If this is a rom-com, kill the director | Jenlisa

Much Ado

A year has passed since the wrap of Romeo and Juliet. The movie was a huge success, and Lisa's been basking in the joy of all the new roles that have sprung up in the aftermath. She was in the public eye once more with more and more interviewers prying into her private life, much to her chagrin. Still, nothing much could dampen her spirits, not with her cousin smiling again.

Speaking of her cousin, Rosie finally got her big break. After she'd been outed to the world, thousands and thousands of people spoke up in support for her.  When she had come out, herself, speaking honestly without any gossip or rumour, she found herself being offered all kind of roles, and her confident self was back again once more. She and Jisoo are still going strong, and the two of them seem very happy together.

Kai and Jennie are still friends. Kai's career had taken a little bit of a hit with a few people dragging him down for outing Rosie without her permission. But with the apology that he'd made, it was picking back up again. He'd become more aware of the people around him and learned a little more about what he should and shouldn't say. Jennie was proud of him for that.

And Jennie and Lisa?

They're happier than ever.

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"Thank God today's over," Lisa exhales loudly as she enters their shared apartment. "If I have to hear one more question about how I said I'd never date you, I'm going to throttle the interviewer."

Jennie snorts. "You realise it's been a year since we finished filming?"

"That long already?"

She drops herself down onto the sofa where Jennie's sitting and rests her feet in her lap. Jennie mumbles something in dissent, but Lisa can see her smile.

"It's your fault they keeping asking you those questions," Jennie says. "You did say you were never going to date me. I suppose everyone's just relishing the fact that now you're eating your words. I mean, how many people were speculating that we're having sex?"

Lisa throws a pillow at Jennie. She squeaks in fear, which causes her to curl up with laughter.

"God, can you imagine what if it would have been like if we'd never got our heads out of our asses?" she says, once her laughter subsides.

"It would've made all the press events and interviews fun," she says.

Lisa takes her legs away from Jennie's lap and curls up at her side, her head resting on her shoulder. "I'm glad we sorted ourselves out," she mumbles.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

She twists around to kiss her.

"You do realise that they're going to be calling us star-crossed lovers for the entirety of our careers?" she says, once they break away.

Lisa crosses her eyes and gags. "I never liked Romeo and Juliet all that much. Thought Juliet was a bit of a drip, really."

Jennie makes an indignant sound, and gives her a gentle shove.

"Hey, I said Juliet, not you," she says, grinning.

Jennie scoffs. "Yeah, sure you did," she mutters.

"I always thought we were more like Beatrice and Benedick than anyone else," she says.

Jennie cocks an eyebrow. "Funny you should say that."

She lifts herseld up off the sofa and potters around the kitchen until she finds the envelope she's looking for.

"My agent just sent over a new script that he thinks you and I would be perfect for," she says, handing over the envelope to Lisa.

She takes it from her and pulls out a copy of Much Ado About Nothing, and breaks out into laughter again.

"Are you kidding?"

"Nope," Jennie grins. "This is our new film."

"Amazing," she says, dropping herself back down onto the sofa. "More Shakespeare with you."

She wrinkles her nose as she says 'you', but Jennie knows she's joking. Secretly they're both thrilled that they get to work with each other again.

"At least it's not a rom-com," Jennie says, sitting down beside her and letting Lisa rest her head back on her shoulder.

"Ugh. I think I'd end up killing the director," Lisa mutters.

The two of them laugh, and then silence falls as they both enjoy each other's company.

"Lisa?" Jennie says.

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

"I know," Lisa says, hiding a grin behind her hand.

"Hey!" Jennie says, indignantly, and hits her with the cushion, the two of them engaging in an all-out pillow war, something that happened on a regular basis between the pair.

They both end up sprawled across the sofa, their stomachs hurting from the laughter. When their shoulders stop shaking and they begin to calm down, Jennie crawls up and curls up next to Lisa.

"Jen?" Lisa says.

"Yeah?"

"I love you too."

That's how things continue with the two of them, with the playful arguments and fights that have defined their relationship from day one. The two of them are popular, successful and most importantly, happier than they've ever been.

Lisa still isn't a romantic person. She's never going to go gooey-eyed, and she's always going to gag a little when Jennie says something a little cheesy. There are some lines in some of the scripts she has to read that she'll never be comfortable saying.

But this, this is comfortable. This is Jennie, sweet, silly Jennie who she was so utterly wrong about, turning out to be the one person she can't imagine her life without.

When Lisa grows old, becomes calmer but no less headstrong, when she has children of her own that will grow up to be just as strong-willed as she was, she'll look back on the whole thing and laugh. She came into the production determined to hate Jennie; there was nothing in her mind that could change her opinion of her, nothing that could make her see her in a different light. Then, through a few weird circumstances and one or two convoluted plots, she came out loving her.

And that's really something, Lisa thinks.

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sorry for the very late update, the past few months have been very stressful. I'll update in the oneshot book to make up for it too!!

btw I'll be uploading a new adaptation soon so keep an eye out!

also, belated merry christmas and happy new year!