Hate You, Love You. | Jenlisa

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With a long kiss goodbye, Kai drops me off at Rosé's house. I did tell my mom that I'd be having a sleepover at her house, so it's only natural I'd come here. Jinyoung, the nice butler that's been working with the Park's for years now lets me in with no questions asked and buzzes Rosé to tell her I've arrived.

Rosé comes running down the stairs barefoot in shorts and a tank top. She turns to Jinyoung and thanks him before zoning in on me. "Thank God you're alive. I was worried sick because it's like 9pm and you said I should cover for you. Your mom called me 3 hours ago but I blew her off and said you were asleep."

Note to self: call mom.

"Girl, what have you been up to? Are you in any trouble?"

Time for the big reveal.

"I have a boyfriend."

She rolls her eyes. "No shit."

"Wait, you knew?"

Rosé is not stupid, and I had my suspicions that she already knew what was going on.

"Of course, I did! I'm your best friend and I take my role as bestie very seriously. I figured with all the times you've been asking me to cover for you, you'd be seeing someone. Plus, don't think I didn't notice that you had that new relationship glow. Trust me, I've been there and done that. I didn't mention it though because you're not that slick. I knew you'd open up to me when you felt comfortable enough. My assumptions were correct."

I stand there, stunned while she has a smug look on her face. "I'm actually at a loss for words right now."

"I made you speechless?" She asks surprisingly. "That's a first because you're the Queen of Clapbacks."

"I am not the Queen of Clapbacks."

"Yeah, you are. The way you handle Nancy and Lisa will forever be legendary. I wouldn't be surprised if 'Queen of Clapbacks' is inscribed in your yearbook photo or something."

She drags me to the main kitchen and hands me a bottle of water. I gulp it all down and she raises a brow. After the night I've had, I need a drink, a long one. "So who's the lucky guy?"

"Now it's time for me to make you speechless. It's Kai."

"WHAT?!"

I put a finger to my lips, cautious that Jinyoung or her parents might hear us. "Can you be anymore louder?" I chastise. I know it's shocking and a really big deal, but the least she can do is be calm about it. It's not like I said I bombed the earth.

"What? When? Why? Where? How? Which? Huh? What the actual fuck, Jen? You're dating your boss?" She grabs a lemonade bottle from the freezer, unscrews the cap, and drinks straight from the bottle.

"You know what? This is not a conversation for the kitchen. There are prying eyes and ears everywhere and these walls talk. We are going to the movie theater and you are going to start spilling the tea."

We spend about an hour in the movie theater, an animated film I've never seen before plays in the background while I fill her in on my relationship timeline with Kai.

"So long story short, you haven't like given him your coochita, right?"

I blush slightly and hit her with a throw pillow. "Of course not. I'm not like that."

"I won't judge you if you do because your boyfriend is fucking hot. I'm surprised he hasn't had a dip in your fountain."

I scrunch my nose. "Well, when you put it like that, it sounds wrong."

She laughs and throws a piece of kettle corn on my nose. "The conversation has come up a few times though, but he's not pressuring me to do anything I don't want to." He's a gentleman like that.