perilous ➳ jensoo [on hold]

十四 ( j i s o o )

she brought me to the next street race event which was saturday night. at our destination, jennie opened the door for her and placed her hand out for me, which i gladly took. "stay by me side." she told me and i nodded.

she was going to race with her car tonight since her leg still wasn't in great shape, but that wasn't what worried me. it was our surroundings that worried me. seriously, i thought the dinner at her house looked like a movie scene, but this, this even more cliché.

it was, of course, dark outside since it was about 9PM. the street was a little crowded with people and roaring vehicles, ranging from cars to bikes to modified automobiles. there was some music booming in the background, but i couldn't tell what it was... nor where we were. "jennie!" a voice suddenly called.

jennie pulled me towards the stranger with her. "hey, nayeon! i thought you said there was no way you would come back here."

nayeon giggled. "yeah. well, you know jeongyeon. she's scary as hell and us 7 other girls can't let her get hurt so might as well come here to watch over her... i see you've brought another one of your conquests." she said and turned towards me. "hi, i'm im nayeon."

before i could reply, jennie answered, "she's not one of my conquests. she's my girlfriend." she smiled... proudly?

"uh... hi, i'm jisoo... kim jisoo."

"jennie kim got a girlfriend?? wow... you must be seriously special," said nayeon. she winked at me and patted jennie's shoulder. "well, it was nice seeing you again, jennie. i have to get back to the girls before tzuyu or chaeng try to do something mischievous on their unnies."

"bye, nayeon." jennie waved at her friend and then turned to me. "don't worry, princess. nayeon is an old friend of mine so there's no need to be jealous."

"i'm not jealous."

"your clenched jaw and your tight grip on my hand say the opposite." once she mentioned that, i realized what i was doing and stopped. i looked down and felt my cheeks heating up. why was i like? how was jennie making me feel this way? "hey, you're cute when you're jealous." she lifted my chin up.

everything happened so fast. one moment i was refusing to admit i was jealous of jennie's interaction with nayeon and the next, she was revving the engine of her car, preparing to go. tonight, she was participating in a smaller race since her specialty was her bike. the two cars had to reach the end of the street as fast as possible. for a normal car, it would probably take a little less than a minute. for jennie and the other driver, it took 5 seconds and 6 seconds. towards the end, the two cars seemed to lose a little bit control, but turned out fine.

at the finish line, the two drove back. they got out and laughed, shaking hands. "you got better, jennie." the driver said.

"thanks, jeongyeonie. you too." she replied.

"jeongyeon! i want to ride with you like last time." nayeon said.

"alright, but i promised i'd drive chaeng and momo first." the short haired girl answered.

she was gone as fast as she arrived and after the two girls who i assumed were 'chaeng and momo' got out of jeongyeon's car giggling, nayeon got in. not gonna lie, they made this whole driving at a pretty much illegal speed fun. "jennie," i started.

"no." she replied.

"i didn't even ask you anything yet."

"but i know what you'll ask. they always ask the same thing."

"and what is that?"

"you want me to race with you by my side or you want me to drive you as fast as i can and i will not do that."

"why not?"

"this road is not safe. i could skid off the end over there, lose control and hit the wall. meaning, getting you hurt."

"you said 'they always ask the same thing'. do you grant their wish?"

"yes, but this isn't the same thing. it didn't matter to me if they got hurt. this time, it does." i was taken aback by that sudden confession. all i could do was nod. "come on princess, i'll drive you home. this event sucks anyways."