Crazy Over Jisoo

The Album

Lisa

The sun shines through into my room, and that's my cue to get up. I slowly open my eyes, straining from the change in brightness. Today is a big day! I almost couldn't get to sleep last night. All of us were so nervous.

Today The Album gets released!!! (Well, to us and Korea anyway. The rest of the world has to wait one day before they can hear it.)

A tingly feeling creeps into my fingertips and my hands run cold. Oh wow, this is actually happening!

We've waited so long for this day. Honestly, we didn't think it would come true because of this year and the whole pandemic. I guess we got lucky, considering how difficult it's been to put out anything.

I sit up, feeling the tightness in my back. Unfortunately, I can't fit my usual morning stretches in the schedule today. In just an hour, we're supposed to head out to get ready for the Vlive right before The Album comes out.

The kitties shuffle near my legs, all four are rubbing their heads on my shins for attention. It's their breakfast time!

I put on my fuzzy slippers, get up, and walk to the food storage bin. I hear Leo and Louis meowing behind me as the cup I use digs into their kibble. I make my way to their eating are and pour some in each of their bowls.

"Morning! Eat up, guys!"

All of a sudden, a knock is at my door.

"Lisaaa!!" The person sounds muffled, yet still loud on the other side. I know that voice, and a smile lands on my face without question. "Are you up yet? Today is the day!"

"Unnie!! Yes, I'm up!"

I go to my door and swing it open.

My heart skips a beat seeing my Jisoo unnie already looking fresh. But her pajamas are still on so that means I'm awake on time.

Her hair is split down the middle and straight. She's been growing it out lately, and it fits her so well!

I can tell that she's been up for a little while, her skin looks flawless. And I just woke up!

"EEEEEHHH!!" We both squeal loudly in excitement. I give her a tight goodmorning hug. Big days like this feel so blissful. It never gets old.

The energy throughout the dorm is building. I exit my room and go out to see Chaeyoung and Jennie sitting on the couch, on their phones. Once they see Jisoo and I in the hallway, we all scream at the same time!

"The Album!!!" We laugh at the coincidence of shouting the same thing.

I leap onto their laps and I could feel Jisoo unnie pile on top of me, and now we've just become a Blackpink puddle on the couch! I'm so excited!!

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On Set

We're settled on the small couches, as the crew does the finishing touches on the lighting and technical things. Live shows are always a little trickier because it's all one take. It's silent on set. Usually, we'd have our music playing, but since it's live, the team doesn't want to take the risk of any our songs playing in the background.

Chaeyoung and Jisoo are on their side, while Jennie unnie and I are on ours. I kind of got sad when they told us where we would be placed because I was hoping to be next to my Jisooya. I don't know if it's just me, but lately, I've been feeling like management has been spacing her and I apart.

Don't get me wrong—we're around each other alllll the time, but for some reason on camera, I feel like that's on purpose.

I focus on the script in my hand before I have to put it away. Everyone's doing the same.

"Lisa, you look pretty!" I hear a voice across from me. To my delight, it was Jisoo.

I can feel my cheeks flush, but I try not to make it obvious, "Thank you, I try! You too Unnie, as always!"

Can I let you guys in on a secret? Yeah? Okay, good.

So the reason why I get really happy around Jisoo unnie is because her and I are...sort of...how do you say? SUPER friendly. Or maybe, past the friendly part. MORE than friendly.

At least, that's what I hope! I haven't actually had that conversation with her face to face. Even thinking about how would that go sends shivers down my back. Can you imagine that? I think about her all the time, being more than just my close friend or big sister.

Sometimes, I cringe really hard when people keep saying that she's my sister. I say 'unnie' out of respect because she is older, but I don't like seeing her as a family member like that. And I just have to say it to make sure we play it safe.

Management has had a few talks with me already about my behavior when it comes to her. It's weird, because they don't say anything to me about Rose or Jennie. Only Jisoo. "Try to keep it cool around Jisoo, Lisa." They would always say. Could they tell that it's different between her and I?

But it is, though. So I could understand.

I'm still staring at Jisoo's smile as she complimented me. Her eyes look so beautiful in this light. Her heart-shaped lips make my heart flutter. Also, the way she wears ahead band, or any type of hat, gets me envious sometimes. How could someone look this good??

"How about me, Unnie?" Jennie inserts herself in. The moment comes to an end when her focus turns to Unnie on my right.

"You too! I like the purple on you."Jisoo tells her. A part of me wishes that her attention stayed on me. It's always like that. When it's all four of us, everyone's attention bounces to the next thing.

A few moments later...

One of the things we were doing on the live show today was to pick stickers that had words and emojis, then put it next to the song titles on the board next to Rose.

I'm still feeling happy for this day! I wish I could sing the songs for all of the Blinks out there, but they're going to have to wait!

Jennie and Jisoo have the tablets where they read the comments from the fans on the V app.

"Na-na!! Wakey, wakey!" I say, to poke at the Korean Blinks who aren't up yet.

I can hear Jisoo read some of the comments still.

"Saranghae. Lisa, so cute," she says.

"Thank you!" I reply back to her.

See, I know she was just reading a fan's comment, but I can't help but think out of all the people watching and typing along, that she picked those on purpose. I hope she loves me too!

Throughout the whole show, talking about The Album and making sure not to spoil anything, has got me going crazy! It's hard not to.

You know what else is hard not to do? Look at Jisoo unnie without melting or having my heart race! I feel like I stare at her all the time. Especially when we're not seated next to each other. I can't help it, man! I just know I was doing it again, but I don't care.

(The part where Jisoo reads the fan comment is ~12:00)

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A/N: What do you think so far? It's only going to get better from here! See you in the next Chapter!