Chapter 7
1495 Words
JUNGKOOK
"Kookie!"
I turn my head away from Lisa as I heard a Jimin call. They were now seated as Namjoon hyung ordered.
"Jungkook, where's Lisa?" Rosé asked. I pointed at the four girls talking on the far corner of the room. "Oh. Her friends back in high school."
Rosé has this pretty voice and sweet tone. Her accent is pretty dominant too. I kept staring at her orange hair.
"Wae?" She asked. I shook my head while saying it was nothing. She smiled. "It's pumpkin orange. I dye it 'coz Lisa said it's cool to try new things."
"Jimin hyung..." I remembered last year Jimin hyung having the same hair color. "He used to have the same hair color..."
"R-Really? W-What a coincidence!" she replied nervously.
"You dance very well. I saw you dancing yesterday in your yard..."
Her forehead creased. "I dance, yea, but I didn't dance yesterday. Lisa was the one dancing when I stopped by early morning."
"But the girl I saw had the same haircolor as yours." Hold up. This is getting confusing as hell.
"Oh, it was Lisa. She had orange hair yesterday 'coz I asked her to do an audition days ago in my place. She dyed her hair back yesterday afternoon. She loves her blonde hair so much." Rosé looked at me curiously. "Ya. Do you happen to have a crush on Lisa?"
"A-Ani!" I felt my cheeks burn. But she was already grinning. "Really, I-I don't. I just... uh... admire her skills, that's all!"
"Really now?" Her eyebrow was raised, not believing a word I say. "Don't worry, Jungkook. Your secret is safe with me. I won't tell my BEST FRIEND about it."
"Y-ya, I really--"
"What won't you tell me?"
"Nothing!" Rosé and I both exclaimed.
"Ya, Park Chaeyoung! You're keeping secrets from me now?! I thought we were besties!"
"But it's really nothing!"
"Spill it!"
"Make me."
"Oh I will..." Lisa sat beside Rosé and started to tickle her. Their laughed echoed in the place.
"Stop! Stop!"
We were laughing when I saw Jimin looking at me like I committed a mortal sin. He immediately turned away and talked to Hobi hyung.
What was that? Did he like Rosé? Or Lisa?
A Few Days Passed...
"Kookie!" a familiar voice called. I immediately turned towards her and smiled.
"Lalice."
She was still wearing her white laboratory gown, a pair of Timberlands and an all-black apparel.
"Ya, Chanyeol and Baekhyun oppa come by, you haven't seen me, arraseo?"
My eyebrows furrowed but I nodded. I was sitting by the fountain and she sped up towards the topiary nearby. A few minutes later, Chanyeol hyung together with Baekhyun hyung stopped right in front of me, panting. I forced myself from laughing because they had funny markings on their faces.
"Ya, have you seen a tall blonde girl in this area?"
I acted confused.
"She's wearing a lab gown, skinny and has pale white skin."
"Mian... I didn't notice anyone with that description pass by..." I didn't stutter. Thank God.
The two looked at each other before running the opposite direction. I glanced by the topiary but Lisa wasn't there anymore. So I got up and took a closer look.
"Where did she--"
A smile formed on my lips as I saw a peaceful Lisa sleeping. I guess all that running made her tired. I looked at her closely and noticed she added light gray streaks on her hair. Just last week it was pastel blue.
I didn't have the heart to wake her up. I couldn't leave her there either. So I sat beside her and let her head rest on my shoulder.
CLICK!
I instantly turned towards the camera clicking sound and saw Momo holding her phone towards me and Lisa while Mark snickered.
Ya! I mouthed, careful not wake Lisa up. Momo clasp her hand mouthing "Sorry" and sped up away like Mark. I sighed.
BZZZT!
My phone buzzed.
