jennie kim x female reader

bonfires and sea breeze

fluff/ your first kiss with your first kim.
writer: goldenscript

The boundless waves ebb and flow, a bright, shining sun beats down on its occupants, and giggles can be heard from different directions. The air itself is infused with seawater, kelp, burning wood, and marinated meat, and despite the odd mixture of scents that one wouldn't mix on a normal day—it's springtime. Albeit not quite the ideal time for a trip to the beach when summers are usually much hotter in temperature and in business on the sandy shores, but it's expected that the sights of Busan are far too good to pass up just because it's a few months too early than the normal bonfire season.

With the arrival of your best friend, you could not stray from the idea of venturing the local beach with her and a few of your mutual friends just to make her first stay in your new home as memorable as any other time you've both gotten to spend together since the move. That itself was only a year and half ago, but you finally have her for the week and you're absolutely ecstatic. With the past two weeks dwelling on your mind, you need Jennie and the comfort she can provide just by pulling you into her arms and then whisking you away on some convoluted adventure to only God knows where.

The last time this happened you both wound up in the downtown cityscape in your old hometown through public transit and a few hours of wandering. Taehyung had long since began ignoring you by then, but he was the one (with Jimin, of course) to come collect you two afterwards. He still didn't talk to you at the bus station. Neither of you two expected it, but it felt like a far memory where you vaguely remember the small upset you were feeling about something as insignificant as a bad grade on a homework assignment so Jennie incited that trip.

Unfortunately, the upset you feel now is nothing short of a conflicted dilemma. Not a bad grade, but a bad case of feelings for sure. It's confusing being a Sophomore in high school. There's no instructions manual to feelings. If Guide to Understanding Your Feelings was an actual thing, you might've been that tempted to purchase it just for the sake of putting your heart and mind at ease. It's just so damn scary trying to navigate through feelings that extend past platonic ones.

You believe those waters are better left alone... right?
"You in there, bub?" Jennie nudges you, taking a sip of her soda.

Since your set-up on the beach several hours prior, you've had your share of enjoyment with your friends. When the sun's rays have finally gone down, the fire finally gets built, warming the general vicinity once ready. The crisp flames filling you with a comfort knowing that you're here with friends.

You truly feel at ease.

At least there's no stress of relationships or grade here on the dark grains of sand going on for miles beyond the open area and the adjacent waters. There's only sounds of the ocean intermingling with chatter and soft music playing from Jungkook's speaker.
Glancing over at the brunette, you flash her a smile and nod.
In response, her eyes narrow and her visage is much closer to yours, "Don't you lie to me, Y/N."

That alone gets your heart to skip a beat, and it actually frightens you how such a simple action can affect you. Things with Jaebum did some of the same things. He could make your heart flutter and your hands clammy—a lot of your time together was spent reacting in this way. But with Jennie? You're certain it hardly means anything (right?), but considering the past few weeks you've had, you're trying to reason that your hormones on edge. Nevertheless, you press on in hopes that she won't completely catch onto whatever's going on in your head because you have no clue at all.
"I'm not," you tell her, giving her shoulder a light nudge, "I just got lost in thought s'all. It's no biggie."
"It's definitely a biggie, you punk," she huffs, nestling her can deep into the sand to avoid any spills, "You still haven't told me what's been bothering you so badly. If it's still on your mind after everything we did today then tell me. You can talk to me."