Chasing Ghosts | Jensoo au

Look After You

Chapter titled loosely after the song "Look After You" by The Fray.

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Thirteen Years Ago...

Jisoo left the office building and turned onto the sidewalk in the center of town. She had her annual physical that day and was missing the first half of a school day. The raven continued in the direction of her high school before hearing soft music playing somewhere off the road.

Looking ahead, she saw the stone path that led to a small pond. She used to go there a lot when she was younger to feed the ducks bread.

Slowly making her way through the slightly overgrown hedges, she eventually came across the music maker.

"Seriously? It's the first week of school and you're already skipping?" Jisoo commented with her arms crossed over her chest. Jisoo was excited to finally be in high school. She didn't understand how the brunette could already want to ditch school.

The girl stopped mid song and looked up from an old wooden bench that had started to deteriorate over the years. "Well clearly I'm not the only one. Didn't think you had it in ya, silly rabbit," she smirked.

Jisoo lifted a brow. "Silly rabbit? No 'Chu' today?"

"Is a rabbit not as cute?" the brunette commented, her attention back on the instrument in her lap as she plucked the strings.

The raven's cheeks turned red. "Um, right... Well, I'm not skipping. I had a doctor's appointment. Yearly physical. I'm on my way to school now."

Jennie chuckled and shook her head as she continued to hit the strings. It was a soft, but attentive rhythm. "I should've known you'd never skip for the hell of it."
Her dark eyes looked back up at Jisoo. "Let me guess... You are the epitome of perfect health."

The raven's cheeks remained red. She didn't understand how Jennie could make her feel so self-conscious sometimes. "Why does it feel like you're judging me for something that's a good thing?"

"Not judging," she corrected as she continued to watch her fingers pluck at her guitar strings. "It's just predictable. You probably brush your teeth five times a day. I know for a fact that you actually wait thirty minutes after eating before swimming. You're the best on the track team and you're only a sophomore. And you help old ladies bring home their groceries."

Jisoo frowned. "First of all, I only brush my teeth three times a day. Secondly, I didn't wait thirty minutes once and my stomach ended up getting all wonky! Thirdly, I think you just complimented me, but I'm too shocked over the fact that you actually know I'm on the track team. And finally, what the hell does helping Ms. Lee with groceries have to do with my health?"

"You're predictable, Chu. You do all the good deeds and earn all the gold stars. You follow a set of rules and stay inside the lines. Don't look so surprised. Of course you're perfect."

Jisoo's mouth fell ajar. "I'm- I'm not perfect!"

"Miss Tightly Wound Kim whining about being perfect... It's probably killing you that the longer you waste here, the less learning you'll be doing in that big brick prison." The brunette scoffed.

Jisoo rolled her eyes. "You're so dramatic. Stop brooding and trying to analyze me. You don't know enough about me to even begin to say I'm perfect."

"Oh, but I do. You're Jisoo Kim, daughter of Sheriff Sukhoon Kim and mechanic, Sandara Kim. You've had the whole town watching over you since the day you learned to walk. The cute, clumsy girl next door. And I swear smiles are your personal form of currency."