I Hate You, Don't Leave Me

Chapter 17

Lisa sat next to Chaeyoung in the back of Jennie's car, on their way to the triple date that Jennie and Jisoo had been so keen about going on. The four girls had decided to carpool together, as Jennie was the only one with a car, and Hanbin hitched a ride with Kai because the car that he shared with his sister was currently full. Well, not completely full. They still had room for one more person, but when Kai offered to drive him, Hanbin figured that it would be much better to have his space. Lisa was grateful of this fact because she did not really like the idea of being crammed in the back seat. She would much rather only share her space with Chaeyoung.

The four of them were meeting the boys at a paintball place that was about a half hour's drive from the school, and Lisa fidgeted in her seat at the thought. She had never played paintball before, but Jennie, Jisoo, Hanbin, and Kai had all seemed pretty excited at the prospect of going, and Lisa had decided not to argue with them. It couldn't hurt for her to try something new, and it would provide her with a way to get closer to her housemates that she didn't know as well. She only hoped that she would not be so horrible at the game that she would embarrass herself in front of everybody.

Lisa was jolted out of her nervous thoughts when Chaeyoung reached over and grabbed her hand, squeezing it gently. "You don't have to be so nervous, Lisa. The only time I've ever played paintball was last year with my so-called friends, and I was drunk, so it doesn't really count. I mean, I barely even remember it."

Lisa chuckled a little and smiled up at her girlfriend, relieved to know that she wasn't the only one who didn't know how to play the game. "That definitely makes me feel a little better."

She threaded their fingers together, and she was just leaning over to give Chaeyoung a quick kiss on the cheek when she was interrupted by the girl in the shotgun seat. "No. You guys can't do anything coupley yet. We don't have our significant others here, and the date hasn't started yet, which means that you guys don't get to make out in the backseat and force us to watch."

"We're not forcing you to do anything, Soo." Chaeyoung raised an eyebrow at her friend, and Lisa felt a slight blush creep across her face. The brunette suddenly found that she now wanted to do exactly what her girlfriend had hinted at, and she forced herself to look away before Chaeyoung's glossy pink lips could taunt her any further.

"We were not about to start making out." Lisa shot a pointed look at her roommate. "I was just leaning over to kiss Chaeng on the cheek."

"Sure you were," Jisoo smirked over her shoulder, as if she could see right through Lisa's lie. Only it wasn't a lie. Lisa was telling the truth, and her face morphed into a scowl as she looked at Jisoo.

Lisa was about to argue some more, but Jennie jumped in before she could. "Well, no kissing at all. You're making me miss Kai."

Chaeyoung rolled her eyes at her friend. "You haven't seen him for all of about ten minutes."

"It doesn't matter. I miss him," Jennie said with a pout.

Lisa could hear Chaeyoung grumbling under her breath, and she wondered if she herself would be so quick to miss the blonde beside her, had they not been riding together. She liked to think that she would be able to survive more than ten minutes without Chaeyoung by her side. She did so every day at school. However, she knew that she would in fact start longing for the blonde if she had to watch Jennie and Kai making out in the back seat when Chaeyoung wasn't in the car. She heard Chaeyoung sigh beside her, and the blonde finally gave in. "Fine. No couple stuff until we get there."