Light and Dark (JenLisa)

Introduction (part 1)

"Are you alright?" After a long period of silence, Lisa finally asked the girl at the other end of the line. She felt that the other party wasn't feeling all that good as well, earlier.

"..hmm, bad dream." The girl replied.

"I see.."

there was another period of silence..

"About tomorrow's tour, I might have to deal with something again, so, can we postpone it?" Lisa asked. She suddenly wanted to surprise the girl.

She didn't like the idea of going back to school but thinking about being schoolmates or possibly classmates with Jennie, somehow, excited her.

"..hmm, sure." Jennie replied.. there was a hint of reluctance in her tone..

"..uhm, take care.. I mean, keep yourself safe, whatever you're going to do." She continued.

Lisa pursed her lips, attempting to control the idiotic smile that was leaking out from it.

She's heard that sentence a lot of times from the people around her but when she heard it coming from Jennie, it somehow sounded sweeter and felt a bit different.

"I will.." Lisa replied. After calming herself down.

"You too, take care.." She continued.

It was silent from the other line for a couple of seconds before she heard Jennie saying,

"mhmm, I will.." it came with a hint of gentle giggle. Lisa could almost picture the girl's gummy smile from the other end of the line.. and this made her feel inexplicably happy..

There was another round of silence as both parties suddenly found themselves run out of things to talk about, but neither wanted to drop the call.

"Have you had dinner?" Jennie ended the silence with a question.

"I haven't.. been too busy, you?"

"I haven't either. I fell asleep after I took a shower."

"Let's go grab a bite, then?" Lisa suddenly asked.

"Hmm? But it's already half past midnight." Jennie asked confusingly.

"I know." Lisa chuckled

"Let's head to our own kitchens and eat a bit, midnight snack."

"Oh, I see.." Jennie's tone suddenly went a bit gloomy.

"Just to fill our stomachs with something. I'm kinda hungry, so." Lisa chuckled.

"Do we have to hang up?" Jennie suddenly asked.

"We don't have to." Lisa answered with a smile.

From the other line, Jennie was smiling widely as well, hugging her pillow tightly.

"Let's go?" Lisa asked.

Jennie could hear shuffling from the other side of the line as Lisa patted her wrinkled clothing and made her way to the kitchen.

"Yeah." Jennie got up as well.

Lisa just grabbed a cereal and poured some into a tiny bowl then filled it with milk. While Jennie found herself some cookies and a glass of juice.

They were both munching on their foods whilst still being on their phones.

They were still silent and not talking much while they were eating but both of them felt comfortable.

After finishing their meal, they went back to their bedrooms and sat down on their beds..

They weren't talking but they still didn't want to hang up. They felt like they really needed each others presence, specially after what happened to each of them.