Find a Light (JenLisa Adaptation)

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"See? I knew it! That freaking asshole."

Determined to give him something he wouldn't forget anytime soon, Lisa shoved the cake mix back on the shelf and made a move to go over him, but was quickly pulled back by Jennie. "Lisa, don't."

Unbelieving eyes snapped to the woman holding her back. "What? He's stalking you! I'm going to kill that bastard!"

Again she tried to get to him, but Jennie's fingers just curled tighter around her arm. "No, please. Don't do something you will regret later." She paused and glanced over to where Mino was standing, only seeing his back as he disappeared around a corner. "Let me talk to him again."

"What? No way! He's –"

"He's not going to hurt me, Lisa." Jennie's hand fell away from Lisa's arm and she tried her best to reassure Lisa that she'd be fine, telling her that there are other people around too and that he wouldn't even think about doing anything, putting as much calmness as she could muster into her voice.

Truth be told, the last thing she wanted was to be alone with Mino, but if Lisa would come and talk to him with her, Jennie feared that Mino wouldn't say anything. "You just wait here and choose which cake we're going to make. Don't worry."

Before she took off, Jennie sent her an encouraging smile and lowered her chin in a slight nod but Lisa was still reluctant to let her go, her forehead creased with worry and her eyes storming with uncertainty. But she stayed where she was, reluctantly turning towards the cake mixes again as Jennie jogged down the aisle and rounded the corner Mino took just a couple of seconds ago, getting a glimpse of his retreating back.

"Mino!"

He abruptly stopped at the end of the aisle and turn back around, blankly watching as Jennie apprehensively approached him. "Why are you here? Are you stalking me now? What do you want?"

"You."

His low voice almost made her sick, her stomach churning while she tried to swallow the anxiety that was building up inside of her once again. "Mino," she said exasperatedly, "Just tell me the truth."

His face kept the blank expression as he shrugged his shoulders. "I am telling the truth."

It probably had been naïve to think that he would just spill the truth in the middle of the grocery store, and Jennie really didn't know what she really expected to hear, but his constant insistence that the only reason he was here was because he wanted her back gradually started to annoy her.

Pushing out a loud sigh, Jennie closed her eyes for a second, just collecting her thoughts, before opening them again. "Okay. So let's say you're telling the truth. Why now?"

His jaw was set as he looked away and pushed a loud breath through his nose. "Can't you just be happy that I want us to have another chance?" He gruffly spit out, starting to get slightly restless, confusing Jennie. "No, I can't. Because I told you that I don't want us to have another chance."

Jennie almost flinched when his raging eyes snapped back to her. "But it's important for me, Jennie." Out of fear, she took a step back. "Why is it important?"

A quiet curse was muttered under his breath while he ran a hand over his mouth and chin, his eyes moving away from her again and only now did Jennie notice the way he angrily ground his teeth together. With all her might, she tried to fight the fear bubbling up in her chest and resisted the urge to yell for Lisa. "Well, if you're not going to tell me... then... then I... I mean... I'm just going to ask you now to leave me alone because... you know, I... I'm seeing someone and –"