Apocalypse | Jenlisa/Chaesoo

Delicate

The thoughts in her head was loud but it has now become significantly quieter. Rosé is pinning down a girl holding her forearms over her head, looking into her eyes.

Time stood still, Rosé stared as the girl's pupils dilate, her black hair splayed on the grass, she looks delicate the redhead decided.

Rosé examined her closely, she's not wearing the uniform so she's not the one she should run away from. Still she didn't loosen the grip she hasn't concluded that this person is harmless.

She plucked up the thing in the stunned girl's hands while clutching both of her wrists. She turned it in her left hand, testing its weight.

She stared into the muzzle, the dark haired girl's eyes widened even more when Rosè pulled on the trigger.

"No no no-" The loud bang interrupted the protests from the girl under her, the bullet's force whipped Rosé's head up, she slowly lowered her gaze down to the squirming human being, she wonders why she's doing that when she's not the one who got hit. The people from that place she came from doesn't even flinch when they watch their subjects get hurt.

"W-what are you?"

The girl gaped at her as she watched the entry wound on her temple ceased bleeding it healed at a fast pace the eyes could witness it.

"Th-that gun is designed to penetrate crawler skin and the bullets fused with toxin to hasten cell disintegration, tissue necrosis should be visible by now y-yet you're-" she stopped when Rosé let go of her wrists.

"Why do you talk like that?"

Rosé tilted her head assessing her again.

"I-im a biochemist a-and y-you're on top of me you should've bought me dinner first before doing this." She's trying to get up and her captor let's her and got up herself.

She stands but Rosé is a head taller than her. The shorter girl touched the spot behind her head where she hit the ground when she tackled her and winced.

"Delicate" is the only word that crops up in her mind while looking at this girl.

"I'm sorry I did that, I was in a rage and it's hard for me to calm down but I saw you and..." She trailed off her sentence.

"I'm Jisoo, I'm okay."

She said with a smile and Rosé adds "beautiful" to her list of words for her.

"I'm Rosé." She answered, she suddenly felt naked under Jisoo's scrutiny.

She looked down and realized she's got nothing on but caked blood all over her body and burnt dust sticking to her skin and hair.

Rosé looked the other way, too embarrassed to cover herself with her arms.

"Ah- I'm sorry. Just a moment Rosé."

Jisoo ran towards the post where she left her backpack and pulled up a long jacket.

"Here, put this on." Jisoo said with her head down.

"I saw what you did to the crawlers there and I'm still recovering from shock from what happened just now, what were you doing in that building?"

"I was taking a shower."

Rosé answered as she puts on the jacket.

"Who takes cold showers in a building full of those creatures?"

"I ran away." Rosé said softly.

"You didn't show up in my DNA recon scanner, I thought only crawlers are there in the building, it must have not worked properly." Jisoo said apologetically.

"You can come to my place, it's not that great, I ran away too. You can clean up there. It's just a little distance from here."

Rosé lit up and nodded vigorously as an acceptance of the offer.

"I have some food there and you can get some rest, then tomorrow you could go on your way."

The two figures trekked uphill under the guidance of the faint moonlight. Both unaware of what twisted fate has in store for them.