Idol? Ex? Doctor? What? - english version

Part XXVII

Kim Jisoo

"So how did things happen?" Nayeon looks at me with curiosity and anxiety as she takes a sip of the milk shake.

"I don't know where to start." I take a deep breath and look at the pancakes in front of me.

"At the beginning." she says as if it were obvious "How did you two meet again?"

"She hurt her ankle in some rehearsal and they took her to the hospital, the director put me on the case and..."

"I don't know why I'm surprised, you two were always such a cliché." She cuts me off, rolling her eyes and giggles.

"What do you mean?" I squint my eyes at her.

"Sooya, have you seen the videos that exist of you two on the internet? The looks? IT WAS ALWAYS OBVIOUS THE CHEMISTRY THAT EXISTS AMONG YOU AND JENNIE!" I cover her mouth with my hand.

"Keep down, Bunny, we're in a public place, won't someone be filming? We can't just put her career at risk." I whisper softly looking around.

"Don't be dramatic, you don't see how the Twice girls and I were joking all the time and there was never any risk of careers ending." She rolls her eyes.

"Yeah, everyone knows you're kidding, it's to entertain the audience with all those almost kisses or kisses you give, but with Jennie it's different, you know how Yang is." I shake my head in denial.

"But then, she already knows about us?" She raises one of her eyebrows mischievously and I choke on my coffee.

"Bunny, I don't even remember what happened that night, how will I tell her?" I say with difficulty as I try to normalize my breathing. Nayeon slides her fingers down my arm.

"Sooya, you're lucky I remember..." I'm silent, waiting for her to continue, but she leans back in her chair and stops talking.

"So? Come on, are you gonna make me beg for it?" I cross my arms and let out an irritated sigh.

"She knows about what happened, I ended up telling her..." She bites her lower lip and I gape.

"WHAT?" I slam my hand on the table.

"Wasn't you who said a short time ago about being discreet?" Nayeon gives me a teasing smile, followed by a giggle.

"Jennie is jealous, you have no idea, my God, I'm done, she's going to kill me." I run my hand over my face already imagining the chaos that will be when Jennie returns to Seoul.

"Are you that afraid of her?" Nayeon is laughing louder.

"You have no idea how scary Jen can be when she's jealous." I shake my head in denial.

"I miss you in this kpop world, Sooya. Everyone feels." she says after a few seconds. "Don't you think about going back?"

"And do what? Launch solo career? Become an actress?" I let out a laugh when imagining the absurdity "Nah, I don't agree with that. I didn't fit in with this world when I became a doctor."

"If Jennie asked you to come back, wouldn't you come back?" She raises an eyebrow challenging me and I open my mouth to answer, but close right away. "That's what I thought." She gives a smug smile and I roll my eyes, trying to get my mind off imagining what it would be like to go back to that life.

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