Choosing you | LisRene AU [BOOK 2]

9

"Should I be scared?" Lisa asked, furrowing her eyebrows as she sat up a little.

"Ah, I don't know. Have you spoken to Rosé at all today?"

"No, I haven't. She hasn't texted or anything, and I just got home, so. Why? Is she okay?"

Jisoo cleared her throat. "Well, I don't really know where she is, but I'm sure she's okay. I mean, I hope she's okay. I just... I just woke up and well, you know Rosé and I went to that frat party last night."

"Yes?"

"So..."

Jisoo giggled as the guy next to her gave her a flirty smile, after saying something that she hoped was meant to be funny or flirtatious. The party was a bit too loud for her to hear anything, so even as the guy began to talk again, she wasn't quite sure what he was saying. She was pulled away suddenly, though, by Rosé.

"Chuuuu," Rosé slurred, "dance with me!"

"You're so drunk," Jisoo teased, letting Rosé drag her into the living room of the frat house, which was full of people dancing around and drinking and smoking. "Ugh, this whole place smells like smoke."

"So don't smell," Rosé suggested, grinning as she began dancing.

Jisoo smiled at her friend. Rosé always surprised her by how hard she partied on the occasions that she did. She knew that it shouldn't surprise her anymore by now, but somehow she always expected Rosé to be as studious at a party as she was in everyday life. It was a mystery that she wasn't sure she'd ever figure out. "Come on, Chaeng, I think you need to call it a night."

"No, no, no," Rosé tutted in response, shaking her head. "What I need is another drink."

"No, Rosé, come on." Jisoo grabbed Rosé's wrist, carefully pulling her through the mess of sweaty bodies, people who all reeked of alcohol.

"But Chuuuu," Rosé whined, but Jisoo just kept on tugging her friend. She'd always been the surprisingly more responsible one between the two of them, at least when it came to partying. Especially as she'd become more and more aware of her feelings toward Rosé. The last thing she wanted was to do something stupid that Rosé would hate her for later. Rosé nearly tripped, falling into Jisoo, who barely managed to catch her. "Oops. Ha, I'm very... What's the word again? Drunk, oh yeah. You should drink more, Chu, you're not drunk enough. Ooh, are we going home? I have some vodka at home. You can get drunker."

Jisoo actually was fairly drunk already, but as she pulled Rosé out of the frat house and started down to the sidewalk, she thought that maybe some vodka wouldn't hurt. Partying with Rosé had been hard so far. She'd intended to spend most of the night with her friend but had run off to hang out with a group of hot guys as soon as she realized that watching Rosé drink and dance was hard for her. Trying to distract herself from other people was easier than trying to control herself around her friend.

It was harder now that she'd told Lisa about how she felt toward Rosé. It was harder knowing that it was real. It just made her sad when she saw Rosé so happy, even though she really should be happy for her, even if it was because of some guy she was dating. Jisoo just wished that these feelings would go away, so she could go back to her previously uncaring self. "C'mon, Jichu, you'll drink s'more at home?"

"Sure, Rosé," Jisoo answered dismissively, as they followed the straight shot home. The rest of the walk was quiet, and Jisoo was relieved. When they finally got back to their dorm room, Jisoo ran through the routine that she knew Rosé would go through for her if the roles were reversed, and she forced Rosé to drink down a whole bottle of water and then use the bathroom.