Slowly Falling | LK Adaptation

Chapter 20

At 7:00 p.m. Jungkook set his status at 'busy' when he didn't get any orders. He didn't want to keep Lisa waiting and go hungry, so he rushed and managed to ring her doorbell at exactly 8:00 p.m.

"Jungkook, you're here." Lisa opened her front door and greeted him.

When he saw her, Jungkook's thoughts couldn't help but wander, especially when he saw several hickeys on her exposed neck.

A record of their accomplishments.

"...." He suddenly turned bright red, his breathing becoming erratic.

"Come in." Lisa bent down and brought out a pair of slippers for him. As he slipped off his shoes, Jungkook noticed something. It was a different pair to the ones he wore last time. These look brand new.

"Are...are these new?"

"Mmh."Lisa nodded. "I saw them while I was in the supermarket. I thought the blue color would suit you, so I bought it. You can wear them from now on."

His gaze turning limp, he put on the slippers.

Later...

"What do you have in your hand?"

After Lisa asked, Jungkook offered her the bag. "Oh, these are some fried dumplings I bought on the way here. I was afraid you'd be hungry, so I thought you could eat these first to tide you over."

"Alright, I'll go get a plate for it." She went into the kitchen and took a plate, two bowls, and two pairs of chopsticks. Setting the table, she said: "You have some too."

"No, I'll just start cooking." He replied. Then, he slowly took out a small paper bag from his backpack and handed it to her. "This...this is for you."

Lisa had just taken a bite of a dumpling. After hearing his words, she looked up towards him. In his hand was a small pink paper bag with a pair of rabbit ears printed on in. It was the logo of BUNNY.

"Lipstick?"

"En."

Jungkook didn't say anything else, so she took the paper bag and took out the lipstick. "Ah, it's this one. I wanted to buy this, but they were out of stock the last time I checked." Lisa raised her head and gave him a smile. "Thank you."

"N-no, no, it's nothing."

Lisa's mouth raised a little more. She went out to the living room and took out a small mirror. "Let me try it."

She had light-colored lips, so she didn't need a lot of lipstick to stain her lips. After applying the lipstick, she rubbed her lips together. The color was a full red with hints of peach. It was as if she had just drunk some wine, and the drink accidentally stained her lips.

She turned towards Jungkook, who had been standing nearby and asked: "How does it look?"

"Good, looks good." He finds that he always seems to end up stuttering when next to Lisa.

Lisa smiled again. Taking a step forward, she hooked an arm around Jungkook's neck and stands on her tiptoes. She then kissed the side of his neck, leaving a distinct lip print on the skin.

"Mmh, it's pretty."

Jungkook: "...."

His entire body was frozen, but his neck quickly began to turn red, and his ears started to look like they were burning.

Lisa laughed as she leaned on a table. After a long while, Jungkook managed to come back to his senses. Still stammering, he said: "L-let me cook first."

He was so jittery that he even forgot to wipe away the lipstick mark on his neck. Lisa didn't remind him, and instead followed him back into the kitchen.

Opening the fridge, she looked at him. He looked at its contents and said: "We can make three-color chicken with garlic shrimp and some vermicelli soup. Is that alright?"

(T/N: Three color chicken is 鸡肉炒三丁. I took some liberties when translating this. Basically, stir-fried chicken with cucumber and carrot [all diced], hence the 'three-color.' )

Lisa: "You're the chef, I'll listen to you."

"Alright. Then wash these first, I'll deal with the shrimp." Jungkook picked up a lotus root, some lettuce, and some carrots then handed them to her. After this, he started to peel the shrimps.

Lisa doesn't really have much cooking experience, so she was somewhat nervous when she picked up the knife. But she had fairly dexterous hands due to her job, and Jungkook gave her some helpful tips, so she managed to dice the carrots.

When she finished dicing the carrots, Jungkook was pretty much done peeling the shrimp. Taking the kitchen knife from her, he said: "I'll cut the set of it, you can run some water through vermicelli and mix them up with some soy sauce."

"Alright." She took out a big bowl and put the vermicelli noodles in it. When she turned around, she became overwhelmed by the exquisite technique Jungkook was displaying. "You cut so fast, aren't you afraid of accidentally cutting yourself?"

"Practice makes perfect." He replied. "I'm used to it."

"Ah..." She went back to the noddles and turned on the faucet to fill the bowl with water. After a while, she drained the water and took out a bottle of soy sauce. "How much soy sauce do you want?"

"Just a little, don't pour too much."

Lisa thought about it, then asked: "Do I need a dropper?"

"..." Jungkook's hands that were cutting the vegetables stopped for a moment. "Dropper?"