I've got you under my skin ‐CHAENNIE‐

Chapter 6

Rosé sent the text, then turned to her side, kept her phone away, closed her eyes and feel asleep thinking about that odd sense of happiness her heart felt, the minute her lips collided with Jennie's. It was so unexpected, it was supposed to be pure sex, just lustful cravings, but her heart was doing flips, her soul felt light and her whole body felt new. What could that even mean?

She opened her eyes and thought about the whole soulmate tattoo thing this world's got going on. 'Nah' she thought after a beat and fell asleep to the idea of hooking up with Jennie tomorrow again. Somewhere at the back of her mind she made a mental reminder to talk to Jennie about the whole 'Kai' situation. If they've broken up, then technically, this was okay, right? Right?

It was a Saturday evening.

Rosé had messaged Jennie with her address this morning and asked her to come over at around 6 pm so that they can get to work on their assignment.

So here she was, standing at Rosé's door, butterflies in her tummy. Because she knew what she wanted today. She wanted to kiss Rosé. It was an unexplainable thirst. She couldn't wrap her mind around it.

She hadn't even slept well last night, all she could think about was the feeling of Rosé's lips. She was almost certain, she'd attack them as soon as she saw Rosé.

So when she knocked, she took a deep breath to calm her nerves. 'What is this desperation, Jennie? Get a hold of yourself.' She spoke to herself internally.  

She heard footsteps making their way to the door from the inside. And her heart began to race. 'Stay calm, stay calm.' She had to remind herself.

When the door swung open, she was met with a darker shade of brown. No these weren't Rosé's eyes.

"Hi, can I help you?" the dark blonde haired woman asked.

"I... uh..." she mumbled.

Suddenly, Rosé appeared in the doorway behind the woman.

"Jennie! You're here!"

"Alice, this is Jennie, my study partner? For English? I told you I called her over..."

"Oh yes, I'm so sorry, come in..." the woman said.

"Jennie, meet Alice, my sister" Rosé introduced them.

"It's nice to meet you," Jennie said

"Oh now I remember you, you were at the party, you're Jisoo's friend. But wait. I thought you two didn't get along." Alice spoke, pointing between Jennie and Rosé.

Jennie bit her lip, what were they supposed to say.

"We still don't" Rosé quickly said. "We're just... study partners, forced to complete an assignment together"

"Okaayyy..."Alice looked confused.

"Yea, I mean if it were up to me, this is the last place I'd want to be" Jennie feigned annoyance, looking around the house.

"Right. I mean I only offered because your room was such a mess" Rosé said, trying to sound as rude as ever.

"Rosé!" Alice reprimanded.

"No, it's fine. It's not like I need to impress you or something." Jennie said to Rosé.

"Anyway, let's get this done with," Rosé said, signaling for Jennie to follow her up to her room.

"Why don't you two just use the living room couch, the lighting is better here than it is in your room, Rosé," Alice said.

Rosé mouthed a 'Dammit' from where she was, Alice couldn't have seen it. She turned around to look at Jennie, and then beyond Jennie's nervous lip bite, to look at Alice standing with her arms folded in front of her.