Slowly Falling | LK Adaptation

Chapter 13

Lisa felt that her search for Jungkook wasn't anything serious. It was only because he had refused to go to the hospital despite being injured that she worried over it throughout the day.

She had remembered the medicinal liquor given to her by her relatives in Hong Kong. Her father said it worked quite well on him, so she wanted to let Jungkook give it a try.

Afraid that Lisa would end up waiting for a long time, Jungkook arrived at her store at 2:20 p.m.

The door was closed, but it was unlocked. There was a wooden sign hanging on the door with the 'Closed' side facing him. Pushing the door open, he headed towards the second floor. With a knock, he said: "Hello."

Lisa's hands were busy handling beeswax. Leaning slightly towards him, she replied: "Wait a minute."

She put down the wax and took out a paper towel on the table, wiping her hands. She picked up her cell phone and headed downstairs. "Let's go to the lounge."

Jungkook hesitantly nodded. "Well, alright."

The lounge in Lisa's store wasn't very big. There was a three-person sofa pushed against one wall, with a long table in front of it. The lounge door was glass with curtains installed, but Lisa seldom lowered them down. As Jungkook sat down, she went to a small cabinet and took out a bottle. She turned around and said: "This is a type of medicinal liquor brought back by my relatives from Hong Kong. Dad said it worked wonders for him, so I wanted you to try some too."

This was totally unexpected to Jungkook. The entire day he had wondered what Lisa wanted from him; now that he realized it was for this reason, he felt a little relieved. He was about to say that she didn't need to trouble herself, but stopped. She had already bought the medicine out. If he refused, she might get upset. So in the end, he agreed: "Alright, thank you."

He reached out a hand to accept the bottle, but instead of giving it to him, Lisa pointed to the sofa and said: "Sit down, I'll wipe it on for you."

Jungkook: "........"

"Ah, this, I can wipe it myself."

However, she insisted: "After putting this medicine on, a massage will make it more effective. You can be rest assured, my mother taught me some special massage techniques, and they're all tested on my father. It won't hurt one bit."

Jungkook: "........"

He wasn't afraid of pain, but something else...

"Where are you experiencing pain? In the abdomen?"

Subconsciously wrapping his arms around his stomach, Jungkook grasped at his clothes and stammered: "In the legs, legs...."

"Alright." Lisa put the bottle on the table and rolled up his trouser legs. His knee was swollen and sported large bruises. Looking at the mottled skin littered with purple-red dots, she was shocked.

When she saw his injuries, she stood up and picked up her cell phone and car keys. She then said: "You need to go to the hospital to check your injuries."

"It's fine. It only looks scary. When I was on the basketball team at university, I suffered way more."

"But...."

"It's really alright. I put some medicine last night; it doesn't hurt as much anymore."

Lisa looked at the injury on his knee, as if deep in thought. After a while, she put down her keys and said: "Well, let's try my medicine first. If it doesn't get better in two days, we'll go to the hospital."

Lisa straightforwardly decided for the wounded him. Licking his lips, Jungkook said nothing.

Lisa picked up the bottle, opened it, and poured some liquor into her palm. The scent of liquor immediately permeated the room, but it wasn't anything pungent. She touched his knee, pressing on it gently. Soon, she heard him hum in a low tone.

"Hurts?"

Jungkook shook his head and replied: "No, it was just a little cold."

"It'll warm up soon." Lisa said.

As she helped press the medicine into his knee, she explained her massage techniques to him, her pressure remaining very light. After a while, the medicine began to warm.

"Did you get any complaints yesterday?" Lisa asked.

"No," Jungkook replied.

"That's good." Lisa adjusted her posture and slightly increased the pressure. "You should make sure not to exert yourself too much. Don't put much weight on it for more than 15 minutes at a time."

"Nn...." As Jungkook listened to Lisa, his gaze subconsciously lowered to her. Because she was looking down, her hair was hanging down her face. A small movement caused her eyelashes to flutter. From Jungkook's angle, the tiny tremble made her lashes look longer. She seemed to have gone for a darker shade of red today, as her lips seemed especially seductive...as if tempting people to gently bite...

Jungkook's heart was beating faster than ever, and his breathing deepened a little. As if sensing his change, Lisa lifted her head and coincidentally met his eyes straight on.

Lisa had always felt that his deep eyes had many secrets buried in its depths. But to her surprise, his eyes this time was covered with a layer of water, and seemed bright. The medicinal alcohol on her palm felt like it was burning her skin, and Lisa shrank a little into herself. She felt her heart beating at an abnormal speed. She felt like she was drowning in this familiar feeling, as if she was moments away from disaster.

It felt like some invisible hands were stretching the silence, and this moment became extraordinarily long.

Pulling down his pant leg, Jungkook suddenly stood up: "That's good, thank you."

Lisa looked at his flustered expression, then he hastily left. She sat on the sofa and saw the bottle on top of the small table in front of her.

