Elegance.
This was all she had worked her life up to be. Elegant. But how well can the well acclaimed high school Ballerina Jennie Ruby Jane Kim keep up with her facade the minute her life begins to spiral out of control? Will she be able to keep d...
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As the morning light filtered through the curtains, casting a soft red glow across the room, Jennie found herself stirring from a sleep that had been surprisingly restful, a stark contrast to the last couple of days.
She blinked her eyes open, momentarily disoriented as a soft yawn escaped her, until the events of the previous night came flooding back.
She found herself on the couch in the living room, and she had been nestled closely against Taehyung. She couldn't exactly recall how they had ended up where they were, but Jennie did maintain a faint idea.
Her eyes glanced at the overhead clock, seeing how her body woke her up by 6, just in time for rehearsals.
Not wanting to be caught by either the waitstaff or Rosé, she looked back down from the wall.
With a gentle sigh, Jennie lifted her head, noticing that Taehyung was still asleep beside her, his breathing even and peaceful.
The sight of him, so calm and still, stirred something warm inside her. It was an abrupt difference to his usual proactive state.
Carefully, she slid out from under his arm, which had been draped over her in a protective embrace, and stood up.
Jennie glanced back at him, tucking the blanket around him more securely, as she pursed her lips, not knowing what the hell she, or they, were even doing.
The complexity of their relationship weighed on her mind, but for now, she allowed herself the simple pleasure of watching him sleep, undisturbed.
After freshening up and gathering her thoughts, Jennie spent the day in a haze of trying to piece together everything and anything.
The previous night had changed everything she thought she knew about her relationship with Taehyung.
And it was clear the same insecurity remained within him, as their interactions throughout the day were done through cautious distance, each painfully aware of the other's presence, yet unsure how to bridge the gap that last night's intimacy had created.
Even Jimin, the normally painfully oblivious Jimin, had begun to stick with the girls to try and piece together just what had transpired over an evening for them to act so different.
Lisa proposed sex, but one swat from Jisoo and a 'just in case' CCTV monitoring of the hallways showed that the pair had never entered any room together.
And just so conveniently, the CCTV in the living room was down.
As the afternoon turned into evening, Jennie received a text from Rosé, a reminder of Taehyung's basketball game that evening.
She couldn't avoid him forever. And he had come to her recital.
Never mind the fact that it was also his sister's.
