The Vanity Code [Jinsoo]

6

Jisoo's POV

"Unnie, c'mon!"

I lifted my head. Lisa laughed in my face and ran off, pant cuffs rolled up to her knees as she pranced at the river bank's edge. She splashed water at Chaeyoung who ducked behind Jimin and he was soaked.

Cue Chaeyoung shouting at Lisa which turned into a shriek as Jimin promptly picked her up and jumped into the water. Jungkook and and Taehyung chased after Lisa until they caught her and dragged her into the water as well, their laughter echoing. Namjoon and Hoseok came up with Jennie who was shouting for Namjoon to put her down OR ELSE. He didn't listen and all three tumbled into the river. Somewhere, Yoongi's laughter echoed.

"They're giving me a headache already" Jin muttered, his eyes closed. I stroked his glossy hair on my lap. He had cooked up a feast and was now having some well-earned rest. We were the only ones left on the grass. School had just broken up for summer recess and as usual, all eleven of us celebrated with a picnic by the Han River.

I could admire Jin's beautiful face up close, unbothered. One, he had his eyes closed. Two, he was my boyfriend. I could look at him all day.

I leaned down to kiss him. His lips moved against mine immediately, as if he had been expecting me.

"Chu..."he growled against my mouth. It set my nerves ablaze. He deepened the kiss, pressing my head down from my nape and I willingly responded just as hungrily.

And then a piercing sound startled me, and the whole scene shattered. I heard Lisa scream.

"Lalisa, wait!" I shouted, waking up. The alarm clock was screaming. I shut it off with a sigh and just sat in bed, spacing out.

It's been a while since I've seen all of us together in my dreams.

Must be either the stress or Jennie's mashed banana oats I had last night...

After a moment I swung my legs to the side and went to the bathroom.

A few weeks ago, I would have either slept through the alarm and Eomma's shouting, or thrown it across the room then fell back to sleep.

But I have a schedule now and Jin was wrong: it's not hard being a model.

It's exhausting.

I can't admit I'm not enjoying it though: the feeling of looking in a mirror and seeing...well...they call me a goddess. But I wouldn't go so far. However, yes, it's nice to feel pretty and wear nice clothes.

I used to do a little bit of modelling, back when the gang was all about being models together so at that time I let myself go with the flow and we ended up on a few local magazines and got a couple of pay checks which we immediately spent on meat fests. Jin used to cook BBQ so well, he would have made an excellent chef.

But now, things are much more serious and so am I. No fooling around--I'm doing this job properly and for real.

I need answers.

I managed to persuade Jin to get me into the business and he kept his word.

"Promise you'll take care of your body now" he told me when I signed the contract.

I promised.

So now I get up on time to make it to Jin's company building at 6 sharp instead of snoozing till 9.

I drink a smoothie for breakfast (I never really liked liquidised fruit pulp but oh well..)

I haven't had a piece of fried chicken in a good while, because we've been very busy shooting ad after ad and it's not recommended for the skin. I put on face masks and I cover my skin when it's sunny too.