Count Your Lucky Stars •CHAENNIE•

Chapter 11

Jisoo (9:57 p.m.): JENNIE

Jisoo (9:58 p.m.): !!!!

Jisoo (9:58 p.m.): 😲😭🥺

Jennie (9:59 p.m.): Are you okay?!

Jisoo (10:00 p.m.): <image attachment>

Oh.

Oh, wow.

Jennie's breath caught as stared at a slightly blurry selfie of Jisoo and Lisa beaming at the camera. In it, Jisoo had her hand held up in front of her, displaying a dazzling round-cut diamond that gleamed brightly from her ring finger.

Jennie's phone rang, and she took a deep breath, smiling when she answered because she'd read somewhere that people could pick up on that sort of thing in your voice. "Hey-"

A piercing screech made Jennie wince and tug the phone away from her ear.

"Did you see? Did you see it?" Jisoo demanded. "Jennie! I'm engaged!"

A genuine laugh escaped her. "I saw it, Jisoo. Congratulations!"

Jisoo let loose a softer, slightly more subdued but equally as joyful squeal. "Lisa took me up to the observatory and it was-God, Mar. It was perfect. And this ring! Oh sweet Saturn. Lisa said she wanted to get me my birthstone, but apparently amethyst isn't very durable. Something abouts a Mohs' scale? I don't even know. But then she found this! The halo's shaped like a star, and get this-the band is inlaid with actual meteorite. From fucking space."

Jennie chuckled at Jisoo's out-of-control enthusiasm. "It sounds perfect, Jisoo."

"It is, it really is." Jisoo gave a happy-sounding sigh. "Lisa's on the phone with Taehyung right now, and I know I should've probably called my parents but . . . you're the first person I wanted to tell."

A knot formed in Jennie's throat, the backs of her eyelids stinging. "I'm glad you called." She swallowed before her voice could crack. "I'm-like I said, I'm so happy for you." She laughed. "Fuck. I mean, damn, Jisoo. You're engaged."

Engaged to be married. Holy shit.

Jennie's bedroom door inched open and Cat peeked inside. She inspected her surroundings with curious sniffs as she wandered further into the room, detouring to Jennie's closed closet door and smacking it with her paw. When it didn't budge, Cat headed over to Jennie's bed. Jennie tucked her feet up under her and frowned when Cat let out a demanding little trill.

"Jennie?"

"Sorry." She cringed. "I, um, got distracted. You were saying?"

"I asked if you'll be my Maid of Honor, silly." Jisoo laughed. "Lisa's making faces at me-hold on." The line went muffled, Jisoo's voice distant. "Sorry, Lisa says I should've asked you in a note or a gift box or something."

"Oh!" She pressed the heel of her hand into her chest as if she could massage away the ache inside. "I, uh, don't need a gift box."

"I could buy you a box of wine?"

Jennie laughed. "I won't say no to wine."

"So?" Jisoo asked, sounding impatient but mostly just eager.

"So of course." Warmth bloomed between her ribs. "I'd be honored." Her lips quirked. "Ba-dum-tss."

Just like she'd hoped, Jisoo chuckled. "I'm glad. Oh, this is going to be so great. It's March, and obviously nothing's set in stone, but Lisa and I were thinking about a winter wedding, so that would mean . . ."