Need You To Need Me | Jenlisa

XXVII.

Jennie had given up on the idea that Lisa would come back to school any time soon.
Even so, her eyes still widened every time they'd catch a glimpse of blonde hair, or a sniff of what resembled the younger's perfume.

But that morning, her mind had been so tired from all the sleepless nights that she had been going through for the last month, that she hadn't even bothered to keep her head high while walking down the main hallway of her high school.
With her gaze following her feet, she was making her way to class.

Leaning on a locker nearby, was Lisa. She had been shamelessly flirting with Soojin, exchanging words that she had never thought she'd say to a girl, when suddenly her eyes caught onto something. Or rather, someone: Jennie, walking towards her with her head hanging low.

At the sight of the brunette coming closer by the seconds, Lisa felt her adrenaline levels rise dangerously. Her eyes kept going back and forth from Soojin to Jennie. She hoped the former wouldn't notice it.

When Jennie was just a few feet away, Lisa's breath caught up in her throat.

But Jennie walked right past her, not giving the taller girl even a glance.

Lisa exhaled, but still couldn't help but feel an arising feeling at the pit of her stomach.
Had Jennie avoided her on purpose or had she simply not seen her?

Her mind was racing at that point and Soojin, given her extremely attentive nature, had already noticed and caught up on what had just happened.

"Lis? Are you listening?" The brunette had said, while taking Lisa's hand gently and interrupting the blonde's train of thoughts.

"Yeah, yeah I just got distracted for a second. Sorry" Lisa's eyes had widened for a second before answering the girl's question. She hoped Soojin couldn't see just how conflicted she was at the moment.

"You should talk to her" Soojin said right after.

"Who?" Lisa pretended not to catch up on who the brunette was talking about.

"Jennie. Isn't it her who just got you distracted?"

Lisa sighed. Of course Soojin would notice her sudden change of behavior. She was top of her year for a reason.
Instead of answering, Lisa hummed and tried to avert the younger's eyes that were set on her. When the bell rang, she made an excuse about how she had to go to class straight away and greeted her goodbye with a kiss on the cheek before saying they'd see each other later for lunch.

Thankfully, Lisa didn't share her first period with Jennie. They'd have an afternoon class together that day, though. But still, that meant that Lisa could have the whole day to prepare herself on how to deal with Jennie.

Between having to try to catch up on as much lost material as she could and speaking to teachers about her three weeks "family problems related" leave from school, Lisa entered the cafeteria for lunch feeling like she was already done with the day.
Thailand had been good for her mental health surely, but it had also slowed her down a bit. She wasn't used anymore to the frenetic high school life. At that time of the day she'd usually be laying on a towel at a beach with Minnie somewhere, and the only worry that would cross her mind would be which book to read next.

Feeling exhausted, she had lined up to get some food, failing to notice not one but two sets of cat eyes that were staring at her from two different sides of the cafeteria.
One was coming from Soojin, who was patiently waiting for the blonde to make her way to her table. The other came from Jennie. Rather than her usual daring look, Jennie looked perplexed. Flabbergasted, actually.

The older girl kept watching Lisa the whole time, from her light chatting with Chaeyoung who had spotted her in the crowd to her making her way to a brunette-haired girl.