From Day One | JENSOO

Chapter 24

Easy come, easy (let me) go.

Jennie scanned her DVDs, searching for something she, Jisoo and Ella could watch. She went through each DVD twice, all seventy-eight of them before picking The Lion King. The movie was a classic and not to mention her favorite; till this day, Mufasa's death still made her cry.

Ella and Jisoo were talking when she left to get a movie but it was strangely quiet now. She walked down the stairs, reading the back cover and talking absentmindedly.

"Did you know The Lion King was made in 1994? It doesn't—"

On the bottom step, she stopped, both talking and walking, and got a glimpse of Ella swiping something behind her back, face stricken with fear. Her eyes then went to Jisoo, sleeping on the couch.

"Why does Jisoo unnie sleep with her tongue out?" Ella asked in an attempt to distract Jennie.

Jennie walked closer to them, almost dropping the movie once she got a clear view of Jisoo. Her laughter burst through her words but she tried hard to be serious in front of Ella and used a stage whisper.

"E, why did you draw on Jisoo unnie's face?!"

Ella shook her head, more guilt than fear now creasing her babyish features. "I'm sorry, unnie! Please don't be mad."

How could Jennie be mad when she was on the verge of laughing her lungs out? In addition to the hilarious sight of Jisoo sticking her tongue out, Ella had drew a moustache, thin lines extending to Jisoo's cheeks then curving at the end like something out of a pirate movie.

Jennie put a fist to her mouth and turned from Ella so she wouldn't see her smiling. When she composed herself, she turned back to her sister, her words cold and demanding.

"Go up to your room right now and no TV."

Ella said a quiet sorry to Jisoo before marching up the stairs. Jennie didn't need to follow the girl to see if her orders were listened to. The guilt alone would be punishment enough for Ella.

Jennie thought what to do. It would have been cruel to wake Jisoo since the girl barely had any time to sleep the past few days, but Jennie wouldn't leave her with the moustache. She took a marker and drew a zigzag line on Jisoo's forehead. Before her laughter awoke Jisoo she took a post it from the den, wrote a note for Jisoo to call her when she woke and stuck it to Jisoo's forehead, leaving the girl to sleep.

*

Rosé didn't get why department stores always played the crappiest music. It seemed like their entire repertoire consisted of dinky tunes her grandparents wouldn't even listen to.

Malls weren't her favorite place to shop in but she needed some kind of lip balm. There was no worse feeling than chapped lips and considering they were her favorite part of her body, Rosé took care of them.

The saleslady hounded her the second she stepped in and her nasally voice made Rosé cringe. She bought the first balm she saw and ran out to the Starbucks a few stores down.

There was a line, so Rosé turned to the customers sitting in their tables and booths and imagined little stories about their lives to pass the time. Her third victim hid behind a book, but Rosé was too far away to see the title. Too busy trying to read the cover, she didn't immediately see the face behind the book when the reader lowered it.

The hair color diverted her attention and she saw it was Lisa, though not in any way Rosé had seen. The bartender's hair was down, and blonder than Rosé remembered but maybe that was because she was seeing her in daylight for the first time.

"Miss? Are you ready to order?"

She got her coffee and when she left, Lisa didn't notice her.

On the way out, Rosé paused by a toy store, their display bombarded with new Barbies. Rosé took two sips of her coffee before going into the store and finding an employee.