Find a Light (JenLisa Adaptation)

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For the first time since almost three months, the sound of the doorbell buzzing in her apartment made a grin appear on Jennie's face. She made an attempt to jump up from the sofa but was stopped by a harsh glare from her sister, who put the fashion magazine she was reading down to answer the door.

Twisting her body so that her arm rested on the back of the sofa and she could have a perfect view of the door, Jennie bit her lip in an attempt to muffle her growing grin when the person who caused it in the first place stepped into her sight. After Lisa returned Claudia's glare, her eyes moved to lock with Jennie's and the soft smile Jennie loved to see danced around Lisa's lips.

"Hey you! You're late."

Lisa smirked and walked towards Jennie without taking her eyes off of her, ignoring Claudia's grumbling as she retreated to Jennie's bedroom. "How do you figure I'm late? I just said that I'd be coming over sometime after work."

"No, you said you'd come by as soon as you finished and straight to me."

Jennie's eyes fell on a square box in Lisa's hands with 'Wendy's bakery' printed on it in light pink letters as the dark-haired woman sat down next to her with a sigh. "And here I thought you couldn't remember anything anymore. You were out like a light after you took those painkillers." Lisa used one hand to lift Jennie's legs from their stretched out place, slid under them so that she could be closer to the feline eyed woman and placed the white box on Jennie's lap. "I have a reason to be late though." Lisa flicked her eyes to the box and raised her eyebrows, silently telling Jennie to open it.

Smiling confusedly, Jennie lifted the lid of the box, eyes immediately lighting up when they fell on a delicious-looking piece of cheese cake. "Ooooh, that's so great! I love cheesecake."

Lisa grinned and reached into her bag to pull out a plastic fork wrapped in a napkin, holding it out to the brunette woman, who eagerly snatched it out of Lisa's hand, and dug into the cake. "I'm glad. When I was younger and I was sick, Jinu used to buy me a slice of cheesecake from the same bakery."

Jennie let out a hum of satisfaction and mumbled around a mouth full of cheesecake, "Really? Why's that?"

Lisa shrugged. "I don't know. It was just something he always did. So I thought why not do the same for you?"

The muffled sound of Claudia singing along to her iPod in Jennie's bedroom suddenly reached both women's ears and caused Jennie to laugh and shake her head. The brunette woman took another bit and swallowed this time before she began to talk. "I've never met such adorable siblings like you and Jinu, seriously."

Lisa's face screwed up. "Yeah. Great, thanks."

Jennie laughed. "I'm serious. It's so remarkable how amazing you two get along with each other. I guess the fact that you and him only really had each other to rely on has a lot to do with that, but... still."

"Yeah. I wouldn't know what to do without him. I think I would have come out a lot worse as a person if it wasn't for him." Lisa chuckled but Jennie frowned and shook her head.

"You're a good person, Lisa."

Lisa looked up from her lap, eyes locking on Jennie's, but mouth staying firmly shut. At last, she simply nodded. "Yeah. Well, you have Jinu and Niki to thank for that."

Jennie smiled at the way Nicole's name rolled so easily off of Lisa's tongue when talking to her, remembering a time, where she refused to talk about her at all. Look how far we've come, Jennie mused to herself and lowered her head to hide her growing smile. Lisa didn't seem to notice as her hand gave her thigh a squeeze. "But hey, you're one to talk. I mean, Claudia fights like a lioness for you."