Flip phone | ✔️(Liskook)

pink sunset

School has been cRaZy lately so sorry for not posting 🥺 I'm also not great at sappy stuff so this chapter was a bit out of my comfort zone but nonetheless, I enjoyed writing it!

Lisa
Collapsing onto my bed, I exhaled a large breath I didn't realise I was holding in. If I was being honest, I felt like I was just hit by a pile of bricks. I didn't have the words to explain why I was feeling this way. But I just was. Just as I was about to fall into a pit of worrying and overthinking, my phone rang.

I answered my phone tiredly, to be met by the one person I wasn't expecting. Who was I kidding, deep down I probably wanted him to call. "I'm outside your dorm now. Wanna go somewhere?" Jungkook said casually.

"Sure."

And that's how we ended up cruising along the scenic coastline of Jeju island in Jungkook's four wheel drive. Opening the window slightly, the scent of the ocean filled the car as I admired the beautiful cerulean sea. We pulled into a parking lot beside a white lighthouse. With legs dangling, we simply sat on the pavement as the soothing waves crashed the jagged rocks under us.

"This feels nice." I exclaimed, raising my arms up, enjoying the cool breeze blowing against my blonde hair. Beside me, Jungkook's laughter floated melodiously in the air.

"Don't laugh, I was really tired just now."

"I guessed so. You wanna tell me what happened?" I scrunched my face up, remembering my second visit to the perilous seventh floor. "You already know what happened. Everyone does."

"I want to hear it from you. Besides, we have all the time in the world." He replied, staring at me softly.

I nodded my head before recounting my experience. "It all started when she called me for a meeting....."

My hands shook nervously as Ms Kim's words echoed in my head. I was utterly speechless at her suggestion. Did I really have to abandon Jungkook? I never betrayed my friends. Silence clung to the stale air of the large office. Tiredly, Ms Kim sat back onto her chair. "Maybe I haven't made myself clear. If you don't stop communicating with Jungkook, YG Entertainment will no longer be affiliated with you."

"That means that you can kiss your contract AND your precious Blackpink goodbye too." Seeing my wide eyes, Ms Kim took that as my answer. Swapping the brown envelope in my hand with several white papers, she handed me an ornate gold pen. "All you have to do is sign here and we have a deal."

Looking down at the blurry words and up at Ms Kim again, I barely choked out a word. "N-no."

"What?" She asked taken aback and in disbelief.

"I-i can't do that. I'm done being controlled and fitting in the stupid stereotype that everyone expects me to be." I confessed to Ms Kim, whose expression was turning dark.

"I'm so tired of this. Of all this. All I wanted to do was sing and dance so why does everyone care about who I talk to and what I do so much? I had hope that you, as a woman would understand the struggle that all of the poor girls with the same dreams I had went through. The sleepless nights that we had practicing, the constant worry of getting eliminated, the constant watchful eye on our weights and looks. Being told that we weren't pretty or skinny enough. You mean to tell me that none of my effort matters because of my personal life with someone else? You mean to tell me that you're going to continue this toxic cycle? You're willing to gamble with the lives of thousands of innocent girls just to get one 'spotless' and 'perfect' barbie doll 'idol' that you can profit from?"

Standing up from my seat I told Ms Kim, hoping that what I said managed to get through her thick skull. "I will NOT subject myself to someone else's standard anymore. I'm done."

I didn't look back as I walked towards the door. I wasn't going to abandon anyone today. Blackpink was just a name to call us by, we were going to be the revolution if we believed it. Before leaving the room, I paused and turned around. I uttered my final statement, staring at straight at the raven haired lady with cold eyes. "Good luck finding a group as iconic as Blackpink is."

"When I came home, I immediately told my unnies what happened. Honestly, we all expected that Blackpink coming to an end with the state that YGE was at. They all deserve better than YGE but I still felt sad that I was one of the reasons for Blackpink's end." I confessed to an appalled Jungkook.

"I told them that too...."

When I told them the news and apologized to them profusely, Jisoo immediately stopped me. "Lisa! You didn't do anything wrong. We're not mad at you at all."

"Yea, our time together was amazing but it won't stop here. We're finally free! We can do whatever we want!" Rosé added with a dreamy expression.

"You did good Lisa, I'm so proud of you for standing up for yourself." Jennie said, while Jisoo was close to tears. This was big for everyone. Jisoo rarely cried. With everyone a mess, we all hugged each other closely for the second time that day.

I didn't realise the tears rolling down my face until I felt a warm hand wiping them away. Jungkook looked at me with such warm and soft eyes. Like he just understood how I felt. "J-Jungkook. I don't know... thanks for always listening to me."

He smiled like a cute bunny, "Ani, that's what friends do. They share their feelings and experiences with each other."

Be still my beating heart.

Jungkook
"We should go now, it's going to be dark soon." I suggested, to be met with a smiley Lisa.

"Okay! Where are we going next?"

Brushing the sand from my pants, I stood up and teased Lisa offering a hand for her, "That's a secret." She narrowed her eyes at me and huffed annoyedly which pushed her fluffy bangs up.

"Finee." She while rolling her eyes but nonetheless lacing her hands in mine. With us against the world I felt at home.