Neverland

we'll be young, that's how we'll stay

Jennie had had too much to drink.

Her head felt too heavy for her body and her vision had blurred a long time ago. Her tongue felt dry and her lips numb. She ran a clumsy hand through her hair and gripped the sofa cushion under her like it was the only thing keeping her from floating away. It very well might have been.

Leaning back a little bit, she remembered she was sitting on the end of the couch, back against the arm with her legs outstretched. Blinking her unfocused eyes, she remembered who her legs were draped over. Lisa.

Jennie leaned happily to the side against the back of the couch, fingers playing with the condensation at the side of her whisky glass. Lisa and Jisoo were laughing about something, but for once it didn't make Jennie feel left out. Maybe it was her legs over Lisa's lap and the way her big hands rested, one just above her knee over her jeans and the other balancing her glass of some sweet thing Jisoo had made her on her shin.

They had been drinking since they got back from the Institution, and Jennie wasn't sure how long ago that was now at this point. She had lost her phone as they fled the Institution, which sucked balls, but she knew Mino had a spare one somewhere in case of emergencies like this. As much as Mino's money made Jennie uncomfortable at times, it was also kind of nice in times like this.

Lisa's laugh died down to a wheeze and Jennie focused back on Jisoo, who looked oddly sober. Jisoo could hold her liquor like no other, that was a fact, but if Jennie was this drunk, she knew that Jisoo should be twice as drunk.

Jisoo just stared down at her half drunk whiskey, ice cubes small and melted in the glass.

"You 'kay, Chu?" Jennie slurred, louder than she intended.

Jisoo's expression instantly changed, cavalier frown back on her face as she took another sip of whiskey. "Sorry, guess reliving a traumatic part of my childhood had more of an effect on me than I thought."

She stared down into the whiskey glass, one hand smoothing over her stomach. Jennie frowned and opened her mouth to say something, but lost her train of thought when Lisa turned to face her with those hypnotic brown eyes.

"Jen, did I 'ell you 'Chu took me to the library?" Lisa smiled goofily and Jennie giggled.

"Yeah, it was a real nerd fest," Jisoo muttered before standing up abruptly. "I'm going to take a piss."

Jennie watched from over the back of the couch as Jisoo wandered into the bathroom. Lisa squeezed Jennie's leg, effectively getting her attention back. Not that it was hard. Jennie knew that she was letting herself enjoy Lisa's attention a little too much right now, but the alcohol in her blood definitely made it easier to ignore the voice in her head that told her to back off.

Lisa smiled at her and Jennie's heart fluttered, hands tapping nervously on her glass again. She leaned the side of her head on the back of the couch and felt Lisa's fingers begin to trace a light pattern on her knee.

"You wanna know wha' I go' from'a library?" Lisa asked.

"What'd'ou get?" Jennie asked, distracted by Lisa's hands on her leg.

Lisa smirked. "I go' some books Jisoo said would help me figure out sex."

"Oh," Jennie felt her mouth dry and she cleared her throat. "Like anatomy books?"

"Erotica, 'Chu called it," Lisa said, smirk widening. "I's very interesting."

"Oh really," Jennie said, voice shaking slightly. She took another big sip of her whiskey. "Well tha's um...good. I's good to um...learn...things."

Lisa licked her lips and Jennie's eyes followed the movement helplessly. She felt her stomach clench, betraying her brain that was telling her to run away. Instead she felt herself leaning a little closer to Lisa, wondering exactly what kind of things she learned from those books. She shivered when Lisa's fingers dipped to the inside of her knee.