From Day One | JENSOO

Chapter 27

I'll break whatever won't bend.

Sooyoung opened the door to the apartment, almost falling inside, her boyfriend doing the same. Her laughter quieted immediately when she saw the figure on the bed. She hit Sungjae in the arm and told him to shut up when he wouldn't stop laughing.

"Ow! What the hell you hitting me—" She landed a punch square in his chest and he tumbled out of the room and into the hallway. She kissed him on his wrinkled forehead, face scrunched in pain.

"I'll call you later."

"But we were supposed to—"

Sungjae got cut off with the slamming of the door. He raised his fist then bit down on the hand, refraining from pounding on the door.

"I swear that girl, all she does is order me around..."

Adjusting his cap to shield his eyes, he made his way down the hallway.

Sooyoung carried her bag to her bed and put it down without making any noise. She walked to the other side of the room and saw Rosé was asleep. It was the late afternoon, any other time Sooyoung would have been worried (Rosé didn't take naps, she said they were for old people) but Sooyoung was just thankful Rosé was finally sleeping.

The week had dragged on cruelly; Rosé came and went at odd times in the day and not once did Sooyoung see her in bed. She was starting to worry over Rosé's wellbeing, sleeping so little was never a good sign, but, for now, she could relax.

Rosé's desk was cluttered, but not with the usual books or papers. There were a few open CD cases and glancing back at Rosé, Sooyoung saw the girl had her headphones on and an old CD player resting on her stomach. Sooyoung closed one of the cases and read the name of the group.

"Nell."

Whoever they were, they did more than Sooyoung could.

*

Jisoo put down her phone after checking it again. There were no new messages and there hadn't been any new messages since she made the call at the Golden Fox earlier that week. The wages she received from DJ'ing at the club were substantial and got rid of some of the collectors but they'd only stay away for as long as Jisoo had money. DJ'ing at Era was only a weekend thing, Suho had other DJs to fill in during the week and Jisoo couldn't ask him to fire them so she could work instead. The races were her last option, but now, even that wasn't looking plausible.

"Wow, you look really different in the day." Jisoo looked up and smiled at Lisa.

"Same here. I can actually see the color of your eyes."

Lisa sat in the chair and Jisoo put her phone away so it wouldn't distract her.

"How're things going?" Jisoo asked, scooting closer to the table and watching Lisa put the small menu to the side. They had arranged to meet up, like promised, and talk. Jisoo had picked up her last check from her uncle when Lisa called.

"Well, but boring. There's no one to talk to anymore."

The pout Lisa gave made Jisoo laugh. It was uncharacteristic, or maybe it wasn't, but Jisoo hadn't known Lisa long enough to notice.

"Yea, school isn't exactly fun either."

"But at least you get to see the sun." Lisa flicked her head once, shifting her bangs more to the left. "I feel like I'm becoming nocturnal."

It hadn't taken long for Jisoo to get adjusted to functioning at normal hours but she did get kicked out of her math class for falling asleep on the first day back to school.