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you've been hiding on plain sight • chaelisa

Lisa's POV

I had attended this college for three years. I saw her on a daily basis, since we coincidentally had multiple classes together. Yet I just followed her Instagram last year, finally noticing her. But then I never recognized how we're always so... close.

Chaeyoung was rather hidden. 

That sweet blonde girl who played guitar for our university's band that I sometimes got involved on being a vocal for. That cute lady with a smile that could color the sky. The one person who had driven me crazy for the past twelve months.

Perhaps it's the sudden proximity because I had always known she was extremely attractive, which was why I couldn't comprehend the fact that she had been single all her life. Perhaps it's how she brushed against me softly when we were performing together for that summer music festival last year. Perhaps it was how oddly adorable she was whenever she was around her younger cousin twins Jennie and Jisoo, which were my only friends during this horrible college years. Perhaps, it was me who finally saw her and how she finally appeared visible as someone I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.

I had always thought she was quiet. Even though, Jennie and Jisoo insisted on how Chaeyoung was actually loud and funny once you get close to her. Well, they weren't lying. The cool and mysterious persona immediately wore off the moment she made brainrot jokes during band practice and her obnoxious laughter filled the studio, leaving the echoing silence behind.

Maybe, it was the sense of humor that got me, but maybe it was how she was strangely sweet to me like she had never been before. 

We never saw each other eye to eye before, let alone converse in a personal space. Though the more I got to know her, the more I felt intensely comfortable around her. But that sense of comfort and coziness led me to a point of questioning. And that point of questioning made me wonder what we could be, imagining a whole future where a stable life of family with kids clouded me with joy.

I felt content.

Yet somehow anxious.

It wasn't a grandeur feeling, which made butterflies explode in my stomach. No, it wasn't. But it was quite a subtle way where I constantly fidgeted and my breath became a little more shaky whenever she sat beside me or she asked me casually about what food did I buy earlier. I couldn't look her in the eyes, probably in fears of catching way too much feelings and misinterpreting her casual kindness.

I liked her. And it's beyond understanding. 

It was a pretty complicated feeling... yet I chose to pursue that.

I was unsure at first. Three weeks after I realized I liked her, I constantly asked myself if I deserved her. While she was not perfect, she was someone that I would never want to hurt. She was someone that was so wonderful that I could not really think what would happen if I accidentally caused her pain. Besides, I was scared that it would ruin a beautiful friendship between us, and especially between us and Jisoo and Jennie. So, during those times, I curled myself to sleep, trying to forget the tension between us.

But I couldn't.

Really.

Every little thing reminded me of her. I went to shop for my little brother's perfume, and when that bergamot scent strike my sense of smell, I instantly remembered her. I went to hang out with my old friends and every black jacket and similar built to her at Wingstop gave me flashbacks about her. I walked around the mall and when I heard guitar playing, my mind went straight to Chaeyoung. Whenever I tasted caramel, my head immediately travelled to that caramel candy Chaeyoung gave me once. And those soft furry bunnies on the kids toy store reminded me of that keychain of hers on her sling bag she carried everywhere.