Little Flower

50

"That's my best friend, she a real bad bitch." ~ Best Friend [Saweetie, Doja Cat]

The more that the two walked through the mall, the more they clicked. Sure, at the beginning it was... really awkward, but Laila was really trying to have a relationship with her, and Rosie appreciated that.

Shy murmurs and moments of tension slipped away into easy laughter and fun conversations, and Rosie felt excited to finally have a chance to have a real girl friend.

"Okay, let's go in there next," Laila grins, nudging her head towards the lingerie store.

Rosie's face practically turned red. "What?!"

"C'mon, Rosie, we're women," Laila laughs. "We're allowed to buy clothes that make us feel sexy and beautiful—whether it's for our partners or not."

Rosie looks up at her in awe and finds herself nodding, following after Laila like a lost puppy. As soon as they entered the shop, her curious eyes ran over all the different fabrics and accessories.

"How 'bout this?" Laila says. "We'll both grab some things and then go to the changing rooms. Come find me if you have any questions."

Rosie nods, and when the girls separated, she couldn't stop herself from feeling all of the different lingerie. They were beautiful, all of them having different colors or textures.

She picked up a few along the way, a variety of pastels that she thought were pretty and a black one picked especially for Jungkook. It was kind of embarrassing, but the idea of Jungkook seeing her in that set...

Rosie was about to go find Laila when the accessory table caught her eye again. She approached it slowly with her eyes set on one thing in particular, and her hand reached out hesitantly to grab it.

Oh yes, Jungkook would like this for sure.

She hid it between her lingerie sets before finding Laila, a few different things in the elder's hands as well. Perhaps she should've felt more embarrassed about buying lingerie with a girl who is literally sleeping with her brother, but she didn't really see it like that.

As Laila had previously said, she looked at it more like buying things that made her feel sexy and beautiful.

"Daisy's Diner?" Laila reads, looking at the restaurant Rosie had given her directions to.

"You've never been? Jungkookie brought me here a long time ago," Rosie beams.

They were both escorted to a booth and given menus, and they both fell into comfortable silence as they looked at their options.

"Hey," a voice suddenly says, and his hand nudged Rosie's shoulder.

Rosie flinches and looks up at him in surprise. She hadn't spoken to him in what feels like months—and maybe it was.

"Hi, Ryan," she replies, shifting uncomfortably in her seat.

Laila was quick to notice her uneasiness and cleared her throat, gaining Ryan's attention.

"Hi, I'd like to get the double cheeseburger and curly fries with the birthday cake milkshake, please," she hums, folding up her menu. "Oh! And can we get the cheesy nachos too?"

Ryan makes a surprised face and takes her menu, the look not going unnoticed by Laila. The elder poked her tongue through her cheek and folded her arms over her chest, waiting for Rosie to order.

"I'll just get the same," she says, holding her menu up for Ryan.

"Really?" he laughs as he takes it from her hands, and Rosie nodded hesitantly.

"Do you have a problem with what we've ordered?" Laila snaps, causing his head to spin in her direction.

"What? Of course not," he laughs. "It's just kinda a lot, I wasn't expecting girls like you to order that."

"Ryan," Rosie frowns, taken aback by his words.

"Girls like us?" Laila scoffs with a humorless laugh. "Girls like us can order whatever the fuck we want to without having to be judged by boys like you who think they can make comments like that to cover up the fact they have shrimp dicks."

Rosie's hands fly to her mouth and she looks at Laila in shock, her eyes wide in a mixture of surprise and awe. Her new friend was definitely a great role model, and Rosie couldn't stop the small smile tugging at her lips behind her hands.

"Excuse me?" Ryan scoffs, folding his arms over his chest as his jaw tightens.

"You have no right to-"

"Your-"

"No, I'm speaking," Laila snaps, standing her ground. "You have no right to judge what anybody is eating. I want a new waiter that will give us the service we deserve."

"Laila, maybe we should leave," Rosie says quietly, her nail scratching the table nervously.

"No, I'm hungry," Laila frowns. "We're eating, Rosie. Now, get us a new waiter before you piss me off more than you already have."

Ryan holds his hands up in defense and walks away, cursing under his breath as he storms past the customers and towards the staff members. Laila watched calmly before looking over at Rosie, and she lifted an eyebrow as the younger looked at her in amazement.

"You were really brave," Rosie beams.

"I've had more practice than I would've liked," Laila smiles, shrugging her shoulders. "Are you okay? It looked like he knew you."

"I met him when I first moved here," Rosie says, a frown tugging at her lips. "He stopped talking to me when Jungkook and I got together."

"Hm," Laila hums in acknowledgement. "Why don't you tell me about Paris? Taehyung said you guys had a lot of fun."

Rosie's eyes lit up at the conversation change and she talked excitedly about her trip with her brother and boyfriend. As she was talking, Laila slowly reached over and grabbed her finger that was still scratching the table, wrapping the younger's fingers around her thumb instead.

"Keep going, I'm listening," Laila smiles once Rosie stopped talking.

Rosie's cheeks heat up in embarrassment and she clears her throat. She wonders when Taehyung had told Laila about her little habit.

A new waiter came as Rosie continued talking, and they spent the rest of their evening eating and talking happily as a new bond began to form between the both of them.

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hi everyone ! :) i just wanted to make a quick note and say that what rosie and laila ordered was NOT a lot. i was just trying to show how ryan was disrespectful in thinking all girls should be eating smaller portions/be a certain body type.

this book is coming to an end soon and i'm so sad about it :( i love all of you so much and i look forward to your comments all the time. thank you again for reading <3 see you next chapter !