ephemeral | Jenlisa [COMPLETED]

Chapter 11

"Have you seen Lisa?" "What the hell did you do?"

She and Sehun spoke simultaneously as she finally answered his call, ducking into the kitchen as soon as she swiped to answer.

"So, you've seen her?" Sehun asked, the anxiety in his voice more than clear to her ear that knew every tone he had. "She's there?"

"Yeah, bonehead, she's here," she retorted, conscious of keeping her voice down; she knew how voices carried in her home. "Now, what did you do?"

"I – we had an argument. I didn't mean for it to be an argument, I just..." he trailed off, heaving a sigh. "And then she left and she didn't have anything! I've been calling her and calling her, before I realized her phone's here, and it's almost like a damn hurricane storm outside."

We had an argument. His statement circled in her head, the same thing Lisa had told her.

"What did you fight about?" She couldn't help but ask, keeping her voice a whisper as she threw a look over her shoulder, just in case.

What she found the most shocking, was that for once in her life she didn't really care to have all of the details. No, she didn't care about what they fought about. Because at the end of the day, she had Lisa crying on her couch and for now, that was all she needed to know.

Sehun sighed, groaning. "Something stupid, and I didn't mean what she thought I was saying."

"You need to cut her some slack," she snapped, angry in a way she normally wasn't with Sehun, especially not on the subject of Lisa. Sehun's feelings were his own, and he was rarely anything but polite, even to people he didn't care for.

And he cared for Lisa, a lot. That was really the problem here, she knew that even though Lisa didn't.

"I know. I – so, she's safe, then?" Sehun asked, and she could picture the anxious shrugging movement he'd be making with the words.

"Yeah. She's fi–" She bit her lip, because... god, she'd never seen Lisa cry like that. She'd never seen Lisa do anything but let things bounce off of her like she was impenetrable. She didn't know if Lisa was fine. "She's safe."

"Okay. Okay, good," Sehun repeated himself under his breath.

Jennie drew in a deep breath through her nose before blowing it slowly out through her mouth. "Are you okay?" Annoyed at Sehun or not, she couldn't help but ask.

"Me? Yeah, I'm... well, kind of. But I have to text Somi and let her know Lisa isn't missing in the storm anymore."

She murmured her goodbyes and tucked her phone into her back pocket before she stirred the chicken and lentil soup she'd been simmering throughout the afternoon, admittedly putting off going back into the den for a few moments as she gathered her bearings from the last half hour.

She'd spent plenty of time with Lisa, one on one, throughout her life.

More in the last month than at any other time, really.

And even in the varying shades of how comfortable she was during those interactions, it was never awkward. Never uncomfortable, in that way. She wasn't sure if Lisa had a truly awkward bone in her body, so that certainly helped.

But managing emotions or being there for someone during a hard time... Jennie grimaced. It wasn't necessarily her forte; she'd had it pointed out enough in her relationship with Seulgi to know. Toward the end, especially.

She rolled her eyes, annoyed at herself for hesitating.

Regardless of whatever state Lisa might be in – if she cried again – she was here. And Jennie couldn't avoid her in her own house; it wasn't big enough.