just friends [l.kook]

Chapter 3

The sun had just set as Jeongguk wandered into a nearby cafe. He'd noticed it wasn't a very popular place for the students from university to go to, and only around forty people frequently visited. But what he didn't realize, was that Lalisa also spent her time here.

She was sitting in a booth by herself, with her knees pulled up to her chest, and a finger on the the leg of her round rimmed glasses. Whatever was on the screen of the MacBook in front of her was, seemed to be very amusing, and she couldn't hide her large smile behind her small hands.

Guk figured it would be weird if he just continued to watch her like a stalker, so he walked over and carefully sat across from her.

It took Lisa a while to notice he was there, but once she did, she slammed the laptop screen shut, and quickly gave him her full attention.

"Gukkie, hi! I didn't realize many people from uni came here." She explained, carefully tugging at the end of her sleeves. She spoke softly, and stopped ever so often to sniffle.

"Me either. I thought I was the only one who came here. But now that I'm here, mind telling me what you were watching?" He asked.

Lisa looked visibly uncomfortable, and she suddenly felt like the walls were closing in on her. How could she explain to Jeongguk that she was watching a video of him dancing from that day in the studio?

She laughed awkwardly. "What are you talking about? I was practicing maths!"

Jeongguk was smart, so of course he knew that was a lie. But for Lisa, he let it slide. He didn't want to purposely make her uncomfortable. 'Maybe it was private?' he thought to himself.

They continued talking for almost an hour. They spoke about life after college, and school, and Guk's favorite hyungs, and Lisa's beautiful friends. But it was getting harder and harder for him to focus on the conversations they were having when Lisa's eyes began to droop, and her talking slowed.

"Lisa. Let me walk you back to your flat. I assume you don't have a car?" He asked her, watching as she considered letting him take her home.

She mad a pros and cons list in her head, but like normally, there were far more positives than negatives about letting a muscle pig walk you home in a neighborhood that got scary at night.

She smiled back at him, nodding slowly. "Okay, Guk."