Hate You, Love You. | Jenlisa

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Lisa Manoban is avoiding me.

I'm not looking for her either, don't get me wrong, but anytime we make eye contact in the hallway, she averts her eyes and pretends like she wasn't just staring at me zero point two seconds ago.

She just did that right now and it's starting to get on my nerves. She was all talk about I'm 'hers' at Jisoo's party and now she's avoiding me? I really don't understand her.

Speaking of Jisoo's party, I've been thinking about our conversation that day and she said she knew I had a boyfriend. That should have startled me at that moment, but I was a bit... preoccupied.

How does she know I have a boyfriend? Does she know it's Kai? If she does, which is highly impossible because we've been very careful, why hasn't she said anything?

Also, is she weirded out about our almost kisses? If she is, then she doesn't have to make it obvious. Why can't she just have a conversation with me so we can talk things out and move on?

"Okay class, we'd be wrapping up our discussion on Demand and Supply and I want you all to turn in your assignments before Tuesday. This counts for 40 percent of your grade so I expect you to take it seriously. Do I make myself clear, Ms. Manoban?" Mr. Shin, our Economics teachers asks, making the whole class laugh.

Lisa barely does homework. I'm surprised she's still the captain of the basketball team and her grades aren't really slipping. Sure, she may not be in the top five percent in class rank, but she surely isn't at the bottom.

She raises her head from the table with a sigh. Economics class is boring as hell so I can understand the sigh. Listening to Mr. Shin's voice is like watching a movie with slow internet connection. "Yes sir."

Mr. Shin nods in satisfaction, but his face is laced with a frown. He always has a frown on his face. I know that teaching teenagers can be a hassle and teaching spoiled, rich teenagers is almost suicidal, but it won't kill him to smile a little more because Winterwood pays more than the regular public high school.

"Goo. You are all dismissed."

I pack my belongings into my bag and bolt out of that class because it's the last class of the day which means I can go home and relax then go to work. Rosé is beside me, books pressed against her chest, as we walk to her locker which is closer to Mr. Shin's class.

"Lisa keeps looking at you, you know." I turn my head back and sure enough, we make eye contact... She's at her locker, talking to Seulgi, but she doesn't seem to be paying attention because she's looking at me.

Clad in the school's tracksuit (they probably have basketball practice) she winks at me before focusing her attention to Seulgi.

I blink rapidly and feel a nudge on my side. "I saw that, the telepathic eye connection."

"There's no tele-anything, Rosé. You are imagining things." She's not imagining things because I felt something too. Fuck, I've been denying it for so long, but I felt it too. I felt it when she rescued me from Sehun, I felt it when we were alone at Jisoo's party and I'm still feeling it now.

This 'it' needs to go away, and fast.

"She literally winked at you."

I wave my hands dismissively. "She probably thinks I'm a new notch on her proverbial belt because she almost ki–"

Me and my big mouth.

"SHE WHAT?!" She screams, drawing the attention of the nosy high schoolers, including Lisa who is looking at her like she is bat-shit crazy. Well, she has to be since we're best friends after all.