The Gang In High Heels | BLACKPINK AU

2: Into New York City

Jisoo practiced plastering a smile to her face and brushed a strand of dark hair out of her eyes. She felt unprepared but knew that it would be disrespectful to be late to a meeting with YG, even if they had been given no notice. The team had taken a few precious minutes to change into attire more appropriate for a meeting with the head of a criminal and entertainment organization.

Jisoo's outfit, a deep purple blouse tucked into her high waisted black shorts, matched well with Jennie at her side, who wore a loose black dress with red accents and a double buckled belt cinched around her waist. With Jennie's hand resting lightly on her arm, Jisoo stood on the curb in front of the hotel as a van with tinted windows pulled up. A tall bald man wearing sunglasses got out of the driver's side and slid open the van door facing the girls.

"You are the BlackPink team." He spoke his question as a statement, "We must hurry. I am here to take you to...the headquarters." Korean stumbled out of his mouth with an odd accent. Must have been recruited here on American soil, Jisoo thought to herself.

"Yes we are, thank you." Jisoo replied in English, painfully aware of her own slight accent that remained despite years of practice. She stood to the side as Jennie climbed into the backseat with the pink-haired Rosie following quietly behind, leaving the middle row open for Jisoo and Lisa. However, Lisa had quickly opened the front passenger seat almost as soon as the guard had finished talking and was facing forward before the others had even finished sitting down. Jisoo sucked at her teeth quietly. She's acting strange but there couldn't be a worse time to bring this up, Jisoo reasoned with herself as she climbed into the middle row.

The ride was silent for the most part, but there was nervous energy in the van as the team faced the prospect of meeting one of the most powerful people in the underworld without preparation. The last time they had personally met with YG had been almost a year ago after they had been given a series of missions and contracts to fulfill. 

As the van sped its way into New York City, Jisoo looked at the empty seat next to her and then frowned at the back of Lisa's head. What is really going on with her? It seemed like Lisa was going to say something really important before they were interrupted.

Baffled, Jisoo did what she had been trained to always do when she encountered an unknown scenario. She ran through the possibilities and motivations of her target. Why would Lisa have brought up their trainee days? The reason that Lisa joined YG in the first place... Could it be that YG's promise to Lisa is still at a stalemate? Maybe... But Lisa hadn't mentioned the company or the others, it was a specific memory involving just the two of us. That night she's talking about, wasn't that when we..."

Jisoo scrunched her face as she tried to recall the night, questions and information flooding her mind. Suddenly, an arm circled around her neck from behind. Instantly, Jisoo grabbed onto the arm but, just as quickly, she suppressed the training that had taught her to break bones and free yourself when she recognized Jennie's light touch.

"Jisoo," Jennie's cutesy voice was a whisper in her ear, "You're going to get wrinkles if you keep frowning like that." The top of Jennie's brown wavy hair came into view as she rested her chin on Jisoo's shoulder. The scent of her perfume drifted forward as well, an expensive Chanel scent that fit well with her stylish and powerful persona. Normally, her smell and voice alone would have made anyone's heart flutter but Jisoo was too distracted by Lisa to be anything but slightly startled.

"Ahh," Jisoo sighed, "Be more careful Jennie. You know what happens when you sneak up on one of us."

"Hmm." Jisoo could feel Jennie's smile despite the scolding, "How was I being sneaky? I'm sitting right behind you. It's not my fault you were too distracted to pay attention."

As she spoke, Jennie motioned towards the back of Lisa's seat, which had remained silent the entire ride. "Both of you have been acting weirder than normal lately." She lowered her voice as she spoke but turned and pulled her head away so that Jisoo could see her feline grin.

Jennie's right. As usual. Jisoo thought with exasperation. She simply grunted in response, refusing to give Jennie the satisfaction. Jennie paused for a moment, waiting to see if Jisoo would admit to anything before thumping back into her seat with a pout.

Jisoo turned to look out the window as the van began to slow down and caught the gaze of Rosie, who had been listening quietly. The pink haired girl turned away to stare out at the heart of the glowing city.

Minutes before their appointed time of midnight, they arrived in front of the towering skyscraper. The American headquarters for the assassins of YG was built out of a sleek and shiny black material that reflected the lights around it, making it hard to look at directly. As a result the night time pedestrians walked by the building with hardly a second glance. Outside of the brightly lit glass pane lobby stood four men in black suits wearing sunglasses despite the middle of the night. Jisoo stepped out first, followed by the others and the three of them stood alongside Lisa who finally made eye contact with Jisoo.

Rosie held out her arm for Jennie to hold onto and after a moment's hesitation, Lisa did same for Jisoo. Jisoo smiled brightly at Lisa as she grasped her upper arm, leaning against her happily. The members smiled at each other before walking into the building. Maybe things will be okay, Jisoo thought to herself. Despite all our arguments and fights, we've always come together when it counts.