TALKIETALKEU MESSAGING APP
Engineering Homiessss
momochan:
mark2an: dis is legit. saw it in reaaaals.
jacksonismybae: OMGGGGGG~ Kookie is all grown uppp!
sinbismine: 1!
bambam1a: is that lalisa?
jungshookt: you know her?
jungshookt: ur from thai too right?
yugyeommie: heol. He didn't react to other msgs except to bambam's
yugyeommie: this guy's totally whipped
jungshookt: she's jin's doengsang
jungshookt: she's a friend
jungshookt: dont misunderstand
bambam1a: she's my neighbor back in thailand.
bambam1a: we practically grew up together
bambam1a: she's a handful. Goodluck kookie! hwaiting!
momochan: i saw what you did before this photo, kookie
mark2an: me too
jungshookt: ...
jungshookt: what were you guys doing there in the first place?
jungshookt: and why were you together?
momochan logged off
mark2an logged off
bambam1a: busted!
yugyeommie:
yugyeommie: jungkook is savage
Seen by bambam1a, jacksonismybae, sinbismine and jungshookt
I felt Lisa slightly move so I immediately hid my phone. She sat up and looked at me.
"I dozed off?" I nodded. "Aish. Chanyeol and Baekhyun oppa chased me from the med building all the way here."
"I saw their faces covered with doodles," I was both asking and stating a fact. She got what I meant.
"Well, they were picking on Suho oppa so I took revenge," she explained. "Suho was too nice to call them off so I volunteered. I even asked Seulgi unnie to help me."
She's kind, that's for sure.
"After what you did, I think they'll be picking on you instead." Truthfully, I was concerned. But she just smiled.
"I can take care of myself, Kookie. I run fast, you know?" I sighed. Stubborn girl. "Ya, I'm serious. I can take care of myself. If they attack me, I can fight. I know MMA just like Jin oppa."
"Hyung knows MMA?!"
"You didn't know? He's great at it. He was even reqruited to play professionaly last year but he declined."
Jin hyung, who was more motherly than any other girl, knows MMA? That peaceful, innocent hyung who does not tolerate violence knows mixed martial arts?! Unbelievable.
"He never told us that," I answered. "Wow. Jin hyung is really mysterious."
Lisa shrugged. "Maybe he just didn't want anyone to judge him or something. You know, people to like him for him and not what he has or can do?"
I nodded in agreement. He too, wants other people to like him for who he is. Even though he's shy or he barely talked or his complicated family.
"Would you like to dance?" she asled out of the blue.
"What?" I looked at her strangely. "Dance here? Now?"
"Of course!" She stood up and removed her lab gown. "Come on!"
I looked around. "But there's a lot of people..."
"So what?" She crouched and looked at me. "You know Kookie, if you feel like dancing, dance. If you feel like shouting, then shout. There's nothing wrong with that. Sometimes you just gotta let loose and enjoy the moment."
I looked at her. Then at the students walking around. If they would start dancing, everyone would stare at them like they were a pair of lunatics.
Lisa grabbed my phone and typed. She then grinned then looked at me. Music started playing from my phone.
▶️ Fire by BTS
"Bultaoreune," she said then started dancing. And as expected, everyone looked at her but she didn't care.
"Daebak! She dances really well!" I heard one said.
"Omo! She's pretty!"
"Ya, she's amazeballs!"
"Ya, why is she dancing? Is this some sort of mob dance?"
"No one's joining. Maybe she's crazy."
"Ya, her moves are great. I don't care if she's a lunatic. I'm a fan now."
Lisa was smiling while dancing. I even saw her mouth "come on!". I sighed then stood up.
Dancing in a public place wouldn't hurt, right? I started to dance with her.
"Omo! Isn't that Jeon Jungkook the ambassador?"
"Daebak! I didn't know he danced so well!"
"I thought only Jimin oppa and Hobi oppa knew how to dance... he's amazing!"
"Jungkook oppa! Saranghae!"
I heard different kinds of cheers that that made my heart feel so light. But Lisa's laughter made it flutter.
"See, Kookie? You don't have to be shy. Show them what you can do," she whispered. It made me smile.
"Kookie? Lisa?"
We saw Hobi hyung all smiles walking towards us.
"Hobi oppa! Join us! Ppali!"
He dropped his bag as soon as Lisa told him to join.
"Kyaaa~ Hobi oppa's dancing too!"
"I'm going to do a live stream of this!"
"Omo! Jimin oppa and V oppa is coming! Kyaaaa~!"
Lisa signalled them to join in. They dropped their bags and joined. More people surrounded them watched and cheered.
We dance to a total of three songs, Fire, Call me Baby and Hard Carry. And as the final song ended, everyone watching cheered and clapped. I looked at Lisa who was panting but had this contagious smile.
She made me get over my fear of crowds. She gave me that push no one had ever tried.
"Lisa."
- Writer
