venus & moon || chaelisa

Her Name Is Lalisa

"Aren't you going to go to work?" Jisoo asked the next morning when she spotted Chaeyoung in the kitchen, eating cereals at ten in the morning. Usually she was at work by now and probably busy wrapping wreaths but to be honest, Jisoo didn't really know what her friend was really doing at her job.

"No, we're closed for today and tomorrow." For some reason it made her more sad than happy. Of course she was happy she had a day off, but the fact that she probably wouldn't see the blonde today made her sort of sad. She had grown accustomed to seeing her every day now and getting to know her a little better. Yes, she still barely knew anything but at least she could properly see her face now in front of her inner eye when she thought about her.

"Oh that's great! You could come shopping with me then today. I wanted to buy Christmas gifts and maybe check by your store. I'm glad I don't have to do it alone now, though."

"What about Jinyoung?" Chaeyoung asked curiously. She was pretty sure he'd slept here today once more and although she hadn't been up for long, she wouldn't have noticed him leaving.

Jisoo went over to where Chaeyoung sat and got out a bowl herself. She filled it with cereal and milk, sitting down and eating with her friend. "He had to leave at like five in the morning today for work. He works like an hour away from here in some big office – I was too tired in the morning to ask what it is properly and yesterday I, uh. You know. Anyway, I wanted to buy stuff for him, so I couldn't have tagged him along."

"But you can tag me along?" Chaeyoung asked curiously. "Does this mean I'm not supposed to expect anything from you this Christmas?"

Jisoo laughed and threw an arm around her friend, "Oh come on, you wouldn't really think that, would you? Furthermore it's your twenty-second birthday two days later! Don't worry, I've already taken care of you because you're the most important person on my list and basically the most important person in my life."

"Aw, you're so sweet!" Chaeyoung squealed and threw her arms around her friend to wrap her into a bone crushing hug. "I love you so much!"

"Calm down," Jisoo laughed and pushed her friend away. It was just like yesterday but the other way around. "But obviously I love you, too. Now, you better get ready!"

Forty-seven minutes later the two of them were wrapped into multiple layers of clothing, their hair and makeup done and their wallets ready to be emptied for the seasonal shopping. They got into Chaeyoung's car and drove to the mall where Chaeyoung worked and it was a weird feeling for Chaeyoung to be one of the shoppers for once instead of one of the sellers and she almost felt bad for all the people who had to work today. Almost.

"Do you have anything in mind you're going to get for him?" Chaeyoung asked her friend with a quick glance. As a response she got an almost immediate shake of her head, "No idea, to be perfectly frank."

"Well, what does he like? Except for you?" Chaeyoung watched the blush on her friend's cheeks with satisfaction spread all over her face and even the slap against her arm couldn't make the grin disappear from her face. "I'm sure you'll find something nice for him. Maybe something the two of you would enjoy," she grinned and winked.

"Seriously, Chaeyoung, I'm going to embarrass you so much the day you bring someone home, I swear to God," Jisoo threatened but it didn't really intimidate Chaeyoung when her older friend was blushing so deeply and keeping herself from giggling about this whole thing.

"You love it, really," Chaeyoung replied and threw her a kiss. "Speaking of... I wanted to talk to you about something." With that Jisoo became more serious on an instant and listened carefully to her friend. "Uh, so, there's this girl who comes to the wreath stall every day and I, uh, kinda find her really attractive? I don't know. Um, forget it, it's dumb." Chaeyoung's cheeks were on fire and she wanted to hide. She couldn't believe she actually just said that, especially since Jisoo would now mock and tease her for her little crush.