scandal or rumour. And for sure, fans would ship them considering that they are both maknaes. Jungkook was going to turn his phone off when Taehyung's caller ID came popping up on his phone.

He lazily picked it up and sighed, looking straight at the ceiling as he talked to his hyung. "Yes? Hello?"

"Did you see the picture?" Taehyung excitedly asked.

Jungkook didn't want to cut him off or anything. Taehyung was such a good person to him, and he's so precious, too. He doesn't really deserve to be treated poorly. "Yes, hyung. I saw it." He decided to answer.

"She looks hot and cute at the same time! Well, that's Lalisa Manoban, everyone."

Jungkook then put him on loudspeaker and decided to view the picture again. "Lalisa Manoban, huh?"

"Yeah. Well, her name was really Pranpriya Manoban but they changed it to Lalisa after a fortune-telling," Taehyung explained.

Jungkook lowly chuckled at how cute his hyung was. He knew at that very moment that Taehyung liked Lisa . . . a lot. "Looks like somebody's been doing his homework, huh?" he decided to tease him instead.

"Yeah, well," Taehyung bragged. "Just got that picture from the fansite I'm following."

"Fansite? What fansite?"

"Lisa's fansite, of course. Don't worry, it's my private account. And get this, the fansite actually posted about me fanboying. Others are already dubbing Lisa and I as Taelice."

Yeah, I knew it. Of course, there are the shippers. He saw that coming, but it came as a surprise that it was for Taehyung, not him. Well, at least there's a greater possibility of him being shipped with Rosé-well, it's even better when it's no one.

"You're okay with that, right hyung?"

"Of course. But I'm worried about Lisa. I don't want her to be uncomfortable because of this. I still wanna be friends with her," Taehyung sighed in disbelief.

"Taelice, huh? Tell me the fansite's name."

"Hm? Why? Woah! Are you finally opening your heart to appreciate Lisa-ssi?" Taehyung asked, which resulted in Jungkook scoffing.

This is ridiculous. He thought as he decided to stay calm and answer his hyung in a clear and calm manner. "I just want to check whatever they're spreading about you and Lisa."

"But Kook, you don't even have a private account—“

"Hyung, I'm just going to check the fansite. It's not like I'm going to follow it or anything."

"We never know, you might accidentally like a post or something. I'm just worried ya know? It might cause some controversy," Taehyung explained, which Jungkook understood right away.

Yes, they have official and verified accounts on i********:. They've been using it for three months now. And so far, Jungkook was the least to post his own selcas and such. He'd just post something about the scenery or something random that he took a picture of and found aesthetic.

Their conversation finally ended with Taehyung yawning and telling Jungkook to sleep as well. Once Taehyung hung up, Jungkook wasted no time and logged in to his private account that his hyungs (and his agency) were unaware of.

He decided to check the fansite from there. Taehyung was right, he may accidentally like a picture or post. He had to play safe. Whilst scrolling through the photos and other posts that the fansite made, he admits that he's learning to appreciate Lisa . . . even for a bit.

>>Correction, hyung. He sends me a pic of her everyday. Actually, two to four times a day.

He was up all night stalking Lisa's fansite. And he didn't even remember how he arrived at Google and eventually started checking her profile. Then, he magically arrived at Youtube after accidentally pressing a link about her and just watched her videos and stalked her for one hour straight.

He actually found himself creepy at a point. He caught himself smiling as he watched Lisa getting teased by her unnies, and he didn't like the realisation even one bit. Once he realised that he was getting too deep with the researching and streaming and stuff, he decided to turn his phone off and force himself to sleep.

His hyungs then set off to another topic. And since it was no longer about Lisa, Jungkook was no longer interested. He decided to just wear his earphones and listen to a few songs. He involuntarily glanced at Taehyung as if on instinct.

Jungkook easily read his lips — Lisa. And by that, Jungkook unexpectedly switched seats with Yoongi who was seated besides Taehyung. Yoongi would normally decline, but seeing the peculiar aura wrapped around Jungkook, he decided to grant his request.

