In Every Life [Jenlisa]

Chapter 7

The third period was an English class. Halfway through the lesson, the teacher asked everyone to pair up with their desk mate and read words to each other.

Jennie couldn't get Suho's hurtful words out of her head. She didn't understand when Lisa started stuttering.

In her past life, although Lisa was quiet, he never had any problems speaking.

The classroom was noisy, and Jennie's desk mate, Nayeon, was flipping through the pages of the book to find the word list.

Jennie nudged her with her elbow and pointed to the blank space on the page with her finger, gesturing with her eyes.

Nayeon moved over a bit and saw Jennie's neat handwriting - "Just now Suho said that Lisa stutters, is that true?"

Nayeon nodded and whispered in her ear, "It seems so. I heard it from someone else too. But I've been in the same class as him for over two months and I've hardly heard him say a complete sentence. It's mostly just 'yeah', 'oh', 'okay', one or two words like that."

Jennie lowered her gaze, her butterfly-like long eyelashes trembling slightly.

She remembered the first time she met Lisa, he only said two words to her.

"Nice, to, meet, you." He spoke slowly, pausing slightly in the middle, as if trying to restrain something.

And on the weekend at the hospital, he only said "no" and "yeah".

All answers that could be solved with just one word.

Jennie thought he was just naturally cold and didn't like to talk much, but she didn't expect it to be for this reason.

She wanted to ask more, but the English teacher had already walked over slowly. The classroom was filled with all kinds of noises, chaotic and noisy.

Jennie listened attentively as Nayeon read out the words, unaware of the silence behind him.

Bambam and Lisa had been sitting together for over two months, and since Bambam was not a talkative person, he had adapted well to Lisa's silence.

But now that the teacher had come over, remaining silent was like seeking death.

He had to move the book towards Lisa and whispered, "The teacher is here, I'll read first."

After speaking, he read the words to himself.

Meanwhile, Lisa kept his head down, his dark eyes fixed on the textbook, looking very serious.

But in reality, ever since he was bullied by Suho earlier, his thoughts had been uncontrollably chaotic. Many groups had finished their tasks, and the once noisy classroom had become much quieter.

Lisa raised his head and looked at the slender figure of the girl. His anxiety grew like wild grass, uncontrollable and fierce.

His heart was restless, and a hint of violence gradually rose within him. He wished he could give Suho a beating, but he also wanted to be able to rebut loudly and confidently.

But he couldn't. He couldn't even form a complete sentence.

Lisa didn't want to embarrass himself in front of the girl.

If he spoke, he would stutter and become the laughing stock of the whole class. She would probably look down on him too.

Lisa tightly pursed his lips and gripped his pen so hard that his fingers turned slightly white. His thoughts drifted uncontrollably, and he wondered if ignoring it silently like this would make Jennie think he was rude. He knocked over someone else's books and water bottle, but didn't even say sorry.