jealousy, jealousy | Jenlisa

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Lisa prides herself on being a rational, logical person.

She had to be, in the environment she'd grown up in. She did not have the luxury to let her emotions get the better of her—she'd been trained to think things through, weigh their pros and cons, assess the impact on herself and others—and most importantly, how it would affect how people perceived her and reflect on her family.

She mastered the art of curating her emotions, pushing them to the back of her mind whenever she needed to.

Except when it comes to Jennie.

Somehow, Jennie's always managed to get that side of her to rear its head—she despised Jennie with a passion in their first year of university until it mellowed out to an occasional irritation and a reluctant fondness. Then, it became overwhelming affection—she'd somehow fallen on that slippery slope and plummeted straight into loving her.

Really, that day in the library wasn't planned at all. Lisa just saw Jennie rattling off about how Jennie was jealous of people she'd barely given a thought about, clearly upset, and her heart began to race as she desperately tried to make sense of the whole situation. Then her brain decided to stop functioning and went: "You know what would solve this little misunderstanding? Kissing her."

And so she did.

Lisa considers it one of the best decisions she's made to date.

And she, for the most part, is still quite logical. At the very least, her first course of action when she encounters an issue isn't "Punch their lights out," like her girlfriend— girlfriend, she thinks with a stupid grin—always proposes.

It always really comes down to just Jennie.

Which is where the problem began.

Jennie has been working as a barista at a cafe near campus since their second year of university—it was a nice little place, if a bit run-of-the-mill, with the classic wooden furnishings, dark-colored sofas, and the typical corny "Don't talk to me until I've had my coffee," murals all over the walls, but it was quiet, and if there was a particularly rowdy group of customers, Jennie had no issue telling them to shut up for everyone else's peace of mind.

(Truly, her girlfriend—will she ever get tired of saying that?—has stellar social skills. It's a wonder she hasn't been fired; she said her manager has said so to her face, but that her work ethic makes up for it, which Lisa can't argue with.)

With their new schedules for the semester, they had a little more free time, so Jennie took a couple more shifts for extra pay; she'd been saving up to buy a new laptop just in case her old, secondhand one finally kicks the bucket, even though Lisa offered to buy one for her—which Jennie responded to with, "Try that shit on me and I'll bite your finger off."

Lisa sometimes likes to go there during her shifts, either alone, or with Rosie and Jisoo, if their schedules permit, and mess around with her. Her manager has given up scolding her for giving him the finger one too many times, and Lisa waved him off saying she's fine with it.