Blackpink Imagines

J.k(Competition 2)

One day, you decide that you had enough. You were just tired. Maybe it was time to acknowledge that Jen wasn't ever going to answer you. That she was just trying to reject you nicely.

You drop her off at her house the night before with a smile and a milk-flavoured ice cream. You two had been talking for hours and neither of you wanted to leave the other's company, but the sky was darkening rapidly and both of you needed to get home.

She's still your best friend, and she still acts like your best friend even with your 'irritating routine' and you know, with a sudden clench of your heart, that you're going to miss her like crazy.

The next morning, you don't buy her coffee, don't wait for her by her locker, don't carry her books and you only stop briefly by her class to talk. You act as if nothing has changed even though Jisoo and Lisa clearly know that you haven't done your usual routine today. Jennie talks to you like nothing's different, and you do the same, but your answers are shorter, your expression distant and your gestures absent of their usual affection. You suppose that you could just act like you were her best friend, the best friend you were before all the confessing but you knew that you would never get over her that way. You had to detach yourself. This was the only way.

Jennie doesn't really know how she feels about this. You didn't tell her what you were going to do, but she knew. She could see. She could infer.

You don't ruffle Jennie's hair when the bell rings and you run out of the classroom, hair in a mess. In fact, you barely acknowledge her. You're tired, you realise suddenly and you need a break. You need to get over her before you can be on best friend terms again.

You don't walk her to her classes, or meet her for lunch. In fact, whenever she sees you and waves at you, you appear not to have seen her and turn away, talking to someone else. It hurts you but you ignore the pain in your chest. It's time to get over her, and you know it. It just took three months for you to realise and take action.

That day, Jennie had practice, but you didn't stay. You leave immediately when school ends, hood over your head, hands in your pockets.

Late in the afternoon, Jennie walks out of the school gates and glances around, almost as if she's looking for someone. She doesn't find anyone, however, and unknowingly her shoulders slump.

Jen sucks in a deep breath before slinging her bags over her shoulders - how long had it been since she had to hold all of her bags by herself? - and trudges forward, beginning the long, silent and surprisingly lonely walk back home.

The next day, the same thing happens. You don't appear by Jennie's locker, you don't walk her to class and when she talks to you, you answer in a somewhat distant and detached manner. She sees much less of you around.

At first, Jennie tells herself that she's supposed to be happy. You're finally leaving her alone and giving her what she wants. She should rejoice in this fact and enjoy it - this newfound freedom - but instead she finds herself suddenly silent. It feels as if something's something missing.

Jisoo and Lisa shoot her knowing glances.

On the third day, Jennie buys her own coffee and walks over to her locker, half expecting to see you in your usual attire of t-shirt and jeans, holding a cup of coffee while that familiar and endearing smile adorns your face. You weren't there, of course, and Jennie tries to ignore the sinking feeling in her chest.

It's okay, she tells herself. This is what she wants, this is what you need, what you both need. This is good.

But it doesn't feel good. It feels like she'd just lost something inherently important to her.