Imperfectly Perfect [Chaelisa]

thirty nine

Chaeyoung is absolutely ecstatic as they pass a sign that reads 'welcome to Disneyland'. So much that she even stops singing along to the Disney playlist that she'd made to stroke her fingers across Nala's fur and get Lisa's attention. "Lili, we're nearly there. We're nearly at Disney."

"I know, babe." Lisa smiles, desperate to glance in Chaeyoungs direction, because she knows the smile on her girlfriend's face will be absolutely adorable.

"Can we go on Splash Mountain first? I want to go to the Magic Kingdom straight away." Chaeyoung rambles. "And- um, we can go on Space Mountain, and I'll hold your hand, and it'll be really fun. Then tomorrow we can go to the Animal Kingdom. Do you think I could take Nala with me?"

"Only if you're sure you won't lose her." Lisa replies. "It's a big park and you could misplace her."

Chaeyoung hums in thought. "Yes. I will leave Nala in the hotel room."

Lisa smiles, because she knows for a fact that Chaeyoung's especially looking forward to tomorrow. Rosalie and Mason had told her that the Animal Kingdom is Chaeyoung's favourite park, and she knows her girlfriend is going to be in a ridiculously good mood all day.

"Are you looking forward to seeing the lions, Rosie?" Lisa asks, beaming when she hears her girlfriend mutter 'duh' under her breath. "I heard that."

Chaeyoung laughs. "Well, it was a bit of a stupid question. Of course I'm looking forward to seeing the lions. And the Lion King show. But I really want to go on Splash Mountain today, and we can go on of the classic rides like the Peter Pan one. And Space Mountain and Big Thunder. And- um, when we go to the Animal Kingdom we can go on the Yeti ride, that's one of my favourites. Can we go for a meal in one of the character cafes?"

It's a lot of information for Lisa to take in, but she gets there eventually. "We can go on any ride you want to go on, Rosie. And sure, there's a lot of different ones we can look in. Maybe we'll save that for the last day, as a sort of goodbye kind of thing."

"Yes, it will be something to look forward to." Chaeyoung agrees. "We can go to the Donald Duck café in the Animal Kingdom."

"You really love the Animal Kingdom, don't you?" Lisa laughs. "Good thing we booked our hotel in there."

"Yes, I love it, it's my favourite Disney park." Chaeyoung tells her. "I'm really excited to go there. Especially to see the Lion King show. I'm really excited for that."

"I'm excited for this whole trip. It's going to be so fun." Lisa replies, glancing over at Chaeyoung for a second. "Seven whole days in Disneyworld with my amazing girlfriend? Yes please."

"I have been looking forward to this since you suggested it." Chaeyoung admits, fiddling with Nala's tail. "I am sorry if I go into sensory overload while we're in a park and I embarrass you, because my mom always said that it embarrasses her and-"

"Rosie, you could never embarrass me. Unless you literally pulled my pants down in the middle of a park or something." Lisa laughs and squeezes Chaeyoung's hand. "It's no big deal, babe. If it happens, it happens, and I'll be there to you through it."

Out of the corner of her eye, Lisa catches Chaeyoung smiling to herself. "Yes. Okay. Good. Because I want you to have fun on this trip too."

"And I will. Anywhere is fun with you, Rosie," Lisa assures her, "even the most boring thing in the entire universe would be fun with you, because you know how to make me enjoy myself. You're a big ball of fun."

Chaeyoung laughs. "Well, I guess I am quite fun. You're fun too. You never used to be as fun as you are now, especially when you'd talk about Lucas. That was really boring and I never really listened to you when you talked about him."