JENLISA FF - A Glimpse of Us

Chapter 3: Catching Feelings

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Lisa sits by herself in the corner. She looks around the cafeteria, her friends weren't around this time because she wanted to see Jennie alone. Not knowing how to start a conversation with her, when Lisa saw her eating alone during the second period of classes. Lisa was worried for the both of them as they were the only ones who's inside the cafeteria.

But Jennie is unbothered.

Friday Night Football at Cornell's. Lisa buys her Coke and nachos and wanders to the bleachers. She sits alone, trying to blend in by cheering with the rest of the students. When the Mill Grove Devils recovered a fumble, she heard her friends cheer behind so she looked up.

Sana and Jihyo waves at her as they walk towards her side.

And her eyes caught the brunette again, silently watching the game on one of the rows.

"Have you witnessed the bathrooms here?" Sana starts the conversation once she and Jihyo get settled beside Lisa.

"Yeah. They call it the men's room."

Sana rolled her eyes at her friend but quickly recovered when she remembered, "I got an invite to Jungkook's party later after their game. Wanna go?"

"Is Jennie coming too?"

Her oblivious question made the two girls go wide-eyed with her.

"Do you want me to ask her?" Lisa was surprised by Jihyo's response.

But before she reacted, Sana made a move and ran over to Jennie which made her frown because we know Sana is like sunshine, she's too bright to handle. Lisa observed their interaction and she saw Jennie nod, and Sana made a thumbs up.

"You will never get used to Sana's charm." Jihyo said, shaking her head lightly.

Lisa simply chuckled, she's happy to because she will get another chance with Jennie.

But the party starts and ends without Jennie.

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"I'm sorry she didn't come to the party. I thought she would ---"

"It's okay, Sana." Lisa faked a smile.

Moments later, they went their separate ways. Lisa heading home in a different direction. Walking on an almost empty street Lisa passed along a photo studio, there she saw the girl she always wanted to see.

Lisa took a step back, she peered to the glass window. There she saw Jennie checking out a vintage camera, an analog one. She saw how Jennie's face glowed looking at the thing, fascinated how the kind of thing can capture a million memories.

Lisa took a deep breath, she pushed herself behind the wall and decided to wait for Jennie to come out of the store.

Nervous, Lisa heard the door chime, and saw Jennie a few steps ahead of her. Lisa quickly sprints walking behind her.

"I waited for you."

Jennie stops as she looks back at her. Her face was full of wonder as to how Lisa knew where she was.

"I waited for you at Jungkook's party." Lisa repeated.

Jennie purses her lips, feeling embarrassed by how she turned down Sana's invitation, but she does have a very reasonable argument with that. Earlier that night, Jennie got a call from her father. It was the first call she ever received after she got exiled to New Zealand, her father never talks to her again after the accident. The old man changed and Jennie kept on blaming herself for everything.