𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀

A secret is out

May, 2009

"Lisa are you coming out with us tonight? We haven't seen Party Girl Manoban in a while, we miss her!" Rosé yells through the apartment. She is lounging on the couch while Lisa is off in her room.

"No I have a date with Jennie!" Her roommate calls back. Rosé rolls her eyes with a groan. Lisa has been skipping their nights out for dates with this mystery girl, and Rosé can't help but be confused. Lisa had literally ranted to them a week earlier about dating, and how she doesn't see the point for her to date at the moment; now she's dropping everything for this girl?

"You know I'm starting to think Jennie isn't a real person and it's just a code word for some drug or something." Rosé says, and she's not lying. She's never met, seen, or even heard of this Jennie girl.

"She's a real person Rosé." Lisa says, rolling her eyes as she walks towards the couch where Rosé is sitting.

"So why haven't I, or Tzuyu, met her yet?" Rosé asks and Lisa just shrugs.

"You're never here when I have her around. Not my fault."

"Invite her out with us tonight." Rosé cheers, "There now we can meet her!" Lisa stares blankly at her roommate and best friend.

"Jennie made plans for us. I'm not canceling them just because you want me to come get drunk with you." Rosé groans at her failed attempt, letting her head fall back against the couch.

"The sex must be amazing if you're ditching a night out for this girl." Rosé states bluntly causing Lisa to flush red as she avoids eye contact with Rosé. The brunette stares, confused at her friends sudden bashfulness.

"Oh my god... You haven't had sex yet?!" Rosé exclaims through the apartment and Lisa shakes her head.

"You've been on what... like ten dates in the past two months? And no sex?"

"It's not that we don't want to have sex," Lisa sighs, "at least I think she does... It's complicated."

"How so?" Rosé asks. She sees how small and defeated her roommate looks so she keeps her voice calm.

"Trust me I've wanted to, but every time it heads in that direction she stops it before we can go further. I don't know if she just doesn't like me like that, or if she's just not ready."

"Here's an idea... why don't you talk to her about it?" Rosé gasps in faux exaggeration, overemphasizing her words as if they're the most obvious things she could say. Lisa shoves her shoulder lightly.

"I'm going to, asshole." She adds with a smile. Rosé studies her best friend for a second.

"You really like this girl don't you?" Lisa nods her head with a soft smile. "What happened to not seeing the point in dating right now?" The blonde just shrugs.

"There's just something about her." She tells her roommate with a love struck grin on her face.

"This bitch better be Aphrodite herself if she's got Lisa Manoban acting like a love sick fool."

"She's something like that..."

Lisa and Jennie are holding hands as they walk through the park, making their way back to Lisa's apartment. They opted to walk since it's such a beautiful night out. Jennie got them tickets to an underground street art showcase, and Lisa spent her time praising the artwork. Jennie is always finding something new for them to do on every date, always keeping it interesting.

"Jennie that was amazing!" Lisa exclaims as they stroll under the night sky. "How did you find that?"

"I overheard some students talking about it. I just barely managed to get tickets." She answers.