Protect Her, My Heart

just how shitty the world really is

As every night, Lisa was making her round around the property. She always tried to start at different times and changed the route she walked. It was the most basic thing she'd ever learned at the academy – no routines, because they would offer an easy target to possible attackers.

Just as she was nearing the front entrance again, she could see one of Jennie's cars entering through the gate but she knew for sure that Jennie was already inside the house. At this time of the day, Jinyoung was watching his show so it was possible that he'd simply waved the car through when he saw the license plate without paying much attention. Lisa hoped for his sake that it wasn't true.

She quickly ducked into the shadow of the house and observed the car that slowly made its way closer to her. The engine got turned off and after a few seconds a woman stepped out of it. She was well dressed in a suit and heels. Her steps were fast and determined. But before she could even reach the few steps that led up to the front door, Lisa jumped out of her hideout and pointed her gun to the woman's head.

"Don't move," she said.

The woman jumped a little in surprise which Lisa found odd. If she really was a killer then she wouldn't have moved a single muscle. But maybe she simply was a bad one.

"Turn around slowly. If I even see you flinch, I'm gonna pull the trigger."

The woman didn't even wait a second before she turned around so that Lisa could finally see her face. Her brown eyes were ripped wide open, her shoulders tense and her knees shaking. She seemed oddly familiar to Lisa.

"Who are you?"

"I... I'm Jisoo Kim. I work for Je-"

"What the hell are you doing, Lisa?" A voice to her left screamed and Lisa quickly turned to see a furious Jennie standing in the doorway.

"My job?" Lisa said but she already knew that this was the wrong answer.

"Put that gun down," Jennie snapped and stomped in between the two women.

Lisa instantly lowered her weapon. She could see that behind Jennie, the intruder – Jisoo, apparently – didn't seem any relaxed by that.

"Did you read the page in the binder about the people who have all time access on this property? Because it seems like you didn't."

There was a dark glimmer in her eyes that made Jennie's whole appearance even scarier. For a second Lisa asked herself why she even needed a bodyguard if she could pull off this look.

"Yes, I read..." she sighed. There was no way of getting out of this. "I'm sorry, it won't happen again."

Jennie glared at her for a few more seconds before she stated a simple, "good," and turned around. She took Jisoo's bag and led her inside with a soft push.

Lisa sighed softly. Now she felt bad for scaring an innocent woman but she knew that justifying herself in front of Jennie Kim would probably make the whole situation worse. Instead she decided to walk another quick round around the house to cool off.

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Inside the house, Jennie softly pushed Jisoo onto the couch and returned seconds later with two glasses and a bottle of whiskey.

"You look like you need something stronger than wine," Jennie said as she poured the first glass.

Jisoo chuckled softly and let her head drop back. "I know you're always talking about your security staff, but that's not what I was expecting. At all."

Jennie nodded her head in agreement and took a long sip from her drink.

"I mean I almost shit my pants but damn, that was hot."