Take Two | jensoo

Chapter Five

Jisoo abandoned all hope in trying to get anything done. All the projects she booked were piling up and she should have been logging them all in the work calendar. Lisa had always been the more organized one between the two of them and she never really trusted her with the calendar because she always did something "wrong." At this moment, Jisoo actually agreed with her considering she was too busy listening to the sounds of guitars being played and harmonies being sung from the back room instead of working. Rosé and Jennie had taken the liberty in turning the room into a rehearsal place.

For the past hour, all she could hear was the beautiful voice of Jennie. Even though Rosé was singing with her and their voices blended in perfect harmony, Jisoo could distinctly pick out Jennie's. For four years she's listened to that voice and it was permanently ingrained in her memory. Her mind wandered back to times of sitting in that courtyard and just listening to Jennie. Every Friday, Jennie would come to the courtyard, sit under that oak tree, and play her guitar. And every Friday, Jisoo would forget to eat her lunch because she was too busy listening to her.

Jennie never ignored her but mostly minded her own business. Jisoo tried her hardest not to stare but it was damn near impossible.

"Is my playing bothering you?" Jennie asked during one of those Fridays.

Jisoo quickly averted her gaze. She never knew when she was staring. "No-no, you're not bo-bothering me." She focused her attention back to her uneaten lunch.

"Well, if I am, just tell me to shut the hell up," she said jokingly.

Never. She nodded and tried to eat her sandwich. Jennie continued to play and Jisoo continued to listen. Oh hell, I can eat later.

Jisoo had the tendency to go catatonic when she was listening to Jennie and it was in this state of catatonia that Lisa found her.

"Jisoo? Hello?" Lisa waved her hand in front of Jisoo's glazed eyes.

Jisoo blinked rapidly now just realizing that Lisa had just come back from her video shoot. "Hey Lisa, when did you get back?" She straightened a few things on the desk avoiding eye contact. She knew that Lisa saw her staring wistfully at the back door. God, I hope I wasn't drooling. She wiped her mouth just in case.

"Like five minutes ago. I've been trying to get your attention the last three."

"Sorry, so how did the shoot go?"

Lisa took off her coat and tossed it behind the desk. "Long and tiring. And who's idea was it to do an outdoor shoot when it's pouring outside?"

Jisoo picked up the coat and properly hung it on their coat rack. "Yours. You should've checked the weather before going out today. You didn't get any of the equipment wet, did you?" God, when did I start sounding like my mother?

"Seriously Jisoo, you're lecturing me about our camera equipment?" She narrowed her eyes at Jisoo daring her to say something.

"Sorry, sorry," she said holding her hands up in defense. "It's our damn P.A.s that suck. Which reminds me, we have to fire Manny."

"What? No, we don't."

Jisoo gave her a pointed look. "You seriously don't want me to fire someone who thought that the boom was a feather duster?" She almost had a heart attack when she saw the expensive piece of equipment being used to clean the studio.

"Well in all fairness, it does look like a duster," Lisa rationalized even though it was pointless. Only idiots think that a boom is a duster.

"Seriously, Lisa? Just because he reminds you of that character from that one kid's show-"