chasing girl wonder

amuse-bouche

A/N: Still on a 'rosie' high. And I apologize in advance for LiSoo's grossness in this chapter. I can't. And this one's the most fun chapter to write, actually.

PS Don't waste food.

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Roseanne's head spun, and the place of relaxation became a sanctuary of disquiet, she had to press her palm against her forehead. "Is Lis—What are you doing here? God... Is she... here?" The last word came out as a whisper as if she suddenly did not want Lisa to hear her voice and find out about the whole situation. Blind dates and surprise dates were never good news between them. Neither of them had done anything to improve in that department, actually. For the life of her, Lisa hated surprises. Well, maybe except when Nana suddenly appeared on their supposedly first fancy date. While she... She did it once out of jealousy, and she would never do it again. Felix could leave her starving, but she would not betray Lisa, especially when one of her friends was there. It must be a sign that she should tell her friends about her, uh, unlabeled relationship with Lisa. Yet. Not defined yet.

"I'm the private chef for tonight that Mr. Lee hired for your R&R. This is my hustle until The Cub opens," Hyunjin explained. There was hesitation in his face if he should be truthful in answering Roseanne's other question.

Creasing his eyebrows, Felix was confused. "Okay. Let me get this straight, gays."

"Good luck getting it straight when we're all gays here," Yeri commented on the side, rubbing her thumb against her nails to imply her boredom.

"Excuse me?" Felix reacted exasperatedly as if Yeri's statement offended him, shooting Jennie a confirming look. "Excuse her, I mean."

Jennie rolled her eyes. "I'm staying quiet here. Don't involve me in your shenanigans."

"But you're cool with this whole..." Felix's voice trailed off, his hands gesturing in circular patterns toward the closed door.

"Sure. I'm cool with it, but I won't be entertaining this as something more than just a dinner with a stranger—sharing tables, whatever. And whatever happens there, ends there," Jennie said in a firm tone, shooting Felix daggers. "Actually, nothing's even going to start. I might just not speak the entire dinner. You could do that, too, boo."

Expressing worry with a distressed look, Roseanne was not convinced by the suggestion. She would not be impolite to the guest Felix bothered to come, that was for sure. But being just nice should be okay. But—no. That did not feel right either. 

Yeri became interested again in the whole ordeal upon seeing the panic on Roseanne's face and leaned closer to Jennie. "Do you know something?" Jennie merely shrugged and bit her lips, but she prodded with a nudge, "You think we didn't hear what you said that Lisa's going to be—soon-to-be Rosie's girlfriend?! Wait—How? Why didn't we see this? When did this—How did Felix and I miss this?"

Jennie received a warning look from Roseanne and then pouted at her purple-haired friend. Lowering her voice, she hinted, "Beau, all I know is there are no girlfriend labels yet." She was not making the situation harder for Roseanne, but the latter needed to be honest with her friends and family so they could back her up when needed. And help with putting the spotlight on the elephant in the room. So, that was just her setting the scene and planting the seeds.

Yeri's eyes widened, and her lips curled at the corners. "Interesting. But close to what Fifi and I were deliberating."

"What were you two thinking?" Jennie asked, already disbelieving the stupid ideas those two came up with.