Yes or No?

CHAPTER 11

Lisa went straight to her aunt's café, ignoring Chaeng's call along the way, and switching off her device. She don't know exactly what she's feeling. She felt gloomy, and hurt. Mostly hurt. But why would she get hurt? The answer, she don't know. All she know is her eyes are hurting seeing Jennie with that man.

"Hey auntie." Lisa greeted with her lowest energy which didn't go unnoticed by her aunt and watched Lisa walk straight to the cakes inside the showcase cabinet, getting whatever she wants. "I am hungry, please give me a milk drink." Dara's staff immediately made the request of the gloomy woman, who sat on the farthest corner of the store. Yup, something is definitely wrong. Dara thought. The older insisted on serving the drink to her niece, and sat on the opposite side of her.

"Thank you Auntie." Lisa said, with a quick glance to Dara and went back staring on her untouched cake.

"Is it delicious?" Dara started but Lisa just shake her head, breaking the piece of cake with her fork.

"Not delicious?" Dara tried to sound hurt, because she knows she make the best cakes in the area but determined to dig deeper on the reason why her niece is gloomy. "What's going on? Your face looks like a duck now." She teases.

Lisa pouts, making Dara smile because the latter really looks like a duck now. "I'm just bored auntie." Now she's picking up the pieces.

"Bored? You came here alone, did you have a fight with Jennie?"

Lisa instantly look up with the mention of the name, and Dara finally figures everything. It has something to do with the cat eye like aka her nieces' room mate. "No, she's with her family." Dara nodded. There was a pause between the two, and Dara can feel there is something more with the way Lisa bowed her head again, like she's trying to hide her expression.

"A man picked her up." Lisa said on her low voice.

Bingo! Dara smiled internally but acted like there is nothing.

"And so my cake isn't delicious because a man picked up Jennie today? Is my baby girl jealous now?" Dara teases and Lisa bowed her head even more.

"Auntie, please don't laugh at me." Dara pauses for a while with a smile on her lips, and watch how cute is her jealous niece.

"Do you like her?"

"Who?" Lisa acted like she didn't know what her aunt is talking about, trying to save her face from anymore embarrassment. But Dara only raise her eyebrows to her, the smile never leaving on her lips. "Don't talk non sense auntie."

Dara lean on the table trying to get closer to Lisa. "Can I ask you frankly, I know you act manly, but what about what's inside of you?"

Lisa looked at her straight in the eye, feeling confused. "Inside?" she sighs. You mean me being a tom?"

Dara nodded. "There are people who look like you but they are not. But there are also people who don't look like you but they are. This comes from inside, not the characteristic. Don't let it decide about who you are. You should be what you are inside." Lisa seem a little lost, with her fingers fidgeting on her lap, but somehow she understands what her auntie means. "I always saw you two giggling with each other, you are always together, in what way do you like her?

"Friend! Just a friend." Lisa's immediate answer, but does it really?

"Are you sure?" Lisa didn't answer back, instead avoided her aunt's gaze. "Look carefully my dear niece, both your body and your heart, look what you should do, or what you really feel. So you don't have to be sorry later."

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Those words got Lisa thinking until she reaches her dorm room. No Jennie inside. She feels lonely. But why? Is it because of the absence of her roommate? Or maybe because Jennie have a boyfriend? What should she look for? What does she want to?