𝙈𝙔 𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙀𝙇, 𝙈𝙔 𝙎𝙐𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙍 (Eng.Ver) | CHAELISA

다섯: Late night coffee date.

Lisa parks her motorcycle in front of the coffee Rosé talked about fifteen minutes later, kind of irritated because of the unnecessary traffic she had to face on her way there. But all the stress melts away when she sees Rosé, wearing a mask to hide her face and a light blue dress who falls perfectly over her delicate body.

Holy shit, she's pretty. Too pretty.

Lisa decides to stop making a fool of herself in public and hops off her motorcycle, shaking her head in an attempt to fix her hair in a very movie-like movement, black helmet still firm on her hands.

"Oh, you really do look like a bad girl. I can't really blame the articles about you." Rosé says as she comes closer to Lisa , laughing at the way the actress's nose crunched up in disapproval at the mention of the numerous fishy articles going around about her personality.

"Who said i'm not?" Lisa asked nonchalantly as they made their way inside the shop.

Rosé raised an eyebrow at the question, silently opting for not answering it. "Dating a bad girl. Sounds a lot like a middle school fantasy."

Lisa thanks the heavens above she already has her mask on by the time Rosé says those words because she's sure as hell her face is red as a tomato for the nth time that night. Was Rosé really that flirty or did she just think it's funny to do that to the actress because they're "girlfriends" now? Lisa doesn't know the answer to that question yet, but she's more than eager to find out.

They order and Lisa writes a mental note that says Roseanne Park has a sweet tooth. You know, for future occasions, nothing else.

The two girls sit as far away from the other tables as possible, even though the shop was close to empty, just to be safe. The place is cozy and is decorated with tiny white lights who reminds Lisa a lot of christmas, making her smile fondly at the happy old memories overflowing her mind and damn, she really was a baby. She feels the urge to text Jisoo, but decides she shouldn't wake up her hardworking sister just to be a whiny baby and say she misses her. For the hundredth time that week. Not that she's counting or anything.

And, of course, Rosé is sitting in front of her right now, sipping cutely on her coffee and the actress remembers she has something a little bit more important to do than crying because she misses her older sister.

(She could go back to do that later, maybe when it's three in the morning. Yeah, definitely when it's three in the morning.)

"So, tell me about it." Lisa starts, finally taking a sip of her bitter coffee. Rosé furrows her forehead in confusion. "About the girl you like. Tell me."

The singer's face falls visibly and Lisa almost regrets mentioning it, but then she remembers the reason she had left her apartment a few minutes ago was because the older girl needed to rant, and Lisa was willing to listen for as long as the girl might need.

"Yeah, that," Rosé starts, playing with the straw inside of the half empty coffee cup. "Do you know Bae Suzy, the singer?"

Lisa almost chokes on her drink and she thanks god her grip on the cup is firm enough because she would lose her mind if she ended up having burning black coffee all over chest. Again.

"I do, she has nice songs," Lisa answers in a calm voice, trying to cover the fact she almost had a heart attack because yes, pretty girls are indeed always surrounded by other pretty girls. The fact Roseanne Park had a fling with Bae Suzy was enough to prove the accuracy of that theory.

Rosé nods, smiling fondly and something inside of Lisa 's chest aches at the view in front of her. "We know each other for quite a long time and we were supposed to debut together in a girl group. Crazy, isn't it?"

The smile in Rosé's lips doesn't reach her eyes and Lisa has to look away for a while, nodding her head slowly as she glances at the plastic cup placed in front of her. "As you can see, destiny had other plans for us and today we're both soloists. We had always been close, but during these past few months something... sparkled between us? It was clear that we liked each other as more than friends."

Lisa nods again, taking a long sip of her drink this time.

"I was going to ask her to be my girlfriend next week," Rosé bites her bottom lip anxiously. "But things didn't quite go as I planned."

The actress's heart was broken. Rosé seemed to really like Suzy, and knowing she had to give up on her own happiness and on the girl she likes for a stupid contract her agency shoved down her throat was infuriating. And even when everything in her life seemed to be falling down, she still found a way to be nice to Lisa . Would Lisa do the same if she was on her shoes? To be honest, she doesn't know — but she wholeheartedly admires Rosé for it. She sure had a lot to learn from the singer.

"I'm so sorry."

Lisa feels stupid for saying those words. She feels like she should say more, say that Rosé was incredible and that she deserves all the happiness in the world, that she looked way too pretty in a blue dress with her cute black mask hanging under her chin, that she should smile more often because Lisa is sure her smile is beautiful even though she had only seen the sad version of it so far. Lisa is so deeply sorry that even when she's dying to say something else, to add some light to her phrase, those three meaningless words are all the actress manages to blurt out.

Rosé smiles. It's still a sad smile, but it makes Lisa 's tensed muscles relax for a while.

"What about you?" The singer asks and Lisa looks up from the transparent straw she's holding between her fingers. "What do you think about all of this?"

Lisa shrugs. "It's not like I have someone I like, but it pisses me off that we're being used to make money. I mean, that's basically the truth behind being a star, but you know what I mean," the actress takes one last sip of her coffee. "And I kind of hate what they're making you go through. And by kind of I mean a lot. I really wanted to punch both of their faces during the reunion."

Rosé laughs and Lisa vibrates silently. She's laughing, she's laughing! "They can be a real pain in the ass sometimes."

"Men." Lisa says, voice and features filled with nothing but disgust, and it makes Rosé break in a laugh again, louder this time.

"Men." The singer agrees, following Lisa 's expression but in a funnier, exaggerated way. And then both of them are laughing again.