Paper Hearts

19

Jennie was very much done with cheerleading, thank you. She needed her free time to study and practice dancing, but the since the Senior Supervisor had asked her to stretch practice timings, she had given up.

Jennie observed her eye bags in the mirror stuck to her locker panel and sighed, pulling out her bag. "JJ!" A very clipped and annoying rang through Jennie's ear, and she turned around, plastering a smile to her face.

"BB!" Becca stood in front of her, her freshly manicured nails and glossy hair making Jennie roll her eyes internally.

"We haven't shopped in so long, bae," Becca said with a pout, her long lashes fluttering. "We're going today, no buts!"

"Actually-" Jennie was interrupted mid sentence as Jisoo wrapped her arm around her waist and smiled at Becca, speaking for Jennie. "Actually, she's supposed to help me with a few things."

Becca's features changed so fast, it has Jisoo a whiplash- they hardened and then softened again, her pretentious smile not going unnoticed by the youngest of the group. "Oh, that's okay, obviously! I hope you won't be stealing my JJ tomorrow, though. That would make me very, very mad and I would bave to scratch your eyes out."

Jisoo rolled her eyes subtly, trying not smack the older and smiled forcefully, "Sure! Although I do hope you'll get a stronger adhesive for your plastic nails before you do that, you don't want to ruin them, do you?"

Jennie looked Jisoo incredulously and poked her side, while Becca just scoffed and pranced off, her hair whipping behind her. "You're unbelievable," Jennie huffed.

"Unbelievably funny," Jisoo said and led Jennie to outside the building. "I have to go home now, or my brothers will worry...but I'll see you tonight?"

Jennie gave the younger a smile and a nod, and then possibly stopped breathing as Jisoo leaned in a planted a little kiss on her cheek. "I'll see you." Off she went, leaving Jennie's jaw on the floor and her eyes as wide as saucers.

•    •    •

One might think that after all this time, Jungkook might've gotten used to the fact that Taehyung lived on the other side of the wall. Obviously, he hadn't.

"Jungkook, I ne- Oh God, please wear something." Taehyung turned around as fast as he could when he saw Jungkook wearing nothing but his boxer briefs and Jungkook merely chuckled.

"Okay, first off, you should've knocked," Jungkook began. "This isn't just your room anymore." Taehyung scoffed at the remark, rolling his eyes unattractively.

"And second, you shouldn't have a problem, should you?" He paused slyly. "Unless..."

"Shut up and wear your clothes. And hand me a pair of sweats from the drawer, Jin hyung needs one."

"Jungkook, come downstairs with Taehyung!" Namjoon called out.

The pair headed to the living room and a very annoyed Namjoon, frowning at his phone screen, sat with a mildly stressed Jin, both talking in a hurry.

"Hyung," Taehyung said to Namjoon and walked up to him, concern etched on his face.

Namjoon looked up, hardly paying attention to his younger brother. "I'll be at my office tonight, and it's really important that I leave for Macau tomorrow."

Taehyung stared. "What?"

"I know, I'm sorry," Namjoon said with a sigh. "I'll just be gone for three days, and Jungkook can take care of you and Jisoo."