Nevermind, Goodnight (JinJi)

Part 1

Jisoo used her thumbnail to chip the nail polish off her index finger while she waited for Jennie's text message. Three little dots danced in a small white bubble, which meant that she was in the middle of typing out a reply. Jisoo felt her lungs tightening with each nervous breath. She tried scrolling through their conversation and reading past messages to distract herself, but all she could focus on was the message she sent to Jennie just a few minutes ago.

"Ok fine, you're right," the message read, and Jisoo had included an angry emoji. "I like Jinyoung."

After what felt like ages, Jennie finally texted back: "Lol, girl, you weren't fooling anyone."

Jisoo scooped her phone up and held it close to her face to read Jennie's blunt reply. She rolled over onto her stomach and stared at the screen, trying to think of what to text back. Of course, Jennie knows, she always knows. Even before she does, most times. The dancing dots reappeared and Jennie sent a second reply.

"I low-key think you two look really cute together," the message said. Jisoo groaned and buried her face in the covers of her bed. Her heart was fluttering. Contradictory emotions were coursing through her like a swarm of bees. She hated that Jennie could read her so easily, but at the same time, she was thrilled that her friend approved of her feelings.

Why wouldn't she, though? Jinyoung was perfect. Jisoo re-read Jennie's message and thought of her fellow Inkigayo MC. Sweet, handsome, talented, hard working, kind-hearted Park Jinyoung. Jisoo remembered being selected to join the Inkigayo cast and meeting him for the first time. From the very first moment they spoke, she knew her heart wouldn't stand a chance.

Her phone chimed again and Jisoo looked up to read Jennie's reply. But her stomach did a somersault realizing that it wasn't Jennie's name that popped up on her screen. It was Jinyoung who'd sent her a message.

Jisoo sat up in her bed and squealed aloud with equal parts terror and delight. Jinyoung was texting her! He sent a message! She sat cross-legged on the covers and collected herself for a moment before unlocking her phone to view his message. Even before she could fully read it, she knew it would be work-related. Jinyoung always took his work very seriously, which Jisoo admired him for, but of course she sometimes wished he would contact her just to say "hello" or talk about something else.

"Want to discuss possible concepts for upcoming special stage?" Jinyoung's message read. "Writers want to hear our ideas."

Jisoo clenched her eyes shut and tried to calm her racing heart before replying. In the middle of her attempts to remain calm, another chime on her phone signaled the arrival of Jennie's third message. Jisoo let out a slow breath and started typing.

"Should we include Doyoung in this discussion?" she sent to Jinyoung. Then she switched conversations and turned back to Jennie, who had replied:

"Seriously, I think you look cute together. I bet the writers do, too, why would they keep dressing you two in couple clothes all the time?"

Jisoo blushed, thinking about all the times her stylist team at Inkigayo would dress her so that hers and Jinyoung's outfit were coordinated. She had seem herself on TV. They really did look like a couple most weeks. She tried not to smile too big as she typed:

"Wait, u really think so?"

Her phone chimed with Jinyoung's reply: "Doyoung's filming something right now, I didn't wanna bother him by blowing up his phone with messages. Got any ideas?"

Jisoo replied: "Let me hear your ideas first, I'm thinking."

Jennie replied: "Yeah, even Lisa and Rose think so, haha. We were just discussing this the other day."