a year of sundays || Chaennie

August - Part 2

warning: homophobia
sorry for any mistakes

Still August "So I heard you and your mom had a pretty big fight last week. Is it true that she slapped you and then threw you out onto the street because you broke up with Song Mino? Because that's what everyone is saying."

Jennie looks up from her book, completely startled at the intrusion, and doesn't even think to stop the smile on her face as she looks at Taehyung and Jisoo approaching her. Of Mice and Men forgotten, she stands up and rushes towards the two to grasp them into a hug she hadn't known she needed until she felt it. Chaeyoung is everything to her, and even more than that, but sometimes she wishes she had others to speak to. It's refreshing to hear the deep laughter of Taehyung and the feel the firm arms of Jisoo surround her.

"What are you two doing here? I thought you'd both be settling into dorms and things by now," she grins, cheeks hurting a little from her wide smile, and she's not ignorant to the look that the couple share. "Wait."

"No," Jisoo starts but she's giggling, actually giggling, and Taehyung rolls his eyes before he puts his arm around the girl's shoulders. He presses a kiss to her temple with such ease that Jennie actually feels jealous, but Jisoo winces a little in jest and pulls her head away, face contorted into feigned annoyance. "Whatever. This guy couldn't go a month without seeing me. It's pretty understandable but kind of needy too, you know? I came back to spend the weekend with him. And since he's at Ulsan Uni and also working we figured a trip home couldn't hurt since I doubt either of us will be back until Thanksgiving. We've sort of been doing a bit of traveling around until we really move in, so."

"I'm so glad to see you both," she breathes out and makes a note to not comment too much on their relationship because it looks kind of new, and Jisoo isn't the type of girl to talk about things like that.

Taehyung makes a noise like he understands and gives her a look, his understanding eyes making it hard to look away, and she bites her lip a little as he tilts his head. "Everything okay, Kim?"

"Mm," she lies. The look Jisoo gives her lets her know that neither of them believes her. So, for the infinite time, Jennie takes a breath and wonders if she'll ever go a day where she won't have to come out. "I told Mino I was bisexual and he didn't exactly have the best reaction to it. I told him I never wanted to speak to him again."

She's not sure if Joohyun, or Jisoo, told Taehyung her secret but to his credit, he doesn't really react with anything more than sympathy and he presses his lips together. "I always figured he was a bit of a wet blanket anyway," he finally says and it's so awkward, so random to her coming out in the middle of the street, that it actually makes her laugh.

"Yeah, well, my mom thinks he's a gift to the Earth and she tried to invite him to my birthday next week," she shrugs, still giggling a little, and runs a hand through her hair in frustration. It would have been perfect, to have told her mom about her and Chaeyoung then and there but she wants her to find out naturally and not blame it on high running emotions or Jennie wanting the upper hand. She hates that she's thinking that way, but God. It's hard not to. "I'd invite you both but I don't actually think we're doing anything now since I yelled at my mom in front of everyone and she's trying to save face by acting like it didn't happen. Instead, it's some family thing which is mostly so that people can't come to our house and watch us being fake-happy."

Jisoo laughs at that and Jennie grins, happy to have made her friend happy. "Fuck, I don't miss this damn place at all," Jisoo admits and Jennie looks at her, wondering if leaving really is as good as she's making it look. "You've just got to deal for one more year, Kim. Then you and your lady-love can do your thing whenever, wherever, you want."