Find a Light (JenLisa Adaptation)

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Wednesday,

December 25th, 2019

A thin layer of white covered the streets and sidewalks, glittering snowflakes kept fluttering from the sky and fell upon the young couple, strolling arm in arm down the street, a white and brown dog running ahead of them, relieving itself on the nearest street lamp.

Lisa pressed her forehead against the cold glass of the window and closed her eyes as the soft sound of Christmas music filled her ears. It was a perfect Christmas night. But something was missing.

...

She couldn't help but shake her head and chuckle at Jinwoo's cheerful smile as he bent down and placed a kiss on Nicole's grandmother's cheek, the older woman blushing and giggling bashfully as both of them were caught under the mistletoe.

A comfortable feeling of warmth spread through her entire body when two familiar arms wrapped around her. Lisa smiled softly and leaned back into the smaller person behind her, releasing a content breath. "Merry Christmas, love." A husky voice murmured into her ear, almost drowning in the loud laughs that echoed through the Zefanya living room.

"To you too," Lisa whispered and craned her neck, only getting a glimpse of the serene smile that captured Nicole's lips as the brunette rested her forehead against Lisa's back, eyelids hiding those eyes Lisa fell in love with a few years ago. They stood like that for a couple of moments, basking in everything the other one was; breathing, feeling and simply enjoying each other.

After a while, Lisa released a light sigh and turned in her fiancée's embrace, her eyes watching as those sparkling hazel irises revealed themselves. Without hesitation, Lisa leaned forward and captured Nicole's lips in a kiss, feeling them curve underneath her own.

"I love you," she mumbled against her mouth after she pulled away a little and felt her mouth forming a grin as her eyes dropped to Nicole's lips, seeing the corners pull up almost automatically at her words. Nicole's arms snaked around her neck, keeping their heads close together.

"I love you."

Lisa kept her grin for a moment longer before letting it drop, closing her eyes and groaning quietly. "I hate us for being so disgustingly sappy."

"We're not sappy." Nicole argued with a shake of her head and a playful frown, "We're in love."

Lisa hummed, her eyebrows twitching up, "I wonder how we'll be when we're finally married."

"Not much different than now, I suppose."

"How do you know? Maybe, I'll drop the act as soon as you say yes and I'm going to show my real side. Make you sleep on the couch whenever you do something I don't like, stop listening to you when you talk, boss you around..."

Nicole's cocked an eyebrows, "Don't you do that already? Boss me around?" she laughed when Lisa sent a glare in her direction. "Kidding."

Lisa groaned again, pulling Nicole's body flush against hers. "I swear, you'll be the death of me, woman."

"Let's hope not," she murmured with a smirk before letting her lips claim Lisa's once again.

...

Green doe eyes opened again, blankly staring out of the window and not realizing that even more snowflakes were falling now. If Lisa had known back then that this would be the last Christmas they would ever spent with each other, she would have... she would have... Lisa frowned.