Ah, he forgot to take the alcohol.

She stared at the bottle for a while. Then she tightened the cap, picked up her belongings, closed the store, and went home.

When she arrived back at her place, she worked especially hard. She still had a lot of orders to do, and she brought along the beeswax to continue. She wasn't really paying attention to what she was doing, and before she realized it, she had wrapped more than a hundred pieces of candles...

Seeing the mountain of candles, she sighed softly.

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On Thursday, MONSTER formally resumed its operations. Taehyung sent along a bunch of flowers to commemorate the occasion. Lisa placed the beeswax candles on the display cabinet. She also placed a big red one on a candlestick and lit it. As it burned, beautiful tears of beeswax started to drip down, and she took more than ten pictures in succession.

Lisa's photography skills were self-taught. She had bought several books about photography and studied that way. Then, she gradually accumulated experience through actual combat. Now, all the promotional photos used in her store was done by her, with these beautiful scenes attracting many customers.

Eunha looked around the store and took out her small notebook to carefully record: 'Boss usually has something in her mind every time she does a crazy photo-spree.'

Lisa continued to take pictures non-stop for another half hour. Then, she chose the best ones and uploaded them on Weibo. Soon, Eunha knocked on her door and said: "Boss, its time to order some takeout!"

Eunha saw that the word 'takeout' caused a ripple in Lisa's usually still eyes. She blinked, then approached Xu Lian and asked: "What's wrong? You don't want to eat takeaway today?"

"No, I'm just thinking of what to eat."

Eunha laughed. "That dish we ate last time was nice. I want to try two other dishes today."

"Alright." Lisa opened the takeaway app on her phone and found the restaurant they chose last time. "Do you want to try their potato stir-fry?"

"Ok, lets order another vegetarian dish too?"

"Nn."

They soon chose another dish. Lisa thought about it for a while, then added a note as she placed their order-- Please have Jeon Jungkook deliver the meal.

Eunha was so shocked her spirit almost left her person. Jeon Jungkook, wasn't that the pale-skinned takeaway brother?

With probing eyes, she asked: "Boss, why did you specify someone to deliver the meal?" You can ask someone by name in the takeaway industry nowadays?

"No reason." Lisa replied. He was injured in her store last time. She only wanted to see if he's better.

"Oh..." Eunha knew what happened to the store that caused them to close for two days. Boss also told posted that thank you message in her Weibo.

But Brother Taehyung was also got injured by this incident, ah. When he came by this morning with some flowers, Eunha saw that his face sported a few small injuries. Why didn't the Boss care about him?

Eunha felt that she missed some wonderfully interesting drama.

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Jungkook saw Lisa's note when he received the system dispatch notice. After yesterday's emotional roller-coaster, he thought that he'd be able to face her calmly the next time he saw her. But now, this simple sentence, caused his emotions to fluctuate.

That scene in her lounge replayed again and again in his eyes, and the rapid beating of his heart made him feel like he was going to lose control any minute now.

The thoughts that surfaced from the depths of his mind when he thought of Lisa were really dirty.

"Little Kook, you're getting an order here too?" A slightly fat middle-aged man came over with a sunny smile. He was dressed in the same uniform as Jungkook.

Jungkook saw him and smiled as he called out: "Brother Wang."

"One potato stir-fry, one steamed egg soup, two rice, all done!" The boss soon came out with a bag and put them on the table in front of Jungkook.

This was Lisa's order. He grabbed the bag, but stood in place for two seconds. He looked at the brother next to him, then asked: "Brother Wang, can you help me deliver this meal?"

Brother Wang looked at the delivery address. Starlight Park, it was along the way to his own order.

"I can..." Brother Wang's gaze shifted to the note at the bottom. "But the note said they wanted you to deliver it."

What a strange thing. He's been delivering takeout for more than a year already, but he's never encountered a note that specified the takeaway boy by name.

"Do you know this person?" Brother Wang asked, curious.

"Ah, then sorry to trouble you." Jungkook vaguely mentioned another order he had to deliver and quickly left on his scooter.

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Lisa and Eunha waited of their order. As the delivery time got closer and closer, Eunha felt Lisa's mood subtly change.

She thought that this change must have something to do with that takeaway brother. She looked at the time and said: "Strange, that takeaway brother is usually so punctual. How come he's five minutes late today?"

Lisa replied: "He's injured."

"Oh, yeah." Just as Eunha was about to nod, she saw a familiar set of clothes approaching. "He's here!"

She excitedly rushed to the door and looked at the takeaway....uncle in front of her.

"Hello, are you Ms. Lalisa Manoban?" The uncle asked her with a smile.

Lisa came forward and took the bag from him: "That's me. Thank you."

"You're welcome. I wish you a pleasant meal."

"That..." Lisa stopped the takeaway uncle that was about to leave. She then asked him: "I made a note asking for Jeon Jungkook to deliver the meal. May I ask, is he alright?"