JENLISA IMAGINES

Apple Crumble Pie (F)

"Lili, I'm home!" Jennie called out as she entered their home. She hung her keys up onto the hook by the door before kicking off her shoes. After picking them up and placing them by the door, she began to file through the letters in her hand.

"I know I'm late. Things at work…" she slowly trailed off as a bitter smell entered her nose, "got…a little…crazy."

Jennie placed the mail onto a nearby table before following the bitter smell towards the kitchen. The minute she placed her hand on the door, it was wrenched open. Lisa slid out of the kitchen, letting the door swing shut behind her. Her cheeks were smudged with flower, cinnamon was sprinkled on her shirt, and butter had somehow clumped in her hair. She pulled out the towel that was tucked into her waist band. Dragging a small step stool over, she stood on top of it and began fanning it near the fire detector.

"Hi, welcome home," Lisa said brightly, smiling down at Jennie. She jumped down and pressed a light kiss to her girlfriend's cheek. "How was your day?"

"Oh, Lisa" Jennie said quietly. She reached out and gently brushed the flour off of Lisa's cheek.

"You're not cooking again are you?" she asked, running her thumb against her girlfriend's cheek bone.

"No, I am not cooking," she answered.

Jennie sighed in relief. She smiled before leaning in and pressing a light kiss to her lips. "That's good to hear."

"I'm baking," Lisa declared. She tucked the towel back into the waist band of her pants, smiling proudly.

Jennie blinked twice before raiding a hand to her head, massing her temples. Lisa's smile weaned when her girlfriend reached out, tightly grabbing her hands and running her thumbs across the knuckles..

"Honey," Jennie said gently, "I know I encourage you with a lot of projects you wish to tackle, but you did not inherit your mother's baking genes," she said slowly.

Lis lifted Jennie's hands to her lips, kissing the knuckles and the back of her hand.

"I know," she responded with a shrug, "but today is the anniversary of the release of your first solo album. You also worked so hard in making new songs and preparing for your acting debut."

After looking down at their intertwined hands, she glanced shyly over at Jennie, her cheeks turning a light pink. "I wanted to surprise you."

"Well, this is a surprise alright."

"Just taste it first, please?" Lisa slowly pushed out her lower lip. Slightly widening her eyes, a glossy sheen making her brown eyes much more vibrant.

"Okay," Jennie laughed. She snatched the towel from the waist band of Lisa's pants before reaching up and wiping the butter out of her hair. She giggled lightly when a kiss was placed on her wrist and the palm of her hand.

"You obviously took a lot of time to make it."

Jennie handed Lisa the towel before moving around her, reaching for the door knob. Lisa quickly wrapped her arms around her waist and lifted her off of the ground. Jennie yelped in surprise, placing an arm around her girlfriend's neck, holding herself up. She gave Lisa a questioning look when she was deposited onto a chair at the table in the dining room.

"You might want to eat it out here," Lisa muttered from the corner of her mouth.

Jennie crossed her arms over her chest. She tried to scowl, but a smile forced itself onto her face, noticing how cute her girlfriend looked, bashful from embarrassment.

"Lili, what happened?"

"…Yeah, we're not talking about that." She grabbed a linen napkin from the middle of the table, snapped it into the air with great flourish, before placing it across Jennie's lap. Turning on her heel, she headed for the kitchen. Jennie moved to follow her, but quickly sat back down when Lisa barked "sit" over her shoulder. Jennie folded her hands into her lap, waiting for Lisa to return.

A quiet thump came from the hallway. Jennie frowned, tilting her head to the side. After a moment of silence, she shrugged and shifted in her chair. Another thump pounded, followed by a quiet hiss. Before Jennie could move and investigate, Lisa barged out of the kitchen, the apple crumble pie in her hands.

"Here you go," Lisa cried as she placed the pie onto the table. Plucking a paper plate, knife, and fork from underneath her arm, she cut a small slice of the pie and transferred it onto the plate before handing it over to Jennie, stabbing the fork into the dessert.

Jennie cut herself a small portion of the pie on her plate as Lisa plopped down into the seat next to her. Elbows propped up onto the table; she rested her chin in her hands, watching expectantly as her girlfriend slid the portion into her mouth. Jennie slowly chewed, blinked rapidly, her eyebrows rising.

"Lisa-"

"I know, it's terrible," Lisa immediately said, slumping in her seat.

"No, this is good!" Jennie insisted. She cut a bigger piece of the pie from her plate before consuming it. She hummed happily as the flavors exploded in her mouth while chewing.

"This is really good!"

Lisa slowly sat up straight in her chair, her brilliant smile lighting up her blue eyes.

"You really like it?" she gasped.

"It's amazing."

"Great!" Lisa leaned over and happily kissed Jennie on the cheek.

"You enjoy that, and I will clean up the kitchen." With that she got up from her seat and practically skipped off towards the kitchen door. She paused, looking down the hallway towards the front door.

The hallway closet door slowly opened and Jisoo poked her head out. One hand was holding onto the door handle and the other clutched an empty pie container to her chest. Lisa quickly glanced over her shoulder before giving her a thumbs up.

"Thank you Jisoonie!" Lisa whispered. Jisoo gave her a small salute before slowly sliding out of the closet. She threw herself into a somersault, landing flat on her stomach, the empty pie container crinkling loudly.

"What was that?" Jennie called out.

"Nothing," Lisa shouted back. "I'm just taking out the trash."

After performing an army crawl, Jisoo scooted herself over towards the front door and quietly slipped out.