Dazed

Chapter 9: Confounded

"Nini, wake up, we're here." Jennie felt a gentle thumb stroking her cheeks. She opened her eyes and was greeted by Lisa's smiling face. Jennie leaned towards Lisa's hand and gave it a kiss. "Hi."

Lisa chuckled. "Hi, we're here."

"What time is it?" Jennie slowly stretched and got out of the car.

"Past 10, pretty sure dinner was way over." Lisa head to the trunk and pop it open. She got hers and Jennie's bag out and locked it up with a thump. She carried both their bags and went back to Jennie. "Let's go. They waited long enough." She entwined their fingers and tugged Jennie towards the door.

Laughter can be heard from outside the door. When they got inside they directly went straight to Jennie's room to drop their things. Exhausted as they are, the bed was very tempting to just go and lay down to sleep.

They both ignored it and got out of the room and find their families. With hands still entwined they got to the dining room and found both their parents with Chaeyoung and Jisoo bent over papers, laptops on top of the dining table with the home phone within reach. "Sorry we're late?" Jennie said making themselves known.

"What are you guys doing?" Lisa said observing the mess on the dining table.

"Planning." Jisoo said without further explanation.

"Planning what Chu?" Jennie asked but was met with silence.

Lisa found her parents seated beside Jennie's. They walked towards them and greeted them all. Lisa gave her mom a very tight hug and a kiss on her cheek. She did the same with her bear of a father. She missed them. She barely see them ever since she went to Korea to pursue her passion. Her parents we're very supportive of it and never hindered her. "Hi ma, daddy, how was your flight?"

"It was good. Now move aside and lemme greet your wife." Lisa feigned hurt. Eyes wide and mouth ajar. She moved aside anyway and let her mother engulf Jennie in a tight hug. The scene made her heart swell. Her attention was torn when Jennie's mom engulfed her in a hug.

"Hello dear." Mommy K said.

"Hi mom." Lisa greeted the older Kim. She has been calling her mom since Jennie introduced them to her family. The older Kim has always treated her like family.

"How was your trip?"

"Good. The traffic was hell. Sorry we missed dinner."

"Don't mind it."

"Hi Lili." Jennie's dad greeted her.

"Daaaddd... I told you not to call her that." Jennie reprimanded her father.

Mr. Kim only chuckled and gave Lisa a hug. For a very reputable man, Jennie's dad is a softie. Many people don't know that though. Just like his daughter they look tough and quite scary at times to other people but they're both mellow and soft to the people they care about. "It's fun to tease her." Mr. Kim whispered. "It never gets old how she gets pissed when I call you that." Lisa just laughed at Mr. Kims' antics.

"So what's with all these mess." Jennie gestured to their dining table. She looked towards their parents, who looked away and kept mum. Jennie then directed her attention to their friends who's clearly ignoring them or is just too focused on the laptop in front of them.

"Chichuu.." Jennie called out across the table. But she was still ignored. Losing her patience she went around it and looked at what's keeping two of her best friends busy and is hogging their attention. Flowers all kinds of flowers are on the screen. From roses to lilies to carnation to tulips in different color and arrangement. "Why are you looking at flowers?"