Dispatch || Han Jisung

-20-

I sit on the couch with a glass of water in my hands. I think I've cried more than any other day.

Jisung sits next to me, his arm around my shoulder. I have my head resting on his. Akari went to the kitchen to give us some privacy and to make some popcorn for us to hypen up.

I think about everything that happened today, it was the best and worst in once. I also think about what my dad said to me, that no one acutally cares for me.

"Do you think I'm a failure?" I ask Jisung.

He turns his head to me. "Of course not. Look how far you've come. You survived your parents and now you're in one of the biggest girlgroups of K-pop. Like I've said a ton of times before, I admire you. Even more now."

I smile and look up at him, our eyes meeting. "Do you care about me?"

Jisung wipes the mascara from my cheek that was still on there. "Why all these questions?"

I shrug and play with the hence of his shirt. "I don't know. I still have some trust issues because of my past and I'm just scared you do all of this to make me feel like shit in the end, or something."  I sigh and look at my hands, which are still holding Jisung's shirt. "I don't know, I can't think straight."

Jisung delicately holds my chin and raises it to make me look in his eyes. "Why would I risk my career to only make you feel miserable? I truly care about you. More than you could imagine."

Akari walks out the kitchen, but then sees us sitting together on the couch. She smiles before walking back into the kitchen, not ruining our moment.

"I like you, Jisung. And like as in romantically," I admit and smile at him, a huge burden falling off my shoulders.

The boy smiles brightly at me. "I certainly hope so." I laugh at him. He puts a stand of hair behind my ear. "And I like you too, if you haven't noticed yet."

He caresses my cheek and gives me a peck on my lips. I smile and hug him, happy to hear those words and actually believe them.

"I hope I'm not ruining the moment," Akari speaks while slowly walking out the kitchen, "but the popcorn is done and it's getting cold. And I have to admit I'm getting hungry."

We look up and look at the oldest of our three, laughing at her. I motion for her to come sit with us and she does so, settling down next to me.

She looks at the two of us and sighs. "As much as I like the both of you together, I don't want to be a third wheel that bad."

I move off from Jisung and rest my head on his shoulder. I move my hand to Akari's cheek and smile at her. "I'm sorry, unnie."

She grabs my hand and grabs the remote with her other hand, starting Netflix. "Jisung, have you watched this new anime yet?"

"I'm at episode 7," he comments.

Akari gasps while looking at the boy. "How can you be further than us?" She proceeds to look at me. "Nabi, we have to step up our game."

I laugh at her. Jisung starts to annoy Akari by boasting he's better than us. They banter back and forth until I grab the remote from Akari's hand. "Let's watch it from where we're at. You can continue bantering afterwards."

I start the episode and to my surprise, they listen to me and keep quiet. We watch the anime with the three of us and again, Akari has a hold on the popcorn bowl.