Star-crossed (JenLisa)

1

"I'm home." Lisa said as she opened the door to her apartment. It was already past 4 in the morning.

She scanned the apartment. "Not home again." Lisa mumbled as she dropped her bag on the floor. Walking into the kitchen, she found a bright yellow post-it pasted on the fridge.

'Schedule runs late. Don't wait up for me. Bought food for you. Love, Mina'

"Myoui Mina, invisible girlfriend." Lisa sighed sarcastically as she made her way to the living room and plopped down on the couch. She brought a hand up to her forehead and rubbed her temples lightly.

The night's events replayed in her head. She was that close to becoming a cheater, and the thought of it scared her. She disliked cheaters for a particular reason; the fact that cheating involved breaking a bond of trust was daunting. Lisa strived to be excellent in everything, she excelled in the academics, sports, and she strived to be an excellent girlfriend. That aside, Lisa was warm, kind, selfless and undeniably attractive. She would naively sacrifice everything for the people whom she loved. Her cynical friends had labeled her 'the perfect girlfriend'. Perfectly stupid.

But when it came to Jennie, Lisa began to understand why she allowed herself to edge so dangerously close to cheating.

Perfection.

The tall Thai had been in a relationship with Mina for a year now. Maybe it was the "perfect girlfriend" in Lisa that moved the aspiring prima ballerina, who was presently at the peak of her career. Yuri was proud of her girlfriend, she loved her, cared for her, and supported her through the tumultuous times when she was still a rising ballerina. She tried to remain indifferent about the fact that they had to keep their relationship under wraps, making extra effort to arrange their meetings in secret places and refraining from being intimate in public. She knew how cruel it could be, being in an industry like this; Mina sometimes came home crying, mostly due to the pressure that came with constantly being in the spotlight. The sight of her vulnerable girlfriend in her arms always made the extremely soft-hearted Lisa feel weak. She wanted to do anything she could to protect her.

But everyone has their limits. The fact that Lisa was seeing her girlfriend less in person was largely taking a toll on her. It was almost as if they were in a long distance relationship. Lisa always knew she wanted to settle down with someone eventually, but sometime in the year of being together, she had started questioning the possibility of it happening with her current partner.

Still, one step at a time. Lisa knew Mina needed her, so she would choose to stay by her side.

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And on that particular night, like many other nights she was left alone at home, she felt extremely lonely. To make matters worse, it was a Friday night, and Lisa had desperately needed a break from school, so she turned to her close friends; aka the greatest people to turn to for almost anything. Coincidentally, they had been lounging around at home when she called, bored out of their wits.

(flashback)

"Lalisa!" shouted a girl with long slender legs whose face resembles a bear. Behind her was another lengthy girl, a japanese one with softer features. 

"Seul! Momo!" Lisa waved back with as much intensity as the former, before signaling to them to join her in a seemingly endless queue. The tall trio stuck out like pinheads in the crowd.

"Why are there so many people?" Momo asked.

"It's a club. It's supposed to be crowded." Seulgi retorted, amused by Momo's obvious lack of experience in this area.

"Well I hope we get in soon. It's getting hot out here."

"Soon, soon." Lisa smiled.

"Oh by the way Lisa, the others are joining us. They have been bugging us for a gathering the whole week. And also, there's something you should know--"

"Wait, who?" Lisa interrupted.

"Hey! Over here!" Momo suddenly exclaimed, while waving excitedly.

"AHHHHH!! I missed you three!" a girl ran towards the trio and hugged them.

"Rosie!!" a shorter girl caught up with the first, panting heavily. "YA!! How did you manage to run that fast in heels?!" she managed to say.

"JISOOOO!!!" the trio enveloped the girl once they broke off the first girl's embrace.

"Okay okay kids, now get off me! I need air!"

"Hahaha Jisoo, still as cute as everrrrrr." Lisa said as she pinched the girl's cheeks, earning her an angry stare.

"I can't believe we're all meeting again after so long! We have loads to catch up on!" Rosé said.

"Yea we can probably do that now since this queue takes forever." Seulgi sighed. "Oh by the way, where's Jen? Isn't she with you guys?" she continued, before shooting a glance at Lisa.

Jen?

"Oh she's joining us in a while. That girl takes a gazillion years to get ready. She's probably making her way here soon." Rosie said.

"Or maybe she fell asleep halfway."

"HAHAHHA!" the gang burst out in laughter.

"Ya. Kim Jisoo. I'm awake." came a voice from behind.

At that instant, the 5 girls turned around and came face to face with...

Jennie Kim.

(flashback ends)