Enigmatic Eyes | JENLISA

Chapter 14 [M]

"NOONA! What the heck is that?!" Haruto screeched, startling Jisoo out of her concentration, causing her to drop the round, silver-painted object.

"Crap... Haruto!" She shouted back, grabbing the item with two very careful fingers and bringing it up to where she had it prior to being interrupted. "What's it look like it is?! It's your damn project that I've been slaving over for the past HOUR while you were upstairs doing... what was it? Oh, yeah... Painting UR-ANUS!" Jisoo burst into laughter for the 70th ... wait, no 71st time now over that same joke. "Alright, my bad... ok, I think I got it all out of my system now..."

"NOONA! Why are the planets positioned like that?! I gave you a map!" Haruto shook his head, trying to understand Jisoo's brain but deciding after one second of entering that territory that she probably lacked one to begin with. "Why do they range from smallest to largest?! Why are they in a linear position?! Noona! We're SUPPOSED to be making a small, but an ACCURATE diagram of the Solar System!"

Jisoo blinked a few times, analyzing her work. "Yes, and that is precisely what this is! Ok, kid, listen... you want to stand out, ayt. So, I thought, let's change it up a bit... That kind of thinking is how you get an A, you little fart."

"NO! What?! This is how I get an F and end up repeating fifth grade!" Haruto shouted, dropping to his knees before the model. "It's all wrong! Jupiter is supposed to go here! And, Venus is supposed to go there, Noona! And Planet X... wait, where's Planet X?!" He looked around, counting all the different shaped, sized, and colored disks.

Jisoo started to laugh deviously, and Haruto threw her a scalding look. "Ok, now... don't be mad... but I thought, not only would it be funny... but also, inspiring!" She pulled an 'X' shaped figure from the box containing all the moons that had yet to be put into place. "Planet X! Get it, kid?! Funny, right?!"

Haruto burrowed his fingers into his hair and yanked. "FUCK! I'M SO GONNA FAIL!"

"HEY! Watch that mouth, you little rascal! Relax, brat... you'll pass and come back to thank me later..."

Haruto dug through the box for the spare Styrofoam spheres. "Where are the extra orbs we bought?! The spares?!"

Jisoo reached into a second box and pulled out a string of orbs tethered to one another by a colored thread. "It is now room decoration... DAMN, I'm talented... I should start making shit like this to sell. Yeah! I can design T-shirts too! Watchu think, kid? Wanna be my partner? We can split the profit 75/30."

Haruto gasped, bringing his hands to his mouth to suppress his shock. "Noona... those were the last pieces we had... the Arts and Crafts store is closed by now. How the hell are we gonna fix this?!"

Haruto's clear agony was finally realistic enough for Jisoo to want to take him seriously. "Ok, listen, not all hope is lost... ok, where's that map. All we gotta do is just... rearrange the balls around. Problem solved, kid!"

Haruto growled. "They're planets! Not balls, you buffoon! Plus, you ruined Planet X, and I don't have a spare to fix it!"

Jisoo shrugged. "We just gotta work with what we got! Stop crying and help me!" She started to carefully pull each orb out of place. "Since when do we have a planet called X, anyways?! Did they add a new planet or sumthin'?"

Haruto rolled his eyes. "Planet X is a name given to planets that haven't been explored yet... it's a placeholder! Pluto was called Planet X prior to it being named Pluto."