Hard To Deceive | LK Adaptation

33 - You Just Kissed Me

Lisa's lips were warm and dry. They imprinted onto his skin like a hot-iron brand.

Her breaths were light and regular like swiftly floating feathers. There was a light scent of roses on her that spread around the room, clouding one's senses.

They were so close, when she blinked, her lashes gently brushed over his cheek. He could barely feel it, and the curiosity intensified, tearing apart his sanity bit by bit.

Jungkook involuntarily raised his hand, but froze midair. He shut his eyes and it took everything in him to hold himself back. He closed his fist and slowly retracted it.

He needed to retain his morals.

He was already in dangerous waters.

Meanwhile, Lisa slowly backed up and sat straight.

Her face was blank with a calm expression, as though the person who just kissed him wasn't her. The scene reverted back to how it was a minute ago.

Like nothing happened.

"Hey, Lisa," Jungkook glanced up at her and said in a low voice, "You just kissed me."

"..."

As if the clock struck twelve, Lisa stood up and walked back to her room.

Jungkook got up, afraid that she would walk into the shelf again. With a voice so soft like he didn't want to wake her up, he said, "You're gonna just run away after kissing someone?"

Lisa dragged her feet slowly, but when she passed by his room, she paused.

"But I really can't be taken advantaged of like this," Jungkook leaned on the wall while he watched her every move, "So you owe me this time."

"..."

She continued on towards the master bedroom.

Once he was certain she wouldn't walk into anything, Jungkook stopped following her. His gaze was unreadable as he finished his sentence, "Pay me back when you're awake."

Due to her severe lack of sleep, Lisa only woke up to the ringing of her alarm around 10 a.m. the next day. She reached out and fumbled around before shutting off the alarm. It took her too much effort to sit up after laying in bed for a while more.

She habitually glanced at the door before looking away.

Only after a few seconds did she look up again at the door.

And then only did she realise how empty the area around her door was. The chair wasn't there. She fully woke up that instant and glanced around.

The chair was nicely placed at the dresser.

Like it was placed back nicely where it should be.

"..."

Lisa was left in a daze.

Was she so tired last night that she thought she'd place the chair at the door but didn't do it?

Or, did she sleepwalk?

At that moment, Lisa contemplated getting a surveillance camera in her room. At least if she had a record of what she'd done when she sleepwalked, she wouldn't panic over the unknown like she was now. If anything happened, she would be able to think of something to say in advance.

She crawled out of bed, heading to the washroom to wash up while wrecking her brain to recall if she had moved the chair to the door or not.

But the more she thought about it, the more uncertain she was.

Once she was dressed, Lisa left her room.

It wasn't early anymore. She entered the kitchen with the thought of making a simple sandwich to go, but she bumped into Jungkook who was cooking noodles.