Once the youngest finally had access to sit besides Taehyung, he wasted no time and began peeking at whatever his hyung was doing on his phone. Taehyung was on Lisa's famsite again, and they posted a video of Lisa greeting their fans before they head of to the rehearsal.

Jungkook made sure that he wasn't too obvious. Once anyone caught him peeking at Taehyung's phone just to confirm if his hyung was busy with Lisa again, he'd get teased to his grave.

Since Jungkook was busy and all, Yoongi tapped Jimin's shoulder. Once he caught his attention, Yoongi began to ask him, "Is it me, or does Jungkook seem . . . odd? Look at him, he's gritting his teeth. Did anyone annoy him or something?"

Jimin shrugged, glancing at Jungkook in an unnoticeable manner. As mentioned, Jungkook tried his best to not make it obvious that he was peeking on Taehyung's phone. Luckily, he succeeded to do so which left Jimin and Yoongi clueless about why he was acting like that.

Who thought that it'd only take him overnight to finally open his heart for her? As an artist, that is. They finally arrived at the rehearsal, and immediately went into their dressing room.

All of the sudden, Namjoon stood up. "Hey, I'm gonna meet Jackson backstage."

The boys had nothing else to do, and so they decided to come with him. It's been a while since they last saw GOT7.

Once they all went backstage, they were the ones who were surprised. Yes, GOT7 was there. However, BLACKPINK was also there, laughing with them as if they've known each other for a long time.

>>- M A N O B A N -

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p e r s o n .

"And where are you heading to?" Jennie unnie asked me. I was trying my best to sneak out of our dressing room, but I guess I was just too obvious.

Jisoo unnie and Chaeng's attention quickly averted to me. Soon enough, I found myself being the center of attention in our whole dressing room — along with our stylists of course. "Uh? To to the restroom?"

Jennie unnie arched an eyebrow at me, obviously not buying it. Well, I was a bad liar. Even I wouldn't buy it. "Fine," I huffed a heavy sigh. I knew that they were going to tease me for this. "I was going to take a peek at the stage . . . for all we know, BTS might already performing . . ." I mumbled the last part.

Jisoo unnie started to cheekily smile at me. "Our royal maknae's all grown up! Look at her! I can't believe that she's actually going to check on Jungkook!"

My eyes widened in a millisecond, quickly looking around, and gulping at the sight of our stylists. I quickly shook my head, denying it. "I don't know what you're saying, unnie. I meant Bangtan, not Jungkook sunbae—“

Chaeyoung started to play along even I know she knew about how I was denying it since our stylists were there. She wrapped an arm around my waist and smiled at me. "Lalisa! You should've just told us that you were going to check on your crush!"

I gulped, shaking my hands. "No, I was just going to—“

"Lisa likes Jungkook, Lisa likes Jungkook!" Jennie unnie mocked, causing me to facepalm. But of course, they'll definitely take this chance to tease the hell out of me.

They'd always be my victim whenever I tease them. Usually, they couldn't do a thing since I was stronger than them, even if I'm skinny.

The girls winked at me, and I swear, I've never seen anything more synchronised. Their winks were more synchronised than us, ourselves!

I glanced at our stylists, only to see them giggling. Ugh. Looks like I have another few people to tease me whenever BTS is around. Note to self: never tell your unnies about your next crush ever again. If I ever have one, that is.

The girls stood up, preparing themselves. "What are you girls—?”

"Unnie, we'll just go backstage. We'll return here shortly," Jennie unnie excused us. The stylists obviously wanted to stop us, but unnie quickly pushed us to just exit the dressing room.

We were there, backstage. I started to peek and look around if there were any signs of Bangtan, sadly there weren't which made me frown a bit.

"Babe!" someone called. The four of us turned our heads just to see a familiar man chuckling at us. "Wow, I have a lot of babes, huh? Surely I'm loyal to just one?"

