Imperfectly Perfect [Chaelisa]

seventy two

Chaeyoung is halfway through her morning bowl of Cheerios when she looks up to see her girlfriend walking into the kitchen. She's surprised - Lisa hadn't slept over last night, so it's not like she's supposed to be there.

After a few moments, Chaeyoung says. "Are you real or am I imagining you?"

Lisa snorts. "Are you high?"

"No, it's only eleven," Chaeyoung answers, "but you weren't here last night and I didn't let you in, and I'm home alone."

"The door was unlocked," Lisa answers, "I figured you got my text and left it open for me."

"My mom must've left it unlocked when she left, because she knew I was up." Chaeyoung says, tapping out a pattern on her leg. "She went grocery shopping. I would've gone too, but I'd just woken up and I didn't want to wear proper clothes, just my Simba onesie."

"Oh, well, since you haven't seen my text," Lisa sits down next to Chaeyoung and steals a Cheerio out of her bowl. "We're going out today."

Chaeyoung whines. "But I don't want to."

"Too bad." Lisa says. "I've already bought the tickets, so we're going."

"Oh," Chaeyoung murmurs, "can we use them another day?"

"They're for today," Lisa tells her, "if you really don't want to go, we don't have to."

"No, you paid for the tickets," Chaeyoung says, standing up. "I would like to accompany you to... where are we going?"

"That's a surprise," Lisa answers, and Chaeyoung huffs, because she doesn't like surprises. Catching onto Chaeyoung's mood, Lisa grins and says, "the petting zoo."

Chaeyoung hums in thought. "Okay. I will let you take me there. I need to get dressed, though."

"Okay," Lisa smiles, "I'll wait here."

"You can come with me!" Chaeyoung says, "you can pick out my outfit. But I might need to shower, because my hair is weird right now, even though I showered yesterday. I think maybe I didn't wash it properly."

"Tie it back," Lisa suggests, and before Chaeyoung can say anything, Lisa is taking off the hair tie on her wrist and tying Chaeyoung's hair into a ponytail. "See? Now you can't even tell."

Chaeyoung smiles. "You're magic."

Lisa snorts. "I wish. But then again, even if I was magic and I went to Hogwarts, you know I'd set everything on fire by accident."

"Yes, you probably would cause a lot of disasters," Chaeyoung answers, humming to herself, "I think I'd be good at magic, because I'm smart, and once people explain things thoroughly, it is quite easy to understand. So long as the explanation is good. That's why I graduated with a 5.0 GPA and was valedictorian."

Lisa just smiles. "Yeah. Anyway, what do you want to-"

"Lili," Chaeyoung whines when she spots herself in the mirror. "My hair still looks weird. On the top. I need to go in the shower."

"Put a hat on," Lisa suggests, and before Chaeyoung can answers, "not the ugly one, or you're not invited out anymore. I'll take Jisoo."

"It's not ugly," Chaeyoung argues, "but- but... I'll wear something else so you don't complain. Somi doesn't call my hat ugly. Maybe you should give- give me the tickets and I'll go with her."

"Somi's too nice to insult your hat," Lisa says, "I'm just telling you how it is, Rosie. Can't let you think you're a fashion queen when you wear stuff like that."

"I don't think I'm a fashion queen," Chaeyoung tells her as Lisa pulls her upstairs. "I just... I wear what I like, and most of the time that's sweaters. You never make fun of my sweaters."