Ghana - JENSOO - english version

Chapter 24

Jisoo

"Did something happen?" I lock the phone screen as soon as I hear Jennie leave her bathroom and return to the bedroom.

"No, why?" she says without looking at me as she walks towards the closet. I let out a sigh and get up from the bed, heading in the same direction as her and stopping at the door.

"Because since dinner you've been quieter, I don't know for sure, but you're different." I cross my arms and watch her go through some drawers. The brunette stops for a few seconds when she hears me, but goes back to looking for something.

"I think I still haven't managed to assimilate what happened that day, I don't know, it seems so surreal." She continues with her back to me.

"Did you expect something so bad?" I take a few steps and get closer to her.

"Yes, based on what people say, I expected a lot of chaos."

"Jennie." I say seriously, but she doesn't turn to me. "Jennie."

"What?" She lets out an irritated sigh and turns to me.

"What's the problem?" I look at her and she looks away. I furrow my eyebrows trying to understand what is happening.

"I don't know." She bites her lower lip and I remain silent, staring at her. "Seeing you and your parents so close, in a way, made me realize how much I miss mine and I don't know if I'll ever experience that, you know?" the brunette blinks a few times, leaving me surprised, and seems to want to cry. "You're going to regret it at some point and I don't want to get attached, I don't want to learn to like your parents and then we break up and I..." I hug her tightly before she continues talking and I feel something warm wet my shoulder. I slide my hands up and down her back as I wait for her to calm down and feel her gently press against me.

"Jendeukie, my mandu..." I say softly as soon as I notice that her breathing is more constant and she has stopped crying. I place both hands on her cheeks and pull her face towards mine, looking at her seriously "There is no possibility of me regretting being with you, understand?"

"You can't be sure about this because you spent so much time with Bohyun and now it could just be a phase and..." I place my lips on hers to interrupt her and I hear her sigh. I move a few inches away and all I see in her eyes is confusion and fear.

"You are not a phase. This between you and me isn't a phase and you know why I'm so sure about that?" she shakes her head in denial when she hears me "Because I love you, Jennie Kim. From the first day I saw you practically running towards the theater for the opening class of the semester I found you interesting and something about you caught my attention, why else would I hit on you in that bar?"

"I don't know." she says softly and I caress her cheeks with my thumbs.

"Do you know why I chose exactly that bar to go to that night? Because I had already heard girls saying that you liked going to that bar because it was close to your house and there was no one bothering you." I let out a sigh and Jennie looks surprised "I was single and I knew you were too, so I thought: why not try my luck? The worst that could happen is that you dumped me, but let's face it, I wouldn't give up and I knew that you also had the slightest interest in me." I give a convinced half smile and see her cheeks turning red.

"You're lying." She rolls her eyes and my smile widens.

"Are you going to deny that you never dried me during swimming competitions or anything that involved me wearing short clothes?" I raise one of my eyebrows challenging her and she tries to push me, making me hold back the urge to laugh.

"Idiot. You will always be an idiot." Jennie rolls her eyes again and tries to look away, but I keep looking at her.

"Pay attention to what I'm going to say now: I have no plans and I can't even imagine the two of us breaking up at any point. You can feel free to accept the welcome that my mother is offering you because I think she already adores you and I'm happy with that." I say seriously "And about your parents, we can visit them when the holidays come or we can think of something, if you want, when we graduate, we can move there and start a life there, but know that I will not give up of you and I will go wherever you go."

"Would you go to New Zealand with me? Would you leave everything here?" Jennie blinks a few times and I don't think I've ever seen her as surprised as she is now.

"Yeah." I shrug.

"But what about your parents? Your family business?"

"When I miss them I can take a flight here, but I won't give up sharing my life with you, if you want that too, and I don't care where we do it as long as we're together." I give her a quick kiss on the lips and furrow my eyebrows when I see her open a provocative smile.

"I lassoed you properly, huh Kim?" I roll my eyes when I hear her as she wraps her arms around my neck.

"As much as I try to deny it, it's the truth." I pout and hear her laugh.

"Who knew you were so in love with me from the beginning." She bites her mouth, teasing me and my gaze stays on her lips.

"Who would have thought that you would fall so easily into my provocations and get so irritated whenever I was better than you." I rebut and the provocative expression disappears from her face, making me smile widely.

"God, I had forgotten how annoying you can be when you want to be." Jennie rolls her eyes and I start laughing "You're so relaxed, it doesn't even look like you're going to perform tomorrow."

"I have no reason to worry and do you know why?" I raise one of my eyebrows at her and slowly push her until we are touching the drawers.

"No." I see her gaze wander over my face.

"Because my personal stylist is extraordinary and I'm going to rock thanks to her." I whisper softly and bring my face closer to hers, feeling our breaths mix.

"What a shame, if you were tense I would offer you a relaxing massage..." that provocative smile is back on your face.

"My God, Jennie" I take two steps back, moving away from her "I'm so nervous for tomorrow that I don't think I'll even be able to sleep at night because of so much anxiety and tension." I put my hand on my forehead to pretend despair and hear her laugh.

"Idiot. My stupid Chu." she pulls me close to her "And I love you too." Jennie kisses me next as fireworks explode in my mind as I process what she just said.