My eyes widened, grinning in an instant. I rushed towards him and hugged him real tight. "Babe, I missed you!" I told him. He hugged me tighter and kissed my cheek.

I started to stare ahead, realising that GOT7 was gawking at us. Bambam was staring ahead too, I turned around and saw how my unnies were gawking at us, too. Whoops.

"Lalisa!" Jisoo unnie suddenly yelled. My unnies and GOT7 started to approach both of us, I saw how they were attentive, obviously asking for an explanation.

"Look," Jaebum oppa started off. "I know you said you're close with Lisa and all since you bragged about how she's your childhood friend and yada-yada, but you never told us that you were this close."

"H-he kissed you!" Chaeyoung pointed at me as if I've committed a sin.

I rolled my eyes at her. "He kissed me on the cheek—“

"He still kissed you!" Chaeyoung protested. What? Did that kiss result in her lifetime trauma or something? Geez, Chaeng.

Bambam and I began to sigh. Of course, we were used to these kinds of reactions. People always questioned us on what's the real deal between us. Bambam started to wrap his arm around my neck, ruffling my hair.

"Alright, listen up," he quickly grabbed their attention. "Lisa and I have been close friends since we were kids, we're used to kissing each other on the cheek and stuff since we never really put any malice into it. I mean, we're practically siblings!" he explained.

The boys calmly nodded, but my unnies seemed like they weren't buying it. "Uhm, you called each other babe?" Jennie unnie spat out.

Bambam and I looked at each other, laughing. "Must've gotten used to it," I shrugged. "Bambam had a lot of girls chasing after him before, and we'd pretend to be a couple just so they can stop. I mean, he's just too soft-hearted, he can't reject a girl face to face."

"Yah, you had a lot of suitors that you didn't like before, too. Why are you making it look like I'm the only one benefiting from it?" he arched an eyebrow at me.

"O-kay," Youngjae oppa slowly removed Bambam's arm from my neck and smiled at me. "This is not really a good place to be open and stuff. I'm just glad that we are here backstage, no one caught you too. We don't want to trouble our CEOs if ever a dating rumour comes up."

Bambam and I nodded, creating a slight distance between the two of us. Jennie unnie quickly pulled me away from him and made me stand next to her.

"Hi, I'm Yugyeom," Yugyeom-ssi offered his hand. I was going to accept it when Bambam came in between us. He quickly glared at Yugyeom-ssi, causing Yugyeom to nervously laugh. "What? I'm just trying to be friends with her. '97 liners and all."

"Uhm, there's Rosé-ssi?" Bambam arched an eyebrow.

"Right," he smiled. Yugyeom-ssi nervously scratched his nape and proceeded towards Chaeyoung. "Hey there, the name's Yugyeom."

Chaeyoung shyly accepted his hand and smiled at him. Soon enough, we all found ourselves engaging in a conversation, and boy was Jackson oppa funny. Mark oppa seemed to be so manly. Jinyoung oppa was quiet, but every time he opens his mouth, the members end up getting roasted.

I can tell that the girls adored their presence as well. Well, at least our groups are going well. That's a relief.

Just amidst our conversation. A strong, deep voice was suddenly heard. "Jackson!" Woah, he had a good accent, too. I wonder who he could-asdfghjkl! KIM NAMJOON! Why did his voice suddenly become hoarse?

Namjoon sunbaenim had the rest of BTS behind him. Why on earth are they here? I mean, right now. I'm not mentally prepared for this, I've let my guard down too much.

The girls and I started to bow at our seniors, and they bowed at us as well. I tried my best to dart my eyes elsewhere. Anywhere, just not at Jeon Jungkook. Gosh, how can I be this embarrassing? Is it obvious that I'm flustered?

How can Jisoo unnie even manage to breathe normally like that! Unnie! Teach me your ways!

"You called me here," Namjoon sunbaenim told Jackson oppa.

Jackson oppa nodded, glancing at the rest of the boys. "But I didn't expect you to bring them along. But welp! I'm fine with that! C'mon boys, let's rehearse—“

"Wait, wait, wait . . . so you called me here . . . to watch you rehearse?" Namjoon sunbae clarified.

Jackson oppa grinned, nodding. "Well, I wanted you to see how much I have improved. Watch me well!"

I mean, the girls and I can excuse ourselves and leave, right? Right? But why was none of us doing that?! And so, garnering all my courage left in my weak heart for BTS, I decided to speak up.

"We'll go ahead, I'm sure our stylists are waiting for us." I tried to excuse myself.

The girls turned their heads towards me. Oh, and this is the time that y'all chose to be synchronised, huh? In these kinds of situations?

They looked at me as if it was my first time speaking. Do you know that look that parents give their children just to hear their first words? Yup, they gave that look to me. I tried my best to not even spare them a glance, but the fact that I can see them through my peripheral vision kinda bothered me.

"You girls are going already?" Jimin sunbaenim asked. "Bummer, I personally wanted to have a little chat with you, girls. Do you really have to go?"

Gosh, Jimin sunbae looked so caring and sweet and hot and f**k what? "Unfortunately, we have to, we are terribly—“

"I'm sure our stylists can wait for just a bit longer," Chaeyoung suddenly cut me off.

I will kill you, Park Chaeyoung!

"That's splendid to hear," Jimin sunbaenim warmly smiled at Chaeyoung.

Damn, girl. I envy you.

Chaeyoung just bowed at him and we all proceeded to watch GOT7 rehearse . . . together. ASDFGHJKL.

I was standing next to Hoseok sunbaenim, and I'm sure the girls planned that. Yah! Jisoo unnie! Don't you want to be in my place?! They're probably thinking that I'm the one who's likely to get embarrassed in front of her crush, and if they're really thinking that, damn are they thinking right.

I can't even properly breathe next to Hoseok sunbaenim. He had a strong impact! Like wow! "Heard you're the main dancer in your group?" Hoseok sunbaenim engaged in a conversation with me.

"A-ah, yes, sunbae . . ." I shyly replied.

"It's obvious, anyway. You're really talented, Lisa-ssi."

"T-thank you . . ."

Hoseok sunbaenim then turned his head to his other side, just to see Jungkook sunbaenim beside him already. Jungkook sunbaenim then switched places with Hoseok sunbaenim, and I couldn't be more nervous in my life.

I glanced at the girls, trying to get them to switch places with them but they just smirked at me and shook their heads . . . in unison.

"Lisa-ssi . . ." His hoarse voice just sent me into a frenzy! Who knew that his voice can be that low? "This is regarding the way I acted yesterday, I want to apologise."

"The way you . . . acted?" I turned my head towards Jungkook sunbae, only to take a step backward being startled by how close my lips were to his cheek. I didn't know that he actually leaned in that close to tell that to me. "I-I don't recall anything wrong about how you acted, s-sunbaenim . . ." I stuttered. I f*****g stuttered.

Who's most likely to embarrass herself in front of her crush?

Lisa!

Who?

Lisa!

Who?

Lisa!

Say it louder for the people in the back!

He chuckled a bit, standing up straight. "Even if you didn't notice, I'd still like to apologise." He was so formal and polite! How could I ever reply?

"A-ah, yes . . ." was all that I could mutter.

"I'm looking forward to seeing you perform next week."

"Same t-to you, sunbae . . ."

"Uhm, you see . . ." he cleared his throat. "Can I . . . Can I—“

"Can I have your number?"

We both turned our heads, just to see Taehyung sunbaenim asking for my number. He was all smiles as he did. My eyes widened, not believing was I was hearing.

"P-pardon me?"

"Can I have your number, Lisa-ssi?" he repeated the question.

And y'all don't know how my heart fluttered so bad. Kim Taehyung was asking me for my number all of the sudden. The Kim Taehyung. As I was smiling all the way, I couldn't help but notice how Jungkook and Jennie unnie frowned.

Did I . . . do something wrong?