Lost in the fire

Chapter 11

"I think I'm going to throw up," Jisoo said as Roseanne tightly held onto her arm walking out of the bathroom.

"You just did. Twice."

Jisoo put a hand over her mouth and laughed. "Oh shit. You're right. Thanks for taking care of me. You're my favorite friend of Haein's by far. I don't even care that you broke my best friend's nose back in high school. You're still a good one in my book." Jisoo dramatically whipped her head around the bar. "Speaking of my bestie, where is she?" She threw a hand over her head. "Oh lord, she's with Mingyu. I swear, she better not be hooking up with that douche again."

Roseanne had to squint her eyes to see Mingyu and Lisa back in the far corner of the bar. A very dark corner that would have been the perfect spot to sneak off to for a makeout session, but Lisa wouldn't do that to her, would she? What exactly would she be doing to her though? It's not like they were exclusive. The only thing they had actually discussed was having sex with each other.

Roseanne knew this was mostly because she was too much of a coward to bring up how she was feeling. What if she told Lisa she was falling for her and she didn't feel the same way? What if this really was just sex for her? It certainly didn't seem that way. Roseanne had finally found someone she had amazing sexual chemistry with that she could also have fun with outside of the bedroom. She didn't want to risk losing that just yet.

"Something wrong?"

Roseanne jumped at the sound of Lisa's voice. She was so caught up in her own thoughts she didn't realize she had come up beside her. "I'm good. I think we need to call it a night though. Your bestie christened two toilets in the bathroom with her barf."

Lisa nudged her in the side. "At least she hit the toilet, right?"

"Thank God. So, what were you and Mingyu doing?" she asked as nonchalantly as possible. There had to be a simple answer to it.

Lisa shrugged. "Nothing important."

Not exactly the answer she was hoping for, but that also didn't necessarily mean anything happened between them. Before she could think into it more, Haein and Mingyu joined them again. Mingyu had a sour look on his face that she couldn't read, but she secretly hoped it was the face of someone who didn't just get what he wanted.

"Hey, baby, it looks like we need to get you out of here. Ready to go back to the hotel?" Haein asked as he wrapped an arm around Jisoo's waist.

"Yeah, I should probably go," she slurred. "Roseanne, make sure my bestie gets home safe. I think she's drunk."

"Don't worry. I'm sure she'll take good care of me." Lisa's eyes sparkled as she winked at Roseanne, making Roseanne start to forget her worries from just seconds before. "Shall we go?"

Roseanne nodded, said goodbye to the others, and followed Lisa out of the bar where she called an Uber. After a few minutes, they were in the car riding back to Lisa's apartment.

Lisa squeezed her knee and studied her face, a serious look on her own. "Are you sure you're okay? You've been quiet ever since getting back from the bathroom."

Roseanne put her hand on top of Lisa's to try to reassure her. "I'm okay. I promise. I'm just tired."

Lisa nodded, her face still uncharacteristically serious. "Just so you know, I was kidding about the whole taking care of me innuendo. If you're tired, I'm more than happy just cuddling until we fall asleep."

Roseanne looked at Lisa in awe. Where did this girl come from? Well, she knew exactly where she came from. She came from a town just fifteen minutes from where she grew up and somehow ended up twenty minutes from her as adults. She didn't want to think of it as fate since they weren't actually together, but that's the only way she could describe it.