I've got you under my skin ‐CHAENNIE‐

Chapter 15

Jennie had given up looking for information at the library. She had found nothing that she didn't already know. Except for what Jisoo was telling her the earlier day, that's it's been found that people with similar looking tattoos share a mild bond.

She was walking back home from school and staring at Rosé's chat window. It had been a whole week since she last saw her. Every time she asked her if they could meet, Rosé had something going on. Either guests at her place or she was feeling unwell (which brought Jennie an unexplainable amount of despair, she had felt an instinct in her to go over unannounced and help take care of her, make sure she's eating and drinking right, but she tamed it, not knowing why she should care if they're just an FWB).

Last night she had considered asking her how she was feeling but decided against it since she didn't know if it would be alright to show that kind of care.

So here she was, having not seen Rosé running around the track today, she was worried if her illness had gotten worse, and her feet almost led her in the direction of Rosé's home. But again, she stopped herself.

"Hey Rosé didn't see you on the track again today. Hope everything's okay"

"Hi, Jennie. Yes, I'm feeling much better today, but needed a day to properly recover. There's something we should talk about, come over tonight?"

Jennie felt her heart soar and drop at the same time. This whole 'We should talk' was always a precursor to an end of a good thing in movies. But just the fact that Rosé asked her to come over, had her heart feeling excited at the idea of seeing her again, after all this while.

"Yes, I'll be there" Jennie replied.

Rosé was sitting on the couch reading a book when Alice, Lisa, and Jisoo walked in.

"Hey... how are you feeling?" Alice asked as she approached Rosé to touch her forehead and check her temperature.

"The fever's gone"

"That wasn't my question," Alice asked.

How was Rosé supposed to explain to Alice that even though the illness was cured by the meds, she still felt heavy hearted? She knew what she was going to tell Jennie tonight, she knew that it might make her feel even more horrible than what she's been feeling since she got Jennie's drift of asking someone else out.

"I'm fine" she lied, but Alice didn't push. She'd talk to Jennie tonight, and only once that conversation is had, will she know how she feels.

"So, what have you guys been up to?" Rosé asked, putting her book down and looking toward the 3 women, Jisoo and Lisa had now made themselves comfortable on the couch and Alice was setting some groceries into place in the kitchen.

"Just some grocery shopping with the love birds," Alice said from the kitchen and signaled at Jisoo and Lisa who seemed unashamed.

"God, the two of them can't keep their hands off each other" Alice said, frustrated.

Rosé looked at the two of them and laughed, they were cute and very happy to love each other, it was refreshing, to see a couple choosing to ignore the fact that their tattoos were different, and choosing to love each other regardless.

Rosé sighed internally.

She hadn't realized when Alice had disappeared upstairs and wasn't quite paying attention to what Jisoo was saying until she caught onto the moment when Jisoo was checking her phone.

"Holy shit!" Jisoo exclaimed, staring at a chat.

"What?" Lisa said, leaning to her side to peek into her phone.