Journals [Chaelisa]

chapter 12

The girls woke up disoriented and groggy the next morning. Somi was laying in an odd position, cuddling a pillow on the floor. Jisoo was just laying on the floor with her limbs spread out in every direction. Jennie was sleeping normally, curled up into a ball, resting her head on Somi's legs. They had all conked out in different places of Jennie's room, in various positions. All except an infamous two. Lisa and Chaeyoung were in the spooning position on Jennie's bed.

All of the girls had woken up by now except for those two. They had all gathered around Jennie's bed, staring at them. Jennie and Somi were slightly confused. But when Jennie recalled what she'd seen last night, she accepted it. If they were dating, cuddling would definitely be a factor. Somi just assumed they were Lisa and Chaeyoung, doing what Lisa and Chaeyoung always did. Just a little closer. But Jisoo knew it all.

"Aww," Jisoo cooed as she pulled out her phone to take a picture.

"I guess they're not fighting anymore," Somi smiled.

Jisoo snickered to herself, because they had definitely not been fighting. They'd been doing the opposite of that, whatever it was. She decided she would have to squeeze some details out of Lisa later on.

Jennie contemplated if she should let her friends in on what she'd witnessed. Maybe it was just a friendly kiss. But then again, she couldn't recall kissing any of them in a friendly way. Or at all. And they'd been friends for years. Perhaps they were actually dating. Maybe they just really wanted to keep it under wraps.

Jennie felt like her friends didn't have to hide their relationship. Knowing Somi and Jisoo, there wasn't much left to the imagination. Now that she had seen it firsthand, she could back up that claim. They didn't get weird seeing them that close together. There were no snide remarks. Well, maybe there would be from Jisoo... Simply because she's Jisoo. But even then, it would all be in good fun. And if they were hiding it, they weren't doing a very good job of it. With the assumption that they'd find out eventually, she told them.

"Guys," Jennie prompted, breaking their attention from the two sleeping girls.

"What?" Somi responded.

"I saw them last night," Jennie shared evasively.

"You saw them what?" Jisoo asked. Her statement wasn't clear at all.

Jennie backed up from the bed and urged her friends to follow. She didn't want Lisa and Chaeyoung to overhear. What if they weren't sleeping? That would be all kinds of messy.

"They were kissing last night," she said in a hushed tone.

"Really?" Somi asked incredulously. "Jennie, are you serious?"

"Yeah..." Jennie nodded as she cast a glance back at the pair. They were still sleeping, so good.

Jisoo felt the need to share what little she knew about the situation. Lisa hadn't told her any further details. What she had found out, she had to literally see for herself. They clearly weren't being open about this just yet. Although she knew it wasn't her place to out them, she was going to. She didn't like the prospect of keeping things hidden within their friend group. That was how unnecessary drama started, and they didn't need any of that.

Jisoo backed up even further and yanked Jennie and Somi back with her. "Imma tell y'all something," she started off. Then she just decided to stand in the hallway. Jennie and Somi followed her and Somi closed the door for good measure.

"Lisa and Chaeyoung go to that nasty old staircase at the end of the hall every day during lunch or something. That's where they've been. They just started coming back because apparently Lisa thought she was hiding them or something... So Chaeng wanted to prove she wasn't. Which she still was, 'cause I mean, they still haven't said anything. Then that day Lisa was acting hella sketchy, I followed her in there and saw her talking to Chaeng about it. And they were kissing and stuff in there too... I was like damn. But then I got caught, and they kissed in front of me, which was hella cute," Jisoo concluded.