The Star and the Fangirl - A Lisrene Adaptation (AU)

Chapter 7 - "Now, will you show me the pictures?"

"So!... Issues with the equipment?" Lisa said with a huge smile on her face, but extremely terrified of what would come out of Irene's mouth. IF anything would come out of Irene's mouth.

"Oh yeah!" Irene replied as she turned her face and the upper half of her body towards Lisa. Looking at her body language, Lisa thought that Irene was actually happy that they started a conversation. Irene swiftly continued:

"But it's just a minor thing, Chanyeol's guitar string broke, he's going to get it. I think there's a music shop somewhere near here."

This was Lisa's chance for a proper introduction, a way of saying Hey, I'm not from around here, I actually flew in here from Thailand just to see you. I know that probably won't impress you since you're a star and a performer and I'm just a simple fangirl, but yet, I hope it will cause some sort of happy emotion knowing you have a dedicated fan from Thailand. Or not. Either way, I'm doing this!

"Oh, I... I wouldn't know where that it is." Lisa stated calmly, letting Irene talk so that she might take interest in her story. She probably doesn't care- 

"Oh!" Irene was a bit surprised by this, or at least that's the way Lisa read her face.

"Yeah, I'm actually not from Seoul."

"Oh really?" Irene was a bit excited. "Where are you from then?"

"I'm from Bangkok!" Lisa stated happily, with a hint of home pride. She was also feeling very nervous because this was the moment of truth. As soon as she said "Bangkok", she felt a bit nauseous, because she did not know if the fact that she flew all the way from there to Seoul would mean anything to Irene. She felt pressure. For a really, really brief moment, there was a certain silence between the two. Irene's eyes were wide open and she was staring at Lisa like she wasn't sure if she heard her right. So she asked:

"I'm sorry, could you repeat that? Did you just say Bangkok?" Irene said with a huge smile and a higher pitch in her voice.

"Mhm!" Lisa nodded her head rapidly, still with a nervous smile on her face, not knowing what's going on. 

"Oh my! Come here, give me a hug!"

THIS IS NOT HAPPENING. NO! NO! I'M DREAMING! I'm gonna wake up in my bed, I didn't pass the exam, I did't get the ticke - OH MY JISOOS, I AM HUGGING IRENE BAE! THIS IS HAPPENING! MY ARMS ARE AROUND HER BODY AND TOUCHING HER UPPER BACK AND HER ARMS ARE AROUND MY BACK.. I KNOW HOW HUGS WORK BUT THIS IS...

All of that was going through Lisa's head in the few seconds they were hugging. She felt really nervous but really happy at the same time. Irene then asked for Lisa to join her table. They were sitting next to each other, but still not touching. There a nervous but, obviously to them, positive kind of energy in the room now that they've met and hugged.

"I can't believe this! I was literally talking on the radio today about you!"

"About me? A girl you've never met?" Lisa said in a state of shock but ended that sentence with a nervous smile.

"Oh no! I'm sorry! What I meant was, they announced a couple of hours ago the list of countries from where the tickets were bought, and they said one person was coming from Thailand! Is that you?"

"That's me!" Lisa responded with a more confident smile and even a chuckle.

"Oh my...come hug me again, please!" They hugged each other again. Lisa still felt the same nerves as she did when she hugged her for the first time. This is perfect. I don't want to let go. Give me at least a few more seconds.

After the second hug, Irene pulled closer to Lisa and now Irene's left thigh and Lisa's right thigh were touching. Lisa felt so swamped with so much information she had to process, but there was no time, she had to keep this conversation flowing.

"I'm-" Irene didn't see that Lisa was about to say something so she went:

"So what's you name?" Irene went gleefully.

"Oh! Haha!  I was just about to introduce myself!" They both giggled. She made Irene giggle.

And it felt such a precious moment. Lisa felt instant admiration towards her and then she thought that if Irene ever needed a professional dork on tour, someone she can giggle with, Lisa wanted to be that dork. They didn't have to interact much, well, they didn't need to do anything, but if she could watch Irene Bae giggle from whatever shenanigans Lisa comes up with, that would be just fine. Lisa knew that these were all just musings from a fangirl, so she continued with the conversation.

"Lisa! Well, actually Lalisa, but everyone calls me Lisa, so you can too!"

"Lalisa! Ahhh" Irene mused. "Do you like being called Lisa, or is it that you've just got used to it?"

"Oh, my friends and my girlfriend have a lot of nicknames for me, so I've heard it all. So uh...whatever comes to mind, you can call me that!" Lisa chuckled nervously again, not knowing what to add.

"I think I'll stick with Lisa, since that's what you told me to call you!" Irene said a slight smile, giggling again.

"Okay!" Lisa added.