Find a Light (JenLisa Adaptation)

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"I want to build a house here."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure Jisoo! Don't try to tell me what to do!"

"Okay, okay."

Jennie tried so hard to keep her attention on the game and the bickering of Jisoo and Rosé, but every other second she found herself glancing to her left, where Lisa was sitting as stiff as a stone, the troubled frown not leaving her face ever since Jisoo had interrupted them.

Lisa's question stayed unanswered, which obviously bothered Lisa quite a lot. Jennie on the other hand... what would she have said if Jisoo hadn't saved her from answering? Of every person, did Lisa really have to ask her that question? She was the last one who would be able to answer that because she was the one person who fell in love with Lisa.

Would it have been selfish if she had told Lisa that, of course, she could fall in love again? But who was Jennie to tell that it wouldn't be possible again? On second thought, it really was for the better that she didn't answer. Who knew what would have escaped her big mouth...

"Jennie, it's your turn."

Without really grasping the fact that Jisoo talked to her, she reached over and grabbed the dices out of her hand, threw them onto the board and pushed her token five spaces forward, landing on one of Lisa's properties. Jennie took a deep breath and turned to Lisa, her pale face still wearing that frown as she stared at Jennie's silver little dog.

"How much do I owe you?" She asked in a soft voice and watched with her teeth biting her tongue as Lisa took a glance at the card, mumbling the amount of money Jennie had to pay before she finally turned her gaze towards her, light intense eyes meeting her own.

They were dark, the green pigments in her eyes almost showing away blue, pupils dilated as she looked at her, almost painfully. The realization that they weren't alone here and that Jisoo and Rosé probably watched them suddenly popped into Jennie's head, so reluctantly, she turned away to collect Lisa's money.

Her entire body tingled and for a moment, she really thought she could hear the sound of crackling high voltages as her fingers touched Lisa's, and she swore she saw Lisa swallow hard as she retracted her hand and sorted out the money.

Man, she would give anything right now if she could just. Go. Home.

~

Thursday,

January 9th, 2020

Lisa absentmindedly bit down on her thumbnail and watched with empty eyes as Jinwoo flew around her kitchen, attempting to cook his special pasta. Every now and then, she had caught him shoot glances at her, his eyebrows creasing down when he saw her face still blank of anything. He found himself more than worried when he had called her a couple of days ago, only to hear that kind of tone in her voice.

After a little bit of questioning her, he had found out that it had something to do with Jennie, what exactly it was, Lisa hadn't told him. But really, he knew his sister, he had been able to figure it out by himself.

"So," he spoke up after clearing his throat, "How's Jennie doing?"

Her response was immediate. "Don't talk about her," she mumbled quietly and looked at the surface of the counter she was sitting at, "Just don't."