Promotion To Your Heart

Part 5

"This lift seems to be taking so long to arrive, isn't it?" Lisa uttered to break the icy atmosphere at that moment with Chaeyoung and Jisoo. Lisa didn't receive a response in return from the two, though. It was for the reason that the situation caught Jisoo and Chaeyoung off guard. It slipped off Jisoo's mind that her friend had been trying to snoop around her since yesterday.

And with that, Jisoo had just realized, 'Is this some kind of a scheme from Lisa? Is she trying to catch me in the act again?' She had always been aware of such a habit of her friend. For over the years, Lisa had always been intrigued by her dating life. Jisoo couldn't understand why the fascination.

The lift had arrived, and the three went in. Jisoo briefly looked at Chaeyoung and signaled her to wait for Lisa to tap her room card for floor access. Then, she asked her friend, "Which floor are you heading, Lisa?" Lisa darted her a quizzical look. She ignored Jisoo's question and asked Chaeyoung instead, "Which floor are you heading, Miss Park?"

"Uhm-" Confused, Chaeyoung briefly looked at Jisoo then just surrendered on answering the question, "Nineteenth."

Lisa's eyes widened and she applauded, "Wow. What a coincidence? I am on the nineteenth too." She then looked at Jisoo, "How about you, King? Floor?"

"Nineteenth."

Lisa applauded again as if this time, mockingly, "This is really such an incredible coincidence, isn't it? Three of us are on the nineteenth floor."

Jisoo mocked back with a smile and asked, "Great. Would you do the honor of tapping your keycard for us, then?" Lisa was a bit taken back, and Jisoo noticed it. It seemed Lisa was lying about being on the same floor as them too. It took a few seconds before Lisa finally found a good rebuttal, "My keycard is actually at the very bottom of my bag. Would you mind doing it instead?"

"So is mine," Jisoo rebutted. The two friends started to battle out challenging stares. Chaeyoung felt the weird tension that she decided to offer instead, "It's fine. I'll just do it." She pulled out her keycard to tap on the access to their floor. Lisa wore a triumphant smile. Jisoo briefly glared at Chaeyoung for doing such a thing.

The elevator ride seemed to be much longer than usual for Jisoo and Chaeyoung. Lisa continuously exchanged her glance between the two of them. And given that the lift was designed with opaque reflections around, the two couldn't even look at each other or even communicate through their phones. Else, Lisa would have noticed them.

Soon, it was the nineteenth. The three of them went out of the lift and happened to just awkwardly stopped at the hall. Chaeyoung initiated, "I am on this side.." she said while pointing at the left hall. "I guess I'll see you both around?"

"Sure thing.." Lisa said as she smiled back. As Chaeyoung headed for her room, Lisa gazed at her friend. "And you, King?"

"The opposite side.." Jisoo responded. She turned away and headed to her own. "Great. I am on the same side as you." Lisa said and caught up to her pace of walking. Jisoo finally reached her door and then looked at Lisa. The latter stopped on the door right next to hers and was smiling back.

Jisoo smirked back, "After you."

"No. You go ahead," Lisa pretended to reach for her keycard in her bag. "I still need to dig in my bag. You don't have to wait for me."

"Alright. See you around, 'friend.' "

"See you."

Jisoo went inside her room. Quickly, she sent a message to Chaeyoung, asking her to give a couple of minutes. She had to wait for Lisa to be out from the halls before she could head to Chaeyoung's room. She then figured fifteen minutes is enough to bore Lisa out. So then, Jisoo firstly ducked out of her door, looked left and right to check if the coast is clear. And yes. It was. 'Mission accomplished.' she thought. She happily headed towards Chaeyoung's room.