This is heaven in hiding

chapter 15

It's odd how Thanksgiving sneaks up on her.

Wholly consumed with her trial and the aftermath, and the day spent recuperating on Jisoo's couch, she almost forgot about it. She wakes up on Thursday morning with a bushy head of chestnut hair in her face and a warm weight on her stomach. Jisoo stirs and they both resituate their bodies not willing to fully wake up yet.

Chaeyoung hears her phone vibrating on the nightstand and wonders if that's what woke them up in the first place. She lets it go only for it to start again. Jisoo groans and flips over, curling herself around her pillow and getting as far away from the offending noise as possible. Chaeyoung reaches over and grabs the phone, noticing the three missed calls from Raven.

When it rings again, she answers. "It isn't even eight yet, what the fuck could you possibly want, Reyes?"

"I need you to pick some stuff up at the store before you come over. I just got the turkey in the oven."

"Okay, can you maybe text me that though? Some of us enjoy sleeping in when we can.""

Yeah, whatever. Listen, I don't want this to be a repeat of last year. I'm fucking stressed the fuck out!"

"How much coffee have you had?"

"Three cups."

"Ok, switch to herbal tea. I'll let you know when I'm leaving. Everything is gonna be great."

"Don't forget the-" Raven's voice cuts out as Chaeyoung hangs up and sighs loudly.

When she sets her phone down she folds herself around Jisoo's sleep warm skin, arm around her waist pulling her close. "Morning," Jisoo mumbles quietly, still sleepy.

"Morning. I'm sorry about that." Chaeyoung drops a kiss on her shoulder. Jisoo shrugs and Chaeyoung scoots closer, pulls tighter. "What are you up to today?"

"Gustus closed the restaurant. We're going there, he's cooking a feast."

"Okay, now I'm jealous."

"Hmm," she hums and wiggles her hips into Chaeyoung's. "And you?"

"Raven is attempting to cook a turkey. Jennie and I go over and make sides. A bunch of us all gather and eat. Last year we burned it all to shit and ended up ordering Chinese. Murphy yells about football. It's great."

"Hmm, I think I like mine better."

"I think I like yours better, too."

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As much as Raven tries to stop it, the turkey ends up ruined. The sides never cook. And Chaeyoung gets depressed after talking to her mother on the phone.

Has been depressed since the conclusion of her trial but, it's even worse now.

Not to mention the teasing and barbs she had to duck and deflect about Jisoo the whole morning while she and Raven and Jennie were in the small cramped kitchen. When the food is delivered everyone in Raven's small living room cheers loudly. Even Murphy who'd been too focused on the Lions game to do anything helpful.

Chaeyoung's mood gets considerably worse when Jennie leaves, jaunts out the door more like, to meet up with Lisa at Gustus' fancy dinner. She itches to tag along but doesn't know how that will be received and instead, commits even more fully to becoming one with the couch in her state.

She's just about over everything when Murphy and Raven both stand up screaming about a bad call in the game. Rolling her eyes and taking a long, long sip of the wine in her glass.