I've got you under my skin ‐CHAENNIE‐

Chapter 9

It was the 6th Period. English.

When class was dismissed, Rosé went up to Jennie who was packing up her stuff along with Irene and Jisoo next to her.

"Jennie, I've got track after classes today, so I'll come over after that."

"Woah there! Park. Who's keeping you up at night? You look like a ghost!" Irene said.

Jennie couldn't place what she was feeling at the moment. It was confusing. The way her heartfelt looking at Rosé tired and sleepless. But she needed to keep up her role in front of her friends. At least it provided a good distraction from whatever it was she was feeling inside.

"Well, whatever it is, I bet it's not sex. People usually glow after sex"

Rosé rolled her eyes. She had no energy to fight Jennie right now.

"Well then mind explaining the glow on your face today, Kim. We all know you're not seeing Kai anymore, so what's going on?" Jisoo asked.

Rosé smiled. She liked this Jisoo. She was smart. Quick at picking up on things.

"Yea Kim. I hope this time it's not another douchebag" Rosé added.

Jennie looked her square in the eyes. "I have a feeling it is."

"Why Jennie?! Why would you go for another Kai?!" Irene asked, face palming herself.

Rosé began to walk away then, but not before saying with a smug smile on her face

"Only one reason, the sex, must realllly be good," Rosé said. Both Jisoo and Irene turned to look at Jennie, but Jennie kept her eyes on Rosé, winked at her, and left the classroom.

"You have some explaining to do. You're having sex and you haven't told us?!" Jisoo asked, her hands folded in front of her and her and her foot tapping against the floor.

Rosé was running. Trying to shake the drowsy, sleepy feeling off. She loved track. In fact, she used to wait for the end of the day for these 30 minutes of running. Her body always thanked her for it, but today, she couldn't keep her mind on the run. Her mind kept wandering off to Jennie. And what made her do that to Kai this morning. Why did she feel that overpowering sense of protectiveness towards Jennie all of a sudden, and she acted so impulsively on it, she'd never been that girl before?

She stopped mid-lap, panting hard. She bent down and breathed in and out, trying to bring her breathing under control. Hopefully, tiring herself out like this will help her sleep later this evening after she was back from Jennie's.

They had been working on the assignment ever since Rosé came over, freshly bathed, wearing her joggers and a fresh t-shirt tucked in. her hair was no longer in a plait. Wet from a shower, drying off slightly at the ends, she had pulled it all to one side.

She looked tired, Jennie noticed and offered that she get a nap or something before they started work. But Rosé refused, wanting to get today's part of the assignment done before heading home so that she could crash.

But her constant yawning was beginning to get on Jennie's nerves.

"Listen. I can't do this. Your yawning is making me yawn and nothing getting done. You need sleep. Just head on over to my room and crash, I'll wake you in an hour and we can get ahead on this assignment.

"I'm not going to sleep in your bed, Jennie !"

"We've done far worse. Now come on. I don't know about you, but I want to get this assignment done. And that's not happening in your mind's at its sleepy best"

Jennie all but dragged Rosé up to her room and made sure she was lying down, and trying to sleep, and then left to finish up some other homework.

15 minutes later, she decided to check on Rosé. Just to make sure she was sleeping. But she found Rosé was still tossing and turning from